U2 still a hit with US public
The awards covered 38 film, television and music categories with the winners determined by internet voting.
Two controversial films that defied the odds to earn millions joined a familiar green ogre to take top honours at the glitzy event in California.
The Michael Moore documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, which took a critical look at President George Bush’s actions after the 9/11 attacks, won the favourite movie award, while Mel Gibson’s explicit The Passion of the Christ won in the favourite drama category.
Moore dedicated his win to the US troops fighting overseas and said he was “amazed” that people picked his film. Gibson echoed Moore, saying the award “means a lot more to me this time than anything before”.
“I depended on you and you were there,” Gibson said. “If it wasn’t for you guys, we would have been dead in the water.”
The animated Shrek 2 swept a number of categories, as favourite comedy, sequel and animated movie.
The character of Donkey in Shrek 2, voiced by Eddie Murphy, was named favourite animated movie star, while the Fairy Godmother, voiced by Jennifer Saunders, won in the movie villain category.
Perennial favourites took many of the top awards, including many of this year’s new categories. Julia Roberts and Johnny Depp won for favourite female and male movie star. Matt LeBlanc and Marg Helgenberger won for favourite male and female TV stars.
Will & Grace won for favourite TV comedy. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was named favourite TV drama.
