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Thursday, December 18, 2014

[AWARDS] People Magazine Awards: And the Winners Are...

Not going to get to bring home a shiny statuette in the shape of an exclamation point - the recipients, chosen by editors of PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly magazine, also have the honor of nabbing one of the first ever People Magazine Awards. Live December 18, 9p.m. ET. Time Inc.'s PEOPLE, the world's most popular magazine and celebrity brand reaching more than 59 million consumers each week, teamed up with NBC as well as Dick Clark productions, the world's largest producer and proprietor of live television events, for "The PEOPLE Magazine Awards", a star-studded event special and snapshot of the year in pop culture.

Here's the winners list:

Comedy Star of the Year: Kevin Hart
TV Performance of the Year, Actress: Lisa Kudrow on The Comeback
TV Performance of the Year, Actor: Jon Hamm on Mad Men
Model of the Year: Karlie Kloss
Next Generation Star: Chloe Grace Mortez
Celebrity Role Model of the Year: Kate Hudson
People's Sexiest Woman Alive: Kate Upton
Talk Show Host of the Year: Jimmy Fallon
Movie Performance of the Year, Actress: Jennifer Aniston in Cake
Movie Performance of the Year, Actor: Michael Keaton in Birdman
Style Icon of the Year: Gwen Stefani
Breakout Star of the Year: Billy Eichner
TV Couple of the Year: Mindy Kailing & Chris Messina on The Mindy Project
Hero of the Year: Nora Sandigo
Cover of the Year: Robin Williams
Triple Threat: Jennifer Lopez

Do you agree? Winners pictured below. NOT PICTURED: Jimmy Fallon, Robin Williams

Images courtesy of Peoplemagazine.com photographed by Lester Cohen/PMA2014/WireImages

KEVIN HART - Comedy Star of the Year
HONOR: Comedy Star of the Year
DESCRIPTION: Hart has been owning stages across the country with his stand-up shows, but it's his roles on the big screen that have made him a household name. Basically, if this guy is on a cast list, you can guarantee you'll be laughing out loud in the theater. That was the case for (2014) About Last Night, and it's certainly true for his latest movie, Chris Rock's (2014) Top Five.

LISA KUDROW - TV Performance of the Year, Actress
HONOR: TV Performance of the Year, Actress
DESCRIPTION: Just call her the Comeback kid. After a decade on a little show called (1994-2004) Friends, Kudrow starred in (2005-2005, 2014-present) The Comeback, which gained a cult following, but was cancelled after just one season. Nine years later, it made a, well, comeback, returning to the HBO network this past November. On top of that she's also simultaneously killing it on Showtime's (2011-present) Web Therapy.

KARLIE KLOSS - Model of the Year
HONOR: Model of the Year
DESCRIPTION: If easy to feel like Kloss is your IRL best friend when you see her face everywhere - the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway, campaigns for industry heavyweights like Lancaster Paris and Neiman Marcus, every Fashion Week ever. As if the life of one of the modeling world's most sough-after names could get any cooler: She's IRL best friend with Taylor Swift.

CHLOE GRACE MORTEZ - Next Generation Star
HONOR: Next Generation Star
DESCRIPTION: We'd toast Moretez's impressive talents - from (2010) Kick-Ass to (2014) If I Stay, not to mention nabbing a spot on PEOPLE's  Best Dressed List - but the on-the-rise 17-year old actress is still too young to drink. Whey we can't wait to see what she does next. She's not daunted by challenging roles, telling TIME magazine in an earlier interview, "Acting for me is not just being happy-go-lucky. That's my real life. Acting for me is doing the opposite of who I am."

JON HAMM - TV Performance of the Year, Actor
HONOR: TV Performance of the Year, Actor
DESCRIPTION: Hamm started suiting up on (2007-present) Mad Men in 2007 as dapper advertising executive Don Draper, a role that turned into the ultimate Hollywood breakthrough for the once-struggling actor. He's translated that success to the big screen, where he's taken on roles in hits like (2011) Bridesmaids and (2010) The Town.

KATE HUDSON - Role Model
HONOR: Role Model
DESCRIPTION: She makes movie magic - hello, (2000) Almost Famous and (2003) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days - and her red carpet know-how consistently puts her at the top of PEOPLE's best dressed lists, but we also tip out hats to Hudson for her inspiring as well as unstoppable charitable work. Including her support for her mother's The Hawn Foundation, DonorsChoose and Baby2Baby.

KATE UPTON - Sexiest Woman Alive
HONOR: Sexiest Woman Alive
DESCRIPTION: We've seen Upton wearing (ahem) considerably less clothing - namely when she landed on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue not one, but twice in a row (2012 and 2013). Just as sexy: her instant-viral take on The Rei3ctz's Cat Daddy dance, which racked up more than 21 million views and motivated us to make it to spin class.

JENNIFER ANISTON - Movie Performance of the Year, Actress
HONOR: Movie Performance of the Year
DESCRIPTION: This mighty be the year Aniston adds a very shiny trophy to her collection: The actress is currently beating Oscar buzz for her dramatic turn on the big screen portraying a car-crash survivor/pain kill med addict in (2015) Cake. "It ticked all of the boxes that an actor dreams of," she says of the role humbly adding, "I feel that I've been reacting to the attention awkwardly and stutteringly," in typical Aniston fashion. It's hard not to root for American's sweetheart, who we first fell in love with two decades ago on (1994-2004) Friends and many, many must-watch rom-coms (romantic comedies).

MICHAEL KEATON - Movie Performance of the Year, Actor
HONOR: Movie Performance of the Year, Actor
DESCRIPTION: Keaton has established his stake in this year's Best Actor race in (2014) Birdman, in which he plays a washed-up actor once famous for portraying the film's titular superhero. Consider it the perfect follow-up to his most iconic role: (1989) Batman.

GWEN STEFANI - Style Icon
HONOR: Style Icon
DESCRIPTION: Stefani's rock star wardrobe isn't the only reason we love her - hr hits with No Doubt and her solo endeavors have a permanent spot in our favorite's playlists - but it is why we're wearing red lipstick and leather joggers right now. Her eight-grade self? "I was into ska music, James Dean, and the Latino culture in my Southern California neighborhood," she replied adding, "as a result, I tried to dress outside the box," she said earlier this month . "More than 30 years later, that's still my look."

BILLY EICHNER - Breakout Star of the Year
HONOR: Breakout Star of the Year
DESCRIPTION: The (2011-present) Billy on the Street star always wins us over with his jokes on his viral web series - and that's in addition to the laughs from collaborators like actor Neil Patrick Harris, actress/comedienne Amy Poehler, and actress Olivia Wilde. After a major moment at this year's (2014) 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards with comedian/actor Seth Meyers, the internet jokester secured his place in the comedy world - as well as a spot on PEOPLE's 2014 Ones to Watch list.

MINDY KALING & CHRIS MESSINA - TV Couple of the Year
HONOR: TV Couple of the Year
DESCRIPTION: Frankly, we feel the same way about (2012-present) The Mindy Project's resident romantics as they feel about each other. It's a love story for the ages - you know, two OBGYN's work together and just can't hide their affection - and their quirky on-again-off-again relationship keeps viewers readily tuning in week after week.

NORA SANDIGO - Hero of the Year
HONOR: Hero of the Year
DESCRIPTION: As the founder and executive director of American Faternity, Inc., Sandigo has advocated for the rights of immigrants as well as their families, guiding them to adjusting to American culture no matter what it takes: Sandigo, after all, is a legal guardian for 817 kids - you read right - 817.

JENNIFER LOPEZ - Triple Threat
HONOR: Triple Threat
DESCRIPTION: What can't Lopez do? If you've seen her music video for "Booty" ft. Pitbull from her latest studio album A.K.A. you know the answer: be predictable, which goes against Lopez's talent for evolving her career and taking names. That's why her resumes is the one to beat, spanning from her judging gig on (2011-2012, 2014-2015) American Idol to her new memoir to, of course, her enviable dance floor moves.

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