Green slime rules Kids' Choice Awards

LOS ANGELES | Sat Apr 2, 2011 10:13pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - They came, they saw, they got slimed!

From start to finish, the gooey green stuff poured onto fans in the front rows of the Nickelodeon television network's Kids' Choice Awards Saturday as stars ranging from Miley Cyrus to the Black Eyed Peas came away winners.

The Kids' Choice Awards annually draws some of Hollywood's biggest stars of music, movies and TV shows who are promoting upcoming films, TV shows or music to young fans.

The 2011 ceremony got off to a monstrous start as host Jack Black, whose "Kung Fu Panda 2" hits theaters in May, drove a 10 foot tall (3-meter-tall) monster truck over the top of two fancy limousines, then performed a song with the Black Eyed Peas.

The first winner was Johnny Depp, who was named favorite movie actor for his role as the Mad Hatter in "Alice In Wonderland," and after collecting his orange blimp Kids' Choice trophy, he pulled out a hose and dowsed the kids with slime.

Russell Brand got the green stuff flung at him while giving the award for favorite animated movie voice to Eddie Murphy in "Shrek Forever After." Model Heidi Klum took a face full of the stuff when she handed out the blimp for favorite TV actress to Selena Gomez of Disney show "Wizards of Waverly Place."

Two of the few performers who didn't get the slime -- widely considered an honor at the Kids' Choice -- were Miley Cyrus, who was named favorite movie actress for drama "The Last Song," and Jaden Smith, who scooped up a blimp for his film, "The Karate Kid," the remake that won best movie.

The Black Eyed Peas were named best group and Willow Smith, Jaden Smith's sister, performed her hit song, "Whip My Hair.

Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn scored a blimp for favorite female athlete, and topping off the night was the cast of Nickelodeon's "iCarly" collecting a trophy for top TV show.

Along with winners of Kids Choice Awards, who were picked through online voting, singer Justin Timberlake was given a special silver blimp called The Big Help Award for his efforts in raising money for the Shriners Hospital for Children.

The show ended with comedian Jim Carrey floating over the crowd in a hot air balloon and, of course, getting the biggest honor of them all at the Kids Choice Awards -- the slime.

(Reporting by Bob Tourtellotte; Editing by Will Dunham)

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UK to hold "thousands" of wedding street parties

LONDON | Fri Apr 1, 2011 8:14pm EDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of street parties will be held across Britain to celebrate Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton next month, local government officials said on Saturday, as royal wedding fever grips parts of the country.

In London alone, some 500 requests have been made to councils to close down roads so locals can get out the bunting and set up their fold-up tables for the traditional get-togethers, held in honor of major state occasions.

"Street parties are an established part of British culture, they're a great way for people to meet their neighbors and strengthen community bonds," said Chris White from the Local Government Association (LGA).

In total, some 4,000 applications for parties have been made so far across England and Wales, the LGA said.

According to Britain's Mirror newspaper, one of the applications has come from Prime Minister David Cameron for a party outside his official Downing Street residence.

Elsewhere, those living in the county of Hertfordshire, north of London, are proving particularly excited by the upcoming nuptials, making 135 requests for street parties, while there have been 85 from Kent to the southeast of the capital.

However, there appears to somewhat of a north/south divide, with fewer applications being submitted to northern councils.

Places such as Blackpool, the seaside resort in northwest England, and Gateshead, in northeast England, have recorded just one request each.

(Reporting by Michael Holden, editing by Paul Casciato)

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