(Los Angeles, CA) — Vampire dramas are leaving an impression on the viewing public, and the people will have their say on the matter on the first televised entertainment awards of the new year. The vampire-driven vehicles “Twilight” and “True Blood” are among the top nominees for tonight’s People’s Choice Awards. “Twilight” is up for five nominations, including favorite movie, favorite on-screen team and individual nominations for “Twilight” stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. HBO’s “True Blood,” meantime, is leading the field among the television contenders with three nods, including favorite TV obsession, favorite sci-fi fantasy TV show and a nod for star Anna Paquin for favorite TV drama actress.
ABC’s recently-canceled supernatural series “Eastwick” is also among the People’s Choice nominees in the Favorite New TV Drama category along with ABC’s “FlashForward,” “The Forgotten,” and “V.” Other nominees in the category include the CW’s “Vampire Diaries” and “Melrose Place,” NBC’s “Mercy,” and CBS’ “NCIS: Los Angeles” “The Good Wife” and “Three Rivers.”
Up against “Twilight” in the Favorite movie category are “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” “Star Trek,” “The Hangover,” and “The Proposal.” Nominees in the music categories include Eminem, Tim McGraw, Beyonce, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, Lady Gaga and “Britain’s Got Talent” runnerup Susan Boyle. Queen Latifah will host tonight’s awards the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. CBS will televise the ceremony live, beginning at 9:00 pm Eastern.
Here is a list of nominees for the 2010 People’s Choice Awards:
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”
Independent Movie:
“(500) Days of Summer”
“District 9”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Paranormal Activity”
“Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail”
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.
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Suzanne Wilson
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Metro Networks Communications Inc., A Westwood One Company
01-06-2010 01:11:49