See The Best Actor In a Movie Category at MTV Movie & TV Awards

Emma Watson was the first big winner at Sunday night's MTV Movie & TV Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

And in a historical departure, both men and women were featured as nominees in the category for Best Actor In A Movie with 'non-binary' actor Asia Kate Dillon from Billions announcing the recipient of the Golden Popcorn trophy.

Watson won for her performance as Belle in Beauty And The Beast and she praised MTV for moving towards a gender-less awards show.

Emotional: Emma Watson won the first MTV Movie Award of the night in the first ceremony that didn't separate nominees based on gender

'The first acting award in history that doesn't separate nominees based on their sex says something about how we perceive the human experience,' the actress, 27, said.

'Empathy and the ability to use your imagination should have no limits.'

Meaningful moment: Watson received her Best Actor In a Movie Award for Beauty And The Beast from 'non-binary' actor Asia Kate Dillon, who stars on Showtimes Billions

Momentous occasion: 'The first acting award in history that doesn't separate nominees based on their sex says something about how we perceive the human experience,' the actress, 27, said

Stylish: The pretty actress wore her hair up and rocked a black and silver mini dress that had one sleeve and paired semi sheer panels with large statement sequins

Had things to say: 'I’m so proud to be a part of a film that celebrates diversity, literacy, inclusion, joy, and love the way that this one does,' Watson said of winning her Golden Popcorn trophy for Belle

The former Harry Potter star also thanked Dillon for 'educating' her and went on to explain how the live action Disney feature promoted inclusivity.

'The villagers in our fairy tale wanted to make Belle believe that the world was smaller than the way she saw it with fewer opportunities for her, that her curiosity and passion for knowledge and her desire fore more in life were grounds for alienation,' she said.

'I loved playing someone who didn’t listen to any of that. I’m so proud to be a part of a film that celebrates diversity, literacy, inclusion, joy, and love the way that this one does,' Watson concluded.

Another big win: Watson returned to the stage later in the night with her Beauty And The Beast co-star Josh Gad after the live action Disney film was named Movie Of The Year

He's the man: The movie's director Bill Condon also came on stage and he thanked everyone who had supported the film, especially the female moviegoers

Winning: The trio clearly had a great time as the center of attention

Emma wasn't the only one to pick up on the fact MTV had rid itself of gender for its annual awards ceremony, as Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan addressed the network's groundbreaking decision.

He was keen to spark a debate about the gender-neutral awards and said on the ITV breakfast show: 'Gender neutral awards – just what the world was craving.

'I can’t think of a better recipient than Emma Watson, a great flag-bearer to all things gender neutral.

'Do we need to have men and women?' he questioned. 'Shall we call you woes? Woe is me. You become woes.'

He continued: 'We can't become men obviously, we become persons and everything becomes gender neutral.

'Eventually I will smash my head repeatedly into a brick wall – which is of course a great crowd pleaser.'

Causing a stir: Piers Morgan was keen to spark a debate about the gender-neutral awards after witnessing Emma's acceptance speech, he remarked: 'Gender neutral awards – just what the world was craving'

Piers then called upon viewers to share their thoughts on MTV's decision and remarked that if anyone is in favour of gender-neutral awards he has a 'good doctor you can see'.

Emma, meanwhile, came under fire for her impassioned speech by Lorraine's showbiz reporter Dan Wootton as he suggested the actress' delivery hadn't been as 'spontaneous' as it had seemed and accused Emma of 'reading from an auto-cue.'

Emma, meanwhile, found herself accepting more than one award as she returned to the stage during the ceremony's proceedings to pick up the Movie Of The Year Award for Disney's Beauty And The Beast, announced By Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer.

Two blondes: Snatched co-stars Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn presented the Movie of The Year Award after engaging in some jokey banter

Comedy chops: The duo joked that the winner of the award was 'Moonland', taking a jibe at the Oscars that gave Best Picture first to La La Land before taking it away and giving it to Moonlight

MTV domination: Backstage, Schumer and Hawn celebrated with Condon, Gad and Watson

Watson was joined by Josh Gad and together they called up to the stage the film's director Bill Condon.

Condon thanked everyone who had supported the live action retelling of the fairytale classic, especially the female movie-goers who had turned out to see it.

'Women have proven that they are a huge and powerful audience and it's going to change the movie business' the filmmaker declared.

Beauty And The Beast dominated the televised awards show at LA's Shrine Auditorium from the start with host Adam DeVine opening the telecast with a musical tribute to the live action Disney hit.

He appeared as the Beast and was joined in the number by Rebel Wilson as Teapot and Hailee Steinfeld as Belle.

All about Belle: Show host Adam DeVine opened the live telecast from LA's Shrine Auditorium with a musical homage to Disney's Beauty And The Beast

Homage: Hailee Steinfeld appeared in the role played by Watson while Rebel Wilson took part as Teapot

Dancing stars: Gad also rocked his moves as leFou

Kicking things off: DeVine was dressed as the Beast for the opening musical number

For the first time, too, MTV presented a Show Of the Year Award for television and streaming.

It was hardly a surprise that the Golden Popcorn went to Netflix's Stranger Things, that has won a string of trophies in the past year.

The young cast excitedly went on stage and thanked the Duffer brothers who created and directed the series.

'They treated us like actors and not like little kids,' said star Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike.

Gang's all here: The cast of Netflix series Stranger Things took over the stage at LA's Shrine Auditorium after winning Show Of The Year

Much excitement: It's the latest in a string of awards for the series and its cast of young actors during the past year

Friends and co-stars: The Stranger Things cast know how to have fun in the limelight

Noah Schnapp, who stars as Billy, thanked fans 'for all the support and love you've given us.'

Stranger Things darling Millie Bobby Brown won one of the first awards of the night when she was named Best Actor In A Show.

The 13-year-old took the stage in a long-sleeved white mini dress and matching white cowboy boots.

The British youngster soon teared up, however, after collecting her award from Zac Efron and Alexandra Daddario and remained emotional as she thanked her co-stars, her family, and her publicists and directors.

'First of all, I want to thank everyone who voted and especially MTV,' she said through her tears. 'I want to thank the cast and crew, who have become my family. You guys, I love you.'

Winner: Stranger Things darling Millie Bobby Brown, 13, was named Best Actor In A Show for her role as the enigmatic eleven in the Netflix series

Overcome: The British youngster teared up as she collected her award from Zac Efron and Alexandra Daddario

Happy: The actress posed with her trophy backstage at the awards show, before planting a kiss on her accolade

Taraji P. Henson represented the movie Hidden Figures that won in the category Best Fight Against The System, a new category that celebrates underdog efforts and social justice.

After collecting the trophy, she gave a shout out to her co-stars in the film Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae and said they knew at the time they were about restoring some truths to the historical record.

'This movie was bigger than all of us,' she explained. 'We understood that, we understood the task at hand.'

Had a message: 'This movie was bigger than all of us,'Taraji P. Henson said as she collected the award given to Hidden figures for Best Fight Against The System

Speaking about her role in Hidden Figures, she said: 'It became my mission to dispel that myth so another young girl would not grow up thinking her mind was incapable of grasping math and science'

The actress, who also stars on TV's empire, recalled how growing up, she always understood that math and science was meant for boys, not girls.

Being able to tell the true story of African-American women was hugely important, she said.

'It became my mission to dispel that myth so another young girl would not grow up thinking her mind was incapable of grasping math and science. If it were not for these women, we wouldn't be in space,' Henson stated.

She went on to say how tired she is of separation, of a focus on things that divide people rather than unite them.

'God is very clever. He made us all different for a reason and we better figure it out,' the actress said.

Made a point: Being able to tell the true story of African-American women was hugely important, she said. 'If it was not for these women, we would not be in space,' Henson stated

Hamming it up for the cameras: The actress playfully tried to take a bite out of her popcorn trophy

The Fast And The Furious franchise was honored with the Generation Award and star and producer Vin Diesel accepted the Golden Popcorn on behalf the team.

He then called out to join him on stage other franchise stars Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez and Tyrese Gibson.

He recalled the first time he had appeared onstage at the MTV Movie Awards in 2002 with late co-star Paul Walker when they wonfor Best Duo.

'I gotta thank our generation,' Diesel said. 'I gotta thank a generation that was willing to accept this multicultural franchise where it didn’t matter what color your skin was or what country you’re from.'

'When you're family, you're family,' he added, before giving shout out to Walker, saying: 'I could never stand on the stage without giving love to my brother Pablo.'

Recognition: Vin Diesel took the stage to collect the Generation Award for The Fast And The Furious franchise as co-star Jordana Brewster applauded

Grateful: 'I gotta thank our generation,' Diesel said. 'I gotta thank a generation that was willing to accept this multicultural franchise' before adding a shout out to his late co-star Paul Walker

'Family': Franchise stars Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodrigues and Brewster joined in the celebration

Best Kiss was awarded to Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome who starred in the Academy Awards Best Picture Moonlight.

'It is ok for us young performers, especially us young minority performers, to step out of the box,' Sanders said in his acceptance speech.

'This award is for that. It’s for artists who need to step out of the box and do whatever it takes to tell a story and whatever it takes to make a change, to get people to wake up.'

Jerome added: 'This award represents more than a kiss. This is for the others, the misfits.'

Big night: Best Kiss was awarded to Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome who starred in the Academy Awards Best Picture Moonlight

Pushing back bondaries: 'This award represents more than a kiss. This is for the others, the misfits,' Jerome told the crowd

On their way: 'It is ok for us young performers, especially us young minority performers, to step out of the box,' Sanders said in his acceptance speech

London actor Daniel Kaluuya was named recipient of the Next Generation MTV award.

The actor, 28, starred in the hit movie Get Out.

The year's Best Duo was named as Hugh Jackman and child actress Dafne Keen who starred together in the X-Men spin-off Logan.

Breakout star: Daniel Kaluuya, 28, was named recipient of the Next Generation MTV award for the movie Get Out. The London actor was presented with his trophy by John Cena

Tearful: It's the first big Hollywood award for the actor

Dynamic duo: Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen, 11, picked up the Golden Popcorn for Best Duo for their co-starring role in the movie Logan

X-Men: The two rocked their best mutant moves after picking up their award

Funnyman: Trevor Noah from Comedy Central's the Daily Show was named Best Host

He won: Noah had received his Popcorn award from Martha Stewart and rapper Snoop Dogg

The MTV Tearjerker Award went to NBC's drama series This Is Us.

Representing the show were Milo Ventimiglia and Lonnie Chavis who picked up the trophy for a scene they did at a karate class.

The Daily Show's Trevor Noah was named Best Host.

Karate kids: Milo Ventimiglia and Lonnie Chavis who picked up the popcorn trophy on behalf of best tearjerker - the NBC drama series This Is us

Working for his supper: Ventimiglia pulled double duty as a presenter joining his This Is Us co-star Chrissy Metz on stage

Shiny people: Girls star Allison Williams and Lil Rel Howery, who won a Popcorn trophy for Best Comedic Performance in the film Get Out, were also presenters at the awards show

Eye-catching: Hailee Steinfeld rocked a lavender cut-out mini dress to present and award with Ansel Elgort

That's a wrap: DeVine tried to keep the humor going through the show before stripping half naked and throwing himself off stage after the last award of the night was handed out to Stranger Things

Topless: It was quite the finale for the headline-making show

Formerly known as the MTV Movie Awards, TV shows are newly eligible for Golden Popcorn trophies at this year's ceremony, which broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

MTV is also breaking down gender barriers in its new format, with men and women competing together in the acting categories.

The show is keeping up its traditional irreverence, though, with awards recognizing the best hero, villain, kiss and duo across television and film.

Several new categories were added this year: Best American Story, for the program or film that 'showcases America at its best'; Best Fight Against the System, which celebrates underdog efforts and social justice; top trending moment; and best musical moment.

Hosted by actor Adam DeVine, the MTV Movie & TV Awards also featured sneak peeks of anticipated films including Transformers: The Last Knight and Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Sneak peek: Tom Holland and Zendaya, wearing a lovely green embellished semi-sheer dress with a plunging neckline, introduced a look at their upcoming movie Spider-Man: Homecoming