2010 Scream Awards
Billed as Scream 2010, the 2010 ceremony of the Scream Awards, run by Spike TV, was the fifth annual iteration of the awards. The awards ceremony was held on Saturday, 16 October 2010 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles[1] and was broadcast by Spike TV on the following Tuesday (19 October 2010[1]).
| 5th Scream Awards | |
|---|---|
| Announced on | October 19, 2010[1] |
| Presented on | October 16, 2010[1] |
| Produced by | executive producers[2]
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| Directed by | Hamish Hamilton[2] |
| Organized by | writers[2]
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| Official website | www.spike.com[3] |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | Inception |
| Most nominations | Inception[1][4] |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | Spike TV |
| Duration | 2 hours[2] |
The shows original creators,[5] Casey Patterson, Michael Levitt and Cindy Levitt, served as executive producers for the event.[4]
Performance
M.I.A. arrived dressed controversially in a black burqa of her own design with the lyrics from her song XXXO printed for the introductory red carpet.[6][7] Subsequently, this artist performed Teqkilla, the only musical performance at the event, sporting a yellow sequined blouse, pink sparkly trousers, green shoes and a blue wig.[6] The performance was introduced by Nikki Reed.[2]
World Premieres
| Content Premiered | Presenters |
|---|---|
| Paranormal Activity 2 | Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat[7][4] |
| Super | Rainn Wilson[2] |
| The Rite | Sir Anthony Hopkins[7][4] |
| The Walking Dead | Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies and Robert Kirkman[7] |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | none[7] |
| Avatar | James Cameron and Jon Landau[2] |
| Scream 4 | David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Wes Craven and Emma Roberts[8][4] |
Competitive categories
The Scream 2010 nominees were selected by the Advisory Board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders, who also advised on the categories.[1] The advisory board included Tim Burton, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Neil Gaiman, Damon Lindelof, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, and Joss Whedon etc.[1] All films, television shows, and comics books were eligible for a nomination, if they were released between 16 July 2009 to 16 July 2010, and were representative of the sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and comic books genres.[9][1]
The winners were chosen by a process of public online voting on the Spike TV website,[3] which closed the day before (Friday, 15 October 2010[1]) the ceremony where the wiiners were announced (Saturday, 16 October 2010[1]). The nominees[1][10] and winners were as follows:-
† - Award categories in the broadcast, but not listed in the aired list of nominations for those award.
‡ - "Online Write-In" award.
Special awards
The special achievement award recipients[10] were as follows:-
| Award | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Comic-Con Icon Award (presented by Aaron Eckhart)[2] |
Ray Bradbury[7][11] |
| Heroine Award (presented by James Cameron)[2] |
Sigourney Weaver[7] |
| 25th Anniversary Award (presented by David Spade)[2] |
Back to the Future[7][12] |
To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Back to the Future, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd reunited on stage with a DeLorean Car (a reference to the movie's fictional time machine, made from a DeLorean)[7][12]
Farewell Tribute
A farewell tribute was given for the concluding series of Lost, which a number of the show's cast and producers attended, i.e. Malcolm David Kelley, Henry Ian Cusick, Carlton Cuse, Jorge Garcia, Damon Lindelof, Harold Perrineau, François Chau, and Ian Somerhalder[8][2]
See also
References
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- Barr, Jason (16 October 2010). "Spike TV Announces Nominees for Scream 2010 - Spike TV Announces Nominees for Scream 2010 featuring Tim Burton, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Neil Gaiman, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, Joss Whedon". Collider (http://www.collider.com). Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- "The Event Honouring the Best in Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comics and Horror". Spike TV (http://www.spike.com). 16 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- "Icon Award". Comic-Con Site (www.comic-con.org). Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- "Back to the Future Reunites On Stage". Spike TV (http://www.spike.com). 18 October 2010. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2023.