Until Frances McDormand took the stage to accept her Oscar in the ceremony’s final minutes, the show featured a parade of good-looking, extravagantly dressed celebrities paying important lip service to equality and inclusion in Hollywood.
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WTF, someone briefly stole Frances McDormand’s Oscar
After Frances McDormand’s stirring Best Actress acceptance speech, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone at the Oscars who begrudged the Three Billboards star a justified win for her film. However, a New York Times reporter tweeted later in the evenin…
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Alicia Vikander has praised Frances McDormand’s Oscar acceptance speech and described the ways in which Time’s Up has impacted her own career.
Speaking to Mashable live on Facebook on Monday, Vikander — who is starring in the upcoming adaptation of Tomb Raider — talked about the effect the campaign is having on people in the industry.
“I was there with Time’s Up presenting at the Golden Globes and I found myself, in the weeks leading up to that, in more discussions and more phonecalls with actresses, writers, directors — females that I have, sadly, just kind of been pushed far away from in the industry,” said Vikander. Read more…
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Alicia Vikander has praised Frances McDormand’s Oscar acceptance speech and described the ways in which Time’s Up has impacted her own career.
Speaking to Mashable live on Facebook on Monday, Vikander — who is starring in the upcoming adaptation of Tomb Raider — talked about the effect the campaign is having on people in the industry.
“I was there with Time’s Up presenting at the Golden Globes and I found myself, in the weeks leading up to that, in more discussions and more phonecalls with actresses, writers, directors — females that I have, sadly, just kind of been pushed far away from in the industry,” said Vikander. Read more…
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View More Alicia Vikander reacts to Time’s Up and Frances McDormand’s Oscars acceptance speechThe ‘Best Actress’ losing nominees hugging it out might be the sweetest moment from this year’s Oscars
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Frances McDormand stole the show with her incredible speech, then the other nominees showed solidarity too.
Following McDormand’s Oscar win for Best Actress and delivering a galvanizing speech about equality in Hollywood, the losing nominees looked far from downcast.
Saorise Ronan, Meryl Streep, Margot Robbie, and Sally Hawkins shared an enormous bear hug.
the best actress losers embracing is the energy I’m taking away from tonight pic.twitter.com/r5oLqn6IGU
— hattie (@hattiesoykan) March 5, 2018
Timothée Chalamet instagramming all the Best Actress nominees having a group hug is the Oscars #content we need and deserve pic.twitter.com/MBwC3WJDuL
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In Frances McDormand’s impassioned Oscars acceptance speech for Best Actress, she plead with film industry heavyweights in the room to pay attention to the women around them — whose stories need telling and financing.
“Don’t talk to us at the parties tonight, invite us into your office or we’ll come to yours; whatever suits you best. We’ll tell you all about them,” the Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri star said.
Yet there were two words at the conclusion of her speech which puzzled much of the room and the public alike: “Inclusion rider.” So, what is it? Read more…
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Famously hangry U.S. snowboarder Chloe Kim is reeling after a shoutout from Frances McDormand at this year’s Oscars.
The 17-year-old gold medallist was singled out by the Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri star during her Best Actress acceptance speech.
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“I think is what Chloe Kim must have felt like after doing back-to-back 1080s in the Olympic half-pipe,” said McDormand, accepting her Academy Award.
At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Kim landed two 1080s in the women’s snowboard halfpipe to win her first Olympic gold medal on Feb. 13. Read more…
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Frances McDormand wins Oscar for best actress, honors all women in film in ultra-powerful moment
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“If I fall over pick me up, because I’ve got some things to say,” Frances McDormand began in her acceptance speech for Best Actress at the Oscars.
It’s been a simultaneously traumatic and empowering year for women in film. And McDormand didn’t shy away from addressing the current climate in Hollywood — both in her prescient performance, and on the night of her big win itself.
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She put down her coveted trophy for “perspective,” she said, opening up her arms to the audience and asking, “If I may be so honored: Can I have all the female nominees stand up with me?” Read more…
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