"MOM" STARS ANNA FARIS AND EMMY AWARD WINNER ALLISON JANNEY TO HOST THE "PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2015," WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7 LIVE ON CBS
NOMINEES ANNOUNCED AND VOTING NOW OPEN FOR ALL CATEGORIES
ON PEOPLESCHOICE.COM
This morning, PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS Executive Producer Mark Burnett announced that Anna Faris and Emmy Award winner Allison Janney, stars of CBS's critically acclaimed comedy MOM, will host the live awards show from the Nokia Theater L.A. Live Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Faris and Janney were on hand to help announce the nominees at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills.
"We are thrilled to have Anna and Allison as hosts of our show," said Burnett. "Our job is to entertain our audience, and these actresses have such chemistry and comedic timing that no matter who wins, everyone will be having fun."
In addition to Faris and Janney, Dave Annable ("Red Band Society"), John Cho ("Selfie"), Katharine McPhee ("Scorpion"), Dylan McDermott ("Stalker"), Christin Milioti ("A to Z"), Gina Rodriquez ("Jane the Virgin") and Bellamy Young ("Scandal") announced the nominees in 58 categories.
Voting begins today for all 58 categories exclusively on www.PeoplesChoice.com, Facebook and mobile applications, and will close at 11:59 PM, ET on Thursday, Dec. 4. Winners will be revealed during the live broadcast of PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2015.
This year fans cast more than 70 million votes to determine the nominees. Shailene Woodley leads the list of movie nominations with four acting nods. She is twice nominated in "Favorite Movie Duo," once with her "Divergent" co-star Theo James and again with her "The Fault in Our Stars" co-star Ansel Elgort. "Grey's Anatomy," "Supernatural" and "The Vampire Diaries" lead the list of TV nominees with five each, while breakout artist Sam Smith dominates music with four nominations. Meanwhile, two stars have crossed genres: Lucy Hale for "Favorite Female Country Artist" and "Favorite Cable TV Actress," and Melissa McCarthy for "Favorite Movie Actress" and "Favorite Comedic TV Actress." Craig Ferguson and David Letterman are both nominees for "Favorite Late Night Talk Show" during their farewell seasons.
Tickets to the awards show are now available for fans to purchase through AXS.com. Media outlets can apply for credentials to cover the People's Choice Awards at http://credentials.peopleschoice.com.
The People's Choice Awards would like to invite everyone to visit PeoplesChoice.com to vote for their favorites in movie, music and TV. The complete list of nominees is listed below.
About Anna Faris
Anna Faris starred in and executive produced the feature films "The House Bunny" (which was based on an original idea by Faris) and "What's Your Number?" Her additional film credits include "The Dictator," "Lost in Translation," "I Give It A Year," "Observe & Report," "Brokeback Mountain," "Smiley Face," "Yogi Bear," "Take Me Home Tonight," "Mama's Boy," "Just Friends," "Waiting," "Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel," "Scary Movie," and its sequels "Scary Movie 2," "Scary Movie 3" and "Scary Movie 4."
Her feature film voice work credits include the animated "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," the sequel "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2" and "Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel."
On television, in addition to MOM, Faris had recurring roles on "Entourage" and on the final season of "Friends," playing the surrogate for Monica and Chandler's twins.
About Allison Janney
Allison Janney earned both an Emmy Award and a Critic's Choice Award for her role on MOM, and another Emmy Award and Critic's Choice Award for her multi-episode arc on the series "Masters of Sex," putting her in the record books for accomplishing all of this in the same year.
Her latest feature film credits are "The Way, Way Back," "Tammy" and "Bad Words," as well as the animated film "Mr. Peabody & Sherman." Her upcoming features include "Spy," "The D.U.F.F." and "The Rewrite." Among other acclaimed films, Janney has co-starred in "The Help," "Juno," "Hairspray," "American Beauty," "The Hours," "Nurse Betty," "Drop Dead Gorgeous," "10 Things I Hate About You," "Primary Colors," "The Ice Storm" and "Big Night." She also voiced the characters of "Gladys" in the animated film "Over the Hedge" and "Peach" in "Finding Nemo."
Janney's big break came with her starring role as White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg in the critically acclaimed series "The West Wing," for which she won four Emmy Awards and four SAG Awards. On stage, she made her Broadway debut in Noel Coward's "Present Laughter" for which she earned the Outer Critics Circle Award and Clarence Derwent Award. She was nominated for a Tony Award in Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge," and won the Outer Critics Circle Award. Janney was last seen on Broadway starring in the musical "9 to 5," for which she earned her second Tony nomination and won the Drama Desk Award.
About PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Now in its 41st year, the People's Choice Awards is the only major awards show voted on entirely by the public for fan favorites in movies, music and television. The People's Choice official website at www.PeoplesChoice.com houses the voting platform where fans determine the categories, nominees and winners for the annual awards show. Every year, potential nominees are determined by national ratings averages, box-office grosses, music sales and PeoplesChoice.com data, then vetted through EPoll Market Research. Fred Nelson is the President of People's Choice, and Mark Burnett and Jane Mun are the Executive Producers of the awards show. The awards show, and digital, mobile and social extensions of the brand are owned by Procter & Gamble, and produced by United Artist Media Group (UAMG) a joint venture among MGM, Mark Burnett, Roma Downey and Hearst Corporation.
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