You might have noticed that award season was a little different this year. Instead of the focus on the films, shows and the performances, the centre of attention was firmly on the #MeToo movement, industry sexism and female empowerment.
Hollywood might be combating sexism, but it definitely isn’t stopping calculation any time soon.
I’m told many public relations firms and entertainment industry agents were said to admire the way Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon handled the situation and felt that the way they delivered their award speeches was the perfect balance of graceful and meaningful without ever falling into preachy or entitled territory.
Apparently nominated clients were instructed to “follow Nicole and Reese’s lead” and the vast majority listened with the exception of this one A list actress, who may or may not have won the big one.
So, tell me, Gossipers:
Who is the one that didn’t listen?
Who are ones that did?
This is so weird LOL
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We have had blinds about rape, abortion and murder, and this is weird?
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Mother of Six should never go to CDAN if she thinks this is as weird as it can get.
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She probably likes her blinds with an element of truth and not just full of shit rhetoric and grudges like Enty.
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Perfect description.
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I like Gary oldmans speech
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#MeToo
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Best one of the night. Wish he’d gone a bit Working Class on them. That would have been funny.
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Sam Rockwell gave a great speech too. It really was the night of actors that had deserved to win for years and finally got it….
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I’m glad people didn’t follow Reese and Nicole THIS closely.
http://people.com/tv/reese-witherspoon-first-emmys-win-statuette/
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I want to think they secretly hate each other and we are witnessing the modern Joan and Bette.
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Can we have one genuine friendship between Hollywood women?
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Fuck no.
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This never fails to crack me up.
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I think what makes it so funny is that Reese probably has no idea what’s happening…
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Frances McDormand. Worst speech ever. Tops Marlon Brando’s Native American substitute.
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Didn’t find it funny or interesting at all. Just bizarre. Wish someone else had won.
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She’s nuttier than squirrel shit and her kid looks like a spic gangster.
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He’s adopted, right? I don’t understand how that could come from Frances McDormand and Joel Coen.
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According to Wikipedia, Joel and Frances adopted a son, Pedro, from Paraguay in 1995.
Watch Kate McKinnon’s hilarious impression of Frances on SNL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mkaNQYrgv8
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Holy fuck. I’m laughing my ass off at this shit. When did SNL get funny again?
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Bloody love me some Kate McKinnon and I very rarely like American comedians!!
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Yes, he is adopted. I think from South America
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Nothing will ever beat Vanessa Redgrave calling the audience “Zionist hooligans” and getting booed off the stage…
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Fucking shot at the Jews in front of a sea of Jews. Dumb ass. That’s why her career is done.
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It’s the only clip of the Oscars that I watch and cringe at every single time. So uncomfortable.
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I don’t think this is Frances McDormand because she definitely borrowed from Nicole and Reese during her speech. She mentioned the need for financing, which is what Nicole did in the Emmy Awards speech.
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Definitely think that part of the blind is proven correct by that. It was jarring and definitely not just a coincidence…
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Should I have watched the Oscars? We went out for gyros.
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No, dear. A bore fest from start to finish and I say that as someone who suffered through every tedious minute of that overlong pulp.
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And didn’t invite me???
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We called, you didn’t pick up. I said FatJen would love some gyros and grilled cheese. On a night when half of Hollywood had to be sewn into their dresses, I was 85% lamb meat and halloumi.
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I was also interested in some unmeltable cheese…
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Wish I took a page out of your playbook. Wouldn’t have wasted hours on end.
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