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Boseman honours real-life hero

Landmark blockbuster “Black Panther” a n d nostalgic horror sensation “Stranger Things” shared the spoils Monday with a real-life hero at the MTV Movie and TV Awards. Marvel’s “Black Panther” racked up four awards, including best movie. Its star, Chadwick Boseman, won best hero and best movie performance while his nemesis Michael B. Jordan was named best villain. Boseman, 40, got his hero statuette from presenters Olivia Munn and Zazie Beetz -- and promptly gave it to James Shaw Jr., the man who stopped a mass shooter at a Tennessee Waffle House. “Receiving an award for playing a superhero is amazing but it’s even greater to acknowledge the heroes that we have in real life,” Boseman said. He beckone the 29-year-old on stage and led the crowd in a standing ovation. “If you don’t know James Shaw Jr., he fought off a gunman in Antioch, Tennessee, at a Waffle House. He saved lives,” he said. Shaw singlehandedly wrestled the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle from the hands of Travis Reinking as he was allegedly reloading in the middle of a shooting rampage in April. 

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