41st People’s Choice Awards 2015 Winners: Unexpected Nominees Beat the Likes of 'Games of Thrones,' 'Guardians of the Galaxy'
Last night, one of the first awards shows of the year ended with many winners -- after all, there were 57 categories. The 41st People's Choice Awards saw new winners as well as old ones, but some new nominees upstaged veteran contenders.
The People's Choice Awards, described on its website as "the original metric of pop culture," allows movie, TV and music fans to have their voices heard.
"People's Choice Awards celebrates fan favorites in movies, music and television and is the only major awards show where real people -- not industry insiders -- determine the nominees and winners, setting it apart from other awards shows," the website says.
The everlasting list of nominees covered everything from Dramedy to Country musicians.
Of all the nominees, "The Big Bang Theory" did very well. The CBS comedy and its actors won in various categories, including Favorite Network Comedy and Favorite TV Show. Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting also won Favorite Comedic TV Actress.
In the Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show category, however, Starz's "Outlander" beat popular shows like "Game of Thrones" and "Doctor Who." "Maleficent" also beat out "Guardians of the Galaxy" for Favorite Movie.
In an interesting turn of events, the Azealia Banks and Iggy Azealea beef made a brief appearance during the ceremony, reports Billboard. Iggy won Favorite Hip-Hop Artist, but before she received her award, presenter Monica Potter of "Parenthood" joked about her favorite rappers, "Dr. Drew" and "Igloo Australia" (the latter is a moniker Banks used when referring to Iggy).
Here is the list of winners from the 2015 People's Choice Awards via the award show's website:
Favorite Humanitarian: Ben Affleck
MOVIES
Favorite Movie Actor: Robert Downey Jr.
Favorite Movie Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
Favorite Movie Duo: Shailene Woodley & Theo James - "Divergent"
Favorite Action Movie: "Divergent"
Favorite Action Movie Actor: Chris Evans
Favorite Action Movie Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
Favorite Comedic Movie: "22 Jump Street"
Favorite Comedic Movie Actor: Adam Sandler
Favorite Comedic Movie Actress: Melissa McCarthy
Favorite Dramatic Movie: "The Fault in Our Stars"
Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor: Robert Downey Jr.
Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress: Chloë Grace Moretz
Favorite Family Movie: "Maleficent"
Favorite Thriller Movie: "Gone Girl"
TV
Favorite TV Icon: Betty White
Favorite Comedic TV Actor: Chris Colfer
Favorite Network TV Drama: "Grey's Anatomy"
Favorite Dramatic TV Actor: Patrick Dempsey
Favorite Dramatic TV Actress: Ellen Pompeo
Favorite Cable TV Comedy: "Melissa & Joey"
Favorite Cable TV Drama: "Pretty Little Liars"
Favorite Cable TV Actor: Matt Bomer
Favorite Cable TV Actress: Angie Harmon
Favorite TV Crime Drama: "Castle"
Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor: Nathan Fillion
Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress: Stana Katic
Favorite Network Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show: "Beauty and the Beast"
Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor: Misha Collins
Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress: Kristin Kreuk
Favorite Competition TV Show: "The Voice"
Favorite Daytime TV Host: Ellen DeGeneres
Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host: Jimmy Fallon
Favorite Dramedy: "Orange Is the New Black"
Favorite TV Duo: Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder
Favorite TV Character We Miss Most: Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang - "Grey's Anatomy"
Favorite Actor In A New TV Series: David Tennant
Favorite Actress In A New TV Series: Viola Davis
Favorite Sketch Comedy TV Show: "Saturday Night Live"
Favorite Animated TV Show: "The Simpsons"
Favorite New TV Comedy: "Jane the Virgin"
Favorite New TV Drama: "The Flash"
MUSIC
Favorite Male Artist: Ed Sheeran
Favorite Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite Group: Maroon 5
Favorite Breakout Artist: 5 Seconds of Summer
Favorite Male Country Artist: Hunter Hayes
Favorite Female Country Artist: Carrie Underwood
Favorite Country Group: Lady Antebellum
Favorite Pop Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite R&B Artist: Pharrell Williams
Favorite Album: "x" - Ed Sheeran
Favorite Song: "Shake It Off" - Taylor Swift
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