Vampires Eclipse the Competition at the People's Choice Awards

The stars of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse were the big winners at the People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

Robert Pattinson missed out on early honors as Johnny Depp won the Favorite Movie Actor a year after he was awarded the first Favorite Movie Actor of the Decade Award at the 2010 event.

Pattinson and Stewart also missed out on the Favorite Movie Star Under 25 Award - to Zac Efron.

But then the movie vampires took over, winning four big awards, including the night's Favorite Movie honor and Favorite Movie Actress (Stewart).

Eminem also claimed four big awards - for Favorite Male Artist and Favorite Hip-Hop Artist and for his Rihanna duet Love The Way You Lie, which was named Favorite Song and Favorite Music Video.

TV medical drama House was also a quadruple winner, taking home the Favorite TV Drama honour, while stars Hugh Laurie and Lisa Edelstein claimed the Favorite TV Drama Actor and Actress awards. Laurie was also named Favorite TV Doctor.

Other multiple winners included Katy Perry, who was named Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Online Sensation; TV hit Glee, which claimed the Favorite TV Comedy and Favorite TV Comedy Actress (Jane Lynch), and Adam Sandler, who picked up the Favorite Comedic Actor honor, while his 2010 movie Grown Ups landed the Favorite Comedy Movie accolade.

Tim Roth was also a surprise double winner, picking up the Favorite TV Crime Fighter award for his role in Lie To Me. The show also won the Favorite TV Crime Drama.

The full list of winners is:

MOVIES

Favorite Movie - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Favorite Drama Movie - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Favorite Onscreen Team - Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Favorite Movie Actress - Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Favorite Movie Actor - Johnny Depp
Favorite Comedic Star - Adam Sandler
Favorite Movie Star Under 25 - Zac Efron
Favorite Comedy Movie - Grown Ups
Favorite Action Movie - Iron Man 2
Favorite Action Star - Jackie Chan
Favorite Family Movie - Toy Story 3
Favorite Horror Movie - A Nightmare on Elm Street

TELEVISON

Favorite TV Drama - House
Favorite TV Comedy - Glee
Favorite TV Comedy Actor - Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Favorite TV Comedy Actress - Jane Lynch (Glee)
Favorite TV Drama Actress - Lisa Edelstein (House)
Favorite TV Drama Actor - Hugh Laurie (House)
Favorite TV Obsession - Dexter
Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show - Fringe
Favorite New Drama - Hawaii Five-0
Favorite New TV Comedy - $#*! My Dad Says
Favorite TV Guilty Pleasure - Keeping Up With The Kardashians
Favorite Talk Show Host - Conan O'Brien
Favorite TV Guest Star - Demi Lovato (Grey's Anatomy)
Favorite TV Doctor - Hugh Laurie (House)
Favorite TV Family - The Simpsons
Favorite Family TV Movie - Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
Favorite TV Chef - Rachael Ray
Favorite Competition Show - American Idol
Favorite TV Crime Drama - Lie To Me
Favorite TV Crime Fighter - Tim Roth (Lie To Me)

MUSIC

Favorite Rock Band - Paramore
Favorite Female Artist - Katy Perry
Favorite Country Artist - Taylor Swift
Favorite Male Artist - Eminem
Favorite Online Sensation - Katy Perry
Favorite Song - Love The Way You Lie by Eminem & Rihanna
Favorite Pop Artist - Rihanna
Favorite Breakout Artist - Selena Gomez & The Scene
Favorite R&B Artist - Usher
Favorite Hip-Hop Artist - Eminem
Favorite Music Video - Love The Way You Lie by Eminem & Rihanna

Hugh Jackman: People’s Choice Award Winner

Hugh Jackman accepted his award for Favorite Action Star at the People’s Choice Awards 2010 held at the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday, January 6th in Los Angeles.

The 41-year-old Wolverine actor joked about what he’ll be doing next now that he’s won.

“Between being an action star and foreign born, there’s only one thing left for me to do,” Hugh joked after accepting his award. “And that’s run for governor of California.”

People's Choice Award Winners

The people have spoken – and they love Sandra Bullock!

The Blind Side star beat out stiff competition, including Jennifer Aniston and Kristen Stewart, to be named favorite movie actress at the 36th Annual People's Choice Awards, televised live from L.A.'s Nokia Theatre Wednesday.

No stranger to the ceremony – this marks the star's fifth win for favorite movie actress since her first nomination in 1996 – Bullock, 45, was a double winner Wednesday night: Her film The Proposal, costarring Ryan Reynolds, was named favorite comedy.

"I am only up here because I am fortunate to work with people who make me look good," a tearful Bullock said while accepting her award. "[Thanks] most of all to my family . . . Life is hard sometimes, but we get through with laughter."

The actress also acknowledged her fans. "Thank you to everyone who voted," she said, "because you're voting for all the people who make me look good – and you're making me look very good."

Otherwise, it was Twilight-mania at the Nokia Theatre, where voters didn't forget about the blockbuster. The teen vampire flick swept the award show, claiming four trophies in total, including favorite movie, favorite on-screen team (an award given out to the entire cast) and favorite franchise. Meanwhile, Taylor Lautner was awarded favorite breakout actor as the series' sexy werewolf, Jacob Black.

The vampire craze made its way to the television screen too, as HBO's True Blood sucked up the favorite TV obsession award.

Music to Their Ears

In music news, Taylor Swift continued her recent award show sweep, nabbing favorite female artist, while fellow country star Keith Urban won favorite male artist.

And newly engaged Carrie Underwood had plenty to smile about, too. The singer, who picked up three awards last year, was named favorite country artist for the second year in a row.

Other major winners included Lady Gaga, who won favorite breakout music artist and favorite pop artist. Johnny Depp won favorite movie actor, while Miley Cyrus won breakout movie actress.

Going Online

For the first time this year, fans voted in the new category favorite Web celeb – which went to Twitter guru Ashton Kutcher.

Over 60 million fan votes were counted, according to producers, which determined the winners. Queen Latifah emceed the proceedings, which marks the kick-off of awards-show season in Hollywood.

For a full list of winners, visit the People's Choice Awards' official website at http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp.

Twilight & True Blood to Rule People's Choice Awards

Vampires are set to rule the upcoming People's Choice Awards - with blockbuster fantasy film franchise "Twilight" and blood-sucking TV series "True Blood" leading the nominations.

The public cast more than 18 million votes online to select the nominees for next year's ceremony, and will also choose the winners in 35 categories.

The Twilight Saga will compete against Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Star Trek in the favorite movie and favorite film franchise categories.

Stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner have earned nods for best on-screen team, joining fellow nominees Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal), Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) and Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, will.i.am, Dominic Monaghan and Daniel Henney (X-Men Origins: Wolverine).

Pattinson and Stewart were also nominated individually for favorite movie actress and actor, and will face-off against A-listers Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Depp, Ryan Reynolds, Anne Hathaway, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston and Sandra Bullock in their respective categories.

Lautner is also up for breakout movie actor alongside Chris Pine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sam Worthington and Zachary Quinto.

Meanwhile, True Blood was nominated for favorite TV obsession and favorite sci-fi/fantasy TV show, where it will battle for the title against The Vampire Diaries, Heroes, Lost and Supernatural.

The show's star Anna Paquin will fight it out with Blake Lively, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Katherine Heigl and Mariska Hargitay for favorite TV drama actress - while Hugh Laurie, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, Matthew Fox and Patrick Dempsey compete for the title of favorite TV drama actor.

Musically, newcomers Adam Lambert, Demi Lovato, Kris Allen, Lady Gaga and reality TV star Susan Boyle will battle for favorite breakout music artist.

Eminem, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Keith Urban and Tim McGraw will go head-to-head for the favorite male artist accolade, while their female counterparts include: Beyonce, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, Pink and Taylor Swift.

Queen Latifah will host the People's Choice Awards at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre on January 6, 2010.

"Dark Knight" Soars at People's Choice Awards

Batman movie "The Dark Knight" soared away with five People's Choice Awards on Wednesday including favorite movie and on-screen pairing for stars Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger to kick off Hollywood's annual awards season.

Country singer Carrie Underwood, who rose to fame on television talent show "American Idol," was another big winner, hauling in three People's Choice Awards for favorite female singer, country song "Last Name," and star under 35 years-old.

"Fans and people voting for me are what gave me a career in the first place," Underwood said, acknowledging the voting by music lovers. "This is an amazing night."

The People's Choice Awards, in its 35th edition this year, are a widely watched measure of popular appeal for Hollywood stars and they mark a starting point for the industry's annual awards season which runs through the Oscars, the world's top film awards, that take place in February.

Adam Sandler was named funniest male star, Reese Witherspoon favorite female movie star, and Kate Hudson top leading lady among winners in more than 40 categories covering film, television, music and even online entertainment.
Sandler, Witherspoon and Hudson all echoed a familiar theme of the night by saying People's Choice honors were special because they were voted on by fans, as opposed to critics or members of industry groups.

The ceremony also has a more casual atmosphere compared to TV's Emmy's or the film industry's Oscars, where black ties and ball gowns are mandatory.

Noting that difference, Katherine Heigl, who accepted the trophy for best comedy movie for her "27 Dresses," told reporters backstage that she wore a pants suit because "it was after the holidays, so I didn't want to wear anything strapless or anything I had to suck in my stomach for."

Among film honors, "Dark Knight," which was 2008's top film at box offices with global ticket sales of nearly $1 billion, also proved to be the No. 1 movie of the night. Along with best film and on-screen match-up, it hauled in awards for favorite action movie, superhero for Bale as Batman, and for its cast.

"The Secret Life of Bees" was the winner of best film drama and favorite independent film, and animated "Wall-E" was the No. 1 family film for People's Choice voters.

In the TV arena, medical show "House" was named favorite TV drama, and "Two and a Half Men" was best TV comedy.

"The Mentalist" was top new TV drama while "Gary Unmarried" was the No. 1 new TV comedy.

"House" star Hugh Laurie took home the trophy for favorite male TV star, and Christina Applegate took the honor of top female TV star for "Samantha Who?"
Applegate, who revealed earlier this year that she underwent surgery for breast cancer, said the award meant a lot to her after a difficult year."

"I feel great. I really do," she told reporters backstage. "Each week gets easier and each week gets better."

Ellen DeGeneres was named best TV talk show host and "Dancing With the Stars" was the people's pick for No. 1 competition or reality TV show.

Along with Underwood, top winners in music included Kid Rock for favorite rock song "All Summer Long," Rascal Flatts for favorite group, Chris Brown best male singer and Katy Perry with best pop tune "I Kissed a Girl."

A complete list of winners can be found at www.pcavote.com.

Source: Reuters.com