Spike TV's GUYS CHOICE (#GuysChoice), Hollywood's biggest boys night out, announced today that Academy Award(R)-winner Ben Affleck will receive the evening's highest honor, "Guy of the Year." The always A-List, modern tribute to the most important manchievements of the year in sports, music, television and film will tape on Saturday, June 8 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA and premieres Wednesday, June 12 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Top honors in addition to Affleck include:
Jimmy Kimmel receiving the "Funniest M.F." award, which puts him in the company of comedic legends and previous winners
Chris Rock,
Steve Carell,
Jim Carrey,
Will Ferrell,
Sacha Baron Cohen, and
Seth MacFarlane;
Vince Vaughn being honored for being so money with the coveted "Guycon" award;
Kevin Hart's monumental year on stage celebrated with the first-ever 'Stand-Up of the Year" award; 'Game of Thrones" star
Emilia Clarke accepting the "Holy Grail of Hot" award; and Felix Baumgartner receiving the "Mankind" award, honoring his world record free-fall space jump of 127,852.4 feet last October. Triumph The Insult Comic Dog will once again return to carry on his tradition of roasting the "Douchebags of the Year."
"As always, we're looking forward to honoring the men of the year and the women we love in our own Spike way," said Casey Patterson, Executive
Vice President, Event Production, Talent Development & Studio Relations, Viacom Entertainment Group. "'Guys Choice' promises to be a star-studded night of totally meaningless entertainment."
In keeping with Spike's year-round efforts to support our nation's servicemen and women, "Guys Choice" will once again feature inspiring moments saluting our troops and returning veterans.
Voting for this year's other nominees starts today at guyschoice.spike.com. Among the notable mano y mano match-ups this year are:
Our New Girlfriend: Katherine Webb vs. Chrissy Teigen
Jean-Claude Gahd Dam: Ronda Rousey vs.
Danai Gurira
Hottest Al(l)ison:
Alison Brie vs.
Allison Williams
Outstanding Literary Achievement: Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road by
Willie Nelson vs. The Dude and the Zen Master by
Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman
Brotherly Love: The Walking Dead's Dixon Brothers vs. The Harbaugh Brothers
Best Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln vs. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Most Dangerous Man: Rick Grimes (
Andrew Lincoln) vs.
Walter White (
Bryan Cranston)
The full list of categories and nominees can be found at guyschoice.spike.com
The official sponsors of Spike TV's "Guys Choice" are Alert(R) Energy, AT&T, Axe, BURGER KING(R), GEICO, and Kia Motors America.
Casey Patterson, Carol Donovan and Josh Greenberg will serve as Executive Producers. Mike Simon is Director and Tim Bruno serves as Executive in Charge for SPIKE.
Spike TV is available in 98.7 million homes and is a division of Viacom Media Networks. A unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), Viacom Media Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV's Internet address is www.spike.com.
Comments
To post a comment, you must
register and
login.
