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Natalie Portman Heroically Announces "All-Male" Nominees at the Golden Globes
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear elegant black dresses.
Last night at the Golden Globes, Oprah delivered the incredible speech that everyone’s talking about. But she wasn’t the only one to catch everyone’s attention.
Natalie Portman, with just a few words, called out hypocrisy and showed that she was not even remotely f–king around. See the epic moment below!
The big chatter leading up to Sunday night’s Golden Globes award show, everyone was talking about the black dresses.
Would every woman be wearing a black dress? Was it a visual sign of solidarity or an empty gesture?
(Hint: since these women are doing a lot more than have a matching color scheme, it’s really not an empty gesture)
People also talked about men wearing black in support … but since men are generally dressed in mostly black for these events anyway, would that be significant in any way?
But once people started showing up on the red carpet, talk swiftly turned away from the omnipresent (and gorgeous) black dresses.
Debra Messing (who remains beloved, even though the Will & Grace revival is kind of a mess) called out E! for allegedly not paying Catt Sadler fairly.
The gender pay gap is serious business, folks, and it exists in so many businesses. Sadler quit E! after more than a decade, upon learning that her male costar was allegedly earning twice her salary.
Messing said this on E!‘s red carpet, while being interviewed by Giuliana Rancic.
Eva Longoria, looking pregnant and gorgeous, also called out E! for their alleged pay gap.
The highlight of this Golden Globes night of zero chill was definitely Oprah’s inspiring, powerful speech.
But Oprah wasn’t the only star speaking out or making headlines and waves from that stage.
Natalie Portman and Ron Howard came up on stage for what seemed like it would be a regular, run-of-the-mill presentation of the Best Director category and the announcement of the winner.
But, as you can see here, Natalie Portman announced the nominees by highlighting the fact that every single nominee was male:
“And here are the all-male nominees.”
Honestly? What a great reminder that Natalie Portman was the best possible choice to play Padme Amidala. Sometimes the character and actor match up.
Anyway, this moment did not go unnoticed.
Shonda Rhimes tweeted: “‘And here are the all male nominees.’ Natalie Portman calls it for what it is.”
Sarah Silverman tweeted: “Oh s–t Portman for the win! ‘And here are the all male nominees’ wheeeeWhoooo!!”
We don’t want to give the impression that the Golden Globes were business as usual. They were not.
Oprah was the first black woman in her category.
Sterling K. Brown made history with his award.
Aziz Ansari made history with his award.
But these are long overdue milestones. These are entire demographics of supremely talented actors who have been shut out for years and are only now receiving the recognition that they deserve.
Kind of like plenty of female directors who, many believe, deserved more recognition for their groundbreaking work in 2017.
Rose McGowan Tears Into Golden Globes, "Fake" Hollywood Activism
The 2018 Golden Globe Awards aired live from Los Angeles on Sunday night.
But talk afterward was less about big wins for Big Little Lies and more about the theme of nearly every speech, not to mention nearly every outfit:
Female empowerment in Hollywood.
As you can see in the photo gallery above, celebrities from all industries walked the red carpet in all-black, coming together to make a statement in support of the #MeToo Movement.
Speech after speech centered on this topic, which has been at the forefront of the entertainment world for months now, ever since producer Harvey Weinstein was exposed as a sexual predator.
There were multiple standing ovations.
There were many tears shed.
There was applause all around for the brave women (and men) who have spoken out against accusers and helped drive terrible people such as Kevin Spacey and Matt Lauer out of a job.
In other words:
This was the sort of night Rose McGowan has been waiting for her entire professional life, right?
The actress came out long ago with accusations of rape against Weinstein and has finally seen these allegations proven right.
So, why didn’t she do a figurative victory dance on Sunday?
Because McGowan doesn’t care about symbolism.
She cares about action.
The star took to Twitter to slam her acting peers in response to the following Tweet from Asia Argento, an actress and singer who also says Weinstein raped her.
“No one should forget that you were the first one who broke the silence,” she wrote to McGown, adding:
“Anyone who tries to diminish your work is a troll and an enemy of the movement. You gave me the courage to speak out. I am on your side until I die.”
Replied McGowan:
“And not one of those fancy people wearing black to honor our rapes would have lifted a finger had it not been so. I have no time for Hollywood fakery, but you I love, .@AsiaArgento #RoseArmy.”
Argento went on to note that neither she nor McGowan were invited to attend the Golden Globes.
This isn’t the first time McGowan has been critical of her fellow celebrities. She is nothing if not passionate and outspoken.
Late last year, for example, McGowan Tweeted about the idea for stars to wear black as a fashion/anti-harassment statement in a series of since-deleted posts.
“Actresses, like Meryl Streep, who happily worked for The Pig Monster, are wearing black @GoldenGlobes in silent protest. YOUR SILENCE is THE problem,” she wrote at the time, adding:
“You’ll accept a fake award breathlessly & affect no real change. I despise your hypocrisy.”
Shortly after McGowan’s comments, Streep told Entertainment Tonight that she was “hurt to be attacked by” McGowan and insisted she knew nothing at all about Weinstein’s bad reputation when it came to women.
“I did not know about Weinstein’s crimes, not in the ‘90s when he attacked her, or through subsequent decades when he proceeded to attack others,” Streep said in response.
“I wasn’t deliberately silent. I didn’t know. I don’t tacitly approve of rape. I didn’t know. I don’t like young women being assaulted. I didn’t know this was happening.”
For the record, and for what it’s worth, Streep attended Sunday night’s ceremony.
She wore a black gown and she took activist/the Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Ai-jen Poo, as her date.
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