Live from Southern California, it’s the People’s Choice Awards.
“Saturday Night Live” star Kenan Thompson will host the 2022 version of the music, film and TV awards present that this 12 months counts Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and Bad Bunny amongst its nominees, organizers introduced Wednesday.
It’s the second consecutive 12 months that Thompson will host the ceremony, which takes place Dec. 6 on the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Thompson can be a finalist within the comedy TV Star class for his work on “SNL.”
“I’m beyond excited to host the People’s Choice Awards again this year and celebrate the incredible talent and fans that this show unites,” Thompson mentioned Wednesday.
“I’m so grateful to be nominated — shoutout to the fans and congrats to all the nominees. Get ready for round two!”
Bad Bunny and Styles will go face to face in a male artist of 2022 class that additionally contains Kendrick Lamar, Drake, The Weekend, Jack Harlow, Charlie Puth and Luke Combs as nominees.
Swift is nominated for feminine artist of 2022 together with Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Lizzo, Camila Cabello, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj.
The film of the 12 months race is stuffed with blockbusters, together with the Tom Cruise-led box-office titan “Top Gun: Maverick,” the dinosaur epic “Jurassic World Dominion” and the Marvel movies “Thor: Love and Thunder” and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.”
Other nominees within the class embrace the Brad Pitt-starring thriller “Bullet Train,” the Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic “Elvis,” the horror movie “Nope” and DC Comics’ “The Batman.”
The internet hosting gig will come lower than three months after Thompson emceed the Emmy Awards in September.
“Last year, Kenan brought an irreplaceable energy to the ‘People’s Choice Awards.’ His enthusiasm and passion for pop culture and the fans was palpable and translated in the room and on-screen,” Cassandra Tryon, a senior vice chairman of leisure stay occasions for NBCUniversal, mentioned Wednesday.
“We can’t wait to welcome Kenan back and see what he has up his sleeve for this year’s show.”
The ceremony will air stay on NBC and the E! Network, with the winners chosen by fan voting that’s now open on Twitter and on the www.votepca.com web site.
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