JOSH DUHAMEL TO HOST NICKELODEON’S 26TH ANNUAL KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS
Monday, January 28, 2013Omoba
… AWARDS TO HOLD IN LOS ANGELES, USA ON SATURDAY MARCH 23, 2013
Kids’ Choice Awards’ slime recipient, “Arm
Fart Hall of Fame” champ and movie actor Josh Duhamel(Transformers: Dark
of the Moon, New Year’s Eve and the upcoming Safe Haven)
will take the reins for the first time as host ofNickelodeon’s 26th Annual
Kids’ Choice Awards (KCAs), taking place on Saturday 23 March 2013 at
the Galen Center in California, USA.
Celebrated as the ultimate kids’ experience, where
Hollywood and slime collide, kids rule and honour their favourites from the
worlds of film, music, sports and television. The star-packed telecast of the Nickelodeon
Kids’ Choice Awards will premiere across Africa on Nickelodeon(DStv
Channel 305) on 27 March 2013 at 17:45 CAT (repeats: 29 March: 20:15 CAT; 31
March: 12:05 CAT).
"Josh has come out to play before for Kids’
Choice and as a previous "Best Arm Fart" winner we know he'll do
what it takes to be a great host," said Marjorie Cohn, President, Content
Development for Nickelodeon and Executive Producer of the Kids'
Choice Awards. "We promise that this year will deliver the special,
one-of-a-kind, surprise-filled slimefest for which our annual telecast is
famous.”
"Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards is a
great event that honours kids by honouring their opinions and taps into the kid
in all of us," said Duhamel. "I have a lot of secret plans for when I
host the awards, but I can tell you I'm excited to lead millions of kids into
total crazy fun, chaos...and, of course: endless slime!"
One of Hollywood’s leading male actors, Duhamel
recently began production on the drama You’re Not You, alongside Hilary
Swank and Emmy Rossum. This month, Duhamel will be seen in the star-studded
ensemble comedy Movie 43 alongside Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman, Halle
Berry, Kate Winslet and Richard Gere, among others. In February, Duhamel will
star opposite Julianne Hough in Lasse Hallstrom’s Safe Haven, and the
thriller Scenic Route. Additional film credits include the romantic comedy Life
as We Know It, Ramona and Beezus, When in Rome and The
Romantics. On television, Duhamel is best known for his role as Danny McCoy on
the NBC crime drama Las Vegas. Additionally, he lent his voice to Nickelodeon’s Emmy
Award-winning animated series Fanboy & Chum Chum and starred in
several seasons of the long-running ABC soap opera All My Children, in
which he received three consecutive Daytime Emmy nominations.
Nickelodeon’s 26thAnnual Kids’ Choice Awards is
being produced by Nickelodeon Productions in association with Bob Bain
Productions. Bob Bain, Marjorie Cohn and Paula Kaplan are Executive Producers.
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