Comedian and actor Wyatt Cenac honored digital maven Shigetaka Kurita with the Webby Lifetime Achievement Award for creating emojis in 1997. He was nothing but smiles onstage, and highlighted how emojis connect people around the world with the first-ever wordless 5-Word Speech: 😊🤝🌎🤝😊

SZA accepted the Webby Artist of the Year Award from visionary choreographer and collaborator Parris Goebel for wielding the Internet to share the brilliantly honest SOS, which instantly dominated streaming. She shared a snippet of how being online makes her feel: “The Internet scares me. Thanks!”

Tracee Ellis Ross accepted a Webby Special Achievement Award for expertly using the Internet to share multidimensional stories and advocate for increased Black representation. Being social savvy, she recorded her moment onstage while charmingly sharing her speech: “You ain’t seen nothing yet.”

Roy Wood Jr., coming straight from the White House Correspondents Dinner, set the audience on fire. He was incredible, hilariously riffing about the metaverse, AI-generated music, and everything in between. He even broke out in song to say goodbye to Twitter’s iconic blue check.

The talented Sharon Horgan accepted the Webby Best Actress Award from Mad Men’s John Slattery for captivating the Internet with her show Bad Sisters—which she created, executive produced, and starred in. Accepting her Webby with grace, she shared a call to action: “Pay writers what they deserve.”

Vitus “V” Spehar of Under The Desk News accepted a Webby Special Achievement Award from The Daily Show creator, Lizz Winstead, for engaging young viewers with the news through hard-hitting reporting. They used their onstage moment to affirm the audience to believe in themselves: “You are smart, trust yourself.”

The legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff presented Tobe Nwigwe with a Webby Special Achievement Award for harnessing the Internet to create imaginative art in his album moMINTS and Netflix’s Mo. In his signature mint suit and grills, he bowed to his legendary presenter and confidently told the audience exactly who won.

All There Is with Anderson Cooper was honored with a Webby for Best Series in Podcasts for thoughtfully exploring loss. Renowned artist Laurie Anderson presented the award, and he shared a key lesson pulled from developing his podcast: “All there is, is love.”

Hoda Kotb of TODAY excitedly accepted a Webby Award from actor Wilmer Valderrama for her podcast Making Space, an audio journey of self-discovery, resilience and finding strength. Her message? “Listen, love, love, love. BYE!”

Last night started with the Internet’s best walking the Webby Red Carpet—everyone from Laurie Anderson, Monica Fat Nwigwe, Charlamagne Tha God, Myles Frost, Vee Rivera, and more! Dive into memorable moments from the carpet and get a peek into the behind-the-scenes action.