LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nominees for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2016 were revealed this morning at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. Betsy Brandt (“Life in Pieces”), Marcia Gay Harden (“Code Black”), Raza Jaffrey (“Code Black”), Zachary Levi (“Heroes Reborn”), Christina Milian (“Grandfathered”), Abigail Spencer (“True Detective”) and Ming-Na Wen (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) joined host Jane Lynch (“Angel From Hell”) and Executive Producer Mark Burnett to reveal this year’s nominees in music, film, television, and new this year, digital categories. Fans can vote now at http://vote.peopleschoice.com to determine the nominees in all 65 categories including “Favorite Comedic Movie,” “Favorite Social Media Star,” “Favorite Pop Artist” and “Favorite Dramatic TV Actor.”
Voting begins today at http://vote.peopleschoice.com, Facebook and mobile applications, and will end at 11:59 PM EST on December 3, 2015. Winners will be revealed during the live broadcast of PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2016 from the Microsoft Theatre L.A. Live on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.
This year fans cast over 72 million votes to determine the nominees. The Weeknd leads the list of nominees with five nods including “Favorite Male Artist,” and “Favorite Album” for Beauty Behind the Madness. Madonna, who is a 2-time winner, has received her 7th and 8th People’s Choice nominations, one for “Favorite Music Icon,” where she is up against Paul McCartney, Prince, Steven Tyler and Stevie Wonder, and the other for “Favorite Female Artist” against Demi Lovato, Lana Del Rey, Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift. Dwayne Johnson is the only nominee to receive nods across three different genres, in movies for “Favorite Action Movie Actor,” in TV for “Favorite Cable TV Actor” and in digital for “Favorite Social Media Celebrity.” Grey’s Anatomy is the most nominated TV show with six nods, while Avengers: Age of Ultron is the top movie nominee with seven total nominations.
Photos and video from today’s People’s Choice Awards Press Conference can be found at www.EPKlink.com/PeoplesChoiceAwards2016 courtesy of Getty Images.
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The People’s Choice Awards would like to invite everyone to visit http://vote.peopleschoice.com to vote for their favorites in movies, music, TV and digital. Below includes the complete list of nominees.
ABOUT PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Now in its 42nd year, the People’s Choice Awards is the only major awards show voted on entirely by the public for fan favorites in movies, music, television and digital. The People’s Choice official website at www.PeoplesChoice.com houses the voting platform where fans determine the nominees and winners for the annual awards show. Every year, potential nominees are determined by national ratings averages, box-office grosses, music & gaming sales, social activity and PeoplesChoice.com data, then vetted through E-Poll Market Research. Fred Nelson is the President of People’s Choice, and serves alongside Mark Burnett and Jane Mun as Executive Producers of the awards show. The awards show, and digital, mobile and social extensions of the brand are owned by Procter & Gamble, and produced by United Artist Media Group (UAMG) a joint venture among MGM, Mark Burnett, Roma Downey and Hearst Corporation. Follow us on our social channels:
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PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2016 Nominees:
MOVIES
Favorite Movie
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Furious
7
Inside Out
Jurassic World
Pitch
Perfect 2
Favorite Movie Actor
Channing Tatum
Chris
Pratt
Johnny Depp
Robert Downey Jr.
Will
Smith
Favorite Movie Actress
Anne Hathaway
Melissa
McCarthy
Meryl Streep
Sandra Bullock
Scarlett
Johansson
Favorite Action Movie
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The
Divergent Series: Insurgent
Furious 7
Jurassic
World
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Favorite Action Movie Actor
Chris Hemsworth
Chris
Pratt
Dwayne Johnson
Robert Downey Jr.
Vin
Diesel
Favorite Action Movie Actress
Charlize Theron
Emily
Blunt
Michelle Rodriguez
Scarlett Johansson
Shailene
Woodley
Favorite Animated Movie Voice
Adam Sandler (“Hotel
Transylvania 2”)
Amy Poehler (“Inside Out”)
Rihanna
(“Home”)
Sandra Bullock (“Minions”)
Selena Gomez
(“Hotel Transylvania 2”)
Favorite Comedic Movie
The DUFF
Pitch Perfect
2
Spy
Ted 2
Trainwreck
Favorite Comedic Movie Actor
Jack Black
Kevin
Hart
Mark Wahlberg
Robert De Niro
Will
Ferrell
Favorite Comedic Movie Actress
Amy Schumer
Anna
Kendrick
Melissa McCarthy
Rebel Wilson
Sofia
Vergara
Favorite Dramatic Movie
The Age of Adaline
Fifty
Shades of Grey
The Longest Ride
The Martian
Straight
Outta Compton
Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor
Channing Tatum
George
Clooney
Johnny Depp
Matt Damon
Will
Smith
Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress
Blake Lively
Dakota
Johnson
Jennifer Lopez
Kate Winslet
Rachel
McAdams
Favorite Family Movie
Cinderella
Home
Hotel
Transylvania 2
Inside Out
Minions
Favorite Thriller Movie
The Boy Next Door
Insidious:
Chapter 3
Poltergeist
Taken 3
Unfriended
TV
Favorite TV Show
The Big Bang Theory
Game of
Thrones
Grey's Anatomy
The Voice
The
Walking Dead
Favorite Network TV Comedy
2 Broke Girls
The
Big Bang Theory
Mike & Molly
Modern Family
New
Girl
Favorite Comedic TV Actor
Andy Samberg
Jesse
Tyler Ferguson
Jim Parsons
Johnny Galecki
Matthew
Perry
Favorite Comedic TV Actress
Anna Faris
Kaley
Cuoco
Melissa McCarthy
Sofía Vergara
Zooey
Deschanel
Favorite Network TV Drama
Empire
Gotham
Grey's
Anatomy
How To Get Away With Murder
Scandal
Favorite Dramatic TV Actor
Jesse Williams
Justin
Chambers
Scott Foley
Taylor Kinney
Terrence
Howard
Favorite Dramatic TV Actress
Ellen Pompeo
Kerry
Washington
Sara Ramirez
Taraji P. Henson
Viola
Davis
Favorite Cable TV Comedy
Baby Daddy
Faking It
It's
Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Real Husbands of Hollywood
Young
& Hungry
Favorite Cable TV Drama
Bates Motel
The
Fosters
Pretty Little Liars
Rizzoli & Isles
Suits
Favorite Cable TV Actor
Adam DeVine
Christian
Slater
Eric Dane
Kevin Hart
Taye
Diggs
Favorite Cable TV Actress
Ashley Benson
Hilary
Duff
Lucy Hale
Sasha Alexander
Shay
Mitchell
Favorite Premium Cable TV Show
Girls
Homeland
Masters
of Sex
Shameless
Veep
Favorite Premium Cable TV Actor
Dwayne Johnson
Joshua
Jackson
Justin Theroux
Matt LeBlanc
Nick
Jonas
Favorite Premium Cable TV Actress
Claire Danes
Emmy
Rossum
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Kristen Bell
Lisa
Kudrow
Favorite TV Crime Drama
Bones
Castle
Criminal
Minds
NCIS
Person of Interest
Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor
Jim Caviezel
LL
Cool J
Mark Harmon
Nathan Fillion
Shemar
Moore
Favorite TV Crime Drama Actress
Emily Deschanel
Lucy
Liu
Mariska Hargitay
Pauley Perrette
Stana
Katic
Favorite Network TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show
Arrow
Beauty
and the Beast
Once Upon a Time
Supernatural
The
Vampire Diaries
Favorite Cable TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show
American Horror
Story
Game of Thrones
Outlander
Teen
Wolf
The Walking Dead
Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor
David Tennant
Ian
Somerhalder
Jensen Ackles
Misha Collins
Sam
Heughan
Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress
Caitriona Balfe
Emilia
Clarke
Ginnifer Goodwin
Jennifer Morrison
Lady
Gaga
Favorite Competition TV Show
America's Got Talent
American
Ninja Warrior
Dancing with the Stars
MasterChef
The
Voice
Favorite Daytime TV Host
Dr. Oz
Ellen
DeGeneres
Rachael Ray
Steve Harvey
Wendy
Williams
Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team
Good Morning America
Live
with Kelly and Michael
The Talk
Today
The
View
Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host
Conan O'Brien
James
Corden
Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel
Stephen
Colbert
Favorite Streaming Series
House of Cards
The
Mindy Project
Orange is the New Black
Transparent
Unbreakable
Kimmy Schmidt
Favorite Actor In A New TV Series
Chace Crawford
John
Stamos
Josh Peck
Rob Lowe
Zachary
Levi
Favorite Actress In A New TV Series
Emma Roberts
Jamie
Lee Curtis
Lea Michele
Marcia Gay Harden
Priyanka
Chopra
Favorite Animated TV Show
American Dad!
Bob's
Burger
Family Guy
The Simpsons
South
Park
Favorite New TV Comedy
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Dr.
Ken
Grandfathered
The Grinder
Life
in Pieces
The Muppets
Scream Queens
Truth
Be Told
Favorite New TV Drama
Blindspot
Blood & Oil
Code
Black
Heroes Reborn
Limitless
Minority
Report
The Player
Quantico
Rosewood
Supergirl
Wicked
City
MUSIC
Favorite Male Artist
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Luke
Bryan
Nick Jonas
The Weeknd
Favorite Female Artist
Demi Lovato
Lana Del
Rey
Madonna
Selena Gomez
Taylor Swift
Favorite Group
Fall Out Boy
Fifth Harmony
Imagine
Dragons
Maroon 5
One Direction
Favorite Breakout Artist
Fetty Wap
Halsey
Shawn
Mendes
Tori Kelly
The Weeknd
Favorite Male Country Artist
Blake Shelton
Brad
Paisley
Dierks Bentley
Keith Urban
Luke
Bryan
Favorite Female Country Artist
Carrie Underwood
Cassadee
Pope
Kacey Musgraves
Miranda Lambert
Reba
McEntire
Favorite Country Group
The Band Perry
Florida
Georgia Line
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Zac
Brown Band
Favorite Pop Artist
Demi Lovato
Ed Sheeran
Kelly
Clarkson
Selena Gomez
Taylor Swift
Favorite Hip-Hop Artist
Big Sean
Drake
Kendrick
Lamar
Nicki Minaj
Wiz Khalifa
Favorite R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Ciara
Janet
Jackson
Ne-Yo
The Weeknd
Favorite Album
American Beauty / American Psycho by
Fall Out Boy
Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd
If
You're Reading This It's Too Late by Drake
Smoke + Mirrors
by Imagine Dragons
Title by Meghan Trainor
Favorite Song
"Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick
Lamar
"Can't Feel My Face" by The Weeknd
"Love Me
Like You Do" by Ellie Goulding
"See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa
feat. Charlie Puth
"What Do You Mean?" by Justin Bieber
Favorite Music Icon
Madonna
Paul McCartney
Prince
Steven
Tyler
Stevie Wonder
DIGITAL
Favorite Social Media Celebrity
Anna Kendrick
Beyoncé
Britney
Spears
Dwayne Johnson
Taylor Swift
Favorite Social Media Star
Cameron Dallas
Frankie
Grande
Lele Pons
Matt Bellassai
Nash
Grier
Favorite Mobile Game
Candy Crush Saga
Despicable
Me: Minion Rush
Fruit Ninja
Plants vs. Zombies
Temple
Run
Favorite Video Game
Batman: Arkham Knight
Call
of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Grand Theft Auto VZ
Minecraft
Super
Smash Bros.
Favorite YouTube Star
Connor Franta
Grace
Helbig
Jenna Marbles
Miranda Sings
Tyler
Oakley
The DailyMail.com Seriously Popular™ Award
Bella Thorne
Cara
Delevingne
Kylie Jenner
Maddie Ziegler
Ruby
Rose