Micheal moore has apparently already won the People's Choice Award for best Pic with F-911

[Maury]

Got this from Goldderby.com, a site that monitors awards shows.:

GoldDerby.com Exclusive Newsbreak:

'FAHRENHEIT 9/11' WILL WIN BEST PICTURE

AT THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS THIS SUNDAY NIGHT

Possible Scandal: Michael Moore Has Been Tipped Off in Advance and Will Accept from TV "President" Martin Sheen

Awardwatchers Wonder: Will Controversy Cause the FCC to Investigate the People's Choice Awardcast on CBS?

Oscarwatchers Wonder: Can "Fahrenheit's" Victory Bolster Its Chance to Win Best Picture at the Oscars?

NEW YORK CITY (Jan. 7, 2005, GoldDerby.com) -- George W. Bush may have been the American people's choice for President in 2004, but the People's Choice Award for the Favorite Film of 2004 will go to his political nemesis this Sunday night, GoldDerby.com has learned.

At the ceremony to be telecast Jan. 9, at 9 p.m. (EST) on CBS, director/writer Michael Moore will accept the prize bestowed upon "Fahrenheit 9/11" by TV "President" Martin Sheen, star of "The West Wing."

GoldDerby has learned that Moore was tipped off ahead of time that his film beat other nominees "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "The Incredibles," "Shrek 2" and "Spiderman 2." Apparently, that's why Moore mysteriously chose to ditch his earlier plan to attend this Sunday's gala dinner of the New York Film Critics Circle, which had planned to give him their award for Best Documentary, a victory announced on Dec. 13. Now rumor has it that Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein -- who organized "Fahrenheit 9/11's" indie patchwork distribution -- will attend the Roosevelt Hotel gala to accept on Moore's behalf.

Even though People's Choice Award winners usually pretend to be surprised when their names are announced as champs, the fact that CBS really tips them off early has always been a poorly kept secret in the media world and, strangely, has never become controversial. In 1968, the Golden Globes were kicked off NBC when the FCC accused the Hollywood Foreign Press Association of tipping off winners ahead of time and thus "misleading the public about the integrity of the awards process." The Globes' banishment lasted a long time: it was 9 years before its kudos gala returned to live TV.

This year the tip-off at the People's Choice Awards could become scandalous because it enables CBS and Michael Moore to stage a ratings-friendly stunt in primetime TV with "West Wing" "President" Martin Sheen that's politically embarrassing to real President Bush, who may be tempted to encourage the FCC to launch an investigation of this award's integrity.

Moore can benefit greatly from such a flashy TV stunt likely to be played often on TV newscasts. Many ballots are still out among Academy Award voters deciding nominees, which will be announced on January 25. Moore made the controversial decision not to enter "Fahrenheit 9/11" in the race for Best Documentary, instead pressing hard for a shot at Best Picture. No documentary has ever been nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars and none before "Fahrenheit" had made the lineup for Favorite Film at the People's Choice Awards.

This year the People's Choice nominees and categories were chosen by a new voting system involving a panel of 6,000 "entertainment enthusiasts from across the country," according to PCAvote.com. Winners were chosen by participates at the website, a less expensive decision-making process than the previous method of conducting a Gallup Poll, which gave a more scientifically accurate reflection of the American people's choices.

[LauraleeBraswell]

6,000 "entertainment enthusiasts"? That's not really a "PEOPLES choice awards."

[Arrowhead1952]

That same article, same source, got the ZOT before.

ZOT!! Fahrenheit 9/11 Will Win Best Picture that purports to be a documentary This Sunday Night

[StAnDeliver]

This one is easy enough. Someone dig up the CBS affiliates e-mail list from the Rathergate threads (maybe it is still available at Ratherbiased.com). Then someone write a reasoned, but firm, form e-mail to the affiliates that we can all use.

[streetrepair]

Already posted. A zot thread no less.

[Darkwolf377]

I don't think there's anything wrong with the winner knowing ahead of time unless the show explicitly states that they're not. Even so--who cares? I couldn't name one "People's Choice" winner. It has about as much cache as if my aunt gave out movie awards.

[LauraleeBraswell]

©2004 Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc. ???

SOUNDS LIKE CORPORATE AMERICA RUNS THE PEOPLE ?

[StAnDeliver]

I wonder why the zot? Seems like a sweet way to 'advise' CBS affiliates of our displeasure.

[7.62 x 51mm]

B3etter run for cover, M. The last poster of this article got ZOTTED!®; I was there and saw it.

[Imaverygooddriver]

Peoples choice awards? Just what people are choosing this Mockumentary, the French?

[LauraleeBraswell]

By the way, I'm giving you a Lauralee Braswell for notable contributer. Awards are so rare and underdone nowadays, so it's a big honor to get one.

[Maury]

Woops! This had been posted already? I did a search and came up with nothing. Sorry.

[BenLurkin]

ROAD APPLES!

[COUNTrecount]

Alerting Moore to the fact that he won before the actual telecast gives the Health Department of California hope that he will attend to his personal hygiene and not require a tsunami- sized effort on their part to counter-balance his stench.