Sandra Bullock, Taylor Swift Win Big at People’s Choice Awards

The People’s Choice Awards kicked off Hollywood’s award season, airing live last night from L.A.’s Nokia Theatre. Queen Latifah was the host for the night, and fans saw there favorites including Sandra Bullock and Taylor Swift win big. Bullock beat out other big names such as Jennifer Aniston and Kristen Stewart to win favorite movie actress, and her movie The Proposal with Ryan Reynolds also grabbed the award for favorite comedy.

Taylor Swift, after sweeping almost all other award shows earlier in the year, won for favorite female artist, but lost to Carrie Underwood as favorite country artist. Underwood has won that award two years in a row.

Twilight was also a fan favorite, picking up awards for favorite movie, favorite on-screen team (an award given out to the entire cast) and favorite franchise. Taylor Lautner also won favorite breakout actor.

For a complete list of winners, please visit the People’s Choice Awards website.

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Golden Globe Nominations Are Announced

The Golden Globe nominations have been announced, and the George Clooney film, Up In the Air came away on top with six nods. Those nominations include best drama, best actor for Clooney, and best director for Jason Reitman.

Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock both came away with double nominations. Streep will be competing with herself for Best Actress in a Comedy in Julie and Julia and It’s Complicated. Sandra Bullock was nominated for Best Actress in both the comedy and drama categories for The Proposal and The Blind Side respectively.

The other nominations are as followed:

Film

Best Drama- Movie: Up in the Air, Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Bastards, and Precious.

Best Comedy & Musical: 500) Days of Summer, Nine, The Hangover, It’s Complicated and Julie & Julia.

Best Actor-Drama- George Clooney, Brothers; Morgan Freeman, Invictus; Colin Firth, A Single Man; and Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart.

Best Actress-Drama- Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side, Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria; Helen Mirren, The Last Station; Carey Mulligan, An Education; and Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Best Actress-Comedy- Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia & It’s Complicated, Sandra Bullock; Marion Cotillard, Nine; and Julia Roberts, Duplicity.

Best Actor-Comedy- Matt Damon, The Informant; Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine; Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes; Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer; and Michael Stuhlbard, A Serious Man

 

Television

Best Drama- True Blood, Big Love, Dexter, House, and Mad Men.

Best Comedy- 30 Rock, Entourage, Glee, Modern Family and The Office

 For a full list of the nominees, please visit the Golden Globes Website and be sure to tune in to the 67^th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 17^th at 8 pm on NBC.

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