The 14th annual Webby Awards, or Webbys, were just announced by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

The Academy has 550 members, all of whom are experts in the Web business, and every year they vote for best achievements on the Internet across several categories.

This year, Roger Ebert was chosen as person of the year by the Webby Awards for his achievements in online journalism with his blog, Roger Ebert’s Journal, on the Chicago Sun-Times’ Web site. This is special also because of Roger’s recent health problems – he has lost the ability to speak after cancer surgery. Luckily for him, he is able to continue his work without his voice, and Internet certainly helps here.

Other winners include:

• Vinton Cerf, as the honoree for lifetime achievement. Vinton is one of the Internet’s founders who pioneered its communications technology at Stanford University.
• Rock band OK Go for video artist of the year.
• Muppets for their cover of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody won for Viral video of the year.
• Auto-tune the News from BarelyPolitical.com for the best mash-up or remix video.
• Jim Carrey‘s official website (www.jimcarrey.com) for best celebrity or fan website.
• Filmmaker David Lynch’s Interview Project won for best documentary series.
• Lisa Kudrow’s Web series, Web Therapy won for best comedy series.
•  Jake and Amir, the College Humor series received the “People’s choice” Webby .
• Make it Right Foundation Web site, founded by Brad Pitt for best activist Web site.
• Isabella Rossellini for her performance in the “Green Porno” videos for the Sundance Channel.
• Twitter for  best social networking.
• Foursquare for mobile social networking.
• Hulu – best broadband.
• Newspaper The Onion – best humour.
• The official site of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report for best TV website.
• The New Yorker‘s website – best writing and best magazine site.
• Mashable.com – best business blog and best cultural blog.

The top winners were College Humor and The New York Times, each with five awards, including awards from both the academy and the public.

For a complete list of winners, please visit www.WebbyAwards.com