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Two hit films that have been snubbed this awards season in Hollywood snared top People's Choice honors on Sunday as anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 was named best film and The Passion of The Christ best film drama.
In television categories, sensation Desperate Housewives was the top new drama and Joey, starring former Friends star Matt LeBlanc, was best new comedy. Veteran shows Will & Grace and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation earned the honors best TV comedy and TV drama, respectively.
Over the next several weeks, many professional associations and critics groups in the United States will pick best films, TV shows, songs and musicians during the annual awards season.
The People's Choice Awards, however, gauge fan appeal. This year, favorites were chosen by 21 million online voters.
Neither Fahrenheit nor Passion have fared well in award voting from critics and media groups, and Passion director Mel Gibson has vowed not to campaign his film for an Oscar, as many other film producers and directors do.
"To me, really, this is the ultimate goal because one doesn't make work for the elite," Gibson told reporters backstage. "To me, the people have spoken."
Fahrenheit director Michael Moore dedicated his trophy to the soldiers in Iraq. His film was highly critical of President George Bush and the US-led invasion of Iraq, and Moore was an outspoken Bush critic in the 2004 presidential campaign in which Democratic challenger John Kerry lost.
This land is your land
"This country is still all of ours, not right or left or Democrat or Republican," Moore said to the audience.
One published report had speculated about whether the pair were tipped to be at the People's Choice Awards to accept their awards. Backstage, Gibson denied the speculation.
Moore also was invited to attend a New York Film Critics Circle dinner tonight in New York, but said he came to Pasadena because it was "an historic occasion" that the 31-year-old awards show would nominate a documentary for best film.
Among other winners, Shrek 2, the US No. 1 box office hit with $436 million, was picked both top animated movie and top film comedy.
Johnny Depp was named favorite male movie star. Julia Roberts was the top female movie star, but Renee Zellweger was favorite leading lady.
In television groups, Joey walked off with a second award for Matt LeBlanc as favorite male TV star. The former Friends star reprises his role as a struggling actor in Joey.
CSI star Marg Helgenberger was favorite female TV star.
Nominees for the People's Choice Awards were picked by some 6,000 people who are part of Entertainment Weekly magazine's Front Row Panel, then winners were decided via online voting.
The People's Choice Awards aired on the CBS television network,
a unit of media conglomerate Viacom Inc.
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