“High School Musical 3: Senior Year” graduated with honors Saturday at the Kids Choice Awards. The Disney musical was selected as the favorite movie by audience votes at the 22nd annual slime-filled Nickelodeon spectacle held inside UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. “High School Musical” star Vanessa Hudgens was also selected as the favorite movie actress. “Lately, a lot of people have been taking credit for bringing back the musical,” Zac Efron said while accepting the movie's trophy. “The truth is we've known who's been responsible for bringing back the musical all along. It was you guys!” Winners included “iCarly” for TV show, “American Idol” for reality show, Jonas Brothers for music group and “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” for animated movie. Jack Black arrived in motorcycle sidecar to pick up his award for favorite voice from an animated film for “Kung Fu Panda.” Miley Cyrus was brought to tears when she was announced as favorite female singer. “I really thought I was gonna lose, so thank you, guys,” said Cyrus. Some held surprises throughout the show. Before presenters Sandra Bullock and Hugh Jackman announced the “Twilight” series as favorite book, a briefcase doused the pair with green slime. The green theme took on an entirely different meaning when Cameron Diaz presented her “Gangs of New York” co-star Leonardo DiCaprio with the first-ever Big Green Help Award. Among the winners were “Wizards of Waverly Place” star Selena Gomez for TV actress, “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” star Dylan Sprouse for TV actor, “SpongeBob SquarePants” for cartoon, Jesse McCartney for male singer, Beyonce's “Single Ladies” for song, Will Smith for movie actor, “Guitar Hero World Tour” for video game, Candace Parker for female athlete and Peyton Manning for male athlete.
