GOLDEN MOMENT
THE Golden Globes went black to shine a bright light on abuse and harassment and it was Nicole Kidman who led the way with an emotional acceptance speech honouring her mother.
The Australian actress, dressed in a black gown, won the first award of the night at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday for her role as a physically, sexually and psychologically abused wife in the TV miniseries Big Little Lies.
Kidman backed the win up soon after with a second Globe for producing Big Little Lies.
The significance of the wins were magnified with the Globes transforming into a platform for Time’s Up, a movement exploding in the aftermath of scandals involving Harvey Weinstein and numerous other powerful Hollywood men.
“My mumma was an advocate for the women’s movement when I was growing up and because of her I’m standing here,” Kidman told the Alist crowd.
“My achievements are her achievements and Antonia Kidman, my sister and I say thank you Janelle Kidman for what you fought for so hard.”
Kidman also gave a loving tribute to husband Keith Urban.
“When my cheek is against yours, everything melts away and that is love,” she said.
A sea of black first swamped the usually vibrant Globes red carpet and then it entered the Beverly Hilton ballroom, with Kidman and other invitees wearing black gowns and suits to support Time’s Up.
The Time’s Up campaign is designed to support all women and men silenced by abuse, harassment and discrimination not only in Hollywood but across the world.
“The time is up,” Oprah Winfrey proclaimed when she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award for outstanding contributions to the entertainment world.
Kidman, Adelaide’s Bruna Papandrea and Reese Witherspoon, as producers of Big Little Lies, claimed Globes when it won best limited series or TV movie.
The big winner was Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, a film about a mother who purchases billboards to bring attention to authorities’ failure to solve her daughter’s murder.
Three Billboards’ star Frances McDormand also won best actress in a drama and writer/director Martin McDonagh won the screenplay Globe.
Lady Bird took best musical or comedy film Globe.
Lady Bird’s star Saoirse Ronan also collected best actress in a musical or comedy.
The Shape of Water’s Guillermo del Toro won the directing Globe.