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Natalie Portman Just Burned the Golden Globes for Not Having Any Female Directing Nominees


Five people were nominated for Best Director at the 2018 Golden Globes , and they all have something in common: They’re men. Guillermo del Toro, Martin McDonagh, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, and Steven Spielberg were the only directors to score nods this year, leaving out talented filmmakers like Greta Gerwig and Dee Rees, who both helmed two of the most celebrated movies of the year, Lady Bird and Mudbound. It’s a move that angered and upset many—both celebrities and fans. This was a banner year for women in entertainment, so for female directors to be completely snubbed in this category was upsetting, to say the least.

And Natalie Portman called the Globes out for it—on the air. The Annihilation actress presented the award for Best Director tonight, and she made sure to let the room know how she felt…in the most savage way possible. “And here are the all-male nominees,” she said right before listing del Toro, McDonagh, Nolan, Scott, and Spielberg’s names. Check out the moment for yourself, below:

What an A+ (and necessary) burn. Sadly, this isn’t new for the Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press hasn’t given a female director the award in over 25 years, despite so many talented women creating extraordinary work. Saoirse Ronan, who starred in Lady Bird, raved about Gerwig’s directing in a 2017 interview with Glamour.com. “As you would get with a male actor and a male director, or a female actor and a female director, is perspective and understanding,” she said. “They are able to relate to each other in a way that a man wouldn’t be able to, and vice versa.”

Hopefully, Portman’s call-out will make the Hollywood Foreign Press considering giving female directors the shine they deserve next year.

For more of our 2018 Golden Globes coverage, click here.

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Oprah Winfrey Accepts Cecil B. DeMille Award at 2018 Golden Globe Awards With Empowering Speech


During a night full of inspiring moments at the Golden Globes—nearly every star wore black and made statements in support of the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements—Oprah Winfrey stole the show with perhaps the most empowering speech of the night. Winfrey was the first black woman to be given the Cecil B. DeMille Award, which honors “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment,” in its 66-year history.

Before Winfrey accepted the award, her A Wrinkle in Time costar Reese Witherspoon celebrated her many (many) achievements. Besides being a giver of life-changing hugs, which Witherspoon called “the best thing ever,” Winfrey, 63, was nominated for Golden Globe and Academy Awards for her role in 1985’s The Color Purple, won more than a dozen Daytime Emmy and NAACP Image Awards for her long-running talk show, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2013. She’s also donated hundreds of millions of dollars to education-related charities, including her own Oprah’s Angel Network, and the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, the school she opened in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2007.

Read Oprah’s goosebumps-inducing speech—which left many in the audience in tears and received several standing ovations—in full:

“In 1964, I was a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of my mother’s house in Milwaukee watching Anne Bancroft present the Oscar for Best Actor at the 36th Academy Awards. She opened the envelope and said five words that literally made history: “The winner is Sidney Poitier.” Up to the stage came the most elegant man I ever remembered. His tie was white, his skin was black—and he was being celebrated. I’d never seen a black man being celebrated like that. I tried many, many times to explain what a moment like that means to a little girl, a kid watching from the cheap seats, as my mom came through the door, bone tired from cleaning other people’s houses. But all I can do is quote and say that the explanation in Sidney’s performance in Lilies of the Field: ‘Amen, amen. Amen, amen.’ In 1982, Sidney received the Cecil B. DeMille Award right here at the Golden Globes, and it is not lost on me that at this moment, there are some little girls watching as I become the first black woman to be given this same award.

“It is an honor—it is an honor and it is a privilege to share the evening with all of them, and also with the incredible men and women who have inspired me, who challenged me, who sustained me and made my journey to this stage possible. Dennis Swanson who took a chance on me for A.M. Chicago, saw me on the show and said to Steven Spielberg, she’s Sophia in The Color Purple. Gayle, who’s been a friend, and Stedman, who’s been my rock. I want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. We know the press is under siege these days. We also know it’s the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and to injustice. To tyrants and victims, and secrets and lies. I want to say that I value the press more than ever before, as we try to navigate these complicated times, which brings me to this.

“What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have. And I’m especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories. Each of us in this room are celebrated because of the stories that we tell, and this year we became the story. But it’s not just a story affecting the entertainment industry. It’s one that transcends any culture, geography, race, religion, politics, or workplace. So, I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue. They’re the women whose names we’ll never know. They are domestic workers and farm workers. They are working in factories and they work in restaurants and they’re in academia, engineering, medicine, and science. They’re part of the world of tech and politics and business. They’re our athletes in the Olympics and they’re our soldiers in the military.

“There’s someone else: Recy Taylor. A name I know and I think you should know, too. In 1944, Recy Taylor was a young wife and mother walking home from a church service she’d attended in Abbeville, Alabama, when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped, and left blindfolded by the side of the road coming home from church. They threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone, but her story was reported to the NAACP, where a young worker by the name of Rosa Parks became the lead investigator on her case, and together they sought justice. But justice wasn’t an option in the era of Jim Crow. The men who tried to destroy her were never persecuted. Recy Taylor died ten days ago, just shy of her 98th birthday. She lived as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men.

“For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up. Their time is up. And I just hope—I just hope that Recy Taylor died knowing that her truth, like the truth of so many other women who were tormented in those years, and even now tormented, goes marching on. It was somewhere in Rosa Parks’s heart almost 11 years later, when she made the decision to stay seated on that bus in Montgomery, and it’s here with every woman who chooses to say, ‘Me too.’ And every man—every man who chooses to listen. In my career, what I’ve always tried my best to do, whether on television or through film, is to say something about how men and women really behave. To say how we experience shame, how we love and how we rage, how we fail, how we retreat, persevere, and how we overcome. I’ve interviewed and portrayed people who’ve withstood some of the ugliest things life can throw at you, but the one quality all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope for a brighter morning, even during our darkest nights.

“So I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say ‘me too’ again. Thank you.”

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Golden Globes 2018 Recap: All the Moments You Need to Know About


The 2018 Golden Globes ceremony, which aired Sunday night (January 7), was more than just an awards show: It was the start of a movement. On January 1, Reese Witherspoon, America Ferrera, and more than 300 other powerful women in Hollywood launched Time’s Up Now, an action plan aimed at eliminating gender imbalance and sexual harassment in the workplace—across all industries. “The struggle for women to break in, to rise up the ranks, and to simply be heard and acknowledged in male-dominated workplaces must end; time’s up on this impenetrable monopoly,” the organization wrote on its website. So far, Time’s Up has raised more than $15 million in a legal defense fund, which can be accessed by anyone fighting harassment or inequality at work. Keep in mind this organization launched just six days ago—that’s quite a feat.

As is what happened at tonight’s Golden Globes. In a show of solidarity for Time’s Up, dozens of actresses wore all black to the show. Viewers watching at home wore black, too—and so did the people working the actual event, according to E!. This outstanding display of support and sisterhood radiated throughout the evening, which also included powerful speeches by celebrities about the essence of Time’s Up. Here’s everything that went down:

Debra Messing called out E! for not giving Catt Sandler equal pay—while being interviewed on E!

“I was so shocked to hear that E! doesn’t believe in paying their female co-hosts the same as their male co-hosts,” Messing said to Giuliana Rancic on the carpet. Her interview quickly went viral and set the tone for the evening—in the best way possible.

And Eva Longoria did the same thing.

“We stand with Catt,” she said in an interview with Ryan Seacrest, alongside Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman.

Seth Meyers’ opening monologue.

The late-night talk show host, who emceed the evening, held nothing back in his opening speech, referencing Harvey Weinstein, President Donald Trump, the recent wave of sexual harassment accusations, and the projects nominated. “It’s 2018,” he said. “Marijuana is finally allowed, and sexual harassment finally isn’t.” He ended things on a serious note, though: “Everyone in this room worked really hard to get here, but it’s clear the women worked even harder. “

Nicole Kidman’s speech for Best Actress in a Limited TV Series or TV Movie.

It was powerful, of course, and she used the opportunity to talk about Time’s Up. “My mama was an advocate for the women’s movement growing up, and because of her I’m standing here. My achievements are her achievements. This character I play represents the center of our conversation right now: abuse. I do believe we can illicit change… Let’s keep the conversation alive,” she said.

Elisabeth Moss read a Margaret Atwood excerpt during her acceptance speech for Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama.

“This is for all of the women who came before [Atwood] and after [Atwood] who were brave enough to speak up for inequality and injustice,” she said.

Sterling K. Brown praising Dan Fogelman for writing a role specifically for a Black man on This Is Us.

“I’m being seen for who I am … and it makes it that much harder to dismiss me,” he said. He was the first Black actor to win the award at the Golden Globes.

James Franco bringing up Tommy Wiseau during his speech for Best Actor, Musical or Comedy.

Wiseau tried to take the mic. It was instantly iconic.

The end of Laura Dern’s speech for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited Series, or TV Movie.

“I urge all of us to not only support survivors, but to protect and employ them,” she said. “To teach our children that speaking out without fear of retribution is our new North Star.”

Oprah’s speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

It was the highlight of the evening and caused the audience to give her a standing ovation not once, but twice. “I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon,” she said. “And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say ‘Me too’ again.” Read the full speech here.

Big Little Lies winning Best Limited TV Series.

Reese Witherspoon, of course, gave a moving speech. “People out there who are feeling silenced—we see you, we hear you and we will tell your story,” she said.

Lady Bird won Best Picture, Musical or Comedy. (And Saoirse Ronan won Best Actress, Musical or Comedy!)

Completely well-deserved, and so exciting.

Natalie Portman calling out the Globes for not having any female director nominees.

Savage.

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Emma Watson Opened Up About Sexual Harassment at the Golden Globes 2018


Emma Watson said she’s experienced the “full spectrum” of sexual harassment on the 2018 Golden Globes red carpet.

During the 2018 Golden Globes on January 7, Emma Watson opened up about sexual harassment in the entertainment industry. According to Variety, Emma said she’s experienced a range of harassment since she started in the spotlight.

“It’s amazing because I have experienced the full spectrum,” Emma said, after she was asked about whether she’s experienced sexual harassment. “But I think that for me, what is amazing is that my experiences are not unique, the experiences of my friends are not unique, the experiences of my colleagues are not unique. This issue is so systemic, structural. The statistics around, even just in the United Kingdom, women between ages 18 and 24, just huge, huge, huge numbers say that they have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace.”

Emma is right. The Guardian reports a 2016 poll found 63% of women ages 16 to 24 reported experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace. In the United States, Broadly reports a 2016 poll found two-thirds of women ages 18-24 said they’d been sexually harassed at work.

As more and more people speak up about sexual harassment, Emma said collecting so many stories shows just how widespread the issue is.

“You realize if you speak to most women they have an experience, they have a story,” she said. “We’re just uncovering. We’re just scratching the surface of this.”

Emma attended the award show with Marai Larasi, MBE, the executive director of the UK-based Black-feminist network organization Imkaan. Marai has worked toward ending violence against women and girls for more than 20 years. The pair both wore black as part of the #TimesUp initiative, started as a response to the allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Harvey Weinstein, in an effort to change how women in Hollywood and across the globe are treated. Emma, along with acresses like Emma Stone and Shailene Woodley, brought activists and advocates as their guests to this year’s Golden Globes.

This year, in light of the sexual misconduct allegations in Hollywood and other industries Teen Vogue is highlighting the 2018 Golden Globes with an eye for change. Click here to read more about how we’re approaching this year’s award show. You can join the #TimesUp initiative that stands in solidarity with those affected by sexual misconduct here.

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Nicole Kidman's Golden Globes Speech Was All About the 'Power of Women'


On Sunday, Nicole Kidman won a Golden Globes for Best Actress in a Limited Series for her performance in Big Little Lies, and fittingly, her acceptance speech was all about the power of women. While fighting back tears, the actress dedicated the award to her youngest two daughters, Sunny and Faith, before championing the actresses she’d worked with on the series.

“Thank you to HBO, Richard Plepler, for supporting and committing to us. When I say us, I’m talking about Reese Witherspoon and myself,” she said. “We did this because of our friendship, our creative union, and our support of each other. And I love you. Also, I want to say Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Zoë Kravitz, we sat at a table, we pledged allegiance to each other and commitment to each other and this is ours to share. Wow. The power of women.”

After thanking a long list of supporters, Kidman gave an especially powerful tribute to her mother, Janelle Kidman. “My mama was an advocate for the women’s movement when I was growing up, and because of her, I’m standing here,” she said. “My achievements are her achievements. Antonia Kidman, my sister, and I say thank you, Janelle Kidman, for what you fought for so hard.”

The actress continued by alluding to the anti-sexual harassment movement taking place not just in Hollywood, but many other industries as well, that was the topic of conversation on the red carpet Sunday night. In Big Little Lies she played the character of Celeste, who is trapped in an abusive marriage. “This character that I played represents something that is the center of our conversation right now: abuse,” she continued. “I do believe, and I hope, we can elicit change through the stories we tell and the way we tell them. Let’s keep the conversation alive. Let’s do it.”

Kidman concluded her speech with a shout-out to her husband, Keith Urban. “When my cheek is against yours, everything melts away,” she said to him. “And that is love. With that—it’s true. I love you so much. God bless you. Thank you.”

Like her Big Little Lies co-stars, Kidman wore black to attend the 2018 Golden Globes. Many actors and actresses donned black on Sunday in order to raise awareness about sexual harassment and assault, gender and racial inequality, and the #TimesUp movement. Along with her co-stars Zoe Kravitz and Reese Witherspoon, Kidman was one of 300 Hollywood women to sign an open letter introducing the #TimesUp movement, which raises awareness against workplace harassment and provides a legal defense fund for women in all industries.

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Debra Messing Calls Out E! Network for Pay Inequity During the Golden Globes—While on E!


In an uncensored moment on tonight’s live broadcast of the Golden Globes red carpet on E!, actress Debra Messing publicly called out the TV network for the pay disparity that exists between its male and female anchors—citing former E! News host Catt Sadler, who chose to leave the network last month when she learned she made a great deal less than her male co-host Jason Kennedy.

The response from Messing came when she was asked by E! red carpet host Giuliana Rancic why she joined the leagues of other screen actresses who chose to wear black to the awards show. “I’m wearing black to stand in solidarity with my sisters all over the globe, and I’m here to celebrate the rollout of this incredible initiative Time’s Up,” she responded. “Because time is up. We want diversity. We want intersectional gender parity. We want equal pay. I was so shocked to hear that E! doesn’t believe in paying their female cohosts the same as their male cohosts. I miss Catt Sadler. We stand with her. And that’s something that can change tomorrow. You know? We want people to start having this conversation that women are just as valuable as men.”

It should be mentioned that while she was tonight’s host of the E! red carpet, Giuliana was in immediate agreement with Messing’s bold on-air statement, saying, “We have an amazing platform here. There are a lot of big great voices here tonight who can speak on behalf of people around the world who don’t have those voices.”

See the full exchange between Debra Messing and Giuliana Rancic for yourself, below:

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