Gym Class Heroes win top honor at Woodies

Gym Class Heroes win
top honor at Woodies

NEW YORK — Gym Class Heroes weren’t on the bench at the 2007 mtvU Woodie Awards. The New York hip-hop band, who had a breakout hit this year with the song “Cupid’s Chokehold,” took home Woodie of the Year at the college-oriented network’s fourth annual award ceremony honoring musicians, as selected by viewers. Boston rock quartet Boys Like Girls garnered a wood statue for best emerging artist while hip-hop group Madvillain was selected as most original artist. Say Anything, Guster, Spoon, The Academy Is and Muse also got wood at the ceremony, held Thursday at the Roseland Ballroom. For the first time, mtvU gave a Woodie to an unsigned college act. Duke University’s Stella by Starlight beat out over 1,700 college bands to win the first-ever trophy for best music on campus and $5,000. Winners were selected by 4.6 million votes cast by text and on the network’s Web site, according to mtvU. Performers at the ceremony included Lupe Fiasco, Tokyo Police Club, Spank Rock and Rilo Kiley. The telecast will premiere Nov. 15 (8 p.m.) on mtvU and mtvU.com

Today’s birthdays

Dancer-choreographer Nicholas Royce is 82. Comedian Jonathan Winters is 82. Author Carlos Fuentes is 79. Country singer Narvel Felts is 69. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., is 67. Rock singer-musician Vince Martell (Vanilla Fudge) is 62. Golfer Fuzzy Zoeller is 56. Pop singer-musician Paul Cowsill (The Cowsills) is 55. Rock singer-musician Andy Partridge (XTC) is 54. Singer Marshall Crenshaw is 54. Rock singer Dave Alvin is 52. Rock musician Ian Craig Marsh (Human League; Heaven 17) is 51. Actor Stanley Tucci is 47. Actress Demi Moore is 45. Actress Calista Flockhart is 43. Actor Philip McKeon is 43. Rock musician Scott Mercado is 43. TV personality Carson Kressley is 38. Actor David DeLuise is 36. Actor Adam Beach is 35. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is 33.