Nominations announced for People’s Choice Awards

It was an action packed list today, as the nominees for the upcoming People’s Choice Awards were announced. “The Avengers” beat out several other action films for most nominations, while “The Voice” judge and Maroon 5 lead singer, Adam Levine dominated the music and television categories.

The awards ceremony is set for January 9^th and will kick off the awards season in Hollywood leading up to the Academy Awards at the end of February.

“The Avengers” picked up 8 nominations, among which were; favorite action movie, favorite movie and individual nominations for Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Ann Hathaway and Scarlett Johansson.

Other movies up against “The Avengers” include action movies “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Dark Knight Rises” and the fantasy films “Snow White and the Huntsman” and “The Hunger Games.”

“Breaking Dawn – Part 2 was released too late to be eligible this year but fans of the movie franchise picked up a nomination for favorite movie fan following.

Adam Levine picked up 6 nominations for both his television work and his musical achievements with band Maroon 5.