Los Angeles: Actor and comedienne Ellen Degeneres made People’s Choice Awards history by becoming the most decorated celebrity in the TV ceremony’s 43 years.
The Finding Dory star, who hosts her own top-rated daytime talk show in America, picked up her 20th, 21st and 22nd awards at the Microsoft Theatre. Singer-actor Justin Timberlake presented her with the favourite daytime TV host and favourite animated movie voice trophies, while her sketch romp around a shopping mall with Britney Spears, which aired on her show in 2016, earned her the favourite comedic collaboration prize.
Handing her another three honours, Timberlake called Ellen “one of my very good friends” and “one of the best people on this planet”. “This is amazing. 20 is ... 17, I get it, 18, sure, 19, I can see it. But 20, this is outrageous. This is really something that means more to me because it comes from the people,” DeGeneres said while accepting the honour. “And everybody keeps thanking the people and it’s redundant but you are the people who are responsible for me being up there so I say thank you people.”
DeGeneres’ Finding Dory film was also named favourite movie and favourite family movie at the ceremony. Timberlake was also a big winner at the awards bash, picking up favourite male artist and favourite song for Can’t Stop The Feeling.
Blake Shelton was another double winner, making history as the first country act ever to win a People’s Choice favourite album award. Matt LeBlanc and Kristen Bell won favourite actor in a new TV series male and female, respectively.
Ellen makes history
- Actress and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres has made People’s Choice Awards history
- She has become the most decorated celebrity in the TV ceremony’s 43 years
- She picked up her 20th, 21st and 22nd awards—favourite aytime TV host, favourite animated movie voice trophies, favourite comedic collaboration prize
- Her Finding Dory film was also named favourite movie
Key winners
- Favourite movie: Finding Dory
- Favourite movie actor: Ryan Reynolds
- Favourite movie actress: Jennifer Lawrence
- Favourite action movie: Deadpool
- Favourite action movie actor: Robert Downey Jr
- Favourite action movie actress: Margot Robbie
- Favourite animated movie voice: Ellen DeGeneres
- Favourite comedic movie actor: Kevin Hart
- Favourite comedic movie actress: Melissa McCarthy
- Favourite dramatic movie actor: Tom Hanks
- Favourite dramatic movie actress: Blake Lively
- Favourite movie icon: Johnny Depp
Peecee scores second win
- Priyanka Chopra won the favourite dramatic TV actress trophy for Quantico
- She plays rogue FBI agent Alex Parrish
- She beat Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo and Viola Davis
- She was named the favourite actress in a new TV series last year
- She was honoured to be nominated along with the likes of Pompeo and Davis
