Diggs, Margulies, GLEE, Neil Patrick Harris & More Earn 2011 People's Choice Noms.
By: Jessica Lewis Nov. 09, 2010
The nominees for the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2011 were announced this morning by Malin Akerman ("27 Dresses," "Watchmen"), Michael Chiklis, ("No Ordinary Family"), Zachary Levi ("Chuck"), AnnaLynne McCord ("90210"), Jeff Probst ("Survivor") and Audrina Patridge ("The Hills"), along with host Queen Latifah and Executive Producer Mark Burnett at The London West Hollywood Hotel. Prior to the announcement, over 35 million votes were cast by fans across the country. Fans were invited to pick new categories and determine the nominees for the annual awards show that celebrates fan favorites in movies, music and television.
Winners will be revealed during the live broadcast of the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2011 at the Nokia Theater, L.A. Live onWednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Tickets to the awards show are now available for fans to purchase through Ticketmaster. Voting begins today at www.PeoplesChoice.com for the finalists in all 44 categories and will end on Dec. 7, 2010, except for "Favorite New TV Drama" and "Favorite New TV Comedy," which will remain open for voting until the night of show.
The list of potential nominees for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2011 was determined by national ratings averages, box-Office grosses, music sales, input from our media partners and E-Score Celebrity. This process generated the top 12 candidates per category. Fans were then asked to visit www.PeoplesChoice.com to vote on their favorites and generate the final list of nominees for the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2011. Fans had the option to write in their favorites not included among the provided candidates. All new shows currently on air are eligible in the categories of "Favorite New TV Drama" and "Favorite New TV Comedy." The top five will be announced Dec. 8, 2010.
A complete list of the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2011 nominees follows:
FAVORITE MOVIE
Alice in Wonderland
Inception
Iron Man 2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Toy Story 3
FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr.
FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS
FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE
Iron Man 2
Kick-Ass
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Robin Hood
Salt
FAVORITE ACTION STAR
Robert Downey Jr.
FAVORITE DRAMA MOVIE
Alice in Wonderland
Dear John
Inception
The Social Network
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
FAVORITE FAMILY MOVIE
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
Shrek Forever After
The Karate Kid
Toy Story 3
FAVORITE COMEDY MOVIE
Date Night
Easy A
Grown Ups
Sex and the City 2
Valentine's Day
FAVORITE COMEDIC STAR
Drew Barrymore
FAVORITE ON-SCREEN TEAM
Date Night - Tina Fey & Steve Carell
Inception - Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy & Dileep Rao
Iron Man 2 - Robert Downey Jr. & Don Cheadle
The Karate Kid - Jackie Chan & Jaden Smith
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart & Taylor Lautner
FAVORITE MOVIE STAR UNDER 25 (Presented By Moviefone)
FAVORITE HORROR MOVIE (New! Voted In By Fans)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Let Me In
Resident Evil: Afterlife
The Crazies
The Last Exorcism
FAVORITE TV DRAMA
Gossip Girl
Grey's Anatomy
House
The Good Wife
The Vampire Diaries
FAVORITE TV DRAMA ACTOR
FAVORITE TV DRAMA ACTRESS
FAVORITE TV COMEDY
Glee
How I Met Your Mother
Modern Family
The Big Bang Theory
Two and a Half Men
FAVORITE TV COMEDY ACTOR
FAVORITE TV COMEDY ACTRESS
Courteney Cox
FAVORITE COMPETITION SHOW
American Idol
America's Got Talent
Dancing with the Stars
Hell's Kitchen
So You Think You Can Dance
FAVORITE TV CRIME DRAMA
Bones
Criminal Minds
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lie To Me
NCIS
FAVORITE TV CRIME FIGHTER (New! Voted In By Fans)
Emily Deschanel - Bones
Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Mark Harmon - NCIS
Simon Baker - The Mentalist
Tim Roth - Lie To Me
FAVORITE SCI-FI/FANTASY SHOW
Fringe
Smallville
Supernatural
The Vampire Diaries
True Blood
FAVORITE TALK SHOW HOST
Chelsea Handler
FAVORITE TV OBSESSION
Burn Notice
Dexter
Pretty Little Liars
True Blood
White Collar
FAVORITE TV GUILTY PLEASURE
Jersey Shore
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
The Real Housewives of New Jersey
Tosh.O
FAVORITE TV GUEST STAR
Betty White - Community
Britney Spears - Glee
Carrie Underwood - How I Met Your Mother
Demi Lovato - Grey's Anatomy
Neil Patrick Harris - Glee
FAVORITE TV DOCTOR (New! Voted In By Fans)
Cristina Yang - Sandra Oh
Derek Shepherd - Patrick Dempsey
Gregory House - Hugh Laurie
James Wilson - Robert Sean Leonard
MerEdith Grey - Ellen Pompeo
FAVORITE TV FAMILY (New! Voted In By Fans)
The Griffins - Family Guy
The Harpers - Two and a Half Men
The Pritchetts/Dunphys - Modern Family
The Scavos - Desperate Housewives
The Simpsons - The Simpsons
FAVORITE FAMILY TV MOVIE
Beauty & the Briefcase
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
iCarly: iPsycho
Revenge of the Bridesmaids
Starstruck
FAVORITE TV CHEF (Presented By DinnerTool.com)
Jamie Oliver
FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY
$#*! My Dad Says
Better With You
Mike & Molly
No Ordinary Family
Outsourced
Raising Hope
Running Wilde
FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA
Blue Bloods
Chase
Detroit 1-8-7
Hawaii Five-0
Hellcats
Law & Order: Los Angeles
Nikita
The Defenders
The Event
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST
Eminem
Michael Bublé
Usher
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST
P!nk
FAVORITE SONG
Airplanes - B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore
California Gurls - Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg
Love the Way You Lie - Eminem featuring Rihanna
OMG - Usher featuring Will.i.am
Telephone - Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé
FAVORITE ROCK BAND
Daughtry
Maroon 5
Nickelback
Paramore
FAVORITE BREAKOUT ARTIST
B.o.B
Bruno Mars
Ke$ha
Selena Gomez & the Scene
FAVORITE POP ARTIST
Beyoncé
P!nk
Rihanna
FAVORITE COUNTRY ARTIST
Lady Antebellum
FAVORITE R&B ARTIST
Beyoncé
Ne-Yo
Usher
FAVORITE HIP-HOP ARTIST
Drake
Eminem
Jay-Z
Ludacris
Snoop Dogg
FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO (Presented By VEVO)
Baby - Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris
Love the Way You Lie - Eminem featuring Rihanna
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
Telephone - Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé
Waka Waka - Shakira featuring Freshlyground
FAVORITE WEB CELEB (Presented By Wonderwall.com)
FAVORITE VIRAL VIDEO STAR (Presented By Wheat Thins)
Giant Double Rainbow
Greyson Chance "Paparazzi"
Madison Square Park Proposal
"Single Ladies" Devastation
Tarp Surfing
Now in its 37th year, the People's Choice Awards celebrate fan favorites in music, movies and television. The People's Choice Web site atwww.PeoplesChoice.com serves as a year-round destination for entertainment enthusiasts to voice their opinions on pop culture by voting in and creating polls, and features an extensive video archive and photo gallery of People's Choice Awards footage. PeoplesChoice.com houses the voting platform where fans determine the categories, nominees and winners for the annual awards show. Fred Nelson is the President of People's Choice, and the awards show is produced by Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc. (NYSE:PG), which is represented by MediaVest Worldwide, Inc., supervisors of the production. Queen Latifah is the host of the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2011 and Mark Burnett is the executive producer.
Mark Burnett is a producer of primetime television, cable and Internet programming, and has produced over 1,100 hours of television programming which regularly air in over 70 countries around the world. Burnett has revolutionized television with continuing hits such as "Survivor" (CBS), "The Apprentice" (NBC), and the now syndicated "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" (FOX).
Burnett has produced the MTV Movie Awards along with Audrey Morrissey for four years. In 2010, Mark and Audrey teamed up again when they took on the People's Choice Awards for the first time. Audrey Morrissey is another prolific producer of television, cable and Internet programming. A veteran of MTV, she and her company, "Live Animals," now produce specials and series domestically and internationally. She once produced an outdoor concert in a Mexican jungle in The Middle of a hurricane and has done over 100 specials, including the People's Choice Awards, the MTV Movie Awards, Kenny Chesney's "Back Where I Come From," CMT Crossroads, The CMT Music Awards, Latin VMA's and the upcoming CMT Artists of the Year and Independent Spirit Awards.
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