Here is your Open Post for this year’s MTV Movie Awards. Our host this evening (for the Open Post) is Tommy Hiddleston and his dorkathon from last year. I actually watched last year (as I will this year), and I was honestly startled by just how twee and uncool Tom Hiddleston was when The Avengers picked up a few awards. He made me cringe, quite honestly. But thankfully, Tommy made up for it by dancing and twirling and singing and Snake Hipping his way back into my good graces post-MTV Movie Awards.
So, will this year’s ceremony have a healthy dose of cheesball? No. Tommy isn’t nominated for anything specifically, although “Loki” is up for “Favorite Character”. It was already doubtful that Tommy would show up, but I just saw that he did fly to London to attend the Olivier Awards tonight (we’ll have those photos for you tomorrow, so do some deep breathing, Dragonflies). So: Loki’s in London, not LA.
There were some big name people nominated, and maybe some of them will show up. Jennifer Lawrence? Possibly. Lupita Nyong’o? Could be. Leonardo DiCaprio? Sure, why not. Jennifer Aniston might be there. Johnny Depp is definitely going to be there. Eminem and Rihanna will be performing “Monster” for the first time together. Channing Tatum is getting a special “Trailblazer Award” and there will be a special tribute to Paul Walker. And the whole thing is being hosted by Conan O’Brien.
The awards show begins at 9 pm on MTV (obviously), and I think MTV is doing an in-house pre-show at 8:30. I’ll be live-tweeting, I guess. You can follow my Twitter here.
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