People's Choice Awards Ruled By Katy Perry, 'Harry Potter

The singer-actress won the most People's Choice Awards at Wednesday's 38th annual fan-favorite extravaganza, but viewers wouldn't have known it from watching the ceremony. An absentee Perry was honored in five categories, including favorite female artist, tour headliner, song of the year for "E.T." with Kanye West, music video for "Last Friday Night" and TV guest star for "How I Met Your Mother."


Despite originally being touted by the show's organizers as among the nominees expected to attend, Perry told fans on Twitter earlier this week that she wouldn't make it to the show but that "I want to thank u all for voting for me, fingers crossed!" It would have marked Perry's first public appearance since British actor-comedian Russell Brand filed for divorce from Perry last month after 14 months of marriage.


"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," the final installment of the magical film series starring Daniel Radcliffe, followed behind Perry with four wins for favorite movie, action movie, book adaptation and ensemble movie cast, but the film's stars also weren't present at the ceremony, leaving more screen time on the CBS broadcast for other winners in the show's 43 categories honoring TV, film and music.


Ellen DeGeneres, Nina Dobrev, Chloe Grace Moretz, Adam Levine, Lea Michele and Demi Lovato, who performed "Give Your Heart a Break," were among the winners on hand to accept their awards selected by Internet votes.


Cory Monteith and Julianne Hough shared some banter before they handed Chloe Moretz the Favorite Movie Star Under 25 prize. "I can't even imagine that I'm in the same category as the whole 'Harry Potter' cast and I won," the 14-year-old said before thanking her fans.


Robert Pattinson accepted the award for Best Drama Movie for the sweeping and romantic "Water For Elephants." "Thank you very much," Pattinson said. "When I was doing this movie, I had so much fun doing it."


"Once Upon A Time" leading ladies Ginnifer Goodwin and Jennifer Morrison gave the Favorite TV Drama Actor trophy to "Castle" star Nathan Fillion. The show also won for Best TV Crime Drama.


"Vampire Diaries" hotties Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley showed their funny side when they presented "Bridesmaids" with the award for Favorite Comedy Movie. "We'd like to thank everyone who voted for 'Bridesmaids.' We'd especially like to thank Kristen Wiig," Producer Judd Apatow said with the female-driven cast behind him, who then launched into a rendition of Wilson Phillips' classic "Hold On."


"Haywire" star Ewan McGregor had the distinction of handing out the Favorite Movie Icon prize to Morgan Freeman. "When I found out I had been nominated... I decided to look up icon so here's what I found," Freeman said, going on to joke about the many definitions of the word, before he said he was "forever grateful for this honor."


"How I Met Your Mother" were the last to take the stage home when the cast accepted the award for Favorite Network TV Comedy.


By the end of the night, stars ranging from Rihanna (Favorite R&B Artist) to the cast of "2 Broke Girls" to Lady Gaga (for her album Born This Way) had nabbed a Waterford Crystal trophy.