Buffy The Vampire Slayer

You’ve waited for weeks, and now the nominees are official.

SyFy Portal’s Michael Hinman joined the crew of Orlando, Fla.’s Radio Sci-Fi late Saturday night, to announce the nominees for the SyFy Portal Genre Awards 2003.

"We are excited about getting our fourth visitors-choice awards under way," said Hinman, founder and co-owner of SyFy Portal.

Voting begins April 25 right here at SyFy Portal, and will continue until May 25. Winners will be announced on Radio Sci-Fi the weekend of May 30. Visitors can vote once per day per IP address.

For this year’s awards, "Enterprise" was the big winner, picking up 13 nominations from the SyFy Portal Genre Awards nominating committee. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was close behind with 11 nominations while both "Angel" and "Farscape" received five nominations each.

For movies, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" led the way with four nominations while "Star Trek: Nemesis" and received three.

This year’s nominating committee included Michael Hinman, Taelcat, Matt Bianco, Brian Meskimen, Bryant Griffin, Kipli, Karesia, Javert Rovinski, Don Smith, Mark Barrucci and Yehuda Katz.

BEST ACTOR/Television Scott Bakula, Enterprise David Boreanaz, Angel Ben Browder, Farscape Nathan Fillion, Firefly Anthony Michael Hall, The Dead Zone

BEST ACTRESS/Television Claudia Black, Farscape Jolene Blalock, Enterprise Jennifer Garner, Alias Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Jewel Staite, Firefly

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/Television John Billingsley, Enterprise Alexis Denisof, Angel Anthony Stewart Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer James Marsters, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Connor Trinneer, Enterprise

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS/Television Emma Caulfield, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Gigi Edgley, Farscape Alyson Hannigan, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Allison Meek, Smallville Linda Park, Enterprise

BEST ACTOR/Movie Tom Cruise, Minority Report Ewan McGregor, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Viggo Mortensen, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Patrick Stewart, Star Trek: Nemesis

BEST ACTRESS/Movie Jennifer Garner, Daredevil Samantha Morton, Minority Report Natalie Portman, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Marina Sirtis, Star Trek: Nemesis Liv Tyler, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

BEST YOUNG ACTOR Rory Culkin, Signs Summer Glau, Firefly Vincent Kartheiser, Angel Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Michelle Trachtenberg, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

BEST SPECIAL GUEST/Television Jeffrey Combs, "Cease Fire," Enterprise Bruce Davison, "The Seventh," Enterprise Juliet Landau, "Lies My Parents Told Me," Buffy the Vampire Slayer Christopher Reeve, "Rosetta," Smallville Dean Stockwell, "Detained," Enterprise

BEST EPISODE/Television Carbon Creek, Enterprise Cease Fire, Enterprise Conversations With Dead People, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lies My Parents Told Me, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Stigma, Enterprise

BEST THEME SONG/Television Angel Buffy the Vampire Slayer Enterprise Farscape Firefly

BEST SERIES/Television Angel Buffy the Vampire Slayer Enterprise Farscape Smallville

BEST MOVIE The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Minority Report Signs Spider-Man Star Trek: Nemesis

GENE RODDENBERRY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Jonathan Frakes (actor/director) Peter Jackson (director) Ronald D. Moore (writer/producer) Patrick Stewart (actor) J.R.R. Tolkien (author) Joss Whedon (writer/director)