Hollywood actors and actresses celebrated the #MeToo movement and demanded gender and racial justice at Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards. Many attendees answered the call to wear black and wore pins that read “Time’s Up!” Among the night’s top winners was the film “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” about a mother avenging the rape and murder of her daughter. The film won best picture drama, best supporting actor, best screenplay and best actress in a motion picture drama. Actor Sterling K. Brown made history on Sunday night by becoming the first African-American man to win a Golden Globe for best actor in a TV series drama for his role in “This Is Us.” Comedian Aziz Ansari also made history by becoming the first Asian-American man to win for best lead performance in a TV comedy. Oprah Winfrey became the first African-American woman to win the Golden Globe lifetime achievement award. During the ceremony, Golden Globes host Seth Meyers joked with Oprah, suggesting she should run for president. The joke, and Oprah’s powerful acceptance speech, fueled a wave of speculation and enthusiasm about a possible 2020 bid by the actress. In response, Oprah’s longtime partner Stedman Graham said, “It’s up to the people. She would absolutely do it.” After headlines, we’ll hear Oprah Winfrey’s powerful lifetime achievement award acceptance speech, and we’ll speak with Puerto Rican activist and journalist Rosa Clemente and labor organizer Saru Jayaraman, two of the social justice activists who attended the Golden Globes this year at the invitation of Hollywood actresses.
Time’s Up!: Hollywood Actresses Demand Gender and Racial Justice at Golden Globes
HeadlineJan 08, 2018