People's Choice Awards 2017: Blake Lively's message, Sofia Vergara's date, Johnny Depp's return and more highlights

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Hands off Blake's husband! Blake Lively took home the award for best dramatic actress for her role in The Shallows. Ryan Reynolds' wife praised fans for voting for "girl power," while also sending a message to her husband's admirers. "When you guys voted for this, you didn't just vote for this movie or me but you voted for girl power. And so thank you! Thank for you—it's true! And men voted for girl power, too, and you guys are awesome for doing that," she said. "So thank you guys and thank you to my husband who's everything to me. You can't have him, he's mine! Thank you!" Photo: Lester Cohen/WireImage

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Sofia Vergara's dashing date The Modern Family star was accompanied to the award show by her handsome 24-year-old son Manolo Gonzalez Vergara. Photo: Instagram/sofiavergara

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Johnny Depp thanks fans for 'standing by him' Days after finalizing his divorce from wife Amber Heard, the Pirates star made an appearance at the award show, where he collected the Favorite Movie Icon award. In his speech, the actor said, “I came here for one reason tonight and one reason only. I came here for you, the people, who through whatever good times or bad, you know, have stood by me, trusted me. Thank you.” Johnny added, “You’ve very, very graciously invited me here tonight. I appreciate that very much – you have no idea how much I appreciate it.” Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for People's Choice Awards

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Justin Timberlake couldn't stop mingling with A-listers No denying the Can't Stop the Feeling singer was the Prom King at the award show. Justin made his rounds posing with a slew of stars including Tom Hanks, Kevin Hart, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Blake Lively and Ellen DeGeneres. Photos: Getty Images

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Fifth Harmony performs for the first time as a foursome The all-girl group — Dinah Jane, Normani Kordei, Ally Brooke Hernandez and Lauren Jauregui — hit the stage at the 2017 award show to perform their hit Work from Home, which marked their first performance without former member Camila Cabello. Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for People's Choice Awards

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Blake's shoutout to Gwen After winning Favorite Country Male Singer and Favorite Album, Blake Shelton thanked his girlfriend, saying, "Thank you to the hottest date here tonight, Gwen Stefani." Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage

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Ellen DeGeneres makes history The daytime talk show host won her record-breaking 20th People's Choice Award. "This is amazing. Seventeen, I get. Eighteen, sure. Nineteen, I can see that. But 20 is outrageous," she said in her acceptance speech. "This is really something that means more to me than [other awards] because it comes from the people. You are the people who are responsible for me being up here." Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for People's Choice Awards

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Jennifer Lopez wins her first People's Choice Award The Shades of Blue actress was overcome by emotion claiming her first PCA trophy. "My heart is beating fast. I want to say thank you to the people! Gracias! Oh my god, I love you!" she said. "I'm shaking a little bit, I didn't expect this. I'm so lucky to be playing such a strong female character as Harlee every week on Shades of Blue." "This was a passion project for me as a producer and as an actress, and I just want to say thank you so much for loving the show, for watching the show," she continued. "And to my two favorite people, Max and Emme, my twins: Everything that I do is for you. I love you so much. Thank you so much everybody, I really appreciate this. Thank you." Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage