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(To read the list of 2010 nominees, click here.) Big winners last year
included the movie "The Dark Knight", singer Carrie Underwood,
the TV show "House", and actor Will Smith. You may not be able to get inside the annual Academy Awards show or the Golden Globes, but you can get a seat to see many of the very same Hollywood movie and TV stars when they show up to accept the annual People's Choice Awards.
However, in 2004, they dropped Gallup and switched to a partnership with Entertainment Weekly magazine. Now, nominees are determined by a "front row panel of over 6,000 entertainment enthusiasts" recruited by EW editors. The panel votes on the various categories, then people vote via the Internet for the winners. To cast a vote via the Internet go to www.PCAvote.com . Previous years' winners have included Johnny Depp, Julia Roberts, Will Smith, Brad Pitt, Renee Zellweger, Mel Gibson, Ray Romano, Eminem, Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Ricky Martin, Tim Allen, Helen Hunt, Bill Cosby, Drew Carrey, Celine Dion, Elton John, Bruce Willis, Adam Sandler, Calista Flockhart, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Shania Twain, Billy Campbell, Faith Hill, Nathan Lane, Christina Applegate and the Backstreet Boys.
That's right, although there are 1,000 invited VIP guests (who dress in black tie), there were also free tickets distributed to the general public via Audiences Unlimited, in all recent years. But this year (2000-2010), the awards show moved from the huge Shrine Auditorium to the smaller, newer Nokia Theatre, where there are fewer seats to fill. As a result, Audiences Unlimited won't be distributing the tickets this year. Instead, tickets to the People's Choice Awards show were sold to the public via TicketMaster. The tickets went on sale on Ticketmaster at 10 AM (PST) on Monday, November 2, 2009. You can buy the tickets then by clicking here.
The January event is also the first major awards show to be held of each year. The show is broadcast live on CBS-TV (tape-delayed for the west coast). In 2008 and 2007, the show was hosted by Queen Latifah. In 2006, the awards show was hosted by comedian Craig Ferguson. In 2005, the show was hosted by Jason Alexander, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. In 2004, the hosts were Charlie Sheen & Jon Cryer. A limited number of tickets for this event will be sold via TicketMaster..
In 1998, Whoopi Goldberg
was honored for her 20 years of career achievements in motion pictures
and television with a special tribute presented by LeVar
Burton, Rosie O'Donnell,
Rob Reiner and Tom Jones.
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