OPRAH FOR PREZ? FANS MAKE THE CASE
SETH MEYERS Globes red carpet turns black as stars support #TimesUp new day finally dawns, OPRAH WINFREY
It’s 2018, marijuana is finally allowed and sexual harassment finally isn’t. It's going to be a good year — gender disparity and abuse and almost all of Hollywood — both women and men — turned up in black at the red carpet to show their support.
McDormand, 60, addressed the Time’s Up movement in her acceptance speech, saying, “Some of you may know, I keep my politics private, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women — 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 — but it was really great to be in this room tonight and to be part of a tectonic shift in our industry's power structure.”
Winfrey, 63, the first African-American woman to be honoured with the annual Cecil B DeMille Award, used her time on stage to deliver a powerful speech about inclusion. And when that
Winfrey, who received a standing ovation twice in her eight-minute speech, said women have not been heard or believed for speaking truth to power but that has to change.
“Speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have,” Oprah said. “For too long, women have Los Angeles, Jan 8: Oprah Winfrey’s moving speech at the Golden Globes has some fans and fellow celebrities calling for her presidential run.
The actress accepted the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award at Sunday's ceremony, and it didn’t take long for Twitter to start lighting up with the hashtag #Oprah2020.
Comedian Sarah Silverman tweeted “Oprah/Michelle 2020.” Leslie Odom, Jr., who played Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical “Hamilton” tweeted “She's running. A new day is on the way.”
— Agencies not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to the power of those men. But their time is up,” she added, earning a standing ovation.
“I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon,” she added. — Agencies Los Angeles, Jan. 8: Indian-origin star Aziz Ansari became the first man of Asian descent to bag the trophy in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Musical/Comedy category for his role in “The Master Of None”.
It is also the first ever Golden Globe win for the 34-year-old actor.
“I genuinely did not think I would win as all the websites said I was gonna lose. Also, I am glad that we won this one. To lose two of these in a row would have been a really sh***y moment for me. But this is nice. The only reason my acting is good on the show is because everyone holds me up,” Ansari said in his acceptance speech.
“I want to thank Italy for all the amazing food we ate on season two,” he joked. The actor also thanked his parents for their support.
Ansari is a co-creator of the Netflix series which focuses on his character, Dev, as he navigates relationships and his growing television career. The show’s second season expanded to tell the backstories of some of Dev's friends, including an episode that focused on the life of ordinary New Yorkers and another that explored the coming out story of a lesbian character played by Lena Waithe.
Ansari was nominated in the same category for the Netflix show The Master of None in 2016.