Twilight star Taylor Lautner picked up two orange, blimp-shaped trophies at Saturday’s 23rd annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.
Lautner snared the favorite actor honor for his New Moon role as hunky werewolf Jacob Black as well as the inaugural cutest couple award with his Twilight co-star Kristin Stewart. Pop singer Katy Perry, was blasted with slime when presenting the favorite movie actress trophy to Miley Cyrus. Other favorites included Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel for movie, Up for animated movie, Jim Carrey for voice from an animated movie for A Christmas Carol, ‘Mario Kart for video game, iCarly for TV show, American Idol for reality show, SpongeBob SquarePants for cartoon, Dylan Sprouse for TV actor and Selena Gomez for TV actress.
In the music categories, the winners were Black Eyed Peas for music group, Jay-Z for male singer and Taylor Swift for female singer and song for “You Belong With Me.” Favorites in the sports categories were two-time Olympic gold medalist volleyball player Misty May Treanor for female athlete and 20-year-old skateboarder Ryan Sheckler for male athlete. First lady Michelle Obama won the ceremony’s “Big Help” award for her “Let’s Move” campaign to cut down on childhood obesity. The honor is part of Nick’s own “Millions on the Move” campaign.
Over the next few months, the network will feature public service announcements to encourage kids to stay active and promote activities that help the environment.