Peoples' Choice Awards Swept by "Hunger Games"

“Hunger Games” grabs 5 awards, Katy Perry wins 4

The People’s Choice awards were given out yesterday, with “The Hunger Games” — star Jennifer Lawrence in particular — and Katy Perry dominating the show. “The Hunger Games” ultimately won 5 People’s Choice awards, sweeping Favorite Movie, Favorite Action Movie, Favorite Movie Franchise, Favorite Face Of Heroism for Jennifer Lawrence, and Favorite On-Screen Chemistry for the three leads of the film, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth. In addition, Lawrence picked up an additional award for Favorite Movie Actress, beating out the likes of Anne Hathaway, Emma Stone, and Scarlett Johanson.

Katy Perry was the other major winner at the People’s Choice awards, picking up trophies for Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Pop Artist, Favorite Music Video for “Part of Me”, and Favorite Music Fan Following for Perry’s fanbase “Katycats”. Yes, we are awarding people who actively call themselves “Katycats” now. Believe it. One Direction also won their nominations in Favorite Song of the Year for “What Makes You Beautiful” and Favorite Album of the Year for their debut “Up All Night”, furthering cementing the People’s Choice awards as being relevant only to 11 year old girls.

The People’s Choice awards this year hit a record for the amount of votes cast online, topping 475 million. In comparison, roughly 126 million votes were cast in the 2012 Presidential election. Here’s a full list of the winners:

Movie: “The Hunger Games”

Movie actor: Robert Downey, Jr.

Movie actress: Jennifer Lawrence

Action movie: “The Hunger Games”

Action movie star: Chris Hemsworth

Face of heroism: Jennifer Lawrence, “The Hunger Games”

Comedic movie: “Ted”

Comedic movie actor: Adam Sandler

Comedic movie actress: Jennifer Aniston

Dramatic movie: “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”

Dramatic movie actor: Zac Efron

Dramatic movie actress: Emma Watson