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The 2023 MTV Film & TV Awards will look so much completely different this 12 months as it’s set to air with no host — and with no crimson carpet — amid the Hollywood author’s strike. The scheduled emcee, Drew Barrymore, bowed out on Thursday in help for the Writers Guild of America, which is looking for an overhaul in compensation for streaming residuals. “I’ve listened to the writers, and in an effort to really respect them, I’ll pivot from internet hosting the MTV Film & TV Awards dwell in solidarity with the strike,” the actress, 48, stated in a press release, per Selection.
“All the things we have fun and honor about films and tv is born out of their creation,” Drew continued. “And till an answer is reached, I’m selecting to attend however I’ll be watching from dwelling and hope you’ll be part of me.” The star then thanked MTV for his or her partnership and revealed she will likely be returning to host the present subsequent 12 months. “Once I can really have fun every little thing that MTV has created, which is a present that enables followers to decide on who the awards go to and is actually inclusive,” she defined.
MTV additionally introduced that the present is not going to be dwell and can pivot to a clip-based awards ceremony as a substitute for the Could 7 broadcast. As Drew had a number of pre-taped bits beneath her belt earlier than pulling out, she is going to probably be seen in these for the televised particular.
“She has our full help,” Bruce Gillmer, govt producer of the MTV Film & TV Awards, advised Selection. “So she’s not going to be with us dwell in the home for the present and we’ll basically be going hostless,” he continued. “The silver lining in all of that is that we actually fashioned a partnership virtually a family-like ambiance. So we see this as a shift in route, but in addition a pause for the preliminary plan, which we’ve all agreed and he or she’s accepted to proceed as our host in 2024.”
As of Thursday, Gillmer stated the powers that be are nonetheless determining easy methods to open the present, tackle the strike and let followers know why the present seems a bit completely different than initially deliberate. “However we’ve got a plan, for the reason that award present is fan-voted, we need to honor the followers’ participation and likewise honor the expertise that earn these awards,” he defined. “So we’ll be giving the awards away. We’re engaged on a plan on how to try this with out the standard presentation concerned, ought to the expertise or a few of the expertise not present. We’ve received backups to our backups. And we’re planning on holding as most of the signature components of the present intact.”
He added, “We may have a dwell viewers and it’ll nonetheless be a dwell occasion. Totally different, with extra pre-taped packages and so forth, that are scalable, nevertheless it’ll nonetheless have that dwell occasion really feel.”
Gillmer additionally insisted that the MTV magic will likely be alive and effectively. “The viewers all the time loves the sneak peeks for the largest films which are about to be launched. They will solely see these sneak peeks on on this award present. And we’re going to provide awards away that they voted on for the signature classes, like finest kiss, villain flight, all that. Hopefully we found out a method to have fun a few of the 12 months’s largest moments and WTF moments.”
The jury continues to be out on which, if any, celebrities will likely be exhibiting as much as move out awards. The initially introduced record of presenters included Tiffany Haddish, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gal Gadot, Rodrigo Santoro and Sarah Michelle Gellar, amongst many, many others. Keep tuned to HollywoodLife to search out out.
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