Macaulay Culkin, Annie Murphy and Dan Levy delivered a poignant tribute to their late Home Alone and Schitt's Creek co-star Catherine O'Hara. Culkin remembered her as "our mom", and "like a good mom, she always showed up when I asked her to". Referring to the plot of the Home Alone films, he joked: "She may have forgotten me... twice!
But we will always remember her." Noah Kahan then performed Bridge Over Troubled Water during the in memoriam segment, before Jamie Lee Curtis paid an emotional tribute to actor and director Rob Reiner. Heroes and Nashville star Hayden Panettiere, who died last month, was also remembered alongside other stars including Rocky Horror Show's Tim Curry and Dawson's Creek actor James Van Der Beek. Emmy winner O'Hara, who died in January this year aged 71, was known for playing Culkin's frantic mother in the 1990s film franchise, as well as the eccentric Moira Rose - mum to Murphy and Levy's Alexis and Dan - in Schitt's Creek.
"You remember her as the forgetful mother, right?" said Culkin. "There are all kinds of words I could use to describe Catherine. She was funny, but the word that I think of is mom...
"So she may have forgotten me twice. But we will always remember her." Murphy noted how, since her death, many people had quoted O'Hara's most memorable lines from her show back at her. "These are only very few of the interactions I've been lucky enough to have that remind me how profoundly Catherine has impacted the world, and it's because she brought us joy," Murphy said.
Levy added: "Always say yes to any opportunity to revel in the presence of greatness." The emotional moment, which featured a big image of a smiling O'Hara as the backdrop, appeared to bring actors Martin Short and Steve Martin, sitting in the audience, to tears. Reiner, who died last December, received a posthumous Emmy last week for his guest appearance in The Bear. Reiner was killed along with his wife last year.
A tearful Jamie Lee Curtis paid tribute to the director, writer and performer, who made films such as When Harry Met Sally, This is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, Misery and A Few Good Men, calling him a "cherished legend" and "our beloved meathead". The 48-year gap between Reiner's two most recent Emmy wins set a new record, beating his Dad, Carl Reiner. Curtis began her speech by first acknowledging the passing of Cheers co-creator James Burrows, who was also a good friend of Reiner's.
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