The First Annual Power Awards Nominations

It's no secret the nominations, awards, and everything about most award shows (other than the Golden Globes) are all completely pretentious. Nobody's favorite movies of 2013 were Philomena or Her. There was complete snubbery. Let's be real. I decided to take matters into my own hands and create my own awards for the blog. I considered doing my own versions of the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, etc, but I instead decided to combine them all into one to create more of a variety type awards program. Categories from all over will be involved in the first nominees for the Power Awards. Everything nominated comes from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013. This is strictly 2013. It's time to make awards fun again. (By the way, it was really hard to leave out Paul Giamatti, Colin Farrell, Chris Pratt, Jason Schwartzman, and James Franco from the Supporting Actor category. And to The Hangover Part III. Really sorry! All honorable mentions, though.) Also, I will only be nominating things I know I can accurately judge. Without further ado, the first annual Power Awards nominations:

Literature:

Book of the Year

Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman

Point Your Face at This by Demetri Martin

One Summer, America, 1927 by Bill Bryson

Author of the Year

David Sedaris

Haven Kimmel

Jim Gaffigan

Stephen King

Sports:

Athlete of the Year

Dustin Pedroia

David Ortiz

Tom Brady

Patrice Bergeron

Roger Federer

Game of the Year

ALCS Game 2

World Series Game 6

World Series Game 3

ALCS Game 6

Bruins-Maple Leafs Game 7

Film:

Film of the Year

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Saving Mr. Banks

This Is the End

We're the Millers

Frozen

Leading Actor of the Year

Ben Stiller (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man 3)

Tom Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks)

Jason Sudeikis (We're the Millers)

Vince Vaughn (Delivery Man)

Leading Actress of the Year

Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Kristen Wiig (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Melissa McCarthy (Identity Thief)

Supporting Actor of the Year

B.J. Novak (Saving Mr. Banks)

Seth Rogen (This Is the End)

Jonah Hill (This Is the End)

Adam Scott (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

Sean Penn (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

Supporting Actress of the Year

Shirley MacLaine (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

Kathryn Hahn (We're the Millers)

Emma Watson (This Is the End)

Sandra Bullock (The Heat)

Melanie Paxson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Animated Film of the Year

Frozen

Monsters University

The Croods

Animated Voice of the Year

John Goodman (Monsters University)

Billy Crystal (Monsters University)

Steve Buscemi (Monsters University)

Kristen Bell (Frozen)

Josh Gad (Frozen)

Song of the Year

Let It Go (Frozen)

Everybody, Backstreet's Back (This Is the End)

Let's Go Fly a Kite (Saving Mr. Banks)

Step Out (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

Space Oddity: Mitty Mix (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

Movie Character of the Year

Walter Mitty (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

Jay Baruchel (This Is the End)

Olaf (Frozen)

Mike Wazowski (Monsters University)

Alan Garner (The Hangover Part III)

Television:

Comedy of the Year

The Office

Parks and Recreation

New Girl

30 Rock

Psych

Drama of the Year

Breaking Bad

Mad Men

Parenthood

Hawaii Five-O

Burn Notice

Reality Program of the Year

The Amazing Race

Billy on the Street

Food Network Challenge

America's Got Talent

Family Feud

Variety Program of the Year

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

The Colbert Report

Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Animated Program of the Year

Bob's Burgers

Spongebob Squarepants

The Simpsons

Family Guy

The Awesomes

Animated Voice of the Year

H. Jon Benjamin (Bob's Burgers)

Seth Green (Family Guy)

Hank Azaria (The Simpsons)

Seth Meyers (The Awesomes)

Taran Killam (The Awesomes)

Reality Host of the Year

Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race)

Steve Harvey (Family Feud)

Billy Eichner (Billy on the Street)

Betty White (Off Their Rockers)

Adam Richman (Fandemonium)

Variety Host of the Year

Jimmy Fallon (Late Night)

Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report)

Jon Stewart (The Daily Show)

Jay Leno (The Tonight Show)

David Letterman (The Late Show)

Lead Comedy Actor of the Year

Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

Joel McHale (Community)

Elijah Wood (Wilfred)

James Roday (Psych)

Dule Hill (Psych)

Lead Comedy Actress of the Year

Tina Fey (30 Rock)

Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project)

Zooey Deschanel (New Girl)

Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

Lauren Benanti (Go On)

Supporting Comedy Actor of the Year

Ed Helms (The Office)

Rainn Wilson (The Office)

John Krasinski (The Office)

Max Greenfield (New Girl)

Rob Lowe (Parks and Recreation)

Supporting Comedy Actress of the Year

Jenna Fischer (The Office)

Chelsea Peretti (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother)

Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation)

Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)

Drama Actor of the Year

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)

Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)

Bob Odenkirk (Breaking Bad)

Jon Hamm (Mad Men)

Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-O)

Drama Actress of the Year

Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad)

Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad)

Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)

Monica Potter (Parenthood)

Gabrielle Anwar (Burn Notice)

Guest Actor of the Year

Steve Carell (The Office)

James Marsden (30 Rock)

B.J. Novak (The Mindy Project)

Ally Sheedy (Psych)

Cristin Milioti (How I Met Your Mother)

Special of the Year

The 2013 Golden Globe Awards

Michael Buble's 3rd Annual Christmas Special

2013 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

The Sound of Music Live!

Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale

Music:

Song of the Year

Mirrors by Justin Timberlake

Daylight by Maroon 5

Royals by Lorde

Clarity by Zedd

I Lived by OneRepublic

Album of the Year

The Blessed Unrest by Sara Bareilles

The 20/20 Experience by Justin Timberlake

Overexposed by Maroon 5

Native by OneRepublic

Random Access Memories by Daft Punk

Singer of the Year

Justin Timberlake

Lorde

Michael Buble

Katy Perry

Bruno Mars

Band of the Year

Maroon 5

OneRepublic

Daft Punk

Icona Pop

Imagine Dragons

Overall:

Celebrity of the Year:

Jimmy Fallon

Justin Timberlake

B.J. Novak

Amy Poehler

Mindy Kaling

Please vote! This is all in your hands. You decide the winners of the inaugural Power Awards! Get into it, get excited! These are fun awards! It's all fun!

The ceremony and winners will be posted on March 2, 2014! Get excited! Vote!

Nominee Leaderboard:

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (8)

The Office (6), Breaking Bad (6), Saving Mr. Banks (6), Boston Red Sox (6)

Parks and Recreation (5), Frozen (5), This Is the End (5)

Psych (4), 30 Rock (4), Monsters University (4), Justin Timberlake (4)

Mad Men (3), B.J. Novak (3), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (3), The Mindy Project (3), New Girl (3), We're the Millers (3), OneRepublic (3), Maroon 5 (3)

Vote!