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Taylor Swift Wins Three People’s Choice Awards:

Taylor Swift received People’s Choice Awards today for favorite female artist and favorite pop artist while her “Shake It Off” won for favorite song.

Ed Sheeran won for favorite male artist and favorite album, “X”.

Other music winners included Maroon 5 (favorite group); Carrie Underwood (favorite female country artist); Hunter Hayes (favorite male country artist); Lady Antebellum (favorite country group); Iggy Azalea (favorite hip- hop artist); and Pharrell Williams (favorite rhythm and blues artist).

ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” won four awards — favorite network television drama, favorite dramatic television actor (Patrick Dempsey), favorite dramatic television actress (Ellen Pompeo) and favorite television character we miss most (Dr. Cristina Yang, portrayed by Sandra Oh).

ABC’s “Castle” won for favorite television crime drama, favorite television crime drama actor (Nathan Fillion) and favorite crime drama television actress (Stana Katic).

CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory”  Taylor Swift won for favorite television show and favorite network TV comedy and star Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting as favorite comedic television actress.

The CW won for both favorite new television comedy “Jane the Virgin” and favorite new television drama “The Flash.”

ABC Family series won for both favorite cable television comedy (“Melissa & Joey”) and favorite cable television drama (“Pretty Little Liars”).

Other television winners included NBC’s “The Voice” (favorite competition television show); Jimmy Fallon (favorite late night talk show host); Ellen DeGeneres (favorite daytime television host); and “Glee’s” Chris Colfer (favorite comedic television actor).

Robert Downey Jr. won for favorite movie actor and favorite dramatic movie actor; Jennifer Lawrence for favorite movie actress and favorite action movie actress; Chloe Grace Moretz for favorite dramatic movie actress; Adam Sandler as favorite comedic movie actor; and Melissa McCarthy as favorite comedic movie actress.

“Maleficent” won for favorite movie and favorite family movie; “Divergent” for favorite action movie;”22 Jump Street” as favorite comedic movie; and “Gone Girl” as favorite thriller movie.

Anna Faris and Allison Janney, co-stars on the CBS comedy “Mom,” hosted the ceremony at the Nokia Theatre.

Oscar winner Ben Affleck received the third annual People’s Choice Award for favorite humanitarian for his work with the Eastern Congo Initiative.

Here is a complete list of winners:

FAVORITE MOVIE

— “Maleficent”

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR

— Robert Downey Jr.

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS

— Jennifer Lawrence

FAVORITE MOVIE DUO

— Shailene Woodley & Theo James (“Divergent”)

FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE

— “Divergent”

FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE ACTOR

— Chris Evans

FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE ACTRESS

— Jennifer Lawrence

FAVORITE COMEDIC MOVIE

— “22 Jump Street”

FAVORITE COMEDIC MOVIE ACTOR

— Adam Sandler

FAVORITE COMEDIC MOVIE ACTRESS

— Melissa McCarthy

FAVORITE DRAMATIC MOVIE

— “The Fault in Our Stars”

FAVORITE DRAMATIC

MOVIE ACTOR

— Robert Downey Jr.

FAVORITE DRAMATIC MOVIE ACTRESS

— Chloe Grace Moretz

FAVORITE FAMILY MOVIE

— “Maleficent”

FAVORITE THRILLER MOVIE

— “Gone Girl”

FAVORITE TV SHOW

— “The Big Bang Theory”

FAVORITE NETWORK TV COMEDY

— “The Big Bang Theory”

FAVORITE COMEDIC TV ACTOR

— Chris Colfer

FAVORITE COMEDIC TV ACTRESS

— Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting

FAVORITE NETWORK TV DRAMA

— “Grey’s Anatomy”

FAVORITE DRAMATIC TV ACTOR

— Patrick Dempsey

FAVORITE DRAMATIC TV ACTRESS

— Ellen Pompeo

FAVORITE CABLE TV COMEDY

— “Melissa & Joey”

FAVORITE CABLE TV DRAMA

— “Pretty Little Liars”

FAVORITE CABLE TV ACTOR

— Matt Bomer

FAVORITE CABLE TV ACTRESS

— Angie Harmon

FAVORITE TV CRIME DRAMA

— “Castle”

FAVORITE CRIME DRAMA TV ACTOR

— Nathan Fillion

FAVORITE CRIME DRAMA TV ACTRESS

— Stana Katic

FAVORITE NETWORK SCI-FI/FANTASY TV SHOW

— “Beauty and the Beast”

FAVORITE CABLE SCI-FI/FANTASY TV SHOW

— “Outlander”

FAVORITE SCI-FI/FANTASY TV ACTOR

— Misha Collins

FAVORITE SCI-FI/FANTASY TV ACTRESS

— Kristin Kreuk

FAVORITE COMPETITION TV SHOW

— “The Voice”

FAVORITE DAYTIME TV HOST(S)

— Ellen DeGeneres

FAVORITE LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST

— Jimmy Kimmel

FAVORITE DRAMEDY

— “Orange Is the New Black”

FAVORITE TV ICON

— Betty White

FAVORITE TV DUO

— Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder (“The Vampire Diaries”)

FAVORITE TV CHARACTER WE MISS MOST

— Dr. Cristina Yang played by Sandra Oh (“Grey’s Anatomy”)

FAVORITE ACTOR IN A NEW TV SERIES

— David Tennant

FAVORITE ACTRESS IN A NEW TV SERIES

— Viola Davis

FAVORITE SKETCH COMEDY TV SHOW

— “Saturday Night Live”

FAVORITE ANIMATED TV SHOW

— “The Simpsons”

FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY

— “Jane the Virgin”

FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA

— “The Flash”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST

— Ed Sheeran

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST

— Taylor Swift

FAVORITE GROUP

— Maroon 5

FAVORITE BREAKOUT ARTIST

— 5 Seconds of Summer

FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST

— Hunter Hayes

FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST

— Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE COUNTRY GROUP

— Lady Antebellum

FAVORITE POP ARTIST

— Taylor Swift

FAVORITE HIP-HOP ARTIST

— Iggy Azalea

FAVORITE R&B ARTIST

— Pharrell Williams

— Usher

FAVORITE ALBUM

— “X” by Ed Sheeran

FAVORITE SONG

— “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift

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