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Gal Gadot, Adam Sandler Among MTV Film & TV Award Winners

Several Jewish stars scored wins at the MOT MTV Film & TV Awards on Sunday.
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December 7, 2020
Adam Sandler accepts the Best Male Lead award for ‘Uncut Gems’ onstage during the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 08, 2020. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)

Several Jewish stars scored wins at the MOT MTV Film & TV Awards on Sunday, including Gal Gadot, Adam Sandler, Jason Segel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Selma Blair and Jamie Lee Curtis at a virtual ceremony that honored stars of film and television as GOATs (Greatest of All Time).

Gadot, whose sequel “Wonder Woman 1984” makes its delayed debut on HBO Max on Dec. 25, was named She-Ro GOAT, and Sandler shared the Dynamic Duo GOAT with Drew Barrymore for their rom-coms “The Wedding Singer,” “50 First Dates,” and “Blended.”

Segel and his “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” co-star Kristen Bell were honored with the GOAT for Heartbreaking Break-Up, and Gellar and Blair got the Legendary Lip Lock GOAT for “Cruel Intentions.” Curtis received the Scream Queen GOAT for the “Halloween” franchise.

Other honorees included Kevin Bacon, Kevin Hart, and the late Chadwick Boseman.

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