The MTV movie & TV awards have scrapped their best actor and actress categories, instead opting for a single gender-neutral acting category that will be open to both male and female actors.
The National Television Awards dispensed with gendered categories in 2008, then reverted back to male and female awards in 2012 and 2013, before returning to gender-neutral categories in the years since.
MTV’s decision to make their awards gender-neutral comes at a time when the issue of separate male and female acting awards is generating much discussion.
The nominees for the inaugural best actor in a movie includes Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya, Beauty and the Beast’s Emma Watson, and Hidden Figures’ Taraji P Henson.