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Winfrey is the first black woman to earn the Cecil B. DeMille award; she is the 15th women and the fourth black person among the previous 64 winners. The HFPA  announced   in December that Winfrey would receive this year’s award during the  Golden Globe 75th Anniversary Special  on NBC.  he 75th annual Golden Globes, hosted by  Seth Meyers , were presented live on NBC from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on Sunday. “As a global media leader, philanthropist, producer and actress, she has created an unparalleled connection with people around the world, making her one of the most respected and admired figures today,” HFPA President Meher Tatna said at the time of the organization’s decision to recognize the star. “I want all of the girls watching here now to know, that a new day is on the horizon.” @Oprah accepts the 2018 Cecil B. de Mille award. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/hbquC1GBjm — Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) Jan...

Industry insiders are grappling with how to do the red carpet during the #MeToo movement. Following the cultural awakening in Hollywood over sexual harassment and gender inequality, industry insiders are trying to figure out how best to acknowledge the #MeToo movement during awards season in 2018. At the Golden Globes on Jan. 7, actresses, including nominees and presenters, are planning to wear black to  protest gender inequality and to acknowledge the flood of sexual abuse allegations that have rocked Hollywood beginning with Harvey Weinstein. This follows on the heels of the announcement that all the presenters at the Jan. 21 Screen Actors Guild Awards will be female. In a recent meeting at CAA about how to achieve gender equality in the industry (the agency is also taking the 50/50 by 2020 pledge), there was talk of a new protocol for the red carpet, one of the biggest platforms for women in Hollywood. "There was a discussion of crafting some sort of talkin...

When the  Golden Globe nominations  were announced Monday (December 11), one film was glaringly absent from the list:  Girls Trip .  The film—which hit theaters over the summer and starred Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Regina Hall, and breakout star Tiffany Haddish—was unanimously praised by critics and  killed it at the box office. The fact that it didn't earn a nomination for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and that Haddish was ignored in the Best Supporting Actress category is problematic, to say the least.   The actress posted to Twitter on Monday (December 11) that she had "so much to say" about why Haddish and the film were snubbed by the Globes, but that she was going to remain tight-lipped. That didn't last long, though: On Tuesday (December 12), she opened the floodgates, calling out the "antiquated system" that made the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ignore  Girls Trip .  Here it is, in full: This i...

Seth Meyers  is taking on hosting duties at the upcoming Golden Globes. The news was announced on Thanksgiving Day in a statement from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. "The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is excited to have  Seth Meyers  host the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards”, said HFPA President  Meher Tatna  in a statement. “With his natural comedic wit and innate ability to charm audiences, Seth will help us carry on the celebratory tradition of recognizing the best in television and film at the Party of the Year.” The Late Night host recently signed on to emcee the star-studded awards show just a few weeks before the Hollywood Foreign Press is set to hand out  the  coveted statues in January. This is Meyers' first time hosting the prestigious show, as he takes the reins from  The Tonight Show 's  Jimmy Fallon , who led the proceedings this past January. Before Meyers took on the high-profile role, there was specu...

Meryl Streep accepts the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards  Meryl Streep received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, and slammed Donald Trump's "performance" in her acceptance speech. "Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners, and if you kick us all out, you’ll have nothing to watch except for football and mixed martial arts, which are not arts," she said, tearfully and with a faint voice, upon accepting the career-spanning honor. She echoed Hugh Laurie's comment about how the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is part of "the most vilified segments in American society right now" — Hollywood, foreigners and the press. "But who are we, and what is Hollywood anyway? It’s just a bunch of people from other places," she explained, outlining her New Jersey upbringing, plus the non-Los Angeles backgrounds of Sarah Paulson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Amy Adams, Natali...