Howdy, movie lovers! Every year, movie theater owners throw a big convention — formerly called ShoWest, now CinemaCon — where they give out a bunch of awards. It's a big deal, and all the stars come out! Here are Harrison Ford and Julia Roberts chatting it up backstage at the 1993 event:
Now we're back to round up the winners of their most highly anticipated award — Star of the Year — dating all the way back to 1988!
This is quite the ride through Hollywood history! Here we go.
2022's Star of the Year — Zoe Saldaña:
(No Stars of the Year were named in 2020 and 2021 because of COVID.)
2018's Female Star of the Year — Dakota Johnson:
2018's Male Star of the Year — Benicio del Toro:
2017's Female Star of the Year — Jessica Chastain:
2017's Male Star of the Year — Charlie Hunnam:
2016's Female Stars of the Year — Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christina Applegate, and Mila Kunis:
2016's Male Star of the Year — Jesse Eisenberg:
2015's Female Star of the Year — Rose Byrne:
2015's Male Star of the Year — Paul Rudd:
2014's Female Star of the Year — Drew Barrymore, and 2014's Male Star of the Year — Adam Sandler:
2013's Female Star of the Year — Melissa McCarthy:
2013's Male Star of the Year — Chris Pine:
2012's Female Star of the Year — Jennifer Garner:
2012's Male Star of the Year — Jeremy Renner:
2011's Female Star of the Year — Cameron Diaz:
2011's Male Star of the Year — Ryan Reynolds:
2010's Female Star of the Year — Katherine Heigl:
2010's Male Star of the Year — Sam Worthington:
2009's Female Star of the Year — Rachel McAdams:
2009's Male Star of the Year — Dennis Quaid:
2008's Female Star of the Year — Anne Hathaway:
2008's Male Star of the Year — Robert Downey Jr.:
2007's Female Star of the Year — Kirsten Dunst:
2007's Male Star of the Year — Don Cheadle:
2006's Female Star of the Year — Natalie Portman (backstage with a monkey for some reason...I had to use this pic!):
2006's Male Star of the Year — Hugh Jackman:
2005's Female Star of the Year — Jennifer Aniston:
2005's Male Star of the Year — Matt Damon:
2004's Female Star of the Year — Halle Berry:
2004's Male Star of the Year — Jude Law:
2003's Female Star of the Year — Diane Lane:
2003's Male Star of the Year — Adam Sandler:
2002's Female Star of the Year — Jennifer Lopez:
2002's Male Star of the Year — Will Smith:
2001's Female Star of the Year — Sandra Bullock:
2001's Male Star of the Year — Russell Crowe:
2000's Female Star of the Year — Annette Bening:
2000's Male Star of the Year — Jim Carrey:
1999's Male Star of the Year — Will Smith, and 1999's Female Star of the Year — Meg Ryan:
1998's Female Star of the Year — Helen Hunt:
1998's Male Star of the Year — Anthony Hopkins:
1997's Female Star of the Year — Winona Ryder (with her Alien Resurrection costar Sigourney Weaver):
1997's Male Star of the Year — Denzel Washington:
1996's Female Star of the Year — Sandra Bullock:
1996's Male Star of the Year — John Travolta:
1995's Female Star of the Year — Demi Moore:
1995's Male Star of the Year — Tom Hanks (here with his Forrest Gump director, Robert Zemeckis):
1994's Female Star of the Year — Michelle Pfeiffer, and 1994's Male Star of the Year — Robin Williams:
1993's Female Star of the Year Whoopi Goldberg, and 1993's Male Star of the Year — Mel Gibson:
1992's Female Star of the Year — Jodie Foster, and 1992's Male Star of the Year — Patrick Swayze:
1991's Female Star of the Year — Julia Roberts:
1991's Male Star of the Year — Andy Garcia:
1990's Male Star of the Year — Jeff Bridges, and 1990's Female Star of the Year — Anjelica Huston:
1989's Female Star of the Year — Glenn Close:
1989's Male Star of the Year — Danny DeVito (with The War of the Roses producer and famous filmmaker James L. Brooks)
1988's Female Star of the Year — Bette Midler:
1988's Male Star of the Year — Don Johnson:
