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Shock wins, a call for equal pay and, of course, plenty of stand-out red carpet outfits - this year's Emmy Awards provided loads of highlights.

TV's biggest awards ceremony took place in Los Angeles on Sunday night, honouring some of the year's biggest shows such as Game Of Thrones, Fleabag and Chernobyl, and stars including Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jodie Comer and Peter Dinklage.

Here are some of the highlights from the show...

1. 'Dirty, pervy' Fleabag is the star of the show

Thanks to impeccable comic writing and a little help from one Hot Priest, 2019 has been the year of Fleabag. The second series was followed by a return for British creator and star Waller-Bridge's original one-woman play (sold-out, of course - you can read our review here) and now it has conquered the Emmys.

We all know Fleabag is brilliant. But the final series of three-times winner Veep was widely considered to be a dead cert for best comedy. Same too for Veep's star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who had made the outstanding comedy actress prize her own with six wins for her portrayal of politician Selina Meyer.

So there was a notable collective intake of breath when Waller-Bridge was named the winner, and yet more surprise when the show won the overall comedy prize towards the end of the night. The show won four awards in total, with Waller-Bridge picking up the gong for comedy writing, and Harry Bradbeer winning the comedy directing prize.

All hail Fleabag, the "dirty, pervy, messed-up" queen of the Emmys. Luckily, these are awards that aren't made out of glass.

2. A successful night for British talent

While we're on the subject of British stars, Waller-Bridge was up there with a wealth of homegrown talent.

Jodie Comer (pictured) picked up the outstanding actress in a drama award for her portrayal of chameleon-like psychopathic assassin Villanelle in Killing Eve, while Ben Whishaw won the supporting actor in a limited series award for his performance in A Very English Scandal.

Black Mirror's interactive special Bandersnatch, created by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, won the award for outstanding television movie, comedian Jon Oliver won the gong for outstanding variety talk series for Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, and Jesse Armstrong was named a winner for his writing on Succession.

Not bad considering all the US big-hitters up for awards.

3. Michelle Williams won't give up fighting for equal pay

After winning the award for outstanding leading actress in a limited series or movie for her role in Fosse/Verdon, Michelle Williams made the most of her time on stage to call for gender pay equality.

Williams was infamously the victim of one of Hollywood's most notorious instances of unequal pay, when she was asked to reshoot parts of 2017 thriller All The Money In The World.

The 39-year-old was paid $1,000 (£804) for the work - quite a bit less than co-star Mark Wahlberg, who picked up $1.5m (£1.2m). When the reports emerged, the actor donated his pay to the Time's Up movement.

In her speech, Williams said: "The next time a woman, and especially a woman of colour, because she stands to make 52 cents on the dollar compared to her white male counterparts, tells you what she needs in order to do her job, listen to her, believe her.

"Because one day she might stand in front of you and say thank you for allowing her to succeed because of her workplace environment - and not in spite of it."

The speech was applauded not only in the room, but on social media too. "Michelle Williams just took us to the church of women's equality," wrote actress Kerry Washington on Twitter.

4. Billy Porter becomes first openly gay man to win best actor in a drama award

Wearing a huge, lopsided cowboy hat and a sparkling suit, Porter was the star of the Emmys before it had even begun.

The 50-year-old is always a red carpet hit, but this time round he has once again added to his fashion credentials with an award for his acting.

When his name was called out as the winner of outstanding lead actor in a drama, for his portrayal of Pray Tell in Pose, it created a historic Emmys moment - making Porter the first openly gay man to ever take home the prize.

"The category is love, y'all!" he shouted to the audience as he arrived on stage.

He then quoted author James Baldwin. "It took many years of vomiting up the filth I was taught about myself and halfway believed before I could walk around this Earth like I had a right to be here," he said. "I have the right. You have the right. We all have the right!"

5. Patricia Arquette pays tribute to her transgender sister

Another big speech came from Patricia Arquette, who spoke about still being in mourning over the death of her sister, Alexis Arquette.

Alexis, who was transgender, was 47 when she died of a heart attack in 2016, after battling HIV.

Accepting her supporting actress award for The Act, Arquette said: "I'm so sad that I lost my sister Alexis, and that trans people are still being persecuted.

"Let's get rid of this bias that we have everywhere. They're human beings and let's give them jobs."

In the audience, transgender actress and activist Laverne Cox was among those to give Arquette a standing ovation.

6. Game Of Thrones says goodbye on a high

Following mixed reviews (and a petition) for its final series earlier this year, Game Of Thrones stuck two fingers up to the critics with a record-breaking 32 nominations for this year's Emmys.

In the end, it only went home with two of the main prizes - but this included the biggie, for outstanding drama series. Stars Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke (pictured with co-star Sophie Turner and award presenter Michael Douglas on stage) missed out on the gongs for best actor and actress, but best supporting actor in a drama did go to Peter Dinklage, for his portrayal of Machiavellian dwarf Tyrion Lannister.

The show's win - its fourth for best drama, in eight series - means it goes out on a high.

Plus, fans got to see the cast reunited on stage once again.

Alfie Allen, who played Theon Greyjoy, added: "It's an honour for us all to be here tonight."

7. The 'exonerated five' see their story win on stage

When They See Us is a Netflix series telling the true story of a group of black and Latino teenagers wrongly prosecuted for a rape and assault in New York's Central Park in 1989.

Now known as the "exonerated five", the men were in the audience as actor Jharrel Jerome won his Emmy for lead actor in a limited series or movie.

On stage, Jerome, 21, said he felt like he "should just be back home in the Bronx right now chilling, waiting for my mom's cooking or something"… but instead, "I'm here in front of my inspirations".

He thanked director Ava DuVernay and his "beautiful mother", who cheered him on from the audience, as well as "the men we know as the exonerated five".

All five - Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise, the man Jerome played on screen - stood up and cheered from their seats.

8. Pink and red ruled the purple carpet

From Porter's striking look to Gwendoline Christie's seemingly Jesus-inspired gown and even a Photoshop-your-own-outfit green suit, there were plenty of talking points from the Emmys purple carpet.

However, it was the specific colour pairing of pink and red which made for the night's biggest trend.

Mandy Moore, Taraji P Henson, Marisa Tomei (pictured), Zoe Kazan and Susan Kelechi Watson all opted for the stand-out colour clash.

9. Host Homer

Homer Simpson is celebrating 30 years of The Simpsons - and he very nearly got to do that as host of this year's hostless Emmys.

Resplendent in a tux as he took to the stage in LA, everyone's favourite cartoon dad said it had been his "impossible dream" - but was swiftly cut off by an animated grand piano smashing down on top of him.

Anthony Anderson of Black-ish then took over, frantically staging a search for the right person to present a montage on the power of television.

It fell to Bryan Cranston to do the honours for the opening skit.

See our list of the main Emmys 2019 winners here.