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April 01, 2007
KCA '07
Nikki Reports on the KCA 2007
Justin Timberlake making his grand entrance by hanging onto a megasized Kid's Choice Awards Blimp
When I watch TV, I usually just flip to a few of my favorite channels: E!, MTV, ESPN, NBC, and ABC. No cartoons for me. However, today as I read through Trent's blog [April 1, 2007], Pink Is the New Blog, and saw his post about the 2007 Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards, all my fond memories of Nick cartoons and shows - Guts, Rugrats, Doug, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Double Dare, Rocko's Modern Life - came flooding back to me...but enough with my nostalgic digression, I need to squeeze in some entertainment news by reporting on the KCA 07.
Clockwise from top left: Nicole Kidman with an extremely slimy Tobey McGuire and Steve Carell, Fantastic 4's Jessica Alba and Chris Evans, JT and Vince Vaughn enjoying more slime, Orlando Bloom accepting the blimp for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Favorite Movie)
The show - celebrating it's 20th anniversary - was held live last night, March 31, 2007, at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion and hosted by the very talented and very popular Justin Timberlake. Why do they have to wrangle a hot ex-boy bander now? When I was infatuated with the Kid's Choice Awards (aka until I was 13), I got stuck with Rosie O'Donnell as a host. JT = definite upgrade.
Thousands of kids showed their appreciation for having their voice heard by incessantly screeching the entire night, especially when slime was involved. Considering it's the show's 20th, there was definitely a lot of it. In fact, as JT sang his Broadway-esque opening number, slime kept popping out from the floors, getting dumped from buckets by little kids, and falling from the ceiling all onto celebrities and strangers alike.
During the very casual yet fun night, the kids enjoyed seeing their favorite celebs receive their orange Nick blimp for categories in movies, music, tv, and sports. The winners list includes JT for Favorite Male Singer, Dakota Fanning for Favorite Female Movie Star, and Shaq for Favorite Athlete. Hmmm...didn't Shaq win when I was seven?!
Ever since I was little, the KCA has consistently had great celebrity turnouts, and when I was little, I never thought anything of it. I was just ready to scream my head off at the cute movie stars on the stage. Now, I realize that while they may like kids, celebs are really just there to promote their next movie, next album, next whatever. How did I come to this realization? Well, every time a celebrity was introduced, JT or the announcer just happened to mention his/her next movie, album, whatever. Sorta depressing, but at the end of the day, the bottom line is that the show always manages to make kids feel appreciated and allows them to have a good time. The hidden agenda doesn't really matter...oh how I miss being an oblivious and care free kid.
Posted by paulinad at April 1, 2007 08:34 PM