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Remarkable Lines at 2017 Emmy Awards

69th Emmy Awards
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The big moment opened Sunday with Stephen Colbert as the anchor. Here is great memorable lines at the event; “Tonight we binge ourselves,” Stephen Colbert as Colbert commenced the awards.

"Hello, sir, thank you for joining us," he said. "Looking forward to the tweets." The Television late night host then continued to chide President Trump for not winning an Emmy for "The Apprentice." "Unlike the presidency, Emmys go to the winner of the popular vote," Colbert joked.

Donald Glover, won the Emmy award for directing and starring in “Atlanta,” At his acceptance speech goes “ Thank the great algorithm that put us all here. Glover was the first African American to win the award.

“The things that make us different—those are our superpowers,” she said, thanking her “L.G.B.T.Q.I.A. family.” said  Reese Witherspoon the ”Master of None” star.

Riz Ahmed, won for “The Night Of,” used his speech to highlight Islamophobia and “the injustice in our justice system. “If this show has [shined] a light on some of the prejudice in our society, Islamophobia, some of the injustice in our justice system, then maybe that’s something,” he said during his acceptance speech. He acknowledged  the organizations South Asian Youth Action and The Innocence Project for assisting him.

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And Sterling K. Brown, who won for “This Is Us, described his starring partners as “the best white TV family that a brother has ever had—better than Mr. Drummond, better than them white folks at ‘Webster.’ ” Sterling K. Brown won for outstanding lead actor in a drama for "This Is Us,"

“This is a friendship that then created opportunities,” Nichole Kidman ex wife of actor Tom Cruise said while accepting her award . “It created opportunities out of a frustration, because we weren’t getting offered great roles.” she remarked. in the presence of her husband Keith Urban  and her daughters Sunday and Faith as she won her first Emmy Award for her performance in “Big Little Lies”

Lily Tomlin said, “we refused to be controlled by a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot!”  which was a line she used in 1980 referring to a reunion with Dolly Parton, and Jane Fonda “9 to 5” stars’

"It's been an incredible year for women in television," said "Big Little Lies," star and producer Reese Witherspoon. "Can I just say bring women to the front of their own stories and make them the heroes of their own stories. Thank you for that opportunity and for audiences to wrap their arms around us." "Big Little Lies" won the Emmy for outstanding limited series. She shared an award with Ansari for their roles in "Thanksgiving," which poignantly featured a young lesbian navigating her family relationships after coming out. Waithe is also the first black woman to be nominated in the category

"I suppose I should say at long last Mr. President, here is your Emmy," goes Alec Baldwin  at his acceptance speech for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for his role as an actor impersonating President Trump in the comedy "Saturday Night Live."

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer took the onstage during the Emmy Awards.  "This will be the largest audience to witness an Emmys period, both in person and around the world," Spicer was amusing as he tried to excite the crowd.

Oprah Winfrey presents the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award for 'The Handmaid's Tale' to actor Elisabeth Moss.

Hulu's dystopian drama "The Handmaid's Tale" won the Emmy award for outstanding drama series. Adapted from Margaret Atwood's 1985 thriller, Hulu's victory with the "Handmaid's Tale" is a huge win for the streaming service. Elisabeth Moss won the lead actress Emmy for her performance in the dystopian drama

Showrunner Bruce Miller closed the show with a thank you and a call to action. "Go home, get to work, we have a lot of things to fight for,"

Winners at the event includes;



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