40th People's Choice Awards

The 40th People's Choice Awards were held on January 8, 2014 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California and was broadcast live on he CBS Television Network. This years show was hosted by by Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings of 2 Broke Girls.

Some surprising award winners and speeches were:

1. Justin Timberlake : Favourite album.
2. Robert Downey Jr.: After accepting the award favourite action movie actor, he went full Tony Stark on the crowd, asking the house to play some heroic music and put a spotlight on him. He then declared triumphantly, "I am Iron Man."
3. Ellen DeGeneres: Her 14th People's Choice Award, taking home favourite daytime TV host. In her speech, she said she recently met a single African-American woman who worked 80 hours a week to get by and looked forward to going home to watch DeGeneres' show every day. That women was Oprah Winfrey.
4. Stephen Colbert: Winner for favourite late night talk show host. In the video message he delivered, he  joked that he was unable to attend because he was performing at a party for a dictator.
5. Adam Sandler: Won for favourite comedic movie actor. He read a childlike fan letter, claiming at the end that it came from Drew Barrymore — who presented him with the award.
6. Chris Colfer: Won favourite comedic TV actor for the second year in a row. He said that he didn't deserve the honour more than others in the category. He also added that at one point or other, he'd been "paid to make out with" most of them .

For a complete list of nominees and winners, visit the link below.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/peoples-choice-awards-complete-winners-669458

C. Louie