MTV officially declares Melissa McCarthy a “comedic genius”
The MTV Movie Awards ceremony is usually a pretty big event every year—at least as far as teens and the teens-at-heart are concerned—but that doesn’t mean it’s too good to straight-up invent awards so famous people will stop by and say funny stuff. Over the last few years, this has taken the form of the Comedic Genius Award, a special accolade for supremely hilarious celebrities who also have a big movie to plug. It went to Will Ferrell in 2013, which probably boosted the ticket sales for Anchorman 2 a little bit, and Kevin Hart took one home in 2015 thanks to his commanding performances in The Wedding Ringer and Get Hard. (The award wasn’t given out in 2014, presumably because nobody was funny that year/had a movie coming out at the right time.)