The “Twilight” movie series, which enters its second installment on Nov. 20 with the “New Moon” sequel, also won a nod for best franchise among its leading seven nominations.Voted on by the public, the awards will be given out on Jan. 6, in one of the earliest shows in Hollywood’s awards season. Pattinson, who plays vampire Edward Cullen in the “Twilight” series, was nominated for favorite movie actor and Stewart was nominated for favorite movie actress. Lautner, 17, was nominated for favorite breakout movie actor.
Last year, the People’s Choice Awards nominees were announced 11 days before “Twilight” was released. The movie went on to make nearly $384 million at worldwide box offices, becoming one of 2008’s biggest surprise hits. This time, “Twilight” will compete for favorite movie franchise against “Harry Potter,” “Star Trek,” “Transformers” and “X-Men.” Winners at the People’s Choice Awards will be chosen by a public online vote at the Web sites peopleschoice.com and myspace.com/peopleschoiceawards. Voting for most categories ends on Dec. 8.
