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Wednesday
12Nov2008

'The Dark Knight' Leads Nominees For Utterly Worthless People's Choice Awards

They still haven't shut down The People's Choice Awards, and they'll air next January, hosted again by Queen Latifah. These awards, of course, are very rarely indicative of anything else. Sometimes you'll see some carryover from the Golden Globes to the Oscars, and there are a couple of film critics' groups that are usually good predictors of the Academy Awards, too, but The people's Choice Awards can really only give you pointers in your Blockbuster Movie Awards office pool.

It's the 35th annual celebration, which means prior to 1974, people had no choice. That really is a shame, isn't it?

This might all see like I'm making fun of this awards show, because I am. Look: They've got 27 Dresses in the Favorite Comedy Movie category. Come on! No Tropic Thunder? Hell, they didn't even give Sex and the City the obligatory nomination. And Reese Witherspoon is up for Favorite Female Movie Star even though her last starring role was in Rendition last year...that is, unless you count her three minutes on screen in Penelope. It's a wee bit silly.

Here are some of the major categories, and you can vote for your favorites at PCAvote.com.

Favorite Movie:
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones
Iron Man

Favorite Movie Drama:
21
Eagle Eye
The Secret Life of Bees

Favorite Family Movie:
Prince Caspian
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Favorite Comedy Movie:
27 Dresses

Get Smart
Mamma Mia!

Favorite Cast:
The Dark Knight

Mamma Mia!
Sex and the City

Favorite Superhero:

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Will Smith as John Hancock

The show will air on January 7th, and you can expect to hear the phrase "but most of all, thank you, the fans" about 60 times.

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