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Emmy 2014 highlights: SIZZLING sirens and BIG winners!

Last updated on: August 26, 2014 20:00 IST
Halle Berry

Bringing you all the action from the recently concluded awards show!

The 66th Primetime Emmy awards, held a few hours ago at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, US, was not without its staple high points -- big wins for several acclaimed television shows and a riot of colours, cuts and designs on the red carpet.

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry, 48, sure knew how to turn heads, as she arrived in a stunning mauve gown by renowned Lebonese fashion designer Eli Saab.

Among the big winners of the night were ABC's hit sitcom Modern Family, and Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul starrer Breaking Bad -- continuing their winning streak at the Emmys.

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Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn and Bryan Cranston

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Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn and Bryan Cranston

Breaking Bad stars Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn and Bryan Cranston celebrate their wins -- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series respectively -- at the Emmys.

The show, about a cancer-stricken teacher-turned-drug kingpin, won Outstanding Drama Series nod too.

"Thank you so much for this farewell to our show. You have been very kind to us indeed," said creator Vince Gilligan.

Cranston joked that even he thought about voting for True Detective star, and recent Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey.

"I don't know why I've been blessed. I love to act and I will do it to my last breath.

"I'd like to dedicate this word to all the Sneaky Petes (his childhood nickname) of the world who thought that settling for mediocrity was a good idea because it was safe. Don't do it -- take a chance, find a passion, fall in love," Cranston said.

Sofia Vergara

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Sofia Vergara

Modern Family's onscreen matriarch, actress Sofia Vergara was a complete knockout, as always, in a floor-length Roberto Cavalli number.

Her show picked up three awards at the do -- Best Drama Series (for the fifth time in a row, which ties for most wins with Frasier), Best Director for Gail Mancuso and Ty Burrell registered his second win in the supporting-actor category.

The Modern Family cast

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Jesse Tyler Fergusson, Julie Bowen, Steven Levitan, Sofia Vergara, Ed O'Neil and Rico Rodriguez

The Modern Family team -- (left to right) Jesse Tyler Fergusson, Julie Bowen, Sofia Vergara, Ed O'Neil and Rico Rodriguez look on as co-creator Steven Levitan accepts the Best Comedy Series Emmy.

Julia Roberts

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Julia Roberts

Actress Julia Roberts arrives on stage to present an award.

January Jones and Jon Hamm

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January Jones and Jon Hamm

Actors January Jones and Jon Hamm, stars of Mathew Weiner's Mad Men, are seen here hanging out at the Governors Ball for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Their hit show hasn't won many awards at the Emmys ever since its winning streak was ended by shows like Homeland and Breaking Bad in 2011.  

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus received her third consecutive Emmy for her lead role in Veep, beating Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Lena Dunham (Girls), Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), and Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black).

Heidi Klum

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Heidi Klum

German supermodel Heidi Klum strikes a pose.

Jim Parsons

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Jim Parsons

Jim Parsons, Sheldon Cooper of Chuck Lorre's widely popular sitcom The Big Bang Theory, won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Emmy.

Billy Crystal

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Billy Crystal

Veteran actor-comedian Billy Crystal pays a heartwarming tribute to late friend, fellow actor-comedian Robin Williams.

Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting

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Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting

The Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting was a vision in a blinding red tulle gown and a prim pixie cut.

Kathy Bates

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Kathy Bates

Veteran actress Kathy Bates shows off her Emmy that she won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for American Horror Story: Coven.

Gwen Stefani

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Gwen Stefani

Singer Gwen Stefani donned a showstopping column dress by Versace.

Julia Margulies

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Julia Margulies

Julia Margulies delivers her acceptance speech after winning the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy for The Good Wife.

The show was nominated in three more acting categories.

Kerry Washington

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Kerry Washington

Scandal lead star Kerry Washington flaunted her post-baby body in a beautiful, and edgy, if we might add, orange Prada gown.

Matthew Weiner

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Matthew Weiner with wife Linda Brettler

Mad Men producer Matthew Wiener is seen here with wife Linda Brettler. 

Lena Dunham

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Lena Dunham

Girls lead star and creator Lena Dunham caught everyone's eye, for obvious reasons (that giant dress looked like it accidentally fell in a bottle of antacid), as she arrived with beau Jack Antonoff.

Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy

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Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy

Homeland actress Claire Danes made up for the snub in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category with this dreamy red carpet appearance with her dreamy husband, English actor Hugh Dancy.

Lizzy Caplan

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Lizzy Caplan

Actress Lizzy Caplan (you might remember her from Lindsay Lohan starrer high school comedy Mean Girls), who was also nominated in the same category for Masters of Sex, takes the red carpet by storm in this super slinky number.

Christina Hendricks

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Christina Hendricks

Mad Men star Christina Hendricks complimented her red locks with a fiery red gown for the do.

Weird Al

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Weird Al

'Weird Al' Yankovic performs a medley of TV theme songs, including Game of Thrones, during the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.

Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey

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Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey

True Detective stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey present the award for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie onstage.