People's Choice Awards 2018: Nicki Minaj, Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War triumph
Forty-three gongs were attributed ahead of Sunday night based on the public's votes
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Your support makes all the difference.The 44th People's Choice Awards kicked off at 9pm ET in Santa Monica on Sunday, with Nicki Minaj opening the evening. Rita Ora and John Legend also sang during the ceremony.
This year, 43 awards were to be attributed across the categories of movies, TV, music, and pop culture. Members of the public voted ahead of time for their favourite films, TV shows, musicians, and influencers.
Three special awards were given. Melissa McCarthy was named People Icon of 2018, Victoria Beckham earned the Fashion Icon title, and lawyer and social justice activist Bryan Stevenson was awarded the People's Champion gong.
In addition to providing the opening performance for the evening, Minaj collected two major awards during the ceremony. She was named Female Artist of 2018 and won the Album of 2018 award for Queen. Minaj thus had the chance to give two humorous acceptance speeches. In the first, she gave a shout-out to actor Michael B Jordan, saying he would be removing her dress later in the evening. Minaj's second acceptance speech saw her dedicate her award to "Kim Kardashian's a** in that dress".
Avengers: Infinity War, which was released in April this year by Marvel, was one of the night's big winners. The superhero film was named movie of the year and won the Action Movie of 2018 award. It also earned Scarlett Johansson the title of Female Movie Star of 2018 for her role as Black Widow.
Black Panther, another Marvel Studios production, led to two awards. Chadwick Boseman was picked as Male Movie Star of 2018 for his role as T'Challa, while Danai Gurira, who plays Okoye, won the Action Movie Star of 2018 gong.
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Blake Shelton is named Country Artist of 2018, beating Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban for the title. He is accompanied by his beaming wife Gwen Stefani.
Katherine McNamara from Shadowhunters is the Female TV Star of 2018.
Ellen Pompeo, Mandy Moore, Camila Mendes, and Viola Davis were all nominated in the Female TV Star of 2018 category.
Shadowhunters, also known as Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments is based on author Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series of young adult fantasy novels.
Andrew Lincoln, Cole Sprouse, Justin Chambers, Freddie Highmore and Harry Shum Jr are all nominated.
Harry Shum Jr has won for his role as Magnus Bane in Shadowhunters. He thanked his pregnant wife Shelby Rabara, calling her his "plus two" for the evening.
Beckham is taking the stage in a white pantsuit by her own label. She says it's "wonderful" to be back in Los Angeles and sends her wishes to those affected by the California wildfires and the firefighters working to assist them.
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