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Nominees for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2017 were revealed this morning by Jordana Brewster (“Lethal Weapon”), Jamie Chung (“Office Christmas Party”), Ken Jeong (“Dr. Ken”), Boris Kodjoe (“Code Black”), Piper Perabo (“Notorious”), Molly Shannon (“Divorce”), Wilmer Valderrama (“NCIS”), Executive Producer Mark Burnett and People’s Choice President Fred Nelson.

Starting today, voting is open to determine the winners in all 64 categories, including “Favorite Movie Icon,” “Favorite Social Media Celebrity,” “Favorite Song” and “Favorite TV Show.” Fans can vote three different ways: they can visit http://vote.peopleschoice.com, vote on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/peopleschoice or vote via Facebook Messenger at https://www.messenger.com/t/peopleschoice. Voting ends Thursday, Dec. 15 at 11:59 PM, ET.

Winners will be revealed during the live broadcast of PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2017 from Microsoft Theater L.A. Live, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

This year fans cast over 125 million votes to determine the nominees. Ellen DeGeneres, nominated this year for “Favorite Animated Movie Voice,” “Favorite Daytime TV Host” and “Favorite Comedic Collaboration,” could become the most decorated People’s Choice Awards winner in history with one more win. Kevin Hart leads the list of nominees with five total nods including “Favorite Movie Actor,” “Favorite Cable TV Actor” and “Favorite Comedic Collaboration” for his appearance on Conan O’Brien’s Ride Along with Ice Cube. Hart’s movies Central Intelligence and The Secret Life of Pets, and his TV show, The Real Husbands of Hollywood, also received nods. Drake and Rihanna are tied for the most music nominations at four a piece. Former One Direction bandmates Zayn and Niall Horan are both competing for “Favorite Breakout Artist” while Zayn is also up for “Favorite Song” with Pillowtalk. Captain America: Civil War is the top movie nominee with seven total nominations, while Grey’s Anatomy is the most nominated TV show with five.

An official partner of PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2017, Werther’s Original Caramel Popcorn was on location at the Paley Center to provide delicious snacks to the talent and media. Available in two varieties of perfectly popped corn wrapped with rich and creamy Werther’s Original Caramel – Classic Caramel and the newly launched Sea Salt & Pretzel – Werther’s Caramel Popcorn is the proud sponsor of the Favorite New TV Comedy and Favorite New TV Drama categories. Voting for these two categories opens today and will remain open up until the first hour of the live People’s Choice Awards broadcast on January 18, 2017.

Photos and video from today’s People’s Choice Awards Press Conference can be found at www.EPKlink.com/PeoplesChoiceAwards2017 courtesy of Getty Images. Media outlets can apply for credentials to cover PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2017 at https://slatepr.wufoo.com/forms/zibpjmq16c4577/. The deadline to apply for credentials is Friday, December 23, 2016.

Tickets to the awards show are currently available for fans to purchase through AXS.com. The People’s Choice Awards would like to invite everyone to visit http://vote.peopleschoice.com to vote for their favorites in movies, music, TV and digital. See below for the complete list of nominees.

ABOUT PEOPLE'S CHOICE

Now in its 43^rd year, the People’s Choice Awards is the only major awards show voted on entirely by the public for fan favorites in movies, music, television and digital. The People’s Choice official website at www.PeoplesChoice.com houses the voting platform where fans determine the nominees and winners for the annual awards show. Every year, potential nominees are determined by national ratings averages, box-office grosses, music sales, social media activity and PeoplesChoice.com data, then vetted through E-Poll Market Research. Fred Nelson is the President of People’s Choice, and serves alongside Mark Burnett, Jane Mun and Kimmie H. Kim as Executive Producers of the awards show. The awards show, and digital, mobile and social extensions of the brand are owned by Procter & Gamble. The show is produced by MGM Television and MGM serves as the international distributor.

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PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2017 Nominees:

MOVIES

FAVORITE MOVIE

Captain America: Civil War

Deadpool

Finding Dory

Suicide Squad

Zootopia

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR

Kevin Hart

Robert Downey Jr.

Ryan Reynolds

Tom Hanks

Will Smith

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS

Anna Kendrick

Jennifer Lawrence

Margot Robbie

Melissa McCarthy

Scarlett Johansson

FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice

Captain America: Civil War

Deadpool

Suicide Squad

X-Men: Apocalypse

FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE ACTOR

Chris Evans

Liam Hemsworth

Robert Downey Jr.

Ryan Reynolds

Will Smith

FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE ACTRESS

Jennifer Lawrence

Margot Robbie

Scarlett Johansson

Shailene Woodley

Zoe Saldana

FAVORITE ANIMATED MOVIE VOICE

Bill Murray in The Jungle Book

Ellen DeGeneres in Finding Dory

Ginnifer Goodwin in Zootopia

Jason Bateman in Zootopia

Kevin Hart in The Secret Life of Pets

FAVORITE COMEDIC MOVIE

Bad Moms

Central Intelligence

Ghostbusters

How to Be Single

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

FAVORITE COMEDIC MOVIE ACTOR

Chris Hemsworth

Dwayne Johnson

Kevin Hart

Ryan Gosling

Zac Efron

FAVORITE COMEDIC MOVIE ACTRESS

Anna Kendrick

Kristen Bell

Kristen Wiig

Melissa McCarthy

Rebel Wilson

FAVORITE DRAMATIC MOVIE

Deepwater Horizon

Me Before You

Miracles From Heaven

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Sully

FAVORITE DRAMATIC MOVIE ACTOR

Ben Affleck

Chris Pine

George Clooney

Mark Wahlberg

Tom Hanks

FAVORITE DRAMATIC MOVIE ACTRESS

Amy Adams

Blake Lively

Emily Blunt

Julia Roberts

Meryl Streep

FAVORITE FAMILY MOVIE

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Finding Dory

The Jungle Book

The Secret Life of Pets

Zootopia

FAVORITE THRILLER MOVIE

The Conjuring 2

The Girl on the Train

Nerve

The Purge: Election Year

The Shallows

FAVORITE MOVIE ICON

Denzel Washington

Johnny Depp

Samuel L. Jackson

Tom Cruise

Tom Hanks

TV

FAVORITE TV SHOW

The Big Bang Theory

Grey’s Anatomy

Outlander

Stranger Things

The Walking Dead

FAVORITE NETWORK TV COMEDY

The Big Bang Theory

Black-ish

Jane the Virgin

Modern Family

New Girl

FAVORITE COMEDIC TV ACTOR

Andy Samberg

Anthony Anderson

Jim Parsons

Matthew Perry

Tim Allen

FAVORITE COMEDIC TV ACTRESS

Anna Faris

Gina Rodriguez

Kaley Cuoco

Sofia Vergara

Zooey Deschanel

FAVORITE NETWORK TV DRAMA

Chicago Fire

Empire

Grey’s Anatomy

How to Get Away with Murder

Quantico

FAVORITE DRAMATIC TV ACTOR

Jesse Williams

Justin Chambers

Scott Foley

Taylor Kinney

Terrence Howard

FAVORITE DRAMATIC TV ACTRESS

Ellen Pompeo

Kerry Washington

Priyanka Chopra

Taraji P. Henson

Viola Davis

FAVORITE CABLE TV COMEDY

Atlanta

Baby Daddy

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Real Husbands of Hollywood

Younger

FAVORITE CABLE TV DRAMA

The Americans

Bates Motel

Mr. Robot

Pretty Little Liars

Queen Sugar

FAVORITE CABLE TV ACTOR

Adam Devine

Freddie Highmore

Kevin Hart

Rami Malek

Zach Galifianakis

FAVORITE CABLE TV ACTRESS

Ashley Benson

Hilary Duff

Keri Russell

Lucy Hale

Vera Farmiga

FAVORITE TV CRIME DRAMA

The Blacklist

Criminal Minds

Law & Order: SVU

Lucifer

NCIS

FAVORITE TV CRIME DRAMA ACTOR

Chris O’Donnell

Donnie Wahlberg

LL Cool J

Mark Harmon

Tom Selleck

FAVORITE TV CRIME DRAMA ACTRESS

Jennifer Lopez

Lucy Liu

Mariska Hargitay

Pauley Perrette

Sophia Bush

FAVORITE PREMIUM DRAMA SERIES

Homeland

House of Cards

Narcos

Orange is the New Black

Power

FAVORITE PREMIUM COMEDY SERIES

Fuller House

The Mindy Project

Shameless

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Veep

FAVORITE PREMIUM SERIES ACTOR

Aziz Ansari

Dwayne Johnson

Joshua Jackson

Kevin Spacey

Nick Jonas

FAVORITE PREMIUM SERIES ACTRESS

Claire Danes

Jane Fonda

Julia Louis Dreyfus

Sarah Jessica Parker

Taylor Schilling

FAVORITE NETWORK SCI-FI/FANTASY TV SHOW

Arrow

The Flash

Once Upon a Time

Supernatural

The Vampire Diaries

FAVORITE CABLE SCI-FI/FANTASY TV SHOW

American Horror Story

Orphan Black

Shadowhunters

Teen Wolf

The Walking Dead

FAVORITE PREMIUM SCI-FI/FANTASY SERIES

Game of Thrones

Marvel’s Luke Cage

Outlander

Stranger Things

Westworld

FAVORITE SCI-FI/FANTASY TV ACTOR

Andrew Lincoln

Ian Somerhalder

Jensen Ackles

Sam Heughan

Tyler Posey

FAVORITE SCI-FI/FANTASY TV ACTRESS

Caitriona Balfe

Emilia Clarke

Jennifer Morrison

Lauren Cohan

Millie Bobby Brown

FAVORITE COMPETITION TV SHOW

America’s Got Talent

American Ninja Warrior

Dancing with the Stars

Masterchef

The Voice

FAVORITE DAYTIME TV HOST

Dr. Phil

Ellen DeGeneres

Kelly Ripa

Rachael Ray

Steve Harvey

FAVORITE DAYTIME TV HOSTING TEAM

The Chew

Good Morning America

The Talk

Today

The View

FAVORITE LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST

Conan O’Brien

James Corden

Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Kimmel

Stephen Colbert

FAVORITE ANIMATED TV SHOW

American Dad!

Bob’s Burgers

Family Guy

The Simpsons

South Park

FAVORITE ACTOR IN A NEW TV SERIES

Damon Wayans

Kevin James

Kiefer Sutherland

Matt LeBlanc

Milo Ventimiglia

FAVORITE ACTRESS IN A NEW TV SERIES

Jordana Brewster

Kristen Bell

Mandy Moore

Minnie Driver

Piper Perabo

FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY

American Housewife

The Good Place

The Great Indoors

Kevin Can Wait

Man with a Plan

Son of Zorn

Speechless

FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA

Bull

Conviction

Designated Survivor

The Exorcist

Frequency

Lethal Weapon

MacGyver

No Tomorrow

Notorious

Pitch

Pure Genius

This Is Us

Timeless

MUSIC

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST

Blake Shelton

Drake

Justin Timberlake

Shawn Mendes

The Weeknd

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST

Adele

Ariana Grande

Beyonce

Britney Spears

Rihanna

FAVORITE GROUP

The Chainsmokers

Coldplay

Fifth Harmony

Panic! at the Disco

Twenty One Pilots

FAVORITE BREAKOUT ARTIST

Alessia Cara

The Chainsmokers

DNCE

Niall Horan

Zayn

FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST

Blake Shelton

Keith Urban

Luke Bryan

Sam Hunt

Tim McGraw

FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST

Carrie Underwood

Dolly Parton

Kelsea Ballerini

Miranda Lambert

Reba McEntire

FAVORITE COUNTRY GROUP

The Band Perry

Florida Georgia Line

Little Big Town

Lonestar

Zac Brown Band

FAVORITE POP ARTIST

Adele

Ariana Grande

Britney Spears

Justin Timberlake

Sia

FAVORITE HIP-HOP ARTIST

DJ Khaled

G-Eazy

Kanye West

Kendrick Lamar

Wiz Khalifa

FAVORITE R&B ARTIST

Beyonce

Drake

Rihanna

Usher

The Weeknd

FAVORITE ALBUM

Anti / Rihanna

Dangerous Woman / Ariana Grande

If I’m Honest / Blake Shelton

Lemonade / Beyonce

Views / Drake

FAVORITE SONG

“Can’t Stop the Feeling” / Justin Timberlake

“No” / Meghan Trainor

“One Dance” / Drake feat. Kyla and Wizkid “Pillowtalk” Zayn

“Work” / Rihanna feat. Drake

DIGITAL

FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA CELEBRITY

Britney Spears

Kim Kardashian

Lady Gaga

Shakira

Stephen Amell

FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA STAR

Baby Ariel

Cameron Dallas

Jacob Sartorius

Liza Koshy

Nash Grier

FAVORITE YOUTUBE STAR

Lilly Singh

Miranda Sings

PewDiePie

Shane Dawson

Tyler Oakley

FAVORITE COMEDIC COLLABORATION

Conan O’Brien’s Ride Along with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart

Ellen DeGeneres and Britney Spears’ Mall Mischief

James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke with Adele

Lip Sync Battle with Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum

Saturday Night Live with Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon

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