HOLLYWOOD, June 1, 2000 — The onslaught of youth-oriented films this year was given its due at Movieline’s Second Annual Young Hollywood Awards on Thursday night.
Stars such as Mena Suvari, LeAnn Rimes and Shannon Elizabeth waved to crowds lined up outside the Hollywood Entertainment Museum, while Leelee Sobieski, James Marsden, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe and Carmen Electra pulled away from their publicists long enough to sign autographs.
The awards, which honor young actors — or at least those who play young roles — and the films that feature them, were handed out in 15 categories, with top honors going to Sobieski and Joshua Jackson, named male and female Superstar of Tomorrow. James Woods was honored with a Role Model Award.
Attendees and presenters included Melissa Joan Hart, Andrew Keegan, Da Brat, Eric Roberts, Leslie Bibb, Scott Foley, “Dawson’s Creek” and “Scream” scribe Kevin Williamson and cast members from “Road Trip” and the upcoming summer movie “Groove.”
Here’s a list of the winners:
Superstar of Tomorrow – Female: Leelee Sobieski
Also nominated: Rachael Leigh Cook, Kirsten Dunst, Katie Holmes, Christina Ricci
Superstar of Tomorrow – Male: Joshua Jackson
Also nominated: Taye Diggs, Tobey Maguire, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mark Wahlberg
Breakthrough Performance – Female: Mena Suvari, “American Beauty” and “American Pie”
Also nominated: Thora Birch, “American Beauty”; Chloë Sevigny, “Boys Don’t Cry”; Julia Stiles, “10 Things I Hate About You”; Alyson Hanigan, “American Pie”
Breakthrough Performance – Male: Jonathan Jackson, “Deep End of the Ocean”
Also nominated: Wes Bentley, “American Beauty”; Jason Biggs, “American Pie”; Jake Gyllenhaal, “October Sky”; Shawn Hatosy, “Outside Providence” and “Simpatico”; Heath Ledger, “10 Things I Hate About You”
Exciting New Face – Female: Selma Blair
Also nominated: Heather Donahue, Shannon Elizabeth, Sanaa Lathan, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Amanda Peet, Amy Smart
Exciting New Face – Male: Paul Walker
Also nominated: Adrian Grenier, Matthew Keeslar, Terrence Howard, Chris Klein, Shane West
Best Ensemble Cast: “American Pie”
Also nominated: “The Best Man,” “Go,” “She’s All That,” “Election”
Best On-Screen Chemistry: Wes Bentley and Thora Birch, “American Beauty”
Also nominated: Jude Law and Matt Damon, “The Talented Mr. Ripley”; Drew Barrymore and Michael Vartan, “Never Been Kissed”; Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, “10 Things I Hate About You”; Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook, “She’s All That”
Best Bad Girl: Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, “She’s All That”
Also nominated: Angelina Jolie, “Girl, Interrupted”; Sarah Michelle Gellar, “Cruel Intentions”; Mena Suvari, “American Beauty”; Reese Witherspoon, “Election”
Best Bad Boy: Timothy Olyphant, “Go”
Also nominated: Ben Affleck, “Dogma”; Ryan Phillippe, “Cruel Intentions”; Matt Damon, “The Talented Mr. Ripley”; Matthew Lillard, “She’s All That”
Best Screenwriter: Kimberly Peirce and Andy Bienen, “Boys Don’t Cry.”
Also nominated: Charlie Kaufman, “Being John Malkovich”; John Lassiter and Peter Doctor, “Toy Story 2”; Doug Liman, “Go”; M. Night Shyamalan, “The Sixth Sense”; Andy and Larry Wachowski, “The Matrix”
Best Director: Kimberly Peirce, Boys Don’t Cry
Also nominated: Spike Jonze, “Being John Malkovich”; Doug Liman, “Go”; Alexander Payne, “Election”; Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick, “The Blair Witch Project”; M. Night Shyamalan, “The Sixth Sense”; Andy and Larry Wachowski, “The Matrix”
Best New Style Maker: Amanda Peet
Also nominated: Penelope Cruz, Virginie Ledoyen, Kate Hudson, Hilary Swank
Best Song: “Kiss Me” by Sixpence None The Richer, “She’s All That”
Also nominated: “American Woman” by Lenny Kravitz, “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”; “Bailamos” by Enrique Iglesias, “Wild Wild West”; “Steal My Sunshine” by Len, “Go”; “When She Loved Me” by Sarah MacLachlan, “Toy Story 2”
Best Soundtrack: “American Pie”
Also nominated: “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”; “Magnolia”; “Run Lola Run”; “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut”
Role Model Award: James Woods
