Black and gold for Globes
THE usual Golden Globes glamour and spectacle will be usurped by Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and Hollywood’s other elite actresses when they mount a campaign against sexual abuse and harassment at the award ceremony.
The actresses are expected to wear black gowns on Monday (Australian time) in response to scandals involving super producer Harvey Weinstein and numerous other high profile men.
“I think it is so important right now we are all together and we are helping each other, can make change happen and make this a safe world for all of us,” Kidman said ahead of the Globes ceremony at the Beverly Hilton hotel. Kidman and Robbie are strong chances to win Globes, providing a huge platform to address harassment in their acceptance speeches.
Kidman is expected to repeat last year’s double Emmy win with two Globes for starring in and producing the TV mini-series, Big Little Lies. The Sydney-raised actress played a physically, sexually and psychologically abused mother in the series.
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the comedy/musical actress category. Saorise Ronan ( Lady Bird) is considered Robbie’s biggest threat.
A win for Robbie will boost her chances of snaring an Academy Award nomination later this month, while avoiding Oscar frontrunners in the Globes’ talent packed drama actress category.
Robbie could also score a double win as a producer for I, Tonya.
The Globes offer a similar Oscar boost opportunity for Hugh Jackman with his Globe nomination in the comedy/ musical actor category for playing PT Barnum in The Greatest Showman.
Australian Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush is also nominated for a Globe for best actor in a limited TV series for playing Albert Einstein in Genius. Perth 21-year-old Katherine Langford’s star continues to rise with her nomination for best performance by an actress in a TV series for the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.