Jennifer Lopez will be presented with the Generation Award—joining a class of past recipients like
The Rock,
Tom Cruise,
Reese Witherspoon and
Adam Sandler—Sunday, 6/5, at the 2022
MTV Movie & TV Awards.
Hosted by
Vanessa Hudgens, the show will kick off live from
Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., at 8pm ET/PT. Immediately thereafter, MTV will air its
Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED, hosted by multimedia personality
Tayshia Adams. It begins at
10pm ET/PT.
The only artist ever to have a #1 film and #1 album simultaneously, Lopez has become one of the world's most successful entertainers, responsible for 75m records sold and $3b grossed at the global box office. She's also built billion-dollar brands along the way. Her next film,
HALFTIME, a documentary on her career and groundbreaking successes of 2019, will premiere on
Netflix 6/14.
Executive producers for both award shows are MTV's
Bruce Gillmer,
Wendy Plaut and
Vanessa WhiteWolf and
Den o
f Thieves’
Jesse Ignjatovic and
Barb Bialkowski.
