Zach Galifianakis topped the sprawling 2011 Webby Awards field on Tuesday, winning four awards, while Justin Bieber took the People's Voice award for best comedy video at the 15th annual competition.
Galifianakis was honored for his hysterical mock-interview Web series "Between Two Ferns," snagging Webbys for best Web personality/host, best comedy short and best online variety show.
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Funny Or Die — where "Between Two Ferns" is produced — won eight Webbys, the most for any single website. Other multiple winners included Google Creative Labs (5), Discovery Communications (4), the New York Times (3), TED.com (3), ESPN (3) and AOL (3).
Conan O'Brien's "Team Coco" won the Webby for best fansite, while Twitter — not surprisingly — won the community Webby.
Some highlights:
Celebrity Webby Winners
Lisa Kudrow’s “Web Therapy,” (Best Comedy: Long Form, and Best Individual Performance in an Online Video)
Adrian Grenier’s Shft.com (Webby Award and People’s Voice Award)
Arcade Fire’s “The Wilderness Downtown,” (Webby and People’s Voice Award for Best Experimental & Weird Video)
Conan O’Brien‘s “Team Coco,” (Webby Award and People’s Voice or Best Celebrity/Fan website)
Zach Galifianakis’ “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis,” (Webby Award for Web Personality/Host , Webby Award and People’s Voice Award for Best Online Variety Show, Webby Award and People’s Voice Award for Best Comedy Individual Short or Episode featuring Steve Carell)
Will Ferrell, Jim Carrey, Dana Carvey, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph, Darrell Hammond’s “Funny or Die’s Presidential Reunion” (directed by Ron Howard), (People’s Voice Award for Best Comedy: Long Form or Series)
Snoop Dogg and LL Cool J’s “Snoop Dogg vs. LL Cool J: The Ultimate Halo Smack Down,” (People’s Voice Award for Best Branded Entertainment)
Jim Carrey’s “Funny or Die’s Presidential Reunion,” (People’s Voice Award for Best Individual Performance in an Online Video)
Other winners:
Activism
REDU (Webby Award)
Avaaz (People’s Voice Award)
Best Practices
Dropbox (Webby Award)
Skype (People’s Voice Award)
Best Web Personality/Host
Funny or Die’s Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifinakis (Webbys Award)
Justine Ezarik for iJustine (People’s Voice Award)
Celebrity/Fan
Team Coco (Webby Award and People’s Voice Award)
Community
OpenIDEO (Webby Award)
Twitter (People’s Voice Award)
Entertainment – Tablets and Other Devices
PBS for iPad (Webby Award)
MythBusters App (People’s Voice Award)
Green
SHFT.com (Webby Award)
Humor
Funny Or Die (Webby Award)
College Humor (People’s Voice Award)
Individual Performance
Web Therapy (Webby Award)
Funny Or Die's Presidential Reunion – Jim Carrey as President Reagan (People’s Voice Award)
Magazine
New Yorker (Webby Award)
National Geographic Magazine (People’s Voice Award)
Personal Blog/Website
What I Made (Webby Award)
Travel – Mobile & Applications
TripIt (Webby Award)
KAYAK Mobile for iPhone (People’s Voice Award)
Television
Boardwalk Empire – Interactive Boardwalk (Webby Award)
Hulu (People’s Voice Award)
Video Remixes/Mashups
CNN Walk Around the World (Webby Award)
Girls Are Bad At Sound Effects (People’s Voice Award)
Viral Video
Rated Awesome (Webby Award)
Bed Intruder Song (People’s Voice Award)
Web Service and Application
Dropbox (Webby Award)
Weird
Awkward Family Photos (Webby Award)