Pee-Wee, Potter, Vader Honored At Scream Awards
First Published: October 16, 2011 10:58 AM EDT Credit: Getty Images
Caption Paul Reubens aka ‘Pee-wee Herman’ arrive at Spike TV’s ‘SCREAM 2011’ awards held at Universal Studios on October 15, 2011UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- What do Harry Potter, Darth Vader, Pee-Wee Herman, Nicolas Cage and Robert Downey, Jr. have in common?
All were honored at the Scream Awards, Spike TV’s annual celebration of horror, fantasy, sci-fi and superheroes, held Saturday night on the Universal Studios backlot.
The eight-part “Potter” film franchise was named the Ultimate Scream, which awards presenter Chloe Grace Moretz described as “the most awesome, most rocking thing that the universe has ever seen.”
“Star Wars” creator George Lucas presented Vader with the Ultimate Villain award and announced that fans could see the Sith Lord on screen in 3-D in February.
Herman, created by actor Paul Reubens, won the Visionary award. Cage accepted the Maverick award and Downey won the Hero award.
The Scream Awards will be shown Tuesday on Spike TV.
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