'The Dark Knight' wins five People's Choice Awards, gets WGA nomination

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Thu Jan 8, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman

'The Dark Knight' wins five People's Choice Awards, gets WGA nomination

The Dark Knight won a total of five People's Choice awards last night, including favorite movie, favorite action movie, and favorite cast. Christian Bale was named favorite superhero and won, along with the late Heath Ledger, the favorite on-screen match up category.The film also was nominated yesterday for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during the 2008 season by the Writers Guild of America. Winners will be honored at the 2009 Writers Guild Awards held on February 7 at simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles.

Other genre friendly wins last night: Heroes won the People's Choice award for favorite sci-fi/fantasy show and "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" won for favorite online sensation.

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