The 40th People's Choice Awards took place on 8
January 2014 in Los Angeles. The hosts were Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs from
the hit television show ‘2 Broke Girls’. The guest that attended included
Sandra Bullock, Ellen DeGeneres, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Nina Dobrev
and Ian Somerhalder.
This year, actress Sandra Bullock swept up four awards
including favourite movie actress, favourite comedic actress, dramatic actress and shared
the favourite movie duo award with Gravity co-star George
Clooney. Also Bullock earned another award for favourite comedic movie, The Heat, alongside Melissa McCarthy.
Another winner of the night was Ellen DeGeneres who was deemed
by fans as their favourite daytime TV host, making her the woman who has gained
the most People's Choice Awards with a total of fourteen trophies.
Iron Man 3 scored three
awards including favourite movie, favourite action movie and the film's star, Robert
Downey Jr., received the favourite action movie star honour.
Justin
Timberlake also grabbed three awards including favourite album accolade for The 20/20 Experience. In his speech Timberlake thanked his
"beautiful wife", Jessica Biel, "for teaching me patience and
the little things, like just putting the dishes in the dishwasher. It goes a
long way. Fellas, you're welcome."
Katy
Perry, who was not at the show, scored the win for favourite video for the
third year in a row, following up last year's award for Part of Me and 2012's honour for Last Friday Night with
her hit Roar this year.
A
highlight of the night was when Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev, the stars of The Vampire Diaries, earned the award for best on-screen
chemistry. The duo told the audience about their breakups on and off screen.
“The good thing is chemistry," said Dobrev, with her arm around
Somerhalder, who are no longer in a relationship. Somerhalder also received
awards for favourite Sci-Fi/fantasy actor.
Check
out the other winners here: http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/
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