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NEW YORK – Powerful is a euphemism.

The stars gathered Friday to pay tribute to some of the most influential women in the entertainment industry at Variety's Power of Women event, including model Gigi Hadid, actresses Taraji P. Henson and Bette Midler, Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter, Kacey Musgraves and journalist Christiane Amanpour.

Host Michelle Wolf, whose speech given in 2018 by the White House Correspondents Association earned her her name, recounted her jokes during her opening monologue.

L & # 39; s done The women were honored for their careers and philanthropic work at the luncheon at Cirpriani Midtown, with speeches ranging from rampage to tears to laughter that provoked standing ovations from the audience.

We have collected the greatest moments of the event featuring the "power of women".

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Michelle Wolf skewers, well, everyone

Wolf did not hold on, roasting everyone and everything from President Donald Trump to CNN.stars become accused Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman (as for the correspondents dinner, not all his jokes have landed with the crowd).

"Nothing says that women are not there yet if we do not have anything to do in the middle of a day's work." He jokingly said, "Maybe next year, the event could take the form of a dinner? "Oh Friday at noon? of course, free as a bird! Assuming we do not do anything right in the middle of a day's work? Who do they think we are – the president? "

Throughout her opening monologue, she mocked actresses Loughlin and Huffman, accused of cheating and confessed to college.

"I'm organizing this event because I deserved it – thanks to a $ 100,000 bribe that allowed me to get a scholarship." Sports for the Variety team, "Wolf said.

When she heard about their arrests, "I was a little proud.It's nice to have women who run programs that involve enough money to attract the money." The attention of the FBI – it's the power. "

Wolf thanked CNN chief Jeff Zucker for his presence and said, "Nothing says that women's power looks like a man."

Taraji P. Henson and Gigi Hadid tear themselves up during emotional speeches

Hadid and Henson delivered a powerful speech in the audience.

Hadid, honored for her work with UNICEF, is strangled by telling her first trip to a refugee camp housing the Rohingya people, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group fleeing persecution in Myanmar, with the organization rescue.

Hadid explained what some of the women and girls encountered in the Rohingya camp wanted to accomplish in life: "Even in limbo, these women and girls had such a desire to do more, to be more and more educate themselves to improve their lives. "

"At the end of the trip, I went home and they were still there," said Hadid.

Henson told stories of powerful women in real life that she played in movies and reminded the audience that despite the adversity and unimaginable hardships, these women continued.

She was honored for her work with the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, in honor of her father, and spoke of the foundation's mission: "Our vision is to eliminate health stigma. mental in the black community by breaking the silence and cycle of shame. We have been taught to keep our problems at hand for fear of being labeled and demonized as weak or inadequate. "

She cried telling the suicide rates among black children, calling the state of mental health in black communities "a national crisis".

"My father is one of the reasons I founded this foundation: my son, my neighbor and my friends, my community, our children are the reason I keep moving forward," she said.

Bette Midler sings on the showbiz, likes the environment

Let Midler show up singing and dancing.

The veteran actress was introduced by Julianne Moore receive her honor for environmental work with her New York Restoration Project.

Midler began by singing an excerpt from "There is no business to the case" and then revealed what she loved about it.

"Nowadays, everyone calls our job" the industry. "I call it" the company "or" the company, "because I'm an old school," Midler said. "I've always been fascinated by quarrels, fights, successes, failures, dissents, slights … Despite what the song says, as we all understand, not everything is attractive."

Award winner Bette Midler attends Variety's Power of Women: New York event presented by Lifetime at Cipriani 42nd Street on Friday, April 5, 2019 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini / Invision / AP) ORG XMIT: NYEA134 (Photo: Evan Agostini, Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)

Henson and Hadid were not the only ones to move. Midler also had tears in his eyes when he talked about the environment.

"I refused to accept the status quo and ignore what was clearly unfair," Midler said. "And for me, it's an accountability.

"I've always picked up garbage. I was born in Hawaii, while it was a virgin territory, and it was considered a sin to soil the land with one eraser at a time, "said Midler jokingly that she was became "Marie Kondo" when she moved to New York. Because we make no mistake, I love nature despite what she did to me.

Gayle King talks about the interview with R. Kelly, Kacey Musgraves has enough

King spoke more about his interview with R. Kelly.

"I think that's part of the reason why R. Kelly is so upset and angry at me and the circumstances of the day [is because] I think he's feeling the walls are closing, we'll see, "King said following the speech of three of R. Kelly's accusers, Lisa Van Allen, Kitty Jones and Asante McGee.

But the real reason why King came on stage to present Musgraves, who has been honored for his work with the Grammy Museum for the purpose of promoting music education.

CBS co-host This Morning praised the country's Grammy-winning country singer, even claiming that Musgraves' "girl" was signaling King about lipstick on his teeth before King went up on stage.

"I fell in love with Kacey's music in 2013," said King. "I'm not late for Kacey Musgraves' party!"

And King proved that she was a big fan of Musgraves by writing lyrics from each of Musgraves' studio albums.

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