It may not be the most respected awards show in Hollywood, but once again the People's Choice Awards boasts the biggest—and most varied—names in showbiz.
Nominations for the 35th annual People's Choice Awards were announced by a fleet of small screen vets this morning, including Joshua Jackson and Carrie Ann Inaba, and, unsurprisingly, some of the past year's heaviest heavyweights from TV, movies and music were among those scoring nods.
Iron Man, The Dark Knight, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, Hugh Laurie, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Steve Carell, Rihanna, Coldplay, Family Guy, Sex and the City, American Idol and even David Letterman are among the disparate nominees for the Jan. 7 show, this year set to be hosted by Queen Latifah.
Doing their best to make this year's ceremony even more inclusive than usual, the brains behind the awards have announced several new categories to be included in this year's congratulatory roundup: Favorite Superhero, Favorite TV Drama Diva, Favorite Movie Cast and Favorite Scene Stealing Guest Star.
Meanwhile, People magazine, coincidentally also celebrating its 35th year in existence, is teaming up with the People's Choice peeps to present another special award, the first ever People's Choice Award for Favorite Star Under 35, a veritable dumping ground of names for young Hollywood. (Sadly, Suri Cruise did not make the cut...equally shut out in their eligible categories were parents Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.)
Voting for the entirely fan-decided awards show is underway at www.pcavote.com. Balloting continues through Dec. 7.
Here's the complete list of contenders:
FILM
FAVORITE MOVIE
- The Dark Knight
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Iron Man
FAVORITE FAMILY MOVIE
- Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- Kung Fu Panda
- WALL-E
FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE
- The Dark Knight
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Iron Man
FAVORITE MOVIE COMEDY
- 27 Dresses
- Get Smart
- Mamma Mia!
FAVORITE MOVIE DRAMA
- 21
- Eagle Eye
- The Secret Life of Bees
FAVORITE INDEPENDENT MOVIE
- The Duchess
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
- The Secret Life of Bees
FAVORITE CAST
- The Dark Knight (Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gyllenhaal)
- Mamma Mia! (Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Colin Firth)
- Sex and the City (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth)
FAVORITE MALE MOVIE STAR
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Harrison Ford
- Will Smith
FAVORITE LEADING MAN
- Christian Bale
- Brad Pitt
- Mark Wahlberg
FAVORITE MALE ACTION STAR
- Christian Bale
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Will Smith
FAVORITE FEMALE MOVIE STAR
- Angelina Jolie
- Keira Knightley
- Reese Witherspoon
FAVORITE LEADING LADY
- Anne Hathaway
- Kate Hudson
- Queen Latifah
FAVORITE FEMALE ACTION STAR
- Cate Blanchett
- Anne Hathaway
- Angelina Jolie
FAVORITE ON-SCREEN MATCH-UP
- Christian Bale & Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
- Tina Fey & Amy Poehler (Baby Mama)
- Harrison Ford & Shia LaBeouf (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
FAVORITE SUPERHERO
- Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
- Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
- Will Smith as John Hancock
TELEVISION
FAVORITE TV DRAMA
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Grey's Anatomy
- House
FAVORITE TV COMEDY
- Samantha Who?
- Two and a Half Men
- Ugly Betty
FAVORITE ANIMATED COMEDY
- Family Guy
- The Simpsons
- South Park
FAVORITE SCI-FI / FANTASY SHOW
- Heroes
- Supernatural
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
FAVORITE COMPETITION / REALITY SHOW
- American Idol
- Dancing With the Stars
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
FAVORITE GAME SHOW
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
- Deal Or No Deal
- JEOPARDY
FAVORITE MALE TV STAR
- Patrick Dempsey
- Hugh Laurie
- Charlie Sheen
FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR
- Christina Applegate
- Sally Field
- Mariska Hargitay
FAVORITE TALK SHOW HOST
- Ellen DeGeneres
- David Letterman
- Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa
FAVORITE SCENE-STEALING GUEST STAR
- Luke Perry on Law & Order: SVU
- Britney Spears on How I Met Your Mother
- Robin Williams on Law & Order: SVU
FAVORITE TV DRAMA DIVA
- Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko on Saving Grace
- Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin on Weeds
- Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson on The Closer
FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA
- 90210
- Crusoe
- Easy Money
- Eleventh Hour
- Fringe
- Knight Rider
- Life on Mars
- The Mentalist
- My Own Worst Enemy
- Privileged
FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY
- Gary Unmarried
- Kath & Kim
- Valentine
- Worst Week
MUSIC
FAVORITE MALE SINGER
- Chris Brown
- Kenny Chesney
- Brad Paisley
FAVORITE FEMALE SINGER
- Alicia Keys
- Rihanna
- Carrie Underwood
FAVORITE GROUP
- Coldplay
- Maroon 5
- Rascal Flatts
FAVORITE R&B SONG
- "No One" by Alicia Keys
- "Take A Bow" by Rihanna
- "With You" by Chris Brown
FAVORITE POP SONG
- "Disturbia" by Rihanna
- "I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry
- "No Air" by Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown
FAVORITE ROCK SONG
- "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock
- "Apologize" by OneRepublic & Timbaland
- "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay
FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG
- "Last Name" by Carrie Underwood
- "Love Story" by Taylor Swift
- "Take Me There" by Rascal Flatts
FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG
- "Good Life" by Kanye West
- "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne featuring Static Major
- "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
FAVORITE COMBINED FORCES
- "4 Minutes" by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
- "Love Like This" by Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston
- "No Air" by Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown
FAVORITE SONG FROM A SOUNDTRACK
- "Another Way to Die" by Jack White & Alicia Keys from Quantum of Solace
- "Labels or Love" by Fergie from Sex and the City
- "Mamma Mia" by Meryl Streep from Mamma Mia!
FAVORITE FUNNY MALE STAR
- Steve Carell
- Jim Carrey
- Adam Sandler
FAVORITE FUNNY FEMALE STAR
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Tina Fey
- Whoopi Goldberg
FAVORITE STAR 35 & UNDER
- Amy Adams
- Drew Barrymore
- Beyonce
- Orlando Bloom
- Chris Brown
- Chace Crawford
- Miley Cyrus
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Zac Efron
- America Ferrara
- Ryan Gosling
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Anne Hathaway
- Scarlett Johansson
- Angelina Jolie
- Alicia Keys
- Keira Knightley
- John Krasinski
- Shia LaBeouf
- Blake Lively
- John Mayer
- Eva Mendes
- Daniel Radcliffe
- Rihanna
- Taylor Swift
- Justin Timberlake
- Carrie Underwood
- Usher
- Milo Ventimiglia
- Pete Wentz
- Kanye West
- Reese Witherspoon