FANS PICK THE WINNERS FOR MOVIES.COM 2nd ANNUAL READERS' POLL AWARDS
Voters Think 'Heroes' Belongs on the Big Screen, Matt Damon Should Replace Tom in MI4 and 40-Year-Old Virgin Is the Funniest Movie Ever!
NORTH HOLLYWOOD , Calif. – October 2, 2007 – This year, fans cast their votes for the Movies.com 2 nd Annual Readers’ Poll Awards selecting Heroes as the “TV Show You Want To See on the Big Screen” and Carrie Underwood as the “American Idol Most Likely to Next Star in a Movie” categories. Johnny Depp was named best actor, Kate Winslet best actress and
Sean Connery beat out Harrison Ford for “Best Over-60.” From nominees
to final voting, the Annual Movies.com Readers’ Poll is entirely reader-generated
and honors movie celebrities and their films in traditional as well as “water
cooler” categories, such as “Time to Hang It Up,” “Most
Likely to Run for President” and “YouTube Trailer Smash.” This
year, thousands of fans cast ballots for their favorites in 35 categories.
The complete list of winners was announced today at www.movies.com/fanpoll.
Some of the fans’ top choices include:
- Favorite Movie – Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
- Favorite Actor – Johnny Depp
- Favorite Actress – Kate Winslet
- Favorite Over-60 – Sean Connery
- Favorite Soundtrack – The Lord of the Rings
- Favorite Quote – “Yippee-ki-yay, motherf---er.” Die
Hard
- Hottest Upcoming Male - Daniel Radcliffe
- Hottest Upcoming Female – Emma Watson
- To Replace Tobey in Spidey 4 – No One
- To Replace Tom Cruise in MI4 – Matt Damon
- TV Show You Want to See on the Big Screen – Heroes
- Funniest Movie – The 40-Year-Old Virgin
- Best Sci-Fi Movie – Star Wars
- Best Battle Scene – Lord of the Rings: The Return of
the King: Final battle
- Best Car Chase – The Italian Job
- Best Performance by an Animal – Star Wars (Chewbacca)
- Time to Hang It Up – Lindsay Lohan
- In Need of Plastic Surgery – Mickey Rourke
- Most Likely to Run for President – Arnold Schwarzenegger
- American Idol Most Likely to Next Star in a Movie – Carrie
Underwood
- Best Celebrity Feud – Donald Trump vs. Rosie O' Donnell
- YouTube Trailer Smash – Darth
Vader Being a Jerk
- Music to your ears: Murder or singing Swedes? –Sweeney
Todd
- Fave fantasy: First His Dark Materials or Narnia sequel? - Prince
Caspian
- How do you like your hero, shiny or green? - Downey Jr.'s Iron
Man
- Celebrity offspring: Brangelina babe or TomKat toddler? - Shiloh Nouvel
Jolie-Pitt
- Lowbrow humor: Naked wrestling or penis jokes? - Superbad
- Psyched for this sequel: Guillermo del Torro magic or Brendan Fraser +
sand? – Mummy 3?
About Movies.com
Launched in March 2000, Movies.com provides
a broad array of news, original editorial features and services, including
show times and ticket sales, to help movie fans make the right choice on movie
night. Operated by the Walt Disney Internet Group, its content encompasses
films from throughout the film industry and follows them from production through
DVD release and interactive gaming extensions. Movies.com is
the home of every-man film critic, Dave White, and The Oscar® Party Challenge. It
has received industry accolades including a 2006 EPpy™ award, a 2007
Webby award and numerous awards from the Web Marketing Association.
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Elise Freimuth / mPRm
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