2009 Golden Throne Award Nominees

By no means have I watched every movie, experienced every television show, or played every video game this year, but I have gotten through a good chunk of the aformentioned escapist forms of entertainment and have decided to hand out awards to those that have entertained me the most this year.  If you're looking for artsy-fartsy period dramas, films where the men cry as much as the women, or critically acclaimed movies that bombed at the box office, then you're looking in the wrong place.  A key requirement to be nominated is to be interesting enough to grab mention and make me want to watch it.

There are some ground rules:
A movie must have been in the theaters between 12/08 thru 11/09.  Sorry, Avatar and Sherlock Holmes.
I must have watched a show at least for 1 episode.
A game can be nominated even though I have not finished it or if I only played a demo (come on folks, games are getting pricey and finishing one game can take months upon months).  This also means that Xbox 360 and Wii games are at a disadvantage since I'm a PS3 gamer.

Well, before I rant too long and lose your interest completely, here are the nominees for the 2009 Golden Throne Awards.  The winners will be announced in the coming days with greater details.

Game of the Year
• Uncharted 2
• Dragon Age: Origins
• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Batman: Arkham Asylum
• Beetles: Rock Band

Movie of the Year
• The Hangover
• Inglorious Basterds
• Up
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Star Trek

TV Show of the Year (Comedy)
• 30 Rock
• Modern Family
• How I Met Your Mother
• Family Guy
• The Colbert Report

TV Show of the Year (Drama)
• NCIS
• Burn Notice
• Lie To Me
• Castle
• Grey’s Anatomy

Movie Actress of the Year
• Sandra Bullock
• Meryl Streep
• Amy Adams
• Emily Blunt
• Reese Witherspoon

Movie Actor of the Year
• Brad Pitt
• George Clooney
• Ryan Reynolds
• John Krasinski
• Gerard Butler

Movie Character of the Year
• Leigh Ann Tuohy (Sandra Bullock, Blind Side)
• Alan Garner (Zach Galifianakis, The Hangover)
• Dr. Bones McCoy (Karl Uban, Star Trek)
• Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt, Inglorious Basterds)
• B.O.B (Seth Rogan, Monsters Vs. Aliens)

Movie Cast of the Year
• Monsters Vs Aliens
• The Proposal
• I Love You, Man
• Star Trek
• The Hangover

Movie Villain of the Year
• Deadpool (Nolan North, Hulk Vs.)
• Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds)
• Victor “Sabertooth” Creed (Liev Schrieber, Wolverine)
• Galaxor (Rainn Wilson, Monsters Vs Aliens)
• Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong, The Hangover)

TV Actress of the Year
• Courtney Cox
• Kyra Segwick
• Tina Fey
• Jaime Pressley
• Stana Katic

TV Actor of the Year
• Tim Roth
• Simon Baker
• Nathan Fillion
• Alec Baldwin
• Hugh Laurie

TV Character of the Year
• Doctor Who (David Tennant, Doctor Who)
• Liz Lemon (Tina Fey, 30 Rock)
• Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons, Big Bang Theory)
• Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall, Dexter)
• Gregory House (Hugh Laurie, House MD)

TV Cast of the Year
• 30 Rock
• NCIS
• The Office
• Modern Family
• Big Bang Theory

Best New Show of the Year
• Glee
• Modern Family
• Cougar Town
• Royal Pains
• Parks and Recreation

Man Crush of the Year
• Ryan Reynolds
• Nathan Fillion
• Liam Neeson
• Hugh Jackman
• David Tennant

Athlete of the Year
• Kobe Bryant
• Adrian Peterson
• Usain Bolt
• Manny Pacquio
• Peyton Manning

Comic Book Movie of the Year
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Wonder Woman
• Watchmen
• Hulk Vs.
• Transformers 2: Rise of the Fallen

Biggest Surprises of the Year
• YE Yang beats Tiger Woods
• Arizona Cardinals go to the Super Bowl
• Up makes me emotional in the first 15 minutes
• ABC gets it right
• The Deuce and the Doc

Newcomer of the Year
• Derrick Rose
• Lady GaGa
• Modern Family
• Taylor Schilling
• Daniela Ruah

TV Channel of the Year
• ABC
• FOX
• CBS
• Comedy Central
• USA

Hottie of the Year
• The Doc
• Daniela Ruah
• Rashida Jones
• Katy Perry
• Rachel Nichols