Golden Globe stars declare ‘Time’s Up’

The Golden Globes red carpet was a sea of black dresses and tuxedos as activists for racial and gender equality joined actors and filmmakers for the annual ceremony.

The usually glitzy affair took a more sombre tone as stars rejected brightly coloured gowns and jewels in favour of all-black outfits to stand in solidarity with victims of sexual abuse.

Many guests at the ceremony wore badges emblazoned with the words Time’s Up, the campaign backed by scores of Hollywood heavyweights, to end gender discrimination across all industries.

Among those wearing the badges were British winners Gary Oldman, pictured, and Ewan McGregor, nominee Daniel Kaluuya and guests Justin Timberlake and Hugh Grant.

Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, Michelle Williams and Emma Watson were among the actresses who were joined by activists on the red carpet.

Williams was accompanied by Tarana Burke, the founder of the Me Too movement, while Streep walked the red carpet with Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

Dern was just one of the actresses who gave impassioned speeches about equality at the ceremony.

Collecting the prize for best supporting actress in a limited series for Big Little Lies, she said: “Many of us were taught not to tattle. It was a culture of silencing and that was normalised.

“I urge all of us to not only support survivors and bystanders who are brave enough to tell their truth, but to promote restorative justice.

“May we also please protect and employ them.”

Her co-star Nicole Kidman, who played a domestic violence survivor on the series, told the room: “This character that I played represents something that is the centre of our conversation right now — abuse.

“I do believe, and I hope, we can elicit change through the stories we tell and the way we tell them.”

Reese Witherspoon, who starred alongside Kidman and Dern in the series, and also served as its producer, collected the prize for best TV movie or limited series, saying: “People out there that are feeling silenced by harassment, discrimination, abuse — time’s up. We see you, we hear you, and we will tell your stories.”

Back, from left: Tarana Burke, Michelle Williams, America Ferrera, Jessica Chastain, Amy Poehler, Meryl Streep, and Kerry Washington. Front, Natalie Portman, Ai-jen Poo, and activist Saru Jayaraman at the Post-Golden Globes Party at The Beverly Hilton...