Twilight's Lautner helped snag 4 People's Choice Awards
Wednesday's People's Choice Awards started off with an odd little ditty by four-time host Queen Latifah, during which she spoofed Susan Boyle by singing a celebrity-name-dropping version of I Dreamed a Dream, the song Boyle sprang on the judges of Britain's Got Talent that subsequently ignited her remarkable rise to fame. During the song, Latifah worked the star-studded crowd as she name-dropped nearly every celeb in the house.
From that point on, vampires ruled the night. Twilight was the night's biggest winner, winning four of the six awards they were up for. Twilight won Favorite Movie Franchise and Favorite Movie; the trio of Robert Pattinson, Kristin Stewart and Taylor Lautner won Favorite On Screen Team while Lautner also won Breakout Movie Actor.
Small screen blood-suckers were also among the winners. The CW's Twilight-lite, The Vampire Diaries took home their own newly designed People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Drama, besting Flash Forward, The Good Wife, NCIS: Los Angeles and my personal fav, V. HBO's more adult-oriented vampire tale, True Blood won for Favorite TV Obsession. Both Vampire Diaries and True Blood were nominated for Favorite Sci-Fi Show, but lost out to Supernatural.
Among the evening's highlights was Ellen DeGeneres taking home her 11th People's Choice Award, which also made for a nice transition to the winner of the award she was there to present, Favorite Comedy Movie, The Proposal. DeGeneres joked that she had one award for each of Sandra Bullock's toes. The joke being that it has been widely rumored that Bullock has an extra little piggy.
Johnny Depp's honor for Favorite Movie Actor of the Decade was met with a standing ovation. The actor seemed genuinely humbled as he struggled to express his gratitude for the acknowledgement.
Besides Queen Latifah's opening number, the show contained only two other musical performances. Mary J. Blige performed her hit single I Am. Cobra Starship, a nominee for collaboration with Leighton Meester on the song Good Girls Go Bad took to the stage with recent reality judge and Pussycat Doll leader, Nicole Scherzinger filling in for Meester.
The remainder of the night flowed relatively smoothly, with the exception of two obvious sponsor-driven moments. Queen Latifah's awkward let's get a picture with Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman was made even more uncomfortable when she turned to an audience member and said, "Hey seat-filler, take our picture." The person she was addressing was either not a seat-filler or simply being a jerk and just looked at her with disdain. Latifah quickly turned around and spotted a willing seat-filler who was more than happy to take her Kodak camera and snap a photo.
The other strange sponsor-moment came when Glee won the People's Choice for Favorite New TV Comedy. During their acceptance speech, members of the cast announced they had a special treat for the audience. Gleeks like myself were ready for an impromptu a cappella song, instead they announced there was pizza for everyone. At which point, dozens of waiters carrying DiGiorno pizzas descended upon the audience.
In yesterday's preview article of the awards ceremony, I shared my picks for the winners. Overall, I didn't do half-bad. Below is the full list of winners. Winners are in BOLD with my original picks in italics. Therefore, if I picked the correct winner, those will be both BOLD and italic.
THE WINNERS:
TV Drama: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Grey's Anatomy," "House," "Lost," "NCIS."
TV Comedy: "Desperate Housewives," "How I Met Your Mother," "The Big Bang Theory," "The Office," "Two and a Half Men."
TV Drama Actor: Hugh Laurie, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, Matthew Fox, Patrick Dempsey.
TV Drama Actress: Anna Paquin, Blake Lively, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Katherine Heigl, Mariska Hargitay.
TV Comedy Actor: Alex Baldwin, Charlie Sheen, Jim Parsons, Neil Patrick Harris, Steve Carell.
TV Comedy Actress: Alyson Hannigan, America Ferrera, Amy Poehler, Eva Longoria Parker, Tina Fey.
TV Obsession: "Dexter," "Gossip Girl," "The Hills," "The Secret Life of the American Teenager,""True Blood."
TV Talk Show: "Chelsea Lately," "Live with Regis & Kelly," "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "The Tyra Banks Show."
TV Sci-Fi / Fantasy: "Heroes," "Lost," "Supernatural," "The Vampire Diaries," "True Blood."
TV Competition Show: "American Idol," "Dancing With the Stars," "Project Runway," "So You Think You Can Dance," "Survivor: Samoa."
Animal Show: "Animal Cops," "DogTown," "Dog Whisperer," "It's Me or the Dog," "Rescue Ink."
New TV Drama: "Eastwick," "FlashForward," "Melrose Place," "Mercy," "The Forgotten," "The Good Wife," "The Vampire Diaries," "Three Rivers," "NCIS: Los Angeles," "V."
New TV Comedy: "Accidentally on Purpose," "Brothers," "Community," "Cougar Town," "Glee,""Hank," "The Cleveland Show," "The Middle," "Modern Family."
Movie Actor: Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Ryan Reynolds.
Movie Actress: Anna Hathaway, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, Kristen Stewart, Sandra Bullock.
Action Star: Christian Bale, Gerard Butler, Hugh Jackman, Shia LaBeouf, Vin Diesel.
Comedic Star: Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Jim Carrey, Ryan Reynolds, Vince Vaughn.
Breakout Movie Actress: Anna Kendrick, Emily Osment, Ginnifer Goodwin, Miley Cyrus, Zoe Saldana.
Breakout Movie Actor: Chris Pine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sam Worthington, Taylor Lautner, Zachary Quinto.
On-Screen Team: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"; Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, "The Proposal"; Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, "The Twilight Saga"; Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"; Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, will.i.am, Dominic Monaghan and Daniel Henney, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."
Family Movie: "Hannah Montana: The Movie," "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," "Up," "Where the Wild Things Are." (sorry, I admit it, I like Miley)
Independent Movie: "(500) Days of Summer," "District 9," "Inglourious Basterds," "Paranormal Activity," "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail."
Movie Franchise: "Harry Potter," "Star Trek," "The Twilight Saga," "Transformers," "X-Men."
Comedy Movie: "17 Again," "Bride Wars," "He's Just Not That Into You," "The Hangover," "The Proposal."
Favorite Movie: "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," "Star Trek," "The Hangover," "The Proposal," "Twilight."
Male Artist: Eminem, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw.
Female Artist: Beyonce, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, Pink, Taylor Swift.
Country Artist: Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift.
Breakout Music Artist: Adam Lambert, Demi Lovato, Kris Allen, Lady Gaga, Susan Boyle.
Hip-hop Artist: Eminem, Flo Rida, Jay-Z, Lil' Wayne, T.I.
Rock Band: Daughtry, Green Day, Kings of Leon, Muse, Paramore.
Music Collaboration: Cobra Starship & Leighton Meester, "Good Girls Go Bad"; Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat, "Lucky"; Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West, "Run This Town"; T.I. & Rihanna, "Live Your Life"; The Lonely Island & T-Pain, "I'm on a Boat."
R&B Artist: Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey, Usher.
Pop Artist: Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, the Black Eyed Peas.
Web Celeb: Andy Samberg, Ashton Kutcher, Miley Cyrus, P. Diddy, Will Ferrell.
How did your favs do? Any missteps by the voters? Please comment below and share your thoughts on the show.
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Hi Jonathan,
Of course you know I like Vampires - remember the play I wrote Vampire Love?
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