‘Black Panther’ and ‘Stranger Things’ take honours at MTV Awards

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Panther and nostalgic horror sensation Stranger Things shared the spoils with a real-life hero at the MTV Movie and TV Awards. Marvel’s Black

Panther racked up four awards, including best film. Its star, Chadwick Boseman, won best hero and best movie performance while his nemesis, Michael B Jordan, was named best villain. Boseman, 40, got his hero statuette from presenters Olivia Munn and Zazie Beetz – and promptly gave it to James Shaw Jr, 29, the man who stopped a mass shooter at a Tennessee Waffle House. “Receiving an award for playing a superhero is amazing but it’s even greater to acknowledge the heroes that we have in real life,” Boseman, below, left, said. He beckoned Shaw on stage and led the crowd in a standing ovation. “If you don’t know James Shaw Jr, he fought off a gunman in Antioch, Tennessee, at a Waffle House. He saved lives,” he said. Shaw singlehandedly wrestled the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle from the hands of Travis Reinking as he was allegedly reloading in the middle of a shooting rampage in April. Four people were killed and two others wounded at the Waffle House restaurant in Nashville, America’s country music capital. He suffered a graze wound from a bullet and burns on his right hand from grabbing the hot barrel of the gun. He was hailed as a hero by the survivors and their family members, but has repeatedly rejected the label, saying he acted for reasons of self-preservation. For the second year running, Netflix hit Stranger Things took best show and best actor in a show for Millie Bobby Brown. Noah Schnapp picked up best frightened performance.