Johnny Depp, Taylor Lautner, Keith Richards, Stan Lee and more all made 'Scream 2009' quite the horror awards show.
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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">LOS ANGELES (AP) — A larger-than-life snowglobe filled with murderous little girls, a "Battlestar Gallactica" spaceship and comic-book legend Stan Lee flying overhead on a bouquet of giant balloons — just a few signs that Spike TV's "Scream 2009" is different from other awards shows.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The star-studded event, held Saturday at the Greek Theatre, honors the best in sci-fi, horror, fantasy and comic-inspired movies and TV shows.</span></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.hitfix.com/galleries/2009-10-18-twilight-true-blood-star-trek-make-scream-awards-scary" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">[Check out a gallery from the show here.]</span></span></strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Fans voted online for the winners, so some of the year's most popular programs and big box-office hits took home trophies, including "Transformers," ''Twilight," ''True Blood" and "Star Trek." Stars of those properties and other surprise guests appeared throughout the 3 1/2-hour ceremony.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And then there was Keith Richards. Fans welcomed the Rolling Stones guitarist with a standing ovation as Johnny Depp presented him with the Rock Immortal award.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"I liked the living legend, that was all right, but immortal is even better," Richards said in an interview before accepting the honor.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Quentin Tarantino continued the celebration of the immortal as he paid tribute to "Night of the Living Dead" director George A. Romero with the Scream Mastermind award.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tobey Maguire presented the Comic-Con Icon award to Lee, who waved and smiled from his spider-shaped balloon platform on his way to the stage. He thanked Spike TV "for creating the Scream awards and for telling the world how cool comic books are."</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Jessica Alba, Kate Bosworth, Harrison Ford, Justin Long and Christina Ricci helped present the spike-shaped trophies. <strong>Morgan Freeman presented the Ultimate Scream award (essentially best in show) to "Star Trek" — and William Shatner shocked fans when he stepped on stage to accept the trophy.</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>"J.J., I'll handle this," Shatner said to J.J. Abrams, seated in the audience, who also won best director and best sci-fi movie for "Star Trek."</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>"This movie was big," Shatner said. "Imagine how big it could have been with me in it? ... I'll be waiting for your call."</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">HBO's "True Blood" was a four-time winner, taking honors for best TV show, along with best villain for Alexander Skarsgard and best horror actor and actress for co-stars and real-life couple Steven Moyer and Anna Paquin.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Twilight" also collected four awards: Best fantasy film, best fantasy actors for stars Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart (who weren't in attendance Saturday) and breakout performance for co-star Taylor Lautner, who introduced world-premiere footage from the film's next installment, "New Moon."</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" won three prizes. The film was honored for its special effects, while star Megan Fox was voted best sci-fi actress and Isabel Lucas was recognized for her breakout performance as an evil shape-shifting robot.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Since the ceremony wasn't televised live, stars were free to use four-letter words — and Tarantino, Woody Harrelson and "True Blood" creator Alan Ball did. "Scream 2009" will be edited into a two-hour special set to air on Oct. 27.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hundreds of fans dressed as vampires, zombies, mummies and monsters filled the seats inside the amphitheater. "Scream" is their show, said executive producer Casey Patterson.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"It's fun because of the fans. You couldn't point to a group more passionate, more invested, or more deserving," she said, noting that sci-fi, horror and fantasy films are often overlooked at other awards shows. "These fans have waited a long time to see their heroes honored."</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Copyright (c) 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.</em></span></span></p>
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