{"id":28612,"date":"2017-05-08T11:08:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T11:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=28612"},"modified":"2017-05-08T11:08:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T11:08:37","slug":"moonlight-ashton-sanders-jharrel-jerome-win-best-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/celebrities\/moonlight-ashton-sanders-jharrel-jerome-win-best-kiss.html","title":{"rendered":"Moonlight Ashton Sanders &#038; Jharrel Jerome Win Best Kiss"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Moonlight Ashton Sanders &amp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Jharrel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"> Jerome Win Best Kiss<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">This year&#39;s MTV Movie &amp; TV Awards &quot;Best Kiss&quot; acceptance speech came with a major message.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The annual award was granted this year to Moonlight&#39;s Ashton Sanders and <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Jharrel<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"> Jerome, who portrayed two African American teenagers in the Oscar-winning film and shared a secret kiss on the beach.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">&quot;It is OK for us young performers, especially us minority performers, to step out the box&#8230;and do whatever it takes to tell the story and do whatever it takes to make a change,&quot; Jerome said at the podium as he accepted the golden popcorn alongside his co-star.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">&quot;This award is for us artists who are out there who need to step out the box to do whatever it takes to get people to wake up.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">&quot;This award is bigger than <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Jharrell<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"> and <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span class=\"gr-progress\" style=\"color:#000000;\">I<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">,&quot; Sanders continued. &quot;This represents more than a kiss. This is for those that feel like the others, the misfits. This represents us.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ashton-Sanders-Jharrel-Jerome.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ashton Sanders Jharrel Jerome\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28615\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ashton-Sanders-Jharrel-Jerome.jpg\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ashton-Sanders-Jharrel-Jerome.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ashton-Sanders-Jharrel-Jerome-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ashton-Sanders-Jharrel-Jerome-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ashton-Sanders-Jharrel-Jerome-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ashton-Sanders-Jharrel-Jerome-140x140.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">This is the fifth time <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">a <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">same<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"> sex<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"> kiss has been honored with the award in the show&#39;s history, following lip-locks between Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair in Cruel Intentions, Jason Biggs and Seann William Scott in American Pie 2, Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Ledgerin<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"> Brokeback Mountain.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">source:-http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/849108\/moonlight-s-ashton-sanders-jharrel-jerome-win-best-kiss-at-mtv-movie-tv-awards-this-represents-more-than-a-kiss<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/celebrities\/moonlight-ashton-sanders-jharrel-jerome-win-best-kiss.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moonlight Ashton Sanders &amp; 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