'Hidden Figures,' 'Stranger Things' win big at Screen Actors Guild Awards

Hidden Figures earned some serious momentum heading into the Academy Awards next month with a win for best ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday.

Fences director and star Denzel Washington also garnered a big SAG win, taking home lead actor in a film, while Emma Stone (La La Land) and Viola Davis (Fences) continued their impressive streaks winning lead and supporting actress honors respectively.

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Here is a minute-by-minute breakdown of the night's festivities:

10:10: Hidden Figures earns a major victory being named outstanding cast in a motion picture, with the Space Race drama besting Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea. "The shoulders of the women we stand on are three American heroes: Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. Without them, we would not know how to reach the stars," says Taraji P. Henson as she accepts the award. "This story is about unity, this story is about what happens when we put our differences aside. We win, love wins, every time."

10:06: Fences' Denzel Washington pulls off the biggest upset of the night, winning lead actor in a movie over favorite Casey Affleck. "I’m a God-fearing man, I’m supposed to have faith and I didn’t have faith," he says. "God bless you all." He concludes his speech with two words: "Viola Davis."

9:55: La La Land star Emma Stone continues a successful season by taking lead female actor in a film. "To be an actor playing an actor receiving an Actor by a guild of actors is pretty exceptional," she nervously says. "We’re in a really tricky time in the world and our country and things are very inexcusable and need action, and I feel very grateful to be part of a group of people who cares and wants to reflect things back to society."

9:48: Stranger Things pulls off a huge surprise, downing Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey and The Crown for best drama ensemble. Cast member David Harbour unleashes an impassioned speech saying the win is a call to arms against fear and exclusivity. "We 1983 Midwesterners will repel bullies. We will hunt monsters, and when we are lost amidst the hypocrisy … we will punch some people in the face."

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9:32: The Crown makes it two for two: Claire Foy, who plays Queen Elizabeth II, snags female actor in a drama. "I haven’t recovered from John (Lithgow) winning so I’m emotional and a bit shaking," she says, paying tribute to fellow co-stars and particularly wanting to embarrass her Prince Philip, Matt Smith. "Thank you for making this job a joy and making me laugh."

9:26: The Crown star John Lithgow wins for male actor in a drama series, though he admits that "I never would have cast myself as Winston Churchill."

9:04: Dolly Parton hits the stage to give a lifetime achievement award to her 9 to 5 co-star Lily Tomlin. They and Jane Fonda have "become like a little trio," Parton says. People keep talking about them doing a 9 to 5 sequel, she notes, adding that "we better get after it or we’ll have to call it 95." Tomlin remarks that it's "inspiring" to get the honor when she's 77 and, with the Doomsday Clock officially moved up, "this award came just at the nick of time." The comedian has the audience in stitches when giving them all some "sage advice." Among her lessons: Wear sunscreen; don't leave the house when you're drunk; be wary of enterprises needing new clothing; and thank "those people on whose shoulders you stand."

8:54: Bryan Cranston pulls off an upset win for male actor in a miniseries/movie. He says people often ask him what his All the Way role of Lyndon B. Johnson would think about Donald Trump. "I honestly feel that 36 would put his arm around 45 and earnestly wish him success," Cranston says. "And he would also whisper in his ear something he said often as a form of encouragement and a cautionary tale: 'Just don't (pee) in the soup all of us gotta eat.' "

8:48: Hot off a Golden Globe win, Sarah Paulson snags another award for The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story: female actor in a miniseries/movie. She thanks the woman she plays, Marcia Clark, plus her co-stars. "Every day on this set was like being in a fine acting school," Paulson says. "It’s very rare and special to have that alchemy with people." Not to be outdone politically, she also called for people to give money to the American Civil Liberties Union, which “protects the rights and liberties of people all across this country.”

8:37: A tearful Mahershala Ali gets his first big win of awards season, taking supporting male actor in a film for Moonlight. He imparts the lesson he learned about "what happens when you persecute people" and warns that "we get caught up in the minutiae of what makes us different." Ali added he was grateful to play "a gentleman who saw a young man folding into himself as a result of the persecution of his community and (took) the opportunity to uplift him, to tell him that he mattered and that he was OK and accept him. I hope we do a better job of it."

8:31: Viola Davis accepts her award for female supporting actor in a film, thanking Fences playwright August Wilson: “They say that maybe all one can hope for is the right regrets. What August did so beautifully is he honored the average man, who happened to be a man of color. Sometimes we don’t have to shape the world and move the world and create anything that is going to be in a history book. The fact that we breathe and live a life and (were) a god to our children, just that means we have a story and it deserves to be told."

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8:19:Orange Is the New Black takes its third straight SAG Award for outstanding cast in a comedy. Star Taylor Schilling accepts the trophy and makes it three for three for speeches with a political tone: She points out the huge diverse bunch of actresses "representing generations of families who have sought a better life here. ... We know that it's going to be up to us — and all of you, preferably — to keep telling stories that show what unites us is stronger than the forces that seek to divide us."

8:11: William H. Macy gets the award for male actor in a comedy for Shameless, name-checking his character and also continuing the political bent of the night. "I want to thank President Trump for making Frank Gallagher seem so normal."

8:08:Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus wins for female actor in a comedy series and strikes an admittedly "insane note" in her acceptance speech: "Whether the Russians did or did not hack tonight’s SAG Awards … this award is legitimate and I won. I won, the winner is me, landslide!" Then she went serious, talked about her father (who was the victim of religious persecution in Nazi-occupied France) and made mention of the immigration ban. "Because I love this country, I am horrified by its blemishes."

8:04: There are no actual hosts but Ashton Kutcher begins the night with a shout-out to those affected by the immigration ban at airports: "You are a part of the fabric of who we are and we welcome you and we love you."