Dick Van Dyke\u2019s record<\/a> for oldest Daytime Emmy winner, taking the trophy for daytime personality, non-daily as host of Netflix\u2019s \u201cSecret Lives of Orangutans.\u201d<\/p>\nAttenborough, who is 99, wasn\u2019t on hand. The Brit\u2019s career as a writer, host and narrator spans eight decades. <\/p>\n
Van Dyke was 98 when he won as guest performer in a daytime drama series for \u201cDays of Our Lives\u201d in 2024. <\/p>\n
Telfer, a 45-year-old native of Scotland, plays Xander Kiriakis on Peacock\u2019s \u201cDays of Our Lives,\u201d which he first joined in 2015.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mom always loved soaps and she loved villains,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019s been gone for over 20 years, and so to win this on a soap opera playing the villain is really amazing. Thanks, Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grahn earned her third career trophy at the 52nd annual awards, having played Alexis Davis on \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d since 1996. She regularly uses her platform to speak out on political matters, and she carried a silver clutch that she had hand-lettered with the words \u201cDemocracy dies in silence.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cOur democracy is worth fighting for, the people in it are worth caring about, and whether you have a platform or not, now is the time, guys, to show up, stand up, speak up for human decency, for democracy,\u201d she said, shouting, \u201cStand up!\u201d multiple times to the audience. <\/p>\n
Jonathan Jackson of \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d and first-time nominee Susan Walters of \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d won supporting acting honors.<\/p>\n
Jackson accepted the trophy for playing Lucky Spencer, a role he originated in 1993 and has played on and off ever since.<\/p>\n
\u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d also claimed trophies for Alley Mills as guest performer in a daytime drama and its writing and directing teams.<\/p>\n
It was Mills\u2019 second career win for playing Heather Webber. The 74-year-old, who first won in 2023, is best known as the mom on \u201cThe Wonder Years.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re living in really dark times right now. Everything\u2019s crazy,\u201d Mills told the audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. \u201cWe just got to keep our spirits high.\u201d<\/p>\n
Walters plays Diane Jenkins on CBS\u2019 \u201cY&R,\u201d which she has appeared in during three different stints.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so happy that I won so I can thank my husband of 40 years,\u201d she said, singling out Linden Ashby, who has appeared on the same show and lost to Mills in the guest actor category. <\/p>\n
Drew Barrymore claimed her first win as daytime talk series host for her eponymous New York-based show. She beat out Kelly Clarkson, Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa, Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb, and Jennifer Hudson. \u201cLive With Kelly and Mark\u201d won daytime talk series.<\/p>\n
Lisa Yamada of CBS\u2019 \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful\u201d won the emerging talent category, which replaced the younger actor and actress awards. The 23-year-old plays murderous Luna Nozawa. <\/p>\n
\u201cActing has been my dream since I gained consciousness, and my dreams are coming true right now,\u201d Yamada said, her voice choked with emotion. \u201cI\u2019m ugly crying.\u201d<\/p>\n
The night\u2019s most exuberant winner was Kardea Brown, honored as culinary host for the Food Network\u2019s \u201cDelicious Miss Brown,\u201d which has aired for 10 seasons. The show also won for culinary instructional series.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs this real?\u201d Brown said, mascara-stained tears streaming down her face. \u201cThese are tears of joy. As a young Black woman from Charleston, South Carolina, nobody would have ever thought that this would be possible, but I know one person that did. That\u2019s God.\u201d<\/p>\n
Journalist Deborah Norville received the career achievement award. She left \u201cInside Edition\u201d in May after 30 years as anchor to become host of \u201cThe Perfect Line\u201d game show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PASADENA, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Paul Telfer of \u201cDays of Our Lives\u201d and Nancy Lee Grahn of \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[129613,2356,67451,129610,129616,91265,34004,88,129615,64883,108833,36086,8646,6649,11857,42131,129609,129612,99,129611,1505,129614],"class_list":{"0":"post-233066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-alexis-davis","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-david-attenborough","11":"tag-deborah-norville","12":"tag-diane-jenkins","13":"tag-dick-van-dyke","14":"tag-drew-barrymore","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-heather-webber","17":"tag-hoda-kotb","18":"tag-jenna-hager","19":"tag-jennifer-hudson","20":"tag-jonathan-jackson","21":"tag-kelly-clarkson","22":"tag-kelly-ripa","23":"tag-lisa-yamada","24":"tag-nancy-lee","25":"tag-paul-telfer","26":"tag-sports","27":"tag-susan-walters","28":"tag-television","29":"tag-xander-kiriakis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}