Voting Begins Today at pcaVOTE.com

            The nominations for THE 35TH ANNUAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS were announced this morning by Joshua Jackson "Fringe," Carrie Ann Inaba "Dancing with the Stars," Paula Marshall "Gary Unmarried" and Jay Mohr "Gary Unmarried." New categories this year include "Favorite Superhero," "Favorite TV Drama Diva," "Favorite Movie Cast" and "Favorite Scene Stealing Guest Star."

            Winners will be revealed during the live broadcast of THE 35TH ANNUAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS which will be hosted by Queen Latifah from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.  The first awards show of 2009, THE 35TH ANNUAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS honors fan favorites in television, movies and music.

            PEOPLE magazine, in celebration of its own 35th birthday, will team up with People's Choice to present the first ever People's Choice Award for Favorite Star Under 35, in recognition of this dual milestone.   Beginning today http://www.pcavote.com/ and http://www.people.com/ will exclusively feature this unique poll, giving fans the opportunity to choose their favorite star, under the age of 35, by narrowing down from a group of Hollywood's biggest celebrities, chosen by PEOPLE's editors.

  
            With the nominees revealed, fans have the opportunity to vote for their favorites in each category at http://www.pcavote.com/ starting today.  In addition, from November 10 to December 7, voters at pcaVOTE.com can enter for a chance to win two tickets to the 35TH ANNUAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS. People's Choice community members, both new and existing, are automatically entered into the contest each time they vote on any of the 41 categories.  Users must be logged in while voting to enter the contest. Membership is free and benefits include the opportunity to choose the nominees for the 36th Annual People's Choice Awards.

            Nominees for THE 35TH ANNUAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS were determined with the help of E-Poll Market Research, a leading provider of products and custom research solutions for entertainment and media companies, agencies and Fortune 1000 companies.  The study was conducted by E-Poll using the People's Choice Online Community to achieve a nationally representative sample of respondents aged 13 or older.  For each category, the respondents were provided with a set of candidates determined by national ratings averages, box-office grosses and music sales.  The respondents then chose their favorites in Television, Movies and Music.  They also had the option to write in their favorites where not included among the provided candidates. The top three selections in each category became the final nominees.

A complete list of nominees follows:

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

            THE 35th ANNUAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS is being produced by Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc., which is represented by MediaVest Worldwide Inc., supervisors of the production.  Carol Donovan ("GQ Men of the Year Awards") is the executive producer for the fourth year.  Central Talent Booking is the talent consultant.  Bruce Gowers ("The American Music Awards") is directing the special.  The People's Choice community at www.pcaVOTE.com serves as a year-round destination for entertainment enthusiasts to voice their opinions on pop culture.  

RATING: To Be Announced