6 Things You Should Know Happened At The SAG Awards

Diversity was celebrated and Donald Trump was denounced at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Here are the major moments you might have missed:

  1. Hidden Figures, Denzel Washington pull off upsets. The night was full of surprise wins, with Shameless star William H. Macy taking outstanding comedy series actor over Transparent's Jeffrey Tambor and Netflix's Stranger Things clinching best TV drama ensemble (more on that later). But two of the ceremony's biggest shockers came at the end of the telecast, as Fences' Denzel Washington won his first SAG Award for outstanding actor in a leading role after three previous nominations in the category, while the cast of Hidden Figures upset in outstanding ensemble, besting presumed front-runner Moonlight.
  2. Winner after winner, actors respond to Trump's controversial immigration ban. In light of President Trump's temporary ban on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries and halt to the U.S. refugee program, many actors used the podium as an opportunity to voice their political opinions. Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfusand Orange Is the New Black's Taylor Schilling each shared stories about their immigrant families coming to the USA, while La La Land's Emma Stone and Hidden Figures' Taraji P. Henson called for unity through art. "This (movie) is about what happens when we put our differences aside and come together as a human race," Henson said. "We win. Love wins, every time."
  3. Mahershala Ali delivers an emotional speech about acceptance and being Muslim. The most moving speech of the night came courtesy of Ali, who won outstanding supporting actor for gay coming-of-age drama Moonlight. Teary-eyed, the breakout star recalled the moment he told his mother — an ordained minister — that he had converted to Islam.
  4. "She didn't do backflips when I called her to tell her," he said. "But I tell you now, we put things to the side, and I'm able to see her. She's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown, and that stuff is minutiae."
  5. Winona Ryder goes viral with her bewildered reactions to Stranger Things' win. The Netflix thriller made off with a surprise honor for outstanding drama series ensemble, besting other popular hits including Game of Thrones, The Crown and the final season of Downton Abbey. But it was Ryder's myriad of expressions as she took the stage that stole the show, particularly her puzzled faces as co-star David Harbourgave an impassioned speech about tolerance. Stills and GIFs of the actress' hilarious expressions flooded Twitter within minutes, with one user already calling them the "meme of the year."
  6. "Greetings from Dollywood, Hollywood!" No one had more fun at the SAG Awards than Dolly Parton, who was welcomed with a standing ovation as she presented the Life Achievement award to her 9 to 5 co-star Lily Tomlin. Tomlin "is receiving an award I've spent my whole life trying to avoid — 'Sag' award?" Parton joked, adding that if she sees any part of her body sagging, "I'm going to get that nipped, tucked and sucked right away." Amid multiple references to her busty figure, the country icon also teased a sequel to her 1980 comedy 9 to 5 with original stars Tomlin and Jane Fonda. “People have wanted a sequel to 9 to 5. We better get after it or we'll have to call it 95,” Parton said.
  7. Lily Tomlin jokes about Oprah, Meryl Streep in rambling speech. The Grace and Frankie star earned the biggest laughs of the night with her long-winded, off-kilter and heartfelt remarks as she accepted her Life Achievement honor. When she wasn't offering sage "advice" to young actors — wear sunscreen, don't leave the house drunk — the 77-year-old actress managed quips about spiritual lessons ("I must say, watching Oprah really helped") and regrets ("Meryl is laughing at this and there’s absolutely no time she’s been a failure").

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Actor Denzel Washington accepts Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for 'Fences' onstage during the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards show at The Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. / AFP / Robyn BECK

And the winners are...

MOVIES

Actor

Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

WINNER: Denzel Washington, Fences

Actress

Amy Adams, Arrival

Emily Blunt, The Girl on the Train

Natalie Portman, Jackie

Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

WINNER: Emma Stone, La La Land

Supporting actor

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins

Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea

Dev Patel, Lion

WINNER: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Supporting actress

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Nicole Kidman, Lion

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea

WINNER: Viola Davis, Fences

Cast

Captain Fantastic

Fences

Manchester By the Sea

Moonlight

WINNER: Hidden Figures

TELEVISION

Actor in a TV movie or miniseries

Riz Ahmed, The Night Of

Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

John Turturro, The Night Of

Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

WINNER: Bryan Cranston, All the Way

Actress in a TV movie or miniseries

Bryce Dallas Howard, Black Mirror

Felicity Huffman, American Crime

Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Kerry Washington, Confirmation

WINNER: Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Actor in a drama series

Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones

Rami Malek, Mr. Robot

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

WINNER: John Lithgow, The Crown

Actress in a drama series

Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things

Thandie Newton, Westworld

Winona Ryder, Stranger Things

Robin Wright, House of Cards

WINNER: Claire Foy, The Crown

Actor in a comedy series

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish

Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

WINNER: William H. Macy, Shameless

Actress in a comedy series

Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black

Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie

Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

WINNER: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Ensemble in a drama series

The Crown

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

Westworld

WINNER: Stranger Things

Ensemble in a comedy series

The Big Bang Theory

Black-ish

Modern Family

Veep

WINNER: Orange Is the New Black

Life achievement award

Lily Tomlin

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