Miley
Cyrus and Drake Bell Dominate Kids Choice Awards
3/30/08
Miley Cyrus and Drake Bell reigned supreme at the 21st Annual
Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday (29Mar08),
scooping two prizes apiece.
Hannah Montana
star Cyrus, 15, took the favorite TV actress and favorite female singer
gongs on a night that saw Harrison Ford, Cameron Diaz and Orlando Bloom
drenched in green slime - as part of the ceremony's traditional ritual.
Heartthrob Bell picked up two prizes - favorite TV actor and favorite
TV show for his sitcom Drake And Josh - at the Pauley Pavilion event,
which was hosted by funnyman Jack Black.
One of the biggest prizes of the night, the 'Wannabe' award for a
celebrity who acts as a good role model for children, went to actress
Cameron Diaz.
She used the honor to promote environmental issues, telling the young
audience, "You're going to change the world. Every one of you kids is
the future - go out and make the world a better place."
Prior to the event, rumors began to surface that Britney Spears was
lining up a surprise appearance at the ceremony. However, the rumors
failed to materialize.
Other big awards went to Johnny Depp, for favorite movie actor; Jessica
Alba, for favorite movie actress; Chris Brown, for favorite male singer;
and the Jonas Brothers, for favorite group.
American Idol scooped the favorite reality show gong; the Harry Potter
series was named the favorite book winner, and Alvin And The Chipmunks won
favorite movie.
However, the night was more about the anarchic fun on offer. As well as
a goo-covered Ford, Diaz and Bloom, R&B star Akon crashed a vehicle
into a slime container, and Usher fired the sticky solution at a sumo
wrestler from a cannon.
Meanwhile, supermodel Heidi Klum was in the thick of the action, flying
from the roof on a bungee cord and popping balloons en route to ground
level.
Jack Black told the crowd over 88 million votes had been registered for
the
2008 ceremony - more than twice last year's (07) record-breaking 40
million.
The night ended with Black and Bloom swinging in mid-air and being
drenched in what the School Of Rock star claimed was "27 million
gallons" of green slime.
The main list of winners is as follows:
TV show - Drake and Josh
Reality show - American Idol
TV actor - Drake Bell
TV actress - Miley Cyrus
Movie actor - Johnny Depp
Movie actress - Jessica Alba
Female singer - Miley Cyrus
Male singer - Chris Brown
Group - The Jonas Brothers
Book - Harry Potter series
Movie - Alvin and the Chipmunks
Voice from an animated movie - Eddie Murphy, for Shrek the Third.