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00:00I said, how are you doing?
00:03Okay, now if I'm going to be the host,
00:08we got to, y'all got to keep up now.
00:10You got to keep up.
00:11First of all, let me thank Variety for having me to host tonight.
00:16Thank you so much.
00:18Okay, so now I'm looking really classy.
00:22So I have to act like I have class tonight,
00:26but not so much.
00:28Okay, so it is an honor.
00:31I have to bend down a little bit because the teleprompters.
00:36Oh, they can raise them.
00:37Oh.
00:42Okay, we're here to celebrate so many important women,
00:46writers, directors, producers, singers, executives,
00:50and just to celebrate women in Hollywood.
00:53Yes.
00:54Like, look at this country.
00:59This country needs a major shift,
01:02and I really think Kamala is going to lead the way, right?
01:10So why not Hollywood?
01:12Let's start with Hollywood too, you know.
01:14Look at the Summer Olympics.
01:16We were, it was incredible, first of all,
01:18and it was led by women also.
01:23We killed in the basketball, soccer team,
01:28swim team, Katie Ledecky,
01:32and I was there looking amazing,
01:38and I love working in entertainment.
01:40I love it, and I hope to do a lot more,
01:42and I especially, first of all,
01:44I was just telling my hairstylist how much I love a room full of women.
01:49Yeah, there's nothing better than a room full of women,
01:53and I love working with women
01:55because not only do they see that I'm a comedic actress,
01:58they see that I can do drama too.
02:00You know, they don't look past that,
02:02and I love you guys tonight.
02:04So for tonight, we have some incredible honorees for you.
02:10We have, keep going.
02:15I hope I look like I'm not reading, but I am.
02:19Have you not watched me on SNL?
02:20I am not good with quick cards.
02:24We also are going to hear from Sarah Hyland
02:26accepting the Variety Courage Award presented by Perina.
02:31Julie Bowen is here to present the honor to her,
02:36and we've been waiting for the Modern Family Reunion
02:40since they dropped that West, that, oh my God,
02:43the WhatsApp joke.
02:45It's a WhatsApp joke.
02:47When they dropped the WhatsApp ad,
02:49that's what I was supposed to say.
02:56Classy.
02:57Bella Benjaria, please.
03:00I hope I said that right.
03:02Netflix chief content officer
03:05is the Power of Women honoree tonight.
03:08We were originally going to give out one of these honors
03:11every Thursday for a few weeks,
03:13but she suggested that we binge them all tonight.
03:16So just like Emily in Paris and Bridgerton,
03:19we will be having a part two in a couple of weeks.
03:21So I'll see y'all back here in November.
03:24All right, that works.
03:25Okay.
03:27Oh my God, this is the one that's going to make me cry.
03:30We are here to honor Carol Burnett.
03:34Carol Burnett.
03:44Okay, I've met Carol Burnett.
03:46I met her at my chiropractor's office.
03:50But you absolutely don't know what you have done for me.
03:56You, I watched you, your show,
03:58the Carol Burnett show was my life.
04:01It was my life.
04:03When she would come out and she would pull her ear
04:05and she just would be funny.
04:07She didn't matter what she looked like.
04:09It was just absolute.
04:15You know what I meant, right Carol?
04:19I believe that the Carol Burnett show
04:22was one of the best sketch shows ever put on television.
04:27And I was on SNL, okay?
04:31But we didn't have no Harvey Korman or Tim Conway, for real.
04:36But I love you and you are one of the honorees tonight.
04:40You are the reason that I have huge curtains behind me,
04:43but I see that they didn't get them for me tonight.
04:46I asked for huge curtains, but that's okay.
04:50I loved your performance in Palm Royale this year.
04:53Yes.
04:55You said less than 10 words
04:58and Ricky Martin waited on you hand and foot.
05:01So were you method for that?
05:05Can I get some, can I get some advice?
05:09We're going to hear from Zoe Zaldana.
05:16Everyone is talking about AI as a threat,
05:18but her movie Amelia Perez was actually developed using mad lips.
05:24It is a musical set in Mexico where she plays a lawyer
05:30helping a cartel boss retire and disappear
05:33by becoming the woman he always dreamed of being.
05:37Gloria Estefan, because I always wanted to be Gloria.
05:42Six-time Academy Award nominee Amy Adams is also here.
05:48Yes, yes, night bitch.
05:52Yes, night bitch.
05:55That's going to be good because I can relate.
05:57I've been a night bitch for a while now, you know.
06:00I ain't never got no award for it.
06:02But now, let's welcome to the stage
06:06two incredible women who helped make this event happen.
06:09Variety's co-editor-in-chief Cynthia Littleton
06:13and Variety's CEO and group publisher Michelle Sorbrino-Stearns.
06:19I had to get that right.