_Photo by Frederick Paxton. Russian Roulette._

It's that time of year again: the Lovie Award nominations have been announced and we're up for a whole bunch &#x2013; hardly a surprise. But enough showing off already! If you watch and enjoy our films, lend us a hand and vote. We can't win without your clicks of approval, and &#x2013; let's be honest &#x2013; it would be total bullshit if we didn't win in all of the ten categories that we're up for.

If watching, reading and liking what we do isn't enough to motivate you to give us credit where due, then simply do us a favour &#x2013; we want to go to an awards ceremony because it's pretty much the only time of the year we get to change out of our shitty clothes, put on a suit and get wasted on free prossecco. You can click the links below to vote.

**Website: Best Writing** &#x2013; [VICE.com](https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#best-writing-editorial)  
**Internet Video: Documentary** &#x2013; [_Warlords of Tripoli_ - VICE News](https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#documentary-0)  
**Website: Music** &#x2013; [Noisey](https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#movie-and-film-0)  
**Website:** **News** &#x2013; [VICE News](https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#news-3)  
**Social: News & Information** &#x2013; [VICE News](https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#news-and-information)  
**Social: Overall Social Presence** &#x2013; [VICE](https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#overall-social-presence)  
**Internet Video: Branded Entertainment** &#x2013; [_First Flight_ (Vodafone, AKQA and Virtue at VICE Media)](https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#branded-entertainment-0)  
**Internet Video: Best Web Personality/Host** &#x2013; [Simon Ostrovsky, _Russian Roulette_ - VICE News](https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#best-web-personality-host)  
**Internet Video: Public Service & Activism** &#x2013; [_Young and Gay in Putin's Russia_](https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#public-service-and-activism-0)  
**Internet Video: Viral Video** &#x2013; [_We Got Twenty Strangers Who Aren't Models to Kiss Each O_](https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#viral-video-0)[_ther_](https://www.peopleslovie.eu/#viral-video-0)

Thanks! And here's a reminder of the kind of sophisticated editorial vision that got us here:

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Earlier this week, an "arty" black-and-white video in which polite Americans kiss each other on the mouth made the internet squeal with excitement. The twist was, you see, that these people were all strangers, so this was footage of ten first kisses—gross saliva sounds fully audible over the sort of song that a depressed person might put on during sex.

It was really awkward and sweet, and so far it's had more than 47 million YouTube views. Many bloggers called it "beautiful," but it was mostly beautiful because all the people that director Tatia Pilieva cast were models, actors, and musicians—that is, professional performers. Oh, and also it was a commercial for clothes, because everything that goes viral on the internet is a lie or an ad.

So our London colleagues went out into the street and found 20 strangers who aren't models of any description to stick their stiff British upper lips together for £20 (about $33) a pop. This is how strangers really kiss.

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