Ellen, Gwen and Suzanne pose for the camera at Ellen's 50th birthday party.
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Ellen DeGeneres received her fourth straight Daytime Emmy.
DeGeneres picked up the honor during the 35th annual Daytime Emmy ceremony at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres and cooking-lifestyle guru Rachael Ray shared the Daytime Emmy spotlight as they split television's top two awards for entertainment talks shows.
Veteran "General Hospital" star Anthony Geary, who plays the popular Luke Spencer character, won his sixth trophy as best lead actor. "General Hospital" was named best daytime drama series for a record 10th year.
Although her program lost out to Ray, DeGeneres pulled off a triumph for a fourth straight year as best talk show host. In doing so, she prevailed again over the co-hosting ensemble of "The View," led by creator-producer Barbara Walters and newly installed moderator Whoopi Goldberg.
Regis Philbin, received a lifetime achievement award recognizing his 47 years in the business.
"I never take this for granted," DeGeneres, 50, said taking the stage to accept the prize. "This has been a crazy year and ... we've done a lot of crying and a lot of laughing, and I cried all by myself and then people laughed."
Last October DeGeneres cried on air show as she recounted how an animal rescue group took back a puppy she had adopted because she had given the dog, Iggy, to a friend without first notifying the agency.
Another moment Friday night came as Jennifer Landon, 24, the daughter of the late TV star Michael Landon ("Bonanza," "Little House on the Prairie") saluted her father in French as she accepted her third consecutive award as best younger actress for her role on "As the World Turns."
"It was a little salute to my pops: 'For you always, I love you,"' she said backstage when asked for a rough translation.
