The fourth year of the Las Culturistas Awards is being celebrated with a televised broadcast.
Conceived by Saturday Night Live cast member Bowen Yang and and I Love That for You star Matt Rogers, the awards are a branch of their popular Las Culturistas podcast, which the two started in 2016.
Tuesday night’s ceremony, hosted by Yang and Rogers, marks the first time the awards are being televised. The ceremony was pre-recorded at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles in July and airs on Bravo from 9 p.m. ET – 11 p.m. ET, with streaming available on Peacock from Wednesday.
Dozens of celebrities were in attendance, from Bravo stars like Paige DeSorbo and Andy Cohen to Saturday Night Live alums Kristen Wiig and Aidy Bryant to Academy Award winner Allison Janney and Emmy Award winner Quinta Brunson. Attendees were dressed to the nines in their best Hollywood glamour attire to honor this year’s theme.
Among the dozens of categories are Best Crier, Father Award, Daddy Award, Sport We Would Love To Know More About, Social Change Moment of the Year Sponsored by West Elm, and Tina Turner Legend Award.
“The Las Culturistas Awards celebrates’s most iconic and consequential moments of the year. With more than 100 unique award categories, live musical performances and unexpected celebrity guests, this show brings’s most crucial moments to life,” Yang and Rogers said in a press release.
As the ceremony began, Yang introduced the evening as “the biggest night in — depending on who you ask.”
Yang and Rogers opened the ceremony alongside Cohen, all adorned in Blue Origin space suits, as the Bravo executive warned the hosts: “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.”
The first award of the evening — Most amazing impact in film — was given to Jeff Goldblum’s chest in Jurassic Park. Goldblum took the stage and nearly ripped his shirt off, but paused, telling the audience: “Always leave them wanting more.”
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