The 17th Annual Webby Awards
Where: Cipriani Wall Street
Who was there: Guests included Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Patton Oswalt, Arianna Huffington, Grimes, Reggie Brown, Marni Stern, Fred Armisen, David Karp, David-Michael Davies, Chris Harrison, Steve Wilhite, Erica Oyama, Ken Marino, Mike Rosenstein, Stephanie Smith, Courtney O'Connor, Veronica McGregor, Josh Topolsky, David-Michael Davies, DJ Steve Porter, Randi Zuckerberg, Michelle Beadle, Howard Lerman, Wendy Lerman, Liz Walton, Allison Tepley, Ted Goff, Harper Reed, Michael Slaby, Jason Binn, Andrew Freed, and Thomas Kale.
[Photo: Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti via]
Other details: In a night that featured the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Ben Stiller, Robin Wright, Kevin Spacey and the Internet’s influencers like Arianna Huffington, and Humans of New York’s Brandon Stanton, The Webby Awards once again proved the power of the Web to bring together people from all walks of life. Host Patton Oswalt set the tone for the evening with a blend of his heralded comedic timing and mastery of all things Internet. The Webbys are known for their tradition of only allowing winners to accept with 5-Word Speeches. Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, while accepting The Webby Special Achievement Award for Netflix’s House of Cards, proclaimed in their 5-Word Speech, “The Oscars Should Do This!”
Tumblr founder David Karp was one of the most highly anticipated guests of the evening, especially on the
heels of the recent Yahoo! acquisition. Attendees were eager to snap photos with the 26-year-old entrepreneur and his guest: his mom. When Karp was on-stage to present, Patton took the opportunity to jokingly rifle through Karp’s back pockets, presumably in search of a small piece of his newly found fortune.
[Steve Wilhite, David Karp via]