LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Lopez made an emotional speech about believers and skeptics contributing to her success, as she accepted a profession achievement honor on the MTV Film & TV Awards on Sunday.
“I need to thank the individuals who gave me pleasure and those who broke my coronary heart — those who had been true and those who lied to me,” stated Lopez, who nabbed this 12 months’s Era Award for actors whose various contributions have made them family names. She additionally took house finest music — a brand new class — for the monitor “On My Means” from the “Marry Me” soundtrack.
MTV’s youth-focused celebration of movie and TV supplied a lighter, breezier awards present, with 26 classes in gender-neutral classes like finest villain, finest kiss and new class “right here for the hookup.” Hosted by Vanessa Hudgens, the ceremony returned to a reside format after being pre-recorded for a number of years.
Lopez shed tears as she thanked followers, her longtime supervisor and youngsters for “educating me to like,” bringing the viewers to their toes on the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.
“I need to thank the individuals who gave me this life,” stated Lopez, 52, later including, “You’re solely pretty much as good because the individuals who you’re employed with. However for those who’re fortunate, they make you higher. I’ve been very fortunate in that regard.”
Lopez’s first breakthrough got here as a dancer on the Nineteen Nineties sketch comedy sequence “In Residing Coloration.” She pursued an performing profession and landed a number one position in “Selena” in 1997. She would go on to seem in such movies together with “Anaconda,” “Out of Sight,” “The Marriage ceremony Planner,” “Hustlers” and her newest, “Marry Me.”
As a singer, Lopez has earned success on the pop and Latin charts with a number of hit songs and albums. She launched her multi-hit debut “On the 6” in 1999 and topped the Billboard Scorching 100 chart with songs like “If You Had My Love,” “All I Have” and the remixes of “I’m Actual” and “Ain’t It Humorous.”
And in 2020, Lopez carried out throughout the Tremendous Bowl halftime present alongside Shakira.
“Spider-Man: No Means House” entered the awards because the main nominee with seven. It took house finest film, and the movie’s star Tom Holland gained for finest efficiency in a film. With nearly $1.9 billion earned on the field workplace, it was the most important movie of the 12 months and a fan favourite, however was largely missed by the most important awards reveals.
Zendaya gained for finest efficiency in a present for her position in “Euphoria,” which got here away with finest present. The HBO sequence additionally gained “Right here for the Hookup.”
Early within the broadcast, 19-year-old singer Olivia Rodrigo gained finest music documentary for her undertaking “Olivia Rodrigo: driving house 2 u.” Rodrigo, who gained three Grammys this 12 months together with finest new artist, spoke in regards to the significance of making the movie, which includes a street journey, reside performances and reflections on her debut album “Bitter.”
“I made ‘driving house 2 u’ for the followers, particularly those that couldn’t come to see me on tour,” Rodrigo stated.
Jack Black additionally acquired a profession achievement award, Comedian Genius. He ran onstage and appeared nearly out of breath earlier than giving his acceptance speech.
“I want somewhat blast of oxygen,” he stated earlier than rattling off a number of movies he starred in, like “College of Rock” and “Jumanji.”
“Comedic genius. C’mon are you kidding? For what?” Black stated. “I don’t deserve this, however I’ll take it.”
The ceremony kicked off with “Loki” star Sophia Di Martino successful breakthrough efficiency for her position as Sylvie on the Disney Plus tv sequence. After the actor claimed her trophy, she talked about being 9 months pregnant when she was supplied the position, and her child being simply 3 months previous when she began filming.
“It’s been fairly the journey, so this actually means quite a bit to me,” she stated. “Thanks to the viewers. It’s all for you. Thanks for letting Sylvie into your imaginations.”
Daniel Radcliffe gained finest villain for his portrayal of a billionaire within the journey comedy “The Misplaced Metropolis.”
Diplo and Swae Lee carried out “Tupelo Shuffle” from the upcoming “Elvis” biopic from director Baz Luhrmann.
