Every year there are lots of awards shows, some important, some just fun and numerous just silly or nonsensical, but the following list is just some of the top winners over the course of the year:
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS (January)
Favorite Dramatic TV Actress – Stana Katic (Castle)
Favorite Network TV Drama – The Good Wife
Favorite Cable TV Actress – Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars)
Favorite New TV Drama – Reign
Favorite TV Crime Drama – Castle
Favorite Cable TV Comedy – Psych
Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress – Kristin Kreuk (Beauty and the Beast)
Favorite TV Bromance – Sean, Dean and Castiel (Supernatural)
GOLDEN GLOBES (January)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama – Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama – Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical – Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture – Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture – Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Motion Picture, Drama – 12 Years a Slave
Best Animated Feature Film – Frozen
CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS (January)
Best Picture – 12 Years a Slave
Best Supporting Actress – Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
Best Foreign Language Film – Blue Is the Warmest Color
Best Action Movie – Lone Survivor
Best Actress in an Action Movie – Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie – Gravity
Best Costume Design – Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby)
Best Song – “Let It Go” by Robert Lopez, and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Frozen)
Joel Siegel Award – Forest Whitaker
SAG AWARDS (January)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries – Helen Mirren (Phil Spector)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries – Michael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Rita Moreno
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series – Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
GRAMMY AWARDS (January)
Best New Artist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best Pop Solo Performance – “Royals” by Lorde
Best Country Album – Same Trailer Different Park by Kacey Musgraves
Song of the Year – “Royals” by Lorde
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – To Be Loved by Michael Bublé
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media – “Skyfall” by Thomas Newman
Best Country Solo Performance – “Wagon Wheel” by Darius Rucker
Best Rock Performance “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons
NAACP IMAGE AWARDS (February)
Drama Series – Scandal (ABC)
Drama Actress – Kerry Washington (Scandal)
Drama Actor – LL Cool J (NCIS: Los Angeles)
Drama, Supporting Actress – Taraji P. Henson (Person of Interest)
Drama, Support Actor – Joe Morton (Scandal)
Outstanding TV Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special – Being Mary Jane (BET)
Outstanding Actress in a TV Movie, Mini Series or Dramatic Special – Gabrielle Union (Being Mary Jane)
Outstanding Actor in a TV Movie, Mini Series or Dramatic Special – Idris Elba (Luther)
OSCARS (March)
Best Supporting Actor – Jared Leto (Dallas Buyer’s Club)
Animated Feature Film – Frozen
Best Supporting Actress – Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
Best Actor – Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Picture – 12 Years a Slave
Best Original Song – “Let It Go,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Frozen)
Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
Best Actress – Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
RAZZI AWARDS (March)
Worst Picture – Movie 43
Worst Actor – Jaden Smith (After Earth)
Worst Supporting Actor – Will Smith (After Earth)
ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS (April)
Entertainer of the Year – George Strait
Album of the Year – Same Trailer Different Park by Kacey Musgraves
Vocal Group of the Year – The Band Perry
Female Vocalist of the Year – Miranda Lambert
Male Vocalist of the Year – Jason Aldean
New Artist of the Year – Justin Moore
Vocal Duo of the Year – Florida Georgia Line
MTV MOVIE AWARDS (April)
Movie of the Year – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Best Male Performance – Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
Best Female Performance – Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
Best Villain – Mila Kunis (Oz the Great and Powerful)
Best Hero – Henry Cavill (Man of Steel)
Favorite Character – Tris, “Divergent” (Shailene Woodley)
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS (May)
Top New Artist – Lorde
Top Duo/Group – Imagine Dragons
Top Touring Artist – Bon Jovi
Top Country Artist – Luke Bryan
Top Rock Album – Night Visions by Imagine Dragons
Top Country Song – “Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line Featuring Nelly
Top Rock Song – “Royals” by Lorde
CMT MUSIC AWARDS (June)
Group Video of the Year – “Done” by The Band Perry
Breakthrough Video of the Year – “Wasting All These Tears” by Cassadee Pope
Male Video of the Year – “Doin’ What She Likes” by Blake Shelton
Video of the Year – “See You Again” by Carrie Underwood
TONY AWARDS (June)
Actor in a Featured Role in a Play – Mark Rylance (Twelfth Night)
Actor in a Leading Role in a Play – Bryan Cranston (All the Way)
Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical – Neil Patrick Harris (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
Actress in a Featured Role in a Play – Sophie Okonedo (A Raisin in the Sun)
Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical – Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
Actress in a Leading Role in a Play – Audra McDonald (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill)
CRITICS’ CHOICE TV AWARDS (June)
Best Drama Series – Breaking Bad
Best Actor in a Drama Series – Matthew McConaughey (True Detective)
Best Actress in a Drama Series – Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)
Best Comedy Series – Orange Is The New Black
Best Movie – The Normal Heart
Best Mini-Series – Fargo
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Bellamy Young (Scandal)
TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION (July)
Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming – The Fosters
Outstanding Achievement in Drama – The Good wife
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Mini-Series and Specials – True Detective
TEEN CHOICE AWARDS (August)
Choice Movie: Action/Adventure – Divergent
Choice Movie Actor: Action/Adventure – Theo James (Divergent)
Choice Movie Actress: Action/Adventure – Shailene Woodley (Divergent)
Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy – Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy – Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and X-Men: Days of Future Past)
Choice Movie: Drama – The Fault in Our Stars
Choice Movie Actor Drama – Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars)
Choice TV Show Drama – Pretty Little Liars
Choice TV Actor Drama – Ian Harding (Pretty Little Liars)
Choice TV Actress: Drama – Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars)
Choice TV Villain – Dylan O’Brien (Teen Wolf)
Choice TV Male Scene Stealer – Tyler Hoechlin (Teen Wolf)
EMMY AWARDS (August)
Best Comedy – Modern Family
Best Drama – Breaking Bad
Best Miniseries – Fargo
Best Television Movie – The Normal Heart
Lead Actor Drama – Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Lead Actress Drama – Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Supporting Actor Drama – Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
Supporting Actress Drama – Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad)
Actor, Miniseries/Movie – Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)
Supporting Actor Miniseries/Movie – Martin Freeman (Sherlock)
CMA AWARDS (October)
Single of the Year – Automatic by Miranda Lambert
Song of the Year – Follow Your Arrow by Kacey Musgraves
Vocal Duo of the Year – Florida Georgia Line
Album of the Year – Platinum by Miranda Lambert
Vocal Group of the Year – Little Big Town
Male Vocalist of the Year – Blake Shelton
Female Vocalist of the Year – Miranda Lambert
Entertainer of the Year – Luke Bryan
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS (November)
Favorite Alternative Rock Artist – Imagine Dragons
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist – Sam Smith
Favorite Country Female Artist – Carrie Underwood
Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group – Florida Georgia Line
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist – John Legend
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist – Katy Perry
Top Soundtrack – Frozen
Let’s send out a hearty congratulations to all of these winners (and the countless others who won awards) over the course of 2014. Are any of your favorites included above? Was there an actress, actor or entertainer who you thought should have received some type of award for their work in television, movies or music who isn’t listed above? Please share your thoughts.
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