'APOLLO 13,' HANKS WIN NEW PRIZES.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. "Apollo 13" and its star Tom Hanks won four People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is one of the few to be based on the opinions of the general public. Sunday night in another pre-Oscar prize sweep for the space epic. "Apollo 13" was voted both favorite motion picture and movie drama at the 22nd annual awards. Hanks was the favorite motion picture actor and actor in a movie drama. In recent weeks "Apollo 13" director Ron Howard and supporting actor Ed Harris have picked up four Directors Guild, Producer Guild and Screen Actors Guild awards The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to recognize outstanding performances by members. SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995. . The film has nine Academy Award nominations, including best picture. Sandra Bullock won the People's Choice Award as favorite movie actress, while Demi Moore got the nod as favorite dramatic movie actress. In the comedy category, the favorite motion picture was "Grumpier Old Men." Jim Carrey and Whoopi Goldberg were the favorite comedy actor and actress. "ER," "Seinfeld," "Murder One" and "Caroline in the City Caroline in the City is an American sitcom that ran from September 21, 1995, to May 11, 1999, on the NBC television network. Premise Caroline Duffy is a cartoonist living in a Manhattan loft. " won television awards along with Tim Allen of "Home Improvement" and Candice Bergen of "Murphy Brown." In music, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire and Hootie & The Blowfish A secret key cryptography method that uses a variable length key from 32 to 448 bits long. It uses the block cipher method, which breaks the text into 64-bit blocks before encrypting them. were named favorites. Actress Brett Butler hosted an audience of 700 invited guests and 1,000 fans at Universal Studios for ceremonies broadcast by CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. . Michael Douglas received a special tribute for his film and television career as an actor, producer and film executive. The People's Choice Awards are determined by a poll of the public by the Gallup Organization. The winners were: Movie: "Apollo 13." Movie comedy: "Grumpier Old Men." Movie drama: "Apollo 13." Actor in a motion picture: Tom Hanks. Actress in a motion picture: Sandra Bullock. Actor in a movie comedy: Jim Carrey. Actress in a movie comedy: Whoopi Goldberg. Actor in a movie drama: Tom Hanks. Actress in a movie drama: Demi Moore. TV comedy series: "Seinfeld," NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. . TV drama series: "ER," NBC. New TV comedy series: "Caroline in the City," NBC. New TV dramatic series: "Murder One," ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. . TV actor: Tim Allen of ABC's "Home Improvement." TV actress: Candice Bergen of CBS' "Murphy Brown." Actor in a new TV series: (tie) Drew Carey of ABC's "The Drew Carey Show" and Jeff Foxworthy of ABC's "The Jeff Foxworthy Show." Actress in a new TV series: Lea Thompson of "Caroline in the City." Male musical performer: Garth Brooks. Female musical performer: Reba McEntire. Rock performer or group: Hootie & The Blowfish. Actress Brett Butler hosted the event broadcast by CBS |
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