Stars shine bright at the People’s Choice 2015 Awards; Affleck given humanitarian nod

Stars of TV, music and film were honored at The People’s Choice Awards, which aired live Wednesday night on CBS. Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting of The Big Bang Theory took home top honors for the second year in a row as favorite comedic TV actress, while Robert Downey Jr. and Jennifer Lawrence won for favorite movie actor and actress, respectively.

Actor Ben Affleck won for favorite humanitarian. His organization, Eastern Congo Initiative, provides advocacy and policy initiatives to benefit the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Affleck’s speech, he stressed the importance of action, commenting that “the world is a scary and terrible place and bad things happen … the one way to combat the sad things we see – the terrible things we see – is to bring a little bit of kindness into the world … our country is about reaching out and helping our fellow man.”

A select list of honorees is below.

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR: Robert Downey Jr.

FAVORITE TV SHOW: “The Big Bang Theory”

FAVORITE COMEDIC TV ACTRESS: Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting

FAVORITE DRAMATIC TV ACTOR: Patrick Dempsey

FAVORITE MOVIE: “Maleficent”

FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence

FAVORITE COMPETITION TV SHOW: “The Voice”

FAVORITE DAYTIME TV HOST: Ellen DeGeneres

FAVORITE LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST: Jimmy Fallon

FAVORITE COMEDIC MOVIE ACTOR: Adam Sandler

FAVORITE COMEDIC MOVIE ACTRESS: Melissa McCarthy

FAVORITE DRAMATIC MOVIE: “The Fault in Our Stars”

FAVORITE SKETCH COMEDY TV SHOW: “Saturday Night Live”

FAVORITE ANIMATED TV SHOW: “The Simpsons”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST: Ed Sheeran

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST: Taylor Swift

FAVORITE GROUP: Maroon 5

FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST: Hunter Hayes

FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST: Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE COUNTRY GROUP: Lady Antebellum

FAVORITE HIP-HOP ARTIST: Iggy Azalea

FAVORITE R&B ARTIST: Pharrell Williams

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