The 'Jungle Cruise' star and both Marvel surperhero films bag two awards each in movie categories, with the Scarlett Johansson-starring flick being hailed as movie of the year.
- Dec 8, 2021
AceShowbiz - The full winners of the 2021 People's Choice Awards have been unveiled at the ceremony which took place on Tuesday, December 7. At the end of the night, "Jungle Cruise", "Black Widow" and "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" came out as big winners in movie categories based on fan votes.
The Disney fantasy adventure film successfully bagged two awards for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who was named the Male Movie Star of 2021 and the Male Movie Star of 2021. The wrestler-turned-actor also received the honorary People's Champion Award.
"Black Widow" bagged the coveted Movie of 2021 title as the titular character depicter, Scarlett Johansson, was voted as Female Movie Star of 2021. Another Marvel superhero movie, "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" was named Action Movie of 2021, while its lead actor Simu Liu was voted as Action Movie Star of 2021.
Ryan Reynolds' "Free Guy" took home the Comedy Movie of 2021, although the Canadian hunk lost the Male Movie Star title to Johnson. "Cruella" won the Drama Movie of 2021, while "Luca" nabbed the gong for the Family Movie of 2021. Also bagging one award that night was Kevin Hart as the Drama Movie Star of 2021 for his role in "Fatherhood".
The annual fan-voted awards show spans 40 categories and honors numerous forms of entertainment across movies, television, music and pop culture. It was hosted by Kenan Thompson and aired live on NBC and E! simultaneously from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.
Full Movie Winner List of 2021 People's Choice Awards
- The Movie of 2021: "Black Widow"
- The Comedy Movie of 2021: "Free Guy"
- The Action Movie of 2021: "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"
- The Drama Movie of 2021: "Cruella"
- The Family Movie of 2021: "Luca"
- The Male Movie Star of 2021: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, "Jungle Cruise"
- The Female Movie Star of 2021: Scarlett Johansson, "Black Widow"
- The Drama Movie Star of 2021: Kevin Hart, "Fatherhood"
- The Comedy Movie Star of 2021: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, "Jungle Cruise"
- The Action Movie Star of 2021: Simu Liu, "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"
Winners of Honorary Awards
- People's Champion Award: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
- Fashion Icon Award: Kim Kardashian
- Music Icon Award: Christina Aguilera
- People's Icon of 2021: Halle Berry