MTV Movie & TV Awards

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The MTV Movie & TV Awards is a film and television awards show presented annually on MTV.[1] It began as the MTV Movie Awards in 1992, when its first edition was held, and adopted its current name in 2017, beginning with its 26th edition.[1]

MTV Movie & TV Awards
The "Golden Popcorn" awarded at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards.
Awarded forFilm and television
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First awardedJune 10, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-06-10)
Websitewww.mtv.com/​movie-and-tv-awards

The awards ceremony has traditionally been tied to the start of the summer blockbuster season for the film industry, and since the launch of the television awards, the opening of that industry's awards season. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV. The winners are then decided by the general public. Presently,[when?] voting is done only through an official MTV Movie & TV Awards voting website.[2] Winners are presented with the "Golden Popcorn" statue made by New-York-firm Society Awards.[3]

Production process

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For much of its history, the ceremony was recorded for later broadcast, unlike the MTV Video Music Awards, which are usually live, but not live-to-tape, where the ceremony occurred in chronological order with appropriate edits. This meant that the ceremony was recorded out of order with the host segments recorded all at the start, followed by the musical performances and then award presentations, where those artists and actors nominated could choose to stay only for their award category and then depart after, with a seat filler filling their seat before or afterwards. After 2006, when Survivor producer Mark Burnett (who took over duties from Joel Gallen for the 2007 awards) took over production duties,[4] it began to be broadcast live most years, though since 2017, it has been recorded live-to-tape, with a one or two-day delay before airing.

Since 2007, polls for several awards have been voted on through MTV's web and social media presences.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 awards were cancelled.[5] Internally, the network had discussed a permanent move of the ceremony to December, which would place it in the early portion of awards season before the Golden Globe Awards.[6] Instead, MTV aired a Vanessa Hudgens-hosted clip show, MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time, on December 6, 2020, which featured highlights from past ceremonies and highlighted notable moments from film and television since the 1980s.[5]

The network stated that it aimed to hold a larger, weekend-long ceremony in 2021.[5] On March 11, 2021, MTV announced that the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards would be held on May 16 and 17, 2021, with the first night focusing on films and scripted television, and a new, second night (MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted) focusing exclusively on awards in reality television.[7] The 2022 ceremony maintained the split format, but with both segments airing back-to-back on a single night.[8][9] The 2023 ceremony was originally to be hosted by Drew Barrymore, but Barrymore and other planned guests dropped out in solidarity with the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike. As a result, the in-person ceremony was cancelled and replaced by a pre-recorded virtual ceremony with no host.[10][11] In May 2024, MTV cancelled the 2024 edition, stating that the event was being retooled for 2025.[12]

Award categories

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Current awards

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Category Year(s) Notes
Movie awards
Best Movie 1992–present
Best Performance in a Movie 2017–present
Movie & Television awards
Best Musical Moment 2017–present
Best Breakthrough Performance 2017–present known as "Next Generation" in 2017
Best Comedic Performance 2017–present
Most Frightened Performance 2017–present
Best Hero 2017–present
Best Villain 2017–present
Best Kiss 2017–present
Best Fight 2017–present
Best Duo 2017–present known as "Best On-Screen Team" in 2018 and "Best Team" in 2022
Television awards
Best Show 2017–present
Best Performance in a Show 2017–present
Best Host 2017, 2019–present
Best Competition Series 2017, 2021–present known as "Best Reality Competition" in 2017
Best Docu-Reality Series 2018–present known as "Best Reality Series/Franchise" in 2018 and "Best Reality Royalty" in 2019
Best Music Documentary 2018, 2021–present

Retired awards

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Category Year(s) Notes
Movie awards
Best Male Performance 1992–2016
Best Female Performance 1992–2016
Best Song from a Movie 1992–2002, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013–2015 known as "Best Musical Sequence" in 2000–2002 and 2005, "Best Music" in 2012, and "Best Musical Moment" in 2013–2015
Best Breakthrough Performance 1992–1998, 2006–2008, 2010–2016 known as "Breakout Star" in 2011–2012
Best Male Breakthrough Performance 1999–2005, 2009
Best Female Breakthrough Performance 1999–2005, 2009
Best New Filmmaker 1992–2002
Most Desirable Male 1992–1996
Most Desirable Female 1992–1996
Best Action Sequence 1992–2005
Best Dance Sequence 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004
Best Comedic Performance 1992–2017
Most Frightened Performance 2005–2016
Best Hero 2006, 2010–2016 known as "Biggest Bad-Ass Star" in 2010–2011
Best Villain 1992–2016 known as "Best On-Screen Dirt Bag" in 2012
Best Kiss 1992–2016
Best Fight 1996–2016
Best On-Screen Duo 1992–2006, 2013–2015
Best Sandwich in a Movie 1996
Best Cameo 2001–2004, 2014
Best Dressed 2001, 2002
Best Virtual Performance 2003, 2016
Best Video Game Based on a Movie 2005
Best Filmmaker on Campus 2006–2007 known as "MTVU Student Filmmaker Award" in 2007
Sexiest Performance 2006
Dirtiest Mouth Moment 2007
Spoof Award 2007
Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet 2007
Best Summer Movie So Far 2008
Best WTF Moment 2009–2015 known as "Best Jaw-Dropping Moment" in 2011 and "Best Gut-Wrenching Performance" in 2012
Best Latino Actor 2011–2013
Best Line from a Movie 2001–2002, 2011 known as "Best Line" in 2001–2002
Best Cast 2012, 2016 known as "Ensemble Cast" in 2016
Best Shirtless Performance 2013–2015
Best On-Screen Transformation 2013–2014
Favorite Character 2014
Summer's Biggest Teen Bad-Ass 2013
Best Documentary 2016–2017
Best Action Performance 2016
True Story 2016
Movie & Television awards
Most Meme-able Moment 2017, 2019 known as "Trending" in 2017
Best Fight Against the System 2017
Best American Story 2017
Tearjerker 2017
Scene Stealer 2018
Best Real-Life Hero 2019
Here For The Hookup 2022
Television awards
Best Talk/Topical Show 2021–2022
Best New Unscripted Series 2021–2022
Best Lifestyle Show 2021–2022
Best Real-Life Mystery or Crime Series 2021
Best Comedy/Game Show 2021
Best Dating Show 2021
Best International Reality Series 2021
Best Reality Fight 2021–2022
Best Reality Romance 2022
Best Reality Cast 2021
Best Reality Return 2022
Miscellaneous awards
Global Superstar 2010
Breakthrough Social Star 2021–2022

Special awards

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Lifetime Achievement Award

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Year Recipient
1992 Jason Voorhees
1993 The Three Stooges
1994 John Shaft
1995 Jackie Chan
1996 Godzilla
1997 Chewbacca
1998 Clint Howard

Silver Bucket of Excellence

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Year Recipient Notes
2005 The Breakfast Club awarded to Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy
2006 Do the Right Thing awarded to Spike Lee

Years

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Year Host(s) Venue Best Movie Best Show Best Performance (in a Movie) Best Breakthrough Performance
Female Male Female
1992[13] Dennis Miller Walt Disney Studios Terminator 2: Judgment Day Linda Hamilton, Terminator 2: Judgment Day Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator 2: Judgment Day Edward Furlong, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1993[14] Eddie Murphy A Few Good Men Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct Denzel Washington, Malcolm X Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny
1994[15] Will Smith Sony Pictures Studios Menace II Society Janet Jackson, Poetic Justice Tom Hanks, Philadelphia Alicia Silverstone, The Crush
1995[16] Jon Lovitz
Courteney Cox
Warner Bros. Studios Pulp Fiction Sandra Bullock, Speed Brad Pitt, Interview with the Vampire Kirsten Dunst, Interview with the Vampire
1996[17] Ben Stiller
Janeane Garofalo
Walt Disney Studios Seven Alicia Silverstone, Clueless Jim Carrey, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls George Clooney, From Dusk till Dawn
1997[18] Mike Myers Barker Hangar Scream Claire Danes, Romeo + Juliet Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire Matthew McConaughey, A Time to Kill
1998[19] Samuel L. Jackson Titanic Neve Campbell, Scream 2 Leonardo DiCaprio, Titanic Heather Graham, Boogie Nights
1999[20] Lisa Kudrow There's Something About Mary Cameron Diaz, There's Something About Mary Jim Carrey, The Truman Show James Van Der Beek, Varsity Blues Katie Holmes, Disturbing Behavior
2000[21] Sarah Jessica Parker Sony Pictures Studios The Matrix Sarah Michelle Gellar, Cruel Intentions Keanu Reeves, The Matrix Haley Joel Osment, The Sixth Sense Julia Stiles, 10 Things I Hate About You
2001[22] Jimmy Fallon
Kirsten Dunst
Shrine Auditorium Gladiator Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible 2 Sean Patrick Thomas, Save the Last Dance Erika Christensen, Traffic
2002[23] Sarah Michelle Gellar
Jack Black
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge! Will Smith, Ali Orlando Bloom, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Mandy Moore, A Walk to Remember
2003[24] Seann William Scott
Justin Timberlake
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man Eminem, 8 Mile Jennifer Garner, Daredevil
2004[25] Lindsay Lohan Sony Pictures Studios The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Volume 1 Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Shawn Ashmore, X2 Lindsay Lohan, Freaky Friday
2005[26] Jimmy Fallon Shrine Auditorium Napoleon Dynamite Lindsay Lohan, Mean Girls Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite Rachel McAdams, Mean Girls
2006[27] Jessica Alba Sony Pictures Studios Wedding Crashers Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain Isla Fisher, Wedding Crashers
2007[28] Sarah Silverman Universal Amphitheatre Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Jaden Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
2008 Mike Myers Transformers Ellen Page, Juno Will Smith, I Am Legend Zac Efron, Hairspray
2009 Andy Samberg Twilight Kristen Stewart, Twilight Zac Efron, High School Musical 3: Senior Year Robert Pattinson, Twilight Ashley Tisdale, High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2010 Aziz Ansari The Twilight Saga: New Moon Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: New Moon Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: New Moon Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
2011 Jason Sudeikis The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Chloë Grace Moretz, Kick Ass
2012 Russell Brand The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
2013 Rebel Wilson Sony Pictures Studios Marvel's The Avengers Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect
2014 Conan O'Brien Peacock Theater The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Will Poulter, We're the Millers
2015 Amy Schumer The Fault In Our Stars Shailene Woodley, The Fault In Our Stars Bradley Cooper, American Sniper Dylan O'Brien, The Maze Runner
2016 Dwayne Johnson
Kevin Hart
Warner Bros. Studios Star Wars: The Force Awakens Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2017 Adam DeVine Shrine Auditorium Beauty and the Beast Stranger Things Emma Watson, Beauty and the Beast Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
2018 Tiffany Haddish Barker Hangar Black Panther Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
2019 Zachary Levi Avengers: Endgame Game of Thrones Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born Noah Centineo, To All the Boys I've Loved Before
2020 Vanessa Hudgens Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic; Greatest of All Time special aired instead
2021 Leslie Jones
Nikki Glaser
Hollywood Palladium To All the Boys: Always and Forever WandaVision Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Regé-Jean Page, Bridgerton
2022 Vanessa Hudgens
Tayshia Adams
Barker Hangar Spider-Man: No Way Home Euphoria Tom Holland, Spider-Man: No Way Home Sophia Di Martino, Loki
2023 Scream VI The Last of Us Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Quinn, Stranger Things
2024[29] Not held.

Records

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Films that won Best Movie at the MTV Movie & TV Awards and Best Picture at the Academy Awards

Franchise or film series that have won Best Movie more than once

Film parodies

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Since 1993, scenes are spoofed, mostly from that year's most popular films, although television shows and older movies have also been chosen. This may include sound and video montages, replacing some of the original cast with other actors (commonly, the hosts of each year's show) generally mocking the scenes of that film. The diversity of the spoofs can vary greatly, from one dialogue (such as in 2005) to several long scenes, including fighting and action sequences (2003).

MTV Movie Awards Film Spoofs by Year
Year Film Starring Watch
1993 Basic Instinct Florence Henderson
Barry Williams
Christopher Knight
Susan Olsen
A Few Good Men Florence Henderson
Barry Williams
Christopher Knight
The Bodyguard Florence Henderson
Barry Williams
1994 The Fugitive The Monkey Troupe
Jurassic Park Charlton Heston
The Monkey Troupe
The Piano The Monkey Troupe
1995 Speed Danny Bonaduce
Shirley Jones
Dave Madden
Pulp Fiction Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Robert Hegyes
Ron Palillo
Dumb and Dumber Sherman Hemsley
Isabel Sanford
Franklin Cover
Interview with the Vampire Frank Gorshin
Adam West
1996 Twister Ben Stiller
Janeane Garofalo
Jay Leno
Braveheart Bob Newhart
Jack Riley
Peter Bonerz
Bill Daily
Clueless The Golden Girls
Seven William Shatner (in all three key roles)
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Vince Vaughn
Ben Stiller
Mike Myers
Janeane Garofalo
Jay Leno
Romeo + Juliet Mike Myers as Austin Powers
Jenny McCarthy
Scream Mike Myers
Drew Barrymore
1998 Godzilla, Taxi (combined in one video) Christopher Lloyd (as Jim Ignatowski)
Samuel L. Jackson
Dawson's Creek Katie Holmes
James Van Der Beek
Samuel L. Jackson
1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Lisa Kudrow (as herself)
Andy Dick
Creator's web-site
Amalgam of Risky Business, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, She's All That, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Sixteen Candles, Varsity Blues, The Breakfast Club and Cruel Intentions Alyson Hannigan
Jaime Pressly
Chris Owen
Charlie O'Connell
Armagedd'NSync (Armageddon)[30] 'N Sync
Lisa Kudrow
Clint Howard

Creator's web-site
2000 Sex and the Matrix (Sex and the City, The Matrix, combined) Sarah Jessica Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw)
Jimmy Fallon (Neo)
Vince Vaughn ("White Rabbit")
Creator's web-site
Mission: Impossible 2 Ben Stiller (as Tom Crooze, Tom Cruise's stunt double) Creator's web-site
2001 Cast Away Andy Dick Creator's web-site
The Mummy Returns
Adam Sandler Skit
2002 Lord of the Piercing (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) Jack Black (as Jack the Elf - Ring-bearer)
Sarah Michelle Gellar (Arwen)
Creator's web-site
Jack Black: Spider-Man (Spider-Man) Jack Black (as Spider-Man)
Sarah Michelle Gellar (Mary Jane Watson / Wonder Woman)
Creator's web-site
Panic Room Jack Black
Will Ferrell
Creator's web-site
2003 MTV: Reloaded (The Matrix Reloaded) Justin Timberlake (as "a One")
Seann William Scott ("a One", Agent Scott)
Will Ferrell (Larry the Architect)
Randall Duk Kim (Keymaker)
Wanda Sykes (Oracle)
Creator's web-site
2004 Kill Bill: Volume 2 Lindsay Lohan
Andy Dick
2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Jimmy Fallon (as Anakin Skywalker) Creator's web-site
Batman Begins Jimmy Fallon
Jon Heder (as Napoleon Dynamite)
Andy Dick
Creator's web-site
2006 Mission: Impossible III Jessica Alba
Topher Grace
Flavor Flav
Creator's web-site
King Kong Jessica Alba Creator's web-site
The Da Vinci Code Jessica Alba (as herself, based on Sophie Neveu)
Jimmy Fallon (himself, based on Jacques Saunière and Robert Langdon)
Andy Dick (himself, based on Silas)
Ron Perlman (himself)
Gary Cole (himself)
Chris Daughtry (himself)
Creator's web-site
2007 Transformers, The Devil Wears Prada, Dreamgirls, Babel, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Departed and 300
2008 Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda and Tropic Thunder Robert Downey Jr.
Jack Black
Ben Stiller
2009 Twilight, Star Trek, Slumdog Millionaire and The Reader
2010 Precious and The Blind Side
2011 The Hangover Part II, Black Swan, 127 Hours, The Social Network and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2013 Les Misérables, Life of Pi and Magic Mike
2018 Black Panther, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and A Quiet Place
2019 Us and Game of Thrones
2021 WandaVision, One Night in Miami..., Promising Young Woman

See also

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Notes

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  2. ^ "2017 Movie & TV Awards - MTV Movie & TV Awards - MTV". MTV.
  3. ^ Palermo, Elizabeth. "Golden Globe Creator eyes the Prize All Year Long". www.businessnewsdaily.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  4. ^ Adalian, Josef (January 11, 2007). "Burnett signs to MTV Movie Awards". Variety. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Schnieder, Michael (November 12, 2020). "MTV Movie & TV Awards Scraps Traditional Show for 'Greatest of All Time' Special Hosted by Vanessa Hudgens". Variety. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  6. ^ Schnieder, Michael (June 8, 2020). "MTV Movie & TV Awards Postponed Without Clear Return Date, But Could Move to December (Updated) (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  7. ^ Evans, Greg (March 11, 2021). "MTV Movie & TV Awards Sets Live Los Angeles Return". Deadline. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  8. ^ Longeretta, Emily (May 24, 2022). "Tayshia Adams Set to Host the MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  9. ^ Grein, Paul (May 23, 2022). "Vanessa Hudgens to Host 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  10. ^ Earl, William (May 8, 2023). "MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023: Jennifer Coolidge's Writers Strike Support Speech is a Highlight of Limp Clip Show". Variety. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  11. ^ Thomas, Carly (May 5, 2023). "2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards Will Not Be Held Live". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  12. ^ Grein, Paul (May 13, 2024). "MTV Movie & TV Awards Put on Hiatus for 2024". Billboard. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  13. ^ Chip_douglas (July 1, 2007). "1992 MTV Movie Awards (1992)". IMDb. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
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  15. ^ "1994 MTV Movie Awards (1994)". IMDb. Archived from the original on October 15, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
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  19. ^ Cinema Buff (August 31, 2001). "1998 MTV Movie Awards (1998)". IMDb. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
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  23. ^ anna (August 20, 2002). "2002 MTV Movie Awards (2002)". IMDb. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
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  25. ^ bsinc (June 23, 2004). "2004 MTV Movie Awards (2004)". IMDb. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  26. ^ kechupydeath (August 19, 2005). "2005 MTV Movie Awards (2005)". IMDb. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  27. ^ bob the moo (July 5, 2006). "2006 MTV Movie Awards (2006)". IMDb. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  28. ^ amblin53. "2007 MTV Movie Awards (2007)". IMDb. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  29. ^ MTV Movie & TV Awards Won’t Be Held In 2024, Likely To Return In 2025 Deadline Hollywood, May 13, 2024
  30. ^ Armagedd'NSync is not a traditional movie spoof, but rather a trailer parody created by an independent director Russell Bates Archived October 2, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. However, according to the creator's web-site Archived August 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine (last retrieved on August 13, 2006), it has been featured at MTV Movie Awards 1998.

References

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  • Steve Hochman, "Awards as American as 'Pie' and Other Silliness"; Television, L.A. Times, June 7, 2000, Calendar page 3;
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