Cameron Diaz and many other stars turned out to acknowledge the best the internet has to offer at the 13th Annual Webby Awards in New York
While the Webby Awards might famously limit the acceptance speeches to five words, some found other ways to celebrate, such as Nate Meagher, the CFO of Animoto, who performed a partial striptease
Last night talk show host Jimmy Fallon was named Webby Person of the Year in recognition of his embracing the Internet to connect with his fans via a blog and Twitter
Another Saturday Night Live alum, Sarah Silverman, was awarded the Webby for Best Actress for the YouTube sensation "I'm F**king Matt Damon
Seth Meyers returned for the second year as host of the show
Tim Berners-Lee was presented with the Webby Lifetime Achievement for his contribution to the world of Internet technology as one of the inventors of the World Wide Web
Former "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow was honoured with the Webby Award for Outstanding Comedic Performance for L Studio's "Web Therapy"....
....which was presented to her by Alan Cumming
Victoria's Secret models Doutzen Kroes and Alessandra Ambrosio accepted the People's Voice Winner for Fashion on behalf of Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Online Video Series
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, who arrived with his fiancee Mari Queen...
...was presented with the Webby Artist of the Year award in recognition of his free-to-download album "The Slip"
Molly Sims, of the NBC drama Las Vegas, was in attendance...
.....to accept the Webby Comedy Award for an Individual Short or Episode on behalf of "Prop 8: The Musical" from the website Funny or Die
Dick Buschman of the Netherlands uses his five word acceptance speech for the Best Banner Campaign award to propose to Erna Bomers
...His five words were "Erna, will you marry me?" She accepted
Unsurprisingly the Webby Award for Breakout of the Year went to Twitter, with co-founder and visonary Biz Stone accepting the honour from Martha Stewart
Ben Huh of I Can Has Cheezburger? fame, who wore a cheeseburger hat, was acknowledged as The People's Voice Winner for failblog.org
Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post, who was accompanied be her daughter Christina, was winner of the Best Politics and Best Political Blog awards
....and Isabella Rossellini won the award for Best Individual Performance for Sundance Channel's "Green Porno"
(Telegraph U.K.)
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