Fox Television this weekend presented the Teen Choice Awards, and while we won’t list all the winners or categories, several should be of interest to our genre audience.
In the movie awards category, sf/f/h was dominant.
Choice Action Adventure: X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Other nominees: Fast & Furious; Star Trek; Taken; and Terminator Salvation.
Choice Drama: Twilight. Other nominees: Angels & Demons; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Obsessed; and Slumdog Millionaire.
Choice Romance: Twilight. Other nominees: Australia; Confessions of a Shopaholic; He’s Just Not That Into You; and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
Choice Comedy: Night at the Museum: Battle Smithsonian. Other nominees: The Hangover; Land of the Lost; Paul Blart: Mall Cop; and Yes Man.
Choice Horror/Thriller: Friday the 13th. Other nominees: Drag Me to Hell; The Haunting of Molly Hartley; Quarantine; and The Uninvited.
Choice Actor (Drama): Robert Pattinson in Twilight. Other nominees: Hugh Jackman in Australia; Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire; Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; and Chaning Tatum in Fighting.
Choice Actress (Drama): Kristen Stewart in Twilight. Other nominees: Angelina Jolie in Changeling; Nicole Kidman in Australia; Beyoncé Knowles in Obsessed; and Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire.
Choice Actor (Action Adventure): Hugh Jackman in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Other nominees: Christian Bale in Terminator Salvation; Dwayne Johnson in Race to Witch Mountain; Shia LaBeouf in Eagle Eye; and Paul Walker in Fast & Furious.
Choice Actress (Action Adventure): Jordana Brewster in Fast & Furious. Other nominees: Malin Akerman in Watchmen; Bryce Dallas Howard in Terminator Salvation; Mila Kunis in Max Payne; and Zoe Saldana in Star Trek.
Choice Actor (Comedy): Zac Efron in 17 Again. Other nominees: Jim Carrey in Yes Man; Will Ferrell in Land of the Lost; Seth Rogen in Observe & Report and Pineapple Express; and Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum: Battle Smithsonian and Tropic Thunder.
Choice Actress (Comedy): Anne Hathaway in Bride Wars. Other nominees: Amy Adams in Night at the Museum: Battle Smithsonian; Jennifer Aniston in Marley & Me and He’s Just Not That Into You; Isla Fisher in Confessions of a Shopaholic; and Kate Hudson in Bride Wars.
Choice Villain: Cam Gigandet in Twilight. Other nominees: Hank Azaria in Night at the Museum: Battle Smithsonian; Eric Bana in Star Trek; Ken Jeong in The Hangover; and Liev Schreiber in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Fresh Face (Female): Ashley Greene from Twilight. Other nominees: Lynn Collins from X-Men Origins: Wolverine; Emily Osment from Hannah Montana: The Movie; Freida Pinto from Slumdog Millionaire; and Nikki Reed from Twilight.
Fresh Face (Male): Taylor Lautner from Twilight. Other nominees: Taylor Kitsch from X-Men Origins: Wolverine; Dev Patel from Slumdog Millionaire; Chris Pine from Star Trek; and Sam Worthington from Terminator Salvation.
Choice Movie Liplock: Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson in Twilight. Other nominees: Miley Cyrus and Lucas Till in Hannah Montana: The Movie; Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron in High School Musical 3: Senior Year; Freida Pinto and Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire; and Owen Wilson and Marley in Marley & Me.
Choice Rockstar Moment: Zac Efron in 17 Again. Other nominees: Jim Carrey in Yes Man; Anne Hathaway in Bride Wars; Paul Rudd and Jason Segel in I Love You, Man; and Mike Tyson, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover.
Choice Movie Rumble: Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) vs. James (Cam Gigandet) in Twilight. Other nominees: Emma (Anne Hathaway) vs. Liv (Kate Hudson) in Bride Wars; Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Victor (Liev Schreiber) vs. Weapon XI (Scott Adkins) in X-Men Origins: Wolverine; Sharon (Beyoncé Knowles) vs. Lisa (Ali Larter) in Obsessed; James Kirk (Chris Pine) vs. Spock (Zachary Quinto) in Star Trek.
The television awards were far less receptive to sf/f/h, including only one winner from the genres:
Choice Action Adventure: Heroes. Other nominees: 24; Lost; Smallville; and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Choice Actor (Action Adventure): Tom Welling in Smallville. Other nominees: Thomas Dekker in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles; Matthew Fox in Lost; Josh Holloway in Lost; and Milo Ventimiglia in Heroes.
Choice Actress (Action Adventure): Hayden Panettiere in Heroes. Other nominees: Kristen Bell in Heroes; Summer Glau in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles; Kristen Kreuk in Smallville; and Ali Larter in Heroes.
The full list of winners is on this page. The full list of nominees is on this page.