TORONTO — Hollywood’s award season kicks off Wednesday night with the People’s Choice Awards and Canadians — and made-in-Canada shows and movies — will be in the spotlight.
The show will be hosted by Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs of 2 Broke Girls and will include performances by OneRepublic, Sara Bareilles and Brad Paisley.
Among those set to walk the red carpet are Jennifer Hudson, Drew Barrymore, Robert Downey Jr., Sean Hayes, Heidi Klum, Queen Latifah, Melissa McCarthy, L.L. Cool J and Sarah Michelle Gellar as well as the stars of shows like The Big Bang Theory, The Walking Dead and Parenthood.
The People’s Choice Awards are different from most shows because the winners are determined by fan votes and notified in advance that they’ve won. (Tune in to see who acts the most surprised.)
In television categories, Canada is well represented on the list of nominees by Ontario natives Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy), Stana Katic (Castle), Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen Amell (Arrow); Edmonton-born Nathan Fillion (Castle) and Michael J. Fox (Michael J. Fox Show); Saskatchewan’s Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black); and Vancouver-born Kristin Kreuk (Beauty & the Beast).
Fox’s series is up for Favourite New TV Comedy — taking on other Global shows like The Millers (starring Toronto’s Will Arnett) and Sean Saves the World.
The Toronto-shot series Reign and Beauty and the Beast and Vancouver-filmed shows Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Once Upon a Time, Supernatural and The Tomorrow People are nominated.
The only big screen nominee from north of the border is Ontario’s Ryan Gosling.
Several made-in-Canada movies are contenders for People’s Choice Awards, including the Vancouver-shot Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters; Montreal-made The Smurfs 2, Red 2 and White House Down; and Toronto-filmed Carrie and Mama.
B.C. singer Michael Bublé has two nominations and Toronto rapper Drake is up for one. Half-Canadian pop star Robin Thicke got a nod for Favourite Album.
People’s Choice Award nominations also went to Global shows like Chicago Fire, The Good Wife, Bones, NCIS, The Blacklist, Dracula and Sleepy Hollow.
The People’s Choice Awards air Wednesday at 9 p.m. on Global.
Click here for a full list of nominees.
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