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The diminutive liberal justice, 86, got four
nods at the youth-oriented awards show, including "best fight"
and "best real-life hero" courtesy of the 2018 documentary "RBG"
that chronicled her legal legacy and rise to become an
unexpected pop culture icon, especially among women.
The MTV Movie and TV awards usually focus on crowd-pleasing
movies and TV shows and have become an irreverent antidote to
the winter Hollywood awards season, which honors more serious
fare. Winners are chosen by fans voting online and will be
announced at a ceremony airing on June 17.
"RBG," which also was Oscar-nominated earlier this year, got
nods for best documentary as well as in the new MTV category,
"most-meme-able moment."
Ginsburg became the first public figure to be nominated in the
popular best fight category, in which she was cited for battling
"inequality." Her rivals include fictional characters in clashes
from "Captain Marvel" and medieval fantasy television series
"Game of Thrones."
Ginsburg also featured in the new MTV category of best real-life
hero alongside tennis star Serena Williams and Australian
comedian Hannah Gadsby.
"Game of Thrones" and Marvel superhero film "Avengers: Endgame"
- already the all-time second-biggest movie after 2009's
"Avatar" - got four nominations each. They included nods for
stars Robert Downey Jr, Josh Brolin, Emilia Clarke and Maisie
Williams.
MTV again dispensed with gender classifications, placing men and
women together in performance categories in a move to embrace
equality and gender fluidity.
The June awards ceremony from the California beach city of Santa
Monica will be hosted by "Shazam!" star Zachary Levi.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Dan Grebler)
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