#also is allison janney a lesbian?

[babisawyer]

decided to not let the bullshit get me down 😤 🖕🏻

[queerbitchdiaz-archived]

I know that my shipper brain works way too quickly, but you know how they hinted at Tommy’s bisexuality? And people have been talking about who should play Lorraine (I love her already, I think she would bring a lot of good things to the show. I saw like three people saying Allison Janney, which I’m all for. I also said Katey Sagal. I saw some other names floating around.) Either way. I feel like this could be a really interesting character.

With everything we know about Owen, clearly it’s his fault that the marriage ended.

So I just really want Lorraine to move to Austin (I want her on a motorcycle, I decided.) and maybe she and TK reconnect, but she doesn’t really care about Owen. And she’s harsh and blunt, but she has a heart of gold. 

I just really think the show needs Lorraine (the one that we all decided she is, because canon really hasn’t given us much other than a knife kink.) and I also think that Lorraine and Tommy would be the lesbian power couple of the century. 

That’s it. 

[smilesthroughfandoms]

Every single episode of Ducktales (2017) Summarized in Roughly in One Sentence or Less!

Thank you Frank and team so much for introducing this family to a new generation of kids while remaining faithful to your source material. I hope you all enjoy my attempts at humor!

Woo-oo!: We don’t really know what’s going on yet but let’s do this!

Escape To/From Atlantis!: “Well I’m wearing a kilt McDuck! A kiiiilt!”

Daytrip of Doom!: They’re all siblings now and I love them all.

The Great Dime Chase!: “Shut up, everyone! I’ve done something brilliant!” (Also: Guess’s who my favorite character is?)

The Beagle Birthday Breakout!: Lena and Webby are best girls, fight me on this

Terror of the Terra-firmians!: This is the Spoopiest episode and also the most heartwarming.

The House of the Lucky Gander!: He’s an asshole but I love him.

The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!: He’s an even bigger asshole but I love him.

The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra!: I too would do anything for a good burrito.

The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!: “If I had a nickel for every person who cursed me with their dying breath, I’d be twice as rich as I already am.”

The Spear of Selene!: Of course Scrooge showed up freaking Zeus.

Beware the B.U.D.D.Y System!: The fusion of Iron Man and Sailor Moon I never knew I always wanted.

The Missing Links of Moorshire!: I always knew My Little Pony had a deadly fandom but this is ridiculous…

Mystery at McDuck Manor!: Took you long enough, Duckworth, welcome back.

Jaw$!: In this house, we love and respect Tiffany. (Also: Whoever came up with this episode title is the coolest person ever)

The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!: Scrooge and Glomgold are in love with Allison Janney, and honestly, same.

Day of the Only Child!: Doofus is even creepier than Lil’ Gideon, and that is saying something.

From the Confidential Casefiles of Agent 22!: *hums James Bond theme intensely to myself*

Who is Gizmoduck?!: He’s not throwing away his shot! (I’m sorry, I had to)

The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!: I love Louie in this episode, he’s such a mood.

Sky Pirates… in the Sky!: The Pirates of the Caribbean meets High School Music crossover starring evil Panchito I never knew I needed.

The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!: We’re all Webby in this episode.

The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!: *ugly sobbing*

The Shadow War, Part 1: Night of De Spell!: Donald finally gets the love he deserves.

The Shadow War Part 2: Day of the Ducks!: *spoiler warning* How is she still alive?!?!?!

The Most Dangerous Game… Night!: David screaming “GAME NIGHT!” is the best damn thing I’ve ever seen.

The Depths of Cousin Fethry!: I love Cousin Spongebob!

The Ballad of Duke Baloney!: Dammit, Frank.

The Town Where Everyone Was Nice!: They’re boyfriends mates, sorry I don’t make the rules.

Storkules in Duckburg!: Storkules is the ultimate Donald Duck fan, we cannot comepete.

Last Christmas!: Somehow the Ghost of Christmas McBrayer is the least surprising thing I’ve ever seen in this show.

Whatever Happened to Della Duck?!: Oh, so that’s how she survived.

Treasure of the Found Lamp!: Dijin is the best character.

The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!: Yee–and I cannot stress this enough–haw.

The 87 Cent Solution!: *wheezing* Dammit, Frank…

The Golden Spear!: Oh my god, they were roommates!

Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!: Dammit, Frank!

Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!: “So stand out, above the crowd! Even if I gotta shout it out loud!”

Friendship Hates Magic!: Webby gets two friends for the price of one seance!

The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!: BEAKS SMASH… THAT LIKE BUTTON! (I’m so sorry)

The Duck Knight Returns!: *spoilers* The single best superhero, origin story-based episode ever! 

Whatever Happened To Donald Duck?!: *sobbing* He’s a good dad!

Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!: This entire episode is creepier than most indie horror games.

A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill!: All the kids’ dreams are moods… except Huey’s, his dream can go jump off a microwave.

The Golden Army of Cornelius Coot!: Della is just pulling a Donald and adopting any and all kids within arms reach at this point.

Timephoon!: “I’m on it!” *gets struck by lightning* “I’ve immediately failed you!”

Glomtales!: I don’t know what’s more surprising, the fact that Louie won the bet or that they used Glomgold’s theme song takeover as the intro.

The Richest Duck in the World!: Drag them, Owlson. Drag them all…

Moonvasion! Part 1: *deep inhale* D A M M I T F R A N K!

Moonvasion! Part 2: Glomgold is my new favorite villain character.

Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchuck!: Huey and Violet fight for the right to be crowned the squarest of squares.

Quack Pack!: Radical dude! *insert cheesy 90s riff here*

Double-O Duck in You Only Crash Twice!: We were all simping SO HARD this episode don’t think I forgot!!!

The Lost Harp of Mervana!: Scrooge fails a vibe check.

Louie’s Eleven!:  Is it really a heist movie if something doesn’t go completely wrong?

Astro B.O.Y.D.!: So much ANIME!!!!!!

The Rumble for Ragnarok!: Eh, the MCU did it better

The Phantom and the Sorceress!: Seeing Gladstone suffer brings me an odd amount of joy

They Put a Moonlander on Earth!: They’re lesbians, Harold!

The Trickening!: Did… did no one really tell Launchpad how Halloween works?

The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades!: If I had a nickel for every time a cartoon version of Ponce de Leon died a gruesome death on screen, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?

Let’s Get Dangerous!: *spoilers* THEY ARE A SUPERHERO FAMILY!!!!

Escape from the ImpossiBin!: Scrooge and Beakley are a little too excited to traumatize their family because of their trauma.

The Split Sword of Swanstantine!: Dewey and Webby literally walk in blind, Violet spices things up, and Huey unleashes the Rage™

New Gods on the Block!: The most accurate representation of Zeus ever.

The First Adventure!: Young Donald is one heck of a mood.

The Fight for Castle McDuck!: The sibling culture episode.

How Santa Stole Christmas!: Charles Dickens would approve, probably.

Beaks in the Shell!: Huey ships Fendra and Gyro needs to stop hiding in the closet.

The Lost Cargo of Kit Cloudkicker!: The Battle of Theatre Kids... in the Sky!

The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!: All the emotional weight was nearly overshadowed by One (1) attractive goth twink.

The Last Adventure Part 1; A Tale of Three Webbys!: They’re so cute! I love them!

The Last Adventure Part 2; The Lost Library of Isabella Finch!: Letting the kids on the plane is the single smartest decision Scrooge has ever made in his life.

The Last Adventure Part 3; Tale’s End!: *ugly, happy, heartbreaking sobbing* Woo-oo!

[marvellouslymadmim]

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rules: pick 5 shows, then answer the following questions. don’t cheat. tag some people. I tag @room-on-broom @carissa190 @linguini17 @batnbreakfast @parisolympia

(remember pick shows first then answer ?s)

1. Battlestar Galactica

2. Brooklyn 99

3. The West Wing

4. The Witcher

5. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

who is your favorite character in 2?

GINA LINETTI. (but also Rosa and Terry)

who is your least favorite character in 1?

Hmm...either Galen Tyrol or Dualla.

what is your favorite episode of 4?

1.04 Of Banquest, Bastards, and Burials. CALANTHE IN ARMOR AND FUCKING SHIT UP FOR THE WIN.

what is your favorite season of 5?

Erm. Maybe 2? 

who is your favorite couple in 3?

Jeb and Abby Bartlett are FUCKING GOALS OK. But also BROTP is CJ and Toby.

who is your favorite couple in 2?

Jake and Amy, surprisingly.

what is your favorite episode of 1?

I literally couldn’t choose just one. 

what is your favorite episode of 5?

Chapter 13: The Passion of Sabrina Spellman because Michelle Gomez fucking kills it.

what is your favorite season of 2?

I honestly don’t know. It’s all so damn good.

how long have you watched 1?

Um...around 2009/2010?

how did you become interested in 3?

One night I came in from ballet class and turned on the TV. It was the Galileo episode, right when Mark Harmon’s character kisses Allison Janney’s character. It was a killer way to jump into a show.

who is your favorite actor in 4?

Jodhi May

which do you prefer, 1, 2, or 5?

1

which show have you seen more episodes of, 1 or 3?

3

if you could be anyone from 4, who would you be?

Calanthe’s lesbian lover. but seriously, if it’s someone already on the show, I’d totally go for a role like Jaskier or Triss Merigold

would a crossover between 3 and 4 work?

No, sadly. Unless the cast of The Witcher were just actors showing up at the Oval Office for some long drawn out bill being created. Honestly...it may work....

pair two characters in 1 who would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple?

Listen, I love/hate the idea of Roslin/Zarek and Roslin/Ellen Tigh.

overall, which show has the better storyline, 3 or 5?

3. Hands down.

which has better theme music, 2 or 4?

So 2 technically has the better *theme* but ye gods let’s talk about Jaskier’s bops.

[glenngaylord]

FOX PAS - My Review of BOMBSHELL (3 1/2 Stars)

I love films because they provide an opportunity to experience other cultures, other parts of the world, differing opinions, historical events, and more in a compact period of time. This year alone, I “traveled” to a South Korean suburb, to a 19th century New England coastline, into outer space with Bard Pitt, inside the mind of a Hitler Youth,  to a Manhattan rooftop with JLo, to a Chinese household with Awkwafina, and to an alternate universe where I fell in love with Sharon Tate all over again.  Man am I tired…and invigorated…and…um…tired!  Mostly, however, I’m enriched by the opportunity to go to so many places.   Consider my excitement when I had the chance to take a peek behind the closed doors of one the most conservative establishments in the world, Fox News. Tracing the scandal which erupted after its head, Roger Ailes sexually harassed multiple women, Bombshell provides a rare glimpse for liberal Hollywood to dip its toes into a different world view.  Despite mixed results, the film proves highly entertaining while also feeling a little icky to this left leaning critic. 

Featuring three powerhouse leads in Charlize Theron, who literally becomes Megan Kelly, Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson, and Margot Robbie as a fictional composite character named Kayla, the film, directed by Jay Roach (Game Change) and written by Charles Randolph (The Big Short), splits itself into three to tell their specific sexual harassment experiences involving John Lithgow’s booming, towering portrayal of Ailes.  As such, the story lacks one clear protagonist, but with a pace so speedy, writing so clever, a premise so charged, and performances so energizing, I ultimately didn’t care. 

Unfortunately, it all emanates from a liberal point of view.  When it comes to politics, Hollywood most often can’t help but distance itself from anything that reeks of Republicanism.  It’s a way of saying, “Hey, we know they’re the cesspool of all things evil and wrong with the world today”.  Whether you agree with that statement or not, the issue of sexual harassment transcends the political spectrum.  As such, I applaud that Bombshell enters the discussion from a fresh perspective.  For the most part, it honors the people it portrays but can’t help itself in taking jabs nonetheless.  I would have preferred a “just the facts” presentation, but I suppose it’s hard to resist when a news organization that calls itself “fair and balanced” proves time and again it’s not. 

Despite this fundamental issue, the film blazes away like a stiff-collared, tight skirt-wearing version of Broadcast News, and I wanted it to last much longer.  Robbie’s Kayla finds herself on an upward trajectory at Fox.  She quickly befriends Kate McKinnon’s Jess, a lesbian liberal who hides in plain sight as a Fox News producer.  It’s through McKinnon’s character that Hollywood gets to take its biggest jabs, and despite the obviousness of it, McKinnon gives a vibrant, hilarious performance.  Same goes for such standouts as Alanna Ubach, a dead ringer for Jeanine Pirro, Allison Janney as Susan Estrich, and Richard Kind as Rudy Giuliani, but it’s the work of our three stars who elevate this film.

Theron, no stranger to transformative roles, does it again here.  She may have had some help with some well-placed prosthetics, but her voice, her command, and confidence really stand out as she struts around the newsroom plotting the resistance against Ailes.  Robbie has the biggest arc as the Christian fundamentalist newbie who tears your heart out in her big scene with Ailes.  It’s creepy, gross, so wrong and something no woman should ever have to experience.  Robbie’s such a gifted actor, she crackles and sparks with everybody.  Kidman may have the least challenging role of the three, but I would never underestimate her power to draw you in and feel the pressures and indignities at her job.  She’s also the catalyst of the story with her lawsuit against Ailes.  A shame the three rarely share the screen together in the film, because the big highlight features the three of them in a wordless elevator scene which proves to be a master class in body language and side-eyes. Roach and Randolph give us a slick, firing-on-all-cylinders approach, immersing us into this world where breathing room has no place.  I hate to say it, but it’s a fun film about a terrible problem. I felt such compassion for people I have often over-simplified in my mind. I would have liked to know more about our main characters’ political leanings and seen it presented with as much conviction as we’d get with a deep dive into the rooms at CNN,  but Hollywood wants to have its cake and eat it, too.  I say, stop eating and just let me have a look at that cake, ok?

[njawaidofficial]

42 Facts About '90s Teen Movies That You'll Immediately Want To Tell Your Friends

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42 Facts About '90s Teen Movies That You'll Immediately Want To Tell Your Friends

Sarah Michelle Gellar could have been Cher in Clueless.

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1. The title of 10 Things I Hate About You was inspired by one of the film’s screenwriters, who found a list she had made of things she hated about her high school boyfriend.

2. While filming the poem scene, Julia Stiles was so overcome by emotion that she ended up crying real tears.

3. And Heath Ledger was also her first on-screen kiss.

4. The iconic “Kat. Meow.” line was ad-libbed by Allison Janney.

Touchstone Pictures

Touchstone Pictures

5. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon were considered for the role of Cher in Clueless.

6. But Alicia Silverstone ultimately landed the role because Amy Heckerling wanted the girl “from those Aerosmith videos”.

7. There are reportedly 163 different kinds of plaid seen throughout the movie.

8. Brittany Murphy later revealed that she was actually a virgin who couldn’t drive when she said the line, “You’re a virgin who can’t drive.”

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

9. Cher’s mispronunciation of “Haitians” in the debate scene wasn’t scripted. Silverstone really didn’t know how to say the word, but Heckerling decided to leave the mistake in the movie.

10. American Pie was originally called Untitled Teenage Sex Comedy That Can Be Made For Under $10 Million That Most Readers Will Probably Hate But I Think You Will Love.

11. Blink-182 make a quick cameo during the internet broadcast scene between Jim and Nadia while their song “Mutt” is playing.

12. To make the The Craft feel more authentic, an actual witch, Pat Devin, was hired as a Wiccan consultant.

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures

13. Fairuza Balk, who played Nancy, actually bought the occult store she frequented while researching the film. She owned it until 2001.

14. Several creepy things happened during filming, including sudden unpredicted downpours, flocks of crows flying out of nowhere, and the sea washing away a set after an incantation scene was filmed.

15. Robin Tunney was nearly bald when filming began and had to wear a wig. This was because she had shaved her head for her role in Empire Records.

16. Never Been Kissed was James Franco’s first film appearance.

20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox

17. In real life, Drew Barrymore was two years younger than her high school love interest, Jeremy Jordan.

18. The scene in which Annette slaps Sebastian in Cruel Intentions was unscripted. Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe were off-set improvising when the slap happened and the director decided to incorporate it into the movie.

Columbia Pictures

19. The director, Roger Kumble, hired a porn star to appear in an establishing scene where Sebastian frolics with two naked cheerleaders.

20. The “pubes” used for the pizza scene in She’s All That were made from corn husks.

Miramax Films

21. Freddie Prinze Jr trained with a professional hacky sack player to pull off one of the film’s most memorable scenes.

22. Scream was partially inspired by a series of real life student murders in Gainesville, Florida in 1990.

23. The voice of Ghostface, Roger L. Jackson, was never allowed to meet the actors in real life. This was so they wouldn’t associate a face with the menacing voice.

24. Rose McGowan dyed her hair blond so that it would contrast with Neve Campbell’s dark hair.

Dimension Films

Dimension Films

25. The iconic Ghostface mask, which was inspired by the classic Edvard Munch painting The Scream, was found in a child’s bedroom while location scouting.

26. The famous scene in I Know What You Did Last Summer where Jennifer Love-Hewitt yells in the street was thought up by a fan.

27. Drive Me Crazy was originally titled Next to You, but was renamed after the Britney Spears song “(You Drive Me) Crazy” was added to the soundtrack.

28. And to help promote the movie, Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier starred in the music video.

@BritneySpearsVEVO

29. Now and Then was written by Pretty Little Liars’ showrunner, I Marlene King.

30. And she wrote the original screenplay of the film when she was only 10 years old, basing it around her group of friends growing up.

31. According to King, she originally wrote Roberta to be a lesbian but the studio disapproved.

32. To make Darcy’s whipped-cream bikini in Varsity Blues, shaving cream was used because whipped cream melted quicker.

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

33. Paramount was sued by The University of Toronto who claimed that they had trademarked the name “Varsity Blues” in the mid-1980s.

33. Mox’s jersey number is a tribute to Brett Farve, James Van Der Beek’s favourite quarterback.

35. The only reason why Marilyn Manson cameoed in Jawbreaker was because Rose McGowan, who was dating him at the time, asked him to.

36. A chance meeting at a hotel bar led to Matthew McConaughey being cast in Dazed and Confused.

Gramercy Pictures

Gramercy Pictures

37. The director, Richard Linklater, gave each actor their own mixtape to help them get in character.

38. The strong student and teacher story in Election inspired Ryan Murphy to create Glee.

39. The original ending envisioned Mr McAllister and Tracy reuniting at his car dealership before she heads off to college. But this didn’t test well with audiences resulting in the film’s alternate ending.

40. Leonardo DiCaprio was so passionate about Romeo + Juliet that he flew to Australia to help Baz Luhrmann persuade the studio to produce it.

20th Century Fox

41. Every sign, billboard, or piece of paper featured in the movie contained a Shakespeare reference.

Bazmark Productions

42. And while filming in Mexico, the movie’s main hairdresser was kidnapped and ransomed for $300.

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Winners Announced for 9th Annual Dorian Awards from GALECA The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

GALECA The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics have just announced the winners of this year’s Dorian awards. 

‘Call Me By Your Name’, which led with nine nominations, was named 2017’s Film of the Year, while its star Timothée Chalamet won Dorians for both Film Performance of the Year and the group’s ‘We’re Wilde About You’ Rising Star award. The film also won LGBTQ film of year, while Michael Stuhlbarg was honoured for his performance. 

Elsewhere on the list Greta Gerwig was named Director of the Year for ‘Lady Bird’, while Laurie Metcalf took the Dorian for Supporting Actress. ‘Get Out’ proved popular with the LGBTQ Critics with Jordan Peele winning Screenplay of the Year, Wilde Artist of the Year and sharing Wilde Wit of the Year with Kate McKinnon. McKinnon also won the society’s TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR for her Broadway spoof “(Kellyanne) Conway!” on Saturday Night Live.

British gay romance God’s Own Country was named Unsung Film of the Year, while BPM (Beats Per Minute) took the Foreign Language Film of the Year Dorian.

Here’s a full list of winners: 

GALECA 2017/18 DORIAN AWARDS

FILM OF THE YEAR BPM (Beats Per Minute) - The Orchard Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics (WINNER) Get Out - Universal Lady Bird - A24 The Shape of Water - Fox Searchlight

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (FILM OR TELEVISION) Sean Baker, The Florida Project – A24 Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird - A24  (WINNER) Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk – Warner Bros. Jordan Peele, Get Out - Universal

BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight  (WINNER) Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Fox Searchlight Margot Robbie, I, Tonya - Neon Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird - A24 Daniela Vega, A Fantastic Woman - Sony Pictures Classics

BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR Nahuel Perez Biscayart, BPM (Beats Per Minute) — The Orchard Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics  (WINNER) James Franco, The Disaster Artist – A24 Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out - Universal Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour – Focus Features

SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS Mary J. Blige, Mudbound - Netflix Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip - Universal Allison Janney, I, Tonya - Neon Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird - A24  (WINNER) Michelle Pfeiffer, mother! - Paramount

SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project – A24 Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name- Sony Pictures Classics Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Fox Searchlight Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics  (WINNER)

LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR BPM (Beats Per Minute) — The Orchard Battle of the Sexes - Fox Searchlight Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics  (WINNER) A Fantastic Woman - Sony Pictures Classics God’s Own Country – Samuel Goldwyn Films

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR BPM (Beats Per Minute) — The Orchard  (WINNER) A Fantastic Woman - Sony Pictures Classics First They Killed My Father - Netflix The Square – Magnolia Pictures Thelma – The Orchard

SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR (ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED) James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics Jordan Peele, Get Out - Universal  (WINNER) Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird - A24 Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Fox Searchlight

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR (theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release) Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story – Zeitgeist/Kino Lorber The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson - Netflix Faces Places – Cohen Media Group  (WINNER) Jane ­– National Geographic/Abramorama Kedi - Oscilloscope

VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR (honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography) Blade Runner 2049 – Warner Bros. Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics Dunkirk – Warner Bros. The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight  (WINNER) Wonderstruck - Amazon

UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR BPM (Beats Per Minute) - The Orchard Beach Rats - Neon God’s Own Country – Samuel Goldwyn Films  (WINNER) Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Annapurna Wonderstruck - Amazon

CAMPY FLICK OF THE YEAR Baywatch - Paramount The Disaster Artist – A24 The Greatest Showman – 20th Century Fox I, Tonya - Neon mother! - Paramount  (WINNER)

TV DRAMA OF THE YEAR Big Little Lies - HBO - HBO  (WINNER) The Crown - Netflix Feud: Bette and Joan - FX The Handmaid’s Tale - Hulu Twin Peaks: The Return - Showtime

TV COMEDY OF THE YEAR Better Things - FX GLOW - Netflix The Good Place - NBC The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Amazon  (WINNER) Will & Grace - NBC

TV PEFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS Clare Foy, The Crown - Netflix Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies - HBO  (WINNER) Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan - FX Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale - Hulu Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies - HBO

TV PEFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR Aziz Ansari, Master of None – Netflix Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us - NBC Jonathan Groff, Mindhunter - Netflix Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks: The Return - Showtime  (WINNER) Alexander Skaarsgård, Big Little Lies - HBO

TV CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW OF THE YEAR Full Frontal with Samantha Bee – TBS  (WINNER) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - HBO Late Night with Seth Meyers - NBC The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - CBS The Rachel Maddow Show - MSNBC

TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR Lady Gaga, “God Bless America,” “Born This Way,” etc., Super Bowl LI - Fox Kate McKinnon, “(Kellyanne) Conway!” Saturday Night Live - NBC (WINNER) Brendan McCreary, John Mulaney, “I’m Gay,” Big Mouth – Netflix Pink, “Beautiful Trauma,” American Music Awards - ABC Sasha Velour, “So Emotional,” RuPaul’s Drag Race – VH1

LGBTQ SHOW OF THE YEAR Difficult People - Hulu RuPaul’s Drag Race – VH1 (WINNER) Sense8 - Netflix Transparent – Amazon Will & Grace - NBC

UNSUNG TV SHOW OF THE YEAR American Gods - Starz  (WINNER) Dear White People - Netflix Difficult People - Hulu At Home with Amy Sedaris - TruTV The Leftovers - HBO

CAMPY TV SHOW OF THE YEAR Dynasty Feud: Betty and Joan  (WINNER) Riverdale RuPaul’s Drag Race Will & Grace

‘WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!’ RISING STAR AWARD Timothée Chalamet  (WINNER) Harris Dickinson Tiffany Haddish Daniel Kaluuya Daniela Vega

WILDE WIT OF THE YEAR AWARD (honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) Samantha Bee Stephen Colbert Kate McKinnon  (WINNER - TIE) John Oliver Jordan Peele  (WINNER - TIE)

WILDE ARTIST OF THE YEAR (honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater and/or television) Guillermo del Toro Greta Gerwig Patty Jenkins David Lynch Jordan Peele  (WINNER)

TIMELESS STAR (to a living actor or performer whose exemplary career is marked by character, wisdom and wit) Meryl Streep  (WINNER)

GALECA, The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, previously known as the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, includes members who review, write and/or report on film and television for a diverse number of media outlets, including BuzzFeed, The Daily Beast,Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, The Advocate, CNN, the Associated Press, People, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Collider, Vanity Fair, Screen Crush, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, New Now Next, The Guardian and the BBC. For more information, visit GALECA.org. @DorianAwards on Facebook • Twitter • Instagram 

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The Latest: 'Three Billboards' wins best drama film Globe

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. /January 7, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) — The Latest on the presentation of the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California (all times local):

8:05 p.m.

The fierce revenge tale “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” has won the Golden Globe Award for best film drama.

Frances McDormand stars as a raging mother seeking answers for her daughter’s murder. Directed by Martin McDonagh, the film has garnered widespread praise for McDormand’s fierce performance.

The film won the honor moments after McDormand won the Globe award for best actress in a film drama. Sam Rockwell also won the Globe award for best supporting actor.

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8 p.m.

Frances McDormand is the winner of the best actress in a drama film for her role in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missiouri.”

McDormand plays the mother seeking justice for her daughter, who was raped and killed, and takes on the small town police force who she doesn’t believe is doing enough to solve the case.

The actress accepted the award saying she would buy tequila for all the other nominees in the category.

She also ribbed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which hands out the Globes, saying she still didn’t know who they are but credited them for electing a female president.

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7:50 p.m.

Gary Oldman is the winner of the Golden Globe Award for best actor in a drama film.

Oldman won for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour,” which focuses on the British statesman’s efforts to convince his countrymen to fight the Nazis in World War II.

The actor quoted Churchill, saying he was surrounded by the very best people in the industry, while working on the film.

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7:40 p.m.

Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut “Lady Bird” has won the Golden Globe Award for best film comedy or musical.

“Lady Bird” stars Saoirse Ronan as the title character, a teenager in Sacramento, California, who is navigating her last days of high school and her tense relationship with her mother. The film has earned Gerwig, Ronan and her co-star Laurie Metcalf widespread

The film’s producer ceded his speech to Gerwig, who profusely thanked everyone who worked on the film and Ronan, who moments earlier won the best actress in a film comedy Globe award.

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7:35 p.m.

Saoirse Ronan is the winner of the best actress in a film comedy or musical Golden Globe Award.

Ronan won for “Lady Bird,” in which she plays a teenager in Sacramento, California, who’s juggling her last year in high school, college ambitions and a tense relationship with her mother.

With Sunday’s ceremony running long, Ronan had to deliver a rushed speech. She profusely thanked her mother, who she said was on a video call.

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7:30 p.m.

“Big Little Lies” is the winner of the Golden Globe Award for the best television limited series or movie.

The series follows a group of mothers in Northern California who each have their own secrets threatening them and their families. The show won the Emmy Award last year for best limited series and will return for a second season on HBO.

The show dominated the Globes in the limited series category on Sunday, with wins for Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgard.

Reese Witherspoon, who starred in and produced the series, said of women who have been abused, “”We see you, we hear you, and we will tell your stories.”

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7:25 p.m.

The bathrooms at the Golden Globes are more like hair salons.

The A-list stars attending this year’s show always look picture perfect for a reason: When they head to the restroom they meet up with hair stylists who touch their hair and makeup, giving them a refreshed looked before they return to their seats.

They are also a place where stars get to praise one another.

During one bathroom break before the show started, Sarah Paulson declared to anyone who could hear her in in line for ladies’ restroom: “Ladies and gentlemen, Claire Foy is here and nothing else matters. We don’t have to pretend we don’t all feel the same way.”

Moments earlier, Paulson and actress Amanda Peet gushed directly to “The Crown” Star about her performance. Foy blushed is response, then dashed into an open compartment.

— Lynn Elber and Sandy Cohen (APSandy) from inside the Golden Globes ceremony.

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7:20 p.m.

Guillermo del Toro is the winner of the best director Golden Globe Award for his Cold War fairy tale “The Shape of Water.”

The film stars Sally Hawkins as a mute cleaning lady who falls in love with an amphibious creature kept confined in a government lab. The film has become of the front-runners for best picture at March’s Academy Awards. Del Toro’s acceptance speech, which was interrupted by the orchestra at one point, was an ode to his love affair with monsters.

He thanked the film’s cast, before continuing: “My monsters thank you.”

The category was dominated by male directors, which drew criticism since 2017 featured several acclaimed films from female directors, including “Wonder Woman,” ”Lady Bird” and “Mudbound.”

It was a point that presenter Natalie Portman accentuated before the names of the nominees were read Sunday night.

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7:10 p.m.

Oprah Winfrey has accepted a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes by saying she hopes as the first black women to accept the honor, she hopes it has an impact on young girls watching Sunday’s ceremony.

The actress and businesswoman accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at Sunday’s Globes ceremony and received a lengthy standing ovation, which she tried to calm down.

She spoke about the feelings she had as a young girl watching Sidney Poitier win the best actor Academy Award in 1964. She likened the pride she felt watching Poitier, the first black man to win the best best actor Oscar, to the impact she hoped she could have on young women.

Winfrey also addressed the sexual misconduct scandal roiling Hollywood and beyond, telling those watching “speaking your truth is the most powerful tool you all have.”

Reese Witherspoon introduced Winfrey and described their friendship, forged over long sessions in a makeup trailer while filming “A Wrinkle in Time.” Witherspoon said sitting in the room with Oprah was like taking the best business classes, and her hugs could end wars.

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7 p.m.

Aziz Ansari has won the best television comedy actor Golden Globe Award for his role on “Master of None.”

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 accepted the award by saying he didn’t think he would win it since so many websites had predicted he would lose Sunday night.

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6:55 p.m.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is the winner of the Golden Globe Award for best television comedy.

The freshman Amazon series stars Rachel Brosnahan as a 1950s housewife who pursues a stand-up comedy career. It’s been a big evening for the show — Brosnahan won the best actress in a comedy series award earlier in the ceremony.

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6:45 p.m.

Ewan McGregor has won the Golden Globe Award for best actor in a television limited series or movie for his dual roles in the third season of the FX series “Fargo.”

McGregor plays brothers, one a successful businessman and the other a parole officer, who find themselves at odds over the paths their lives have taken.

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6:40 p.m.

Germany and France’s “In the Fade” is the winner of the best foreign language Golden Globe Award.

The film stars Diane Kruger as a woman forced to cope with the death of her Turkish husband and their young son in a terrorist attack. It is from director Fatih Akin, a German-born filmmaker of Turkish descent.

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6:30 p.m.

Allison Janney is the winner of the best supporting film actress Golden Globe Award for her role in “I, Tonya.”

Janney won for her portrayal of figure skater Tonya Harding’s mother, who unleashes abuse on her daughter to try to make her a better athlete.

She thanked co-star Margot Robbie and profusely thanked Harding, who was in the ballroom for Sunday’s ceremony.

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6:20 p.m.

“Coco” has won the Golden Globe Award for best animated film.

The Disney and Pixar collaboration is considered a leading contender for an Academy Award for best animated feature. It tells the story of a Mexican boy who dreams of being a musician despite his family’s wishes and falls into the realm of the dead.

“Coco” has drawn widespread praise for the culturally authentic way it presents Mexico’s “Day of the Dead” culture.

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6:05 p.m.

James Franco has won the Golden Globe Award for best actor in a comedy or musical for his portrayal of the mysterious man who created what many consider the worst movie ever made.

Franco directed and starred in “The Disaster Artist,” which tells the story of the mysterious filmmaker Tommy Wiseau and his passion project, “The Room.” Savaged by critics, “The Room” has since gained a cult following, and Franco has received considerable Oscar buzz.

Franco opened his speech by inviting “The Room” creator Wiseau up on stage and giving him a hug and reading a passage he said Wiseau wrote 19 years ago.

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6 p.m.

“This is Me” is the winner of the best song Golden Globe Award. The track was created for the film “The Greatest Showman.”

“The Greatest Showman” song is the work of Oscar-winning duo Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, who won an Academy Award for their song “City of Stars” in “La La Land.” The “Showman” tune appears in the musical starring Hugh Jackman about the life of P.T. Barnum.

It beat out songs created by stars such as Mary J. Blige and Mariah Carey, who was onstage at the Globes moments before the best song award was announced.

Carey, who was nominated for her song “The Star,” helped announce the winner of the best original score honor, which went to Alexandre Desplat for “The Shape of Water.”

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5:55 p.m.

The group that bestows the Golden Globe Awards is giving $1 million apiece to two journalism groups.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Meher Tatna announced the awards to the International Consortium Of Investigative Journalists, which led the investigation that yielded the Panama Papers, and the Committee To Protect Journalists.

The grants are the first to ever be announced during the Globes telecast.

The awards are part of the HFPA’s charitable giving, which now totals millions a year, thanks to the broadcast rights the group receives from NBC.

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5:50 p.m.

The dystopian series “The Handmaid’s Tale” is the winner of the best television drama Golden Globe Award.

The Hulu series stars Elisabeth Moss as one of the few fertile women left in a world ruled by a totalitarian regime that treats women as property. The show is based on Margaret Atwood’s best-selling novel of the same name.

It is the series’ second win of the evening. Elisabeth Moss won the best actress in a television drama earlier in the ceremony.

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5:40 p.m.

Sterling K. Brown is the winner of the best television drama actor Golden Globe Award for his role on “This is Us.”

Brown plays a family man recovering from a nervous breakdown and the complicated dynamics of the family that adopted him when he was a baby.

Brown opened his speech by remarking on Oprah Winfrey’s presence in the room — she is receiving a lifetime achievement award — before quickly saying he needed to thank his wife before he forgot. He also told his children that he would take them to school in the morning.

Brown profusely thanked “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman for engaging in colorblind casting and giving him great material to work with.

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5:35 p.m.

“The Handmaid’s Tale’s” Elisabeth Moss has won the Golden Globe Award for best actress in a television drama.

Moss plays one of the few fertile women left in a world ruled by a totalitarian regime where women are considered property. Moss attempts to keep her identity and humanity in the Hulu series, which is based on Margaret Atwood’s best-selling novel.

She dedicated her award to Atwood, reading some of the author’s words and saying that women are now “writing the stories ourselves.”

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5:30 p.m.

Rachel Brosnahan has been awarded the best television comedy actress Golden Globe Award for her role on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”

Brosnahan plays a 1950s mom who decides to pursue a stand-up comedy career. The show is also nominated for best comedy series at Sunday’s Globes.

The actress won the award on her first nomination.

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5:20 p.m.

Sam Rockwell has won the best film supporting actor Golden Globe Award for his role in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”

Rockwell won for his role as a small town cop with anger issues in the revenge tale starring fellow-Globes nominee Frances McDormand. He thanked McDormand and “Three Billboards” director Martin McDonagh, who he thanked for giving him such beautiful words to say.

Rockwell called McDormand a “force of nature” who made him a better actor.

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5:15 p.m.

Nicole Kidman has won the Golden Globe Award for best actress in a limited television series or movie for her role in the HBO series “Big Little Lies.”

Kidman plays a lawyer who gave up her successful career to be a full-time mom in a rich coastal Northern California town. Her life is not as idyllic as it seems — her husband frequently beats her.

She referenced her character in her acceptance speech, urging others to keep the conversation about abuse and the treatment of women alive.

The actress also thanked her “Big Little Lies” co-stars, saying she was sharing the honor with fellow nominees Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Reese Witherspoon.

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5:05 p.m.

Seth Meyers has opened the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards with jokes about the sexual misconduct scandal, saying it’s the first time in three months that it won’t be terrifying for male actors to have their names read out loud.

Meyers started his monologue by saying, “Good evening ladies and remaining gentlemen!”

He also jabbed disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein who has been accused by dozens of women of sexual harassment and abuse. Meyers noted that Weinstein isn’t present for Sunday’s ceremony, but said that he’ll be back in 20 years — when he’ll be the “first person ever booed during the In Memorium” segment.

The joke was met with some groans in the ballroom.

Meyers mixed his comments about the sexual misconduct scandal with jokes about the nominees and a few barbs directed at President Donald Trump.

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4:40 p.m.

There’s more to occupy the Golden Globes crowd than awards.

They can get their face copied atop a cappuccino or latte. How many stars are taking advantage before the show? So far, a barista says none: they’re focusing on the alcoholic drinks.

Stars often rush into the International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton Hotel at the last minute, so the Globes this year are attempting to get people in their seats earlier in the evening. Red carpet interviews are supposed to already be done, and an announcer has told the group it’s 30 minutes to show time.

— Lynn Elber in the Golden Globes ballroom.

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4:20 p.m.

Dinner is served so early at the Golden Globes it can be confusing.

More than hour before the show, “This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia asked castmate Chris Sullivan if it was time to sit down at one of the tables already set with salads. When Sullivan said he’d been in place for a half-hour, Ventimiglia started chowing down. It’s a good thing — the three-course meal is served and cleared fast, so all the eating is done before the ceremony starts. But the wine and Champagne keep flowing throughout the three-hour ceremony.

Among the other early arrivals were the cast of “Stranger Things,” ”Get Out” stars Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams, Meryl Streep and John Goodman, who enjoyed a cigarette on the terrace while he watched a live feed of the arrivals.

— Lynn Elber and Sandy Cohen (APSandy) in the Golden Globes ballroom.

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4:10 p.m.

Debra Messing has made her point about gender equality by calling out E! Entertainment Television on the issue while doing an interview with the network on the Golden Globes red carpet Sunday.

Messing was explaining why she wore black to support Hollywood’s whistleblowers and the Time’s Up initiative, then referenced the recent departure from E! of host Catt Sadler, who has said she learned she was making about half the pay of her male counterpart, Jason Kennedy.

Messing tells E! host Giuliana Rancic, “I was so shocked to hear that E! doesn’t believe in paying their female co-hosts the same  as their male co-hosts. I miss Catt Sadler.”

Messing says it’s crucial to “start having this conversation that women are just as valuable as men are.”

— Jocelyn Noveck

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4 p.m.

Golden Globe nominee Michelle Williams says that she just wants to listen to what #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has to say, and that’s why she brought her to Sunday’s Golden Globes.

Williams tells The Associated Press, “I’m so much more interested in what you have to say than what I have to say.”

Burke says the solidarity and the support behind Time’s Up and #MeToo is something we’ve never seen before.

Williams is one of eight actresses who are attending the Golden Globes with advocates for gender and racial justice.

Burke says the actresses are generous in sharing their platform so they could highlight their causes and turn the spotlight back on the survivors and solutions rather than the perpetrators.

Williams is nominated for her role in Ridley Scott’s “All the Money in the World.” When asked about working with Christopher Plummer who replaced Kevin Spacey in the film after Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct, Williams says she’s “not talking about that.”

— Nicole Evatt (@NicoleEvatt) and Lindsey Bahr (@ldbahr) on the Golden Globes red carpet.

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3:25 p.m.

Alison Brie says that the Time’s Up initiative has made her realize how powerful women can be when they all stand together.

The actress is nominated for a Golden Globe for her work in the Netflix wrestling show “GLOW.” Brie, who also appears in the Golden Globe nominated films “The Post” and “The Disaster Artist,” wore a dramatic strapless black dress with a sweetheart neckline to show solidarity with Time’s Up.

Brie says she thinks change will come when more women are in power at the top. She says a lot more listening needs to happen across all industries.

— Nicole Evatt (@NicoleEvatt) and Lindsey Bahr (@ldbahr) on the Golden Globes red carpet.

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3:15 p.m.

“Get Out” star Daniel Kaluuya says that the fact that the film is still in the conversation is “mind-boggling.”

He noted Sunday on the Golden Globes red carpet that the film came out almost a year ago in February.

Kaluuya wore a black tux with a Time’s Up pin on his lapel. He is nominated for best actor in a musical or comedy, and “Get Out” is up for best picture in the same category.

He says he feels privileged to stand by the women fighting against the unnecessary evils that are happening in the industry.

— Nicole Evatt (@NicoleEvatt) and Lindsey Bahr (@ldbahr) on the Golden Globes red carpet.

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2:55 p.m.

Alfred Molina says he feels terrible for his “Frida” co-star Salma Hayek’s experiences with Harvey Weinstein. Hayek detailed sexual harassment from Weinstein during the production of “Frida” in a New York Times essay in December.

Speaking Sunday on the Golden Globes red carpet, Molina says that Hayek is not one to exaggerate and is a serious, forthright woman and he was struck by her bravery. He says it’s saddening and heartbreaking that she had to carry that weight for so long.

Sporting all black, down to his tie and his shirt, the “Feud” star said that it was a very small gesture of solidarity but hoped that out of small gestures comes big ones.

Chris Sullivan of “This Is Us” did not wear an all-black outfit, but painted his fingernails black for Sunday’s ceremony.

— Nicole Evatt (@NicoleEvatt) and Lindsey Bahr (@ldbahr) on the Golden Globes red carpet.

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2:40 p.m.

The highly anticipated wear-black protest at the Golden Globes got off to an early start Sunday as soon as the red carpet opened, including Michelle Williams in an embellished off-the-shoulder look and “Me Too” founder Tarana Burke at her side.

Turning the Globes dark on the fashion front had been anticipated for days after a call for massive reform following the downfall of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and numerous others in Hollywood, media, fashion, tech, publishing and other industries. The new initiative Time’s Up, backed by more than 300 women in Hollywood, doled out pins intended for those who might already have locked in more colorful looks.

Allison Williams provided a pop of orange and silver on the bodice of her black column gown.

Not everybody supports the protest. Rose McGowan, who has accused Weinstein of rape, has loudly and persistently called the effort an empty gesture.

— Leanne Italie

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2:30 p.m.

Michelle Williams has arrived at the Golden Globes with the first of several gender and racial activists who are accompanying actresses to Sunday’s awards gala.

Williams has brought #MeToo founder Tarana Burke to the awards show to help highlight gender inequality. Seven other actresses, including Emma Stone and Meryl Streep, are bringing activists to the ceremony, which is the first major awards show since the sexual misconduct scandal roiled Hollywood.

Both Williams and Burke wore black dresses. Many actresses are planning to wear black to Sunday’s ceremony to show solidarity for the victims of sexual misconduct.

— Andrew Dalton (@andyjamesdalton) in the fan bleachers outside the Golden Globes.

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2 p.m.

Al Roker and Carson Daly have drawn quite the crowd of spectators as they made their way past the champagne and photographers on the red carpet and into the Golden Globes ballroom, trailed by a crew of cameras and lights.

Roker tweeted earlier that he’s never seen security like this for the Globes. He said there was checkpoint after checkpoint and that they were not kidding around.

Elsewhere on the red carpet, Mario Lopez filmed an early segment and other TV reporters fanned themselves down amid the rising temperatures.

— Lindsey Bahr (@ldbahr) on the Golden Globes red carpet.

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12:55 p.m.

Temperatures pushed into the 70s in the hours before the limousines began arriving at the Golden Globes.

Security of all kinds lined the scene Sunday. Motorcycle officers cruised down the red carpet. A sniper in military attire put a large rifle on a tripod on a low rooftop of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Workers sneaked quick photos on the red carpet while they could.

Fans who crammed into a small set of bleachers stood and strained to see any celebrity bigger than the gathered reporters.

The red carpet was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Pacific, but will get busier closer to the start of the Globes ceremony at 5 p.m.

— Andrew Dalton (@andyjamesdalton) in the fan bleachers outside the Golden Globes.

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10:25 a.m.

Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Emma Watson and Amy Poehler are just a few of the actresses who are planning to bring gender and racial justice activists as their guests to the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday evening.

Streep will attend with Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance; Williams with Tarana Burke, the founder of the “me too” movement; and Watson will bring Marai Larasi, the executive director of Imkaan, a black-feminist organization.

In a statement Sunday, the advocates say they were inspired by the Time’s Up initiative. They say the goal in attending the awards will be to shift focus away from the perpetrators and back on survivors and creating lasting change.

Many attending the Golden Globes will also be wearing black to protest sexual harassment.

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8 a.m.

The Golden Globes, once the stomping grounds of Harvey Weinstein, will belong to someone else this year.

The 75th Golden Globe Awards is considered wide open, with contenders including Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” and Martin McDonaugh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”

But whoever takes home the hardware Sunday, the spotlight is unlikely to stray far from the sexual misconduct scandals that have roiled Hollywood ever since an avalanche of allegations toppled Weinstein. Out of solidarity with the victims of sexual harassment and assault, many women have said they will be dressing in black.

Red carpet arrivals are expected to begin around 5 p.m. EST, with the broadcast starting on NBC at 8 p.m. Oprah Winfrey will receive the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award.

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By Associated Press – published on STL.News by St. Louis Media, LLC (ZS)

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Allison Janney Talks Tonya Harding’s Queerness, Girl Crushes

Allison Janney shares many of your concerns, like, what’s up with the president’s wild contradictions and flat-out lies? And what will happen to the LGBTQ community under his administration? And, of course, something we’ve all wondered from time to time, and an issue she definitely plans on addressing with her agent soon, because it’s high time: “Where are all my lesbian roles?”

Though her latest turn in I, Tonya is not queer by definition – but, as infamous figure-skating icon Tonya Harding’s mother (Harding is played by actress Margot Robbie), one of her very best and most Oscar-buzzy roles, so all is obviously forgiven – the chameleonic 58-year-old actress has delightedly dipped into some impressive gay fare both onstage and in film.

Here, the beloved and soon-to-be-lesbian-somewhere Emmy winner discusses Harding as a queer icon, identifying with the LGBTQ community as an “outsider” herself and kissing “a lot of cool women.”

LGBTQ people – we are all Tonya. Right? Everyone identifies with her.

Everyone can identify with Tonya because she’s struggling to have a voice, and the powers that be deemed that she was not worthy of having a voice in the figure skating world, didn’t think she fit in. It’s so classic. And then the press vilified her and we were all told what to believe about her, and we kind of believed it, because it was the advent of the 24-hour news cycle. Just spoon-fed to us every day: Tonya, bad; Nancy – princess, good.

So, to do this movie and to see all the different things that were at play in her life makes you have so much more empathy for her. And I was so excited to meet her at the premiere. She was there! I just wanted to hug her and hold her. Sometimes I’m not great with words, and I just wanted to hug her.

You play her disapproving monster of a mother, LaVona Golden, which will strike a chord with many people in the LGBTQ community who have experienced parental disapproval because of their sexuality.

Oh, sure!

Tonya has been called a gay icon. Do you see her as a gay icon?

I never have thought about it before, but now that you’re saying it, I understand the reasons why she would be.

She wanted to be loved for who she was.

Wanting to be loved for who she was! Absolutely, I can see why it would resonate with the gay community – with women too. With anyone who has felt like an underdog or not felt like they had a voice.

As I talk about this movie more and more to people like yourself, I’m learning more about it and why it’s resonating right now. It’s also the concept of truth and what that is, and you know, the media told us what to believe was true and we did, and now in this time that we’re living in with the president (being) wildly contradictory – it’s phenomenal to me what’s going on in the country and in our discourse, and (sighs) I just feel it’s one of the most divisive, scary times I’ve ever experienced in my lifetime, certainly.

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You mentioned Tonya as the “underdog,” a word you have also used to describe yourself.

Yeah.

Do you think that has anything to do with why you’ve attracted a doting LGBTQ following?

Maybe that’s it! I was always just told I was too tall to act and told I wasn’t pretty enough, that I didn’t have enough edge. Didn’t have this, that. Everyone in the business told me that, and it was heartbreaking to me; and yet I tried to find other things to do, but this was really the only thing I was really meant to be, this time ’round (laughs).

I think it might also just be the characters that I get to play. Some of them speak to the community because they are that underdog character – now I’m trying to make up a theory out of something I haven’t thought about (laughs). But I also think it’s that I love to bring the humanity to every character I play.

I’m sure that your gay fans also appreciate that you seem to enjoy randomly kissing women.

I do! (Laughs) Oh my gosh, I don’t know if you’ve seen my kiss with Cloris Leachman but that is, like, the best kiss.

Better than Kate Winslet even?

How about that moment?! That floored me. And I just thought, “Did she just say my name?” (Winslet gushed about Janney at the Hollywood Film Awards in November.) It was one of the funniest moments for me, and I thought, “How can I not just go up and kiss her?” I mean, Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet – I’ve kissed a lot of cool women, and men!

In our 2016 interview, Meryl Streep told me kissing you was a real “perk.”

She said “perk”? I love her!

Is that what all the women say about kissing you?

I don’t know! Meryl is the only one I’ve gotten feedback on. Actually, no, Rosie! I got to kiss Rosie. Rosie said I was a good kisser. And Rosie O’Donnell is a great kisser, I have to say. She’s a very good kisser. On (the CBS sitcom) Mom, she plays a woman that I used to have a relationship with and there’s one episode where I kiss her a couple of times and it was really – she’s a good kisser! (Laughs)

What was the moment in your career you knew you had an LGBTQ following?

I feel like (1999’s) Drop Dead Gorgeous was the start of that for me. And it was a slow dawning, awakening, realization that was happening, and I thought that was the highest show of honor to be embraced by the gay community. It was like, “OK, you guys know.”

To me, it’s a high honor to be recognized and embraced by the gay community. I don’t want to say something stereotypical, but a lot of the men that I know, who are my dear friends have a real appreciation for women who are strong and powerful and kickass. They really, really love strong women. They’re not afraid of women the way that some heterosexual men are. But they love a strong dame. They love a dame! So, that’s high praise. It’s high praise coming from the gays. So I am thrilled that I am in that club.

Of the lesbian characters you’ve played, from Sally in The Hours to your lesbian roles in stage productions like Eve Ensler’s Ladies and Alan Ball’s Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, which do you wish you could’ve gotten to know more?

Probably my character in The Hours with Meryl. I would’ve liked to have gotten to know Sally and really explored that relationship. You know, my famous story with her with that kiss is that she gave me a facelift. She didn’t like the way we were lit in the scene and she said, “I’m gonna do you a favor, honey.” So she placed her hands on the side of my face and lifted it ever so gently. When you watch it next, look at that – it’s pretty great. A little Meryl lift. I got a little lift from Meryl. It was fantastic.

If you were to play another lesbian role, who would be your ideal co-star?

Whoa. Well, I kind of have a girl crush on Margot Robbie right now! (Laughs) She is so talented and so friggin’ beautiful – it’s kind of remarkable. I just find myself staring at her, like, how can anything be that beautiful? And she’s a really good actress, and you know, why not? Margot is on my mind right now, so I’m saying Margot.

There have been Tonya Harding impersonators, and after this film, I fully expect a few LaVona Golden queens.

Oh my god, do you really?

Her name alone is made for the stage at some gay bar, don’t you think?

It is a great name: LaVona! There was already someone on Halloween who dressed as LaVona. It was on Twitter and it made me laugh. It was a guy who dressed as LaVona, with the bowl haircut and the bird and the fur coat. It’s a real unique look.

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Allison Janney as LaVona Golden in I, Tonya

Does looking the part help you get into character?

Oh god, yes. With that, especially. It was three hours of hair and makeup getting that look with the bird, and it was really liberating too. I thought I was gonna be horrified and not be able to look at myself in the mirror, and it was fascinating – I wanted to look at myself all the time! I was like, “God, this is so cool!” It felt just so different, and I didn’t see myself. I felt really confident in doing what I had to do. The look was so perfect and so great, and it made me excited to do my scenes.

I hope you got to keep a piece of LaVona.

I didn’t! But I was thinking about seeing if that bird could be adopted because I kind of fell in love with him. He lives in southern Georgia and he’s so lovely. But I do have three dogs and I don’t want there to be an unfortunate situation there.

Yeah, maybe give it to somebody who doesn’t have an animal that will eat it.

Yes! That’s always something to think about before you get a bird. (Laughs)

You’ve said you like to use your platform and acting to support important causes, which you’ve done in projects like 2009’s Funny or Die’s Prop 8 – The Musical. Do you recall the point in your life or career when you became passionate about queer issues?

I have so many gay friends in my world, and having such close friends in the gay community made me more aware of different issues. So, I’d naturally get involved through my friends. It happened when I came out to L.A. and I was doing West Wing. Once you start becoming someone – you know, a celebrity person – you realize, “Actually, I could help just by showing up there and by doing this.” It was a wonderful thing to realize, that I could use my name for something good other than the acting.

Does it feel even more important right now to take on projects that can make a difference?

Yes, yes! It really does. And I don’t know what I’m gonna be asked to do next, but I hope that I will be able to contribute.

I think now is the right time for another lesbian role, just sayin’.

OK, alright. I’m gonna start looking for one. Will you start looking for one for me? Should I do a biopic of – I’m trying to think, what lesbian should I play? I think it’s gotta be a character that’s not written yet.

Considering your trove of lesbian parts, I’m surprised lesbian roles aren’t just rolling in for you.

I don’t know – I don’t think so! I’m gonna have to call my agent: “Where are all my lesbian roles?” Oh, a pioneering lesbian! Amelia Earhart. I don’t know if she was. I’m gonna get on that though. I’m gonna start looking. That’s a good thing to put in my head.

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And On His 92nd Day, He Fired The Surgeon General

If you saw the “Diabetic Lesbians and a Blushing Bride” episode of last season’s CBS sitcom “Mom,” an improbably funny series about the struggles of a mother (Allison Janney) and daughter (Anna Farris) in recovery from alcohol and drug abuse, the last five minutes held a shocker for you: a teenager played by recurring guest star Emily Osment dies of a drug overdose.

But then you were in for another surprise: U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy in dress blues, flanked by Janney and Farris, warning that drug overdoses kill more Americans than car crashes. The families behind these numbers, he tells us, need our compassion. The 30-second PSA ends with a 24/7 helpline number to call “if you or someone you know needs help.”

After it ran, calls to 1-800-662-HELP tripled.

Last week, 48 hours before Donald Trump fired him, Dr. Murthy came to Los Angeles to talk to a roomful of TV show runners, producers and writers. Communicating public health messages is central to the surgeon general’s job, and Murthy understands how powerfully entertainment can influence audiences. When we identify with fictional characters, when we’re transported by their narratives, our knowledge, our beliefs, even our behavior can be shaped by made-up stories.

Murthy’s message to the creative community: Opioid addiction is an epidemic. Everyone knows someone struggling with it. But it’s a chronic illness, a disease of the brain, not a moral failure. He asked Hollywood’s help in depicting it that way, and that when they do, to please depict hope, not just pain; recovery, not just despair.

If the surgeon general knew that two years into his four-year term as a nonpolitical appointee, the president was going to ask for his resignation, or that when that happened, Murthy would refuse, forcing the president to fire him, I saw no sign of it that night.

I was his host. As director of the Norman Lear Center, named for the TV pioneer and philanthropist whose shows have wrestled with cancer, sexual assault, racism, homophobia and so many other realities of American life, I’m especially proud of our Hollywood, Health & Society program run by my colleague Kate Folb. For 16 years, HH&S has provided free expert advice to hundreds of shows on issues of public health, safety and security. We connect writers with top medical and scientific specialists to answer their questions; we bring experts to writers’ rooms to brief them on topics ranging from HIV to climate change to the risk of nuclear war; we invite speakers to tell their personal stories, and to inspire writers with their passion to repair the world.

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Murthy told the TV writers that when President Obama nominated him in 2013, a nurse at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he worked said to him, “If you can do one thing, please do something about the addiction crisis.” He recounted some of the stories people told him as he traveled the country trying to do what she asked, like the man addicted to opioids who told Murthy that when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, he actually welcomed the news: He figured that after his surgery, he’d be given painkillers.

Cortney Lovell, a 28-year old mom-next-door from upstate New York, told the writers her story as well. She recalled the winter night in her car nine years ago when she deliberately shot an overdose of heroin and cocaine into her veins. She thought death was a better option than the hell of her life. Lovell doesn’t know why she didn’t die that night, but today she’s in long-term recovery from addiction, and she’s helping others prevent and escape from what happened to her. The writers also heard Gemma Baker, writer/producer and co-creator of “Mom,” and Zoanne Clack, executive producer of “Grey’s Anatomy,” explore the craft of informing audiences while also entertaining them.

And none of us, except perhaps Murthy, had a clue he’d be out the door two days later.

The Senate held up Murthy’s confirmation for more than a year because Republicans held his support of the Affordable Care Act against him, and because the NRA opposed him for calling gun violence a public health issue. Once in office, when he warned that the nicotine in e-cigarettes was harmful to kids’ developing brains, Big Tobacco and right wing groups like Americans for Tax Reform called for Murthy’s ouster. Last week, when he listed the causes of opioid addiction at our event, he included the prescription drug industry’s aggressive pain pill marketing, which made me think he must be on Big Pharma’s hit list, too. With that many strikes against him – to me, badges of honor – it’s amazing he lasted until the administration’s 92nd day.

The farewell message that Murthy, 39, the grandson of a poor farmer from India, posted on his Facebook page is extremely gracious, especially given the circumstances. I’m not sure I’d be able to pull off being that lovely. But I’m reasonably sure that the nice folks who pulled the trap door under Vivek Murthy are indifferent to the oath known to anyone who’s seen a medical show on TV: First, do no harm.

This is a crosspost of my column in the Jewish Journal, where you can reach me if you’d like at martyk@jewishjournal.com.

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And On His 92nd Day, He Fired The Surgeon General

If you saw the “Diabetic Lesbians and a Blushing Bride” episode of last season’s CBS sitcom “Mom,” an improbably funny series about the struggles of a mother (Allison Janney) and daughter (Anna Farris) in recovery from alcohol and drug abuse, the last five minutes held a shocker for you: a teenager played by recurring guest star Emily Osment dies of a drug overdose.

But then you were in for another surprise: U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy in dress blues, flanked by Janney and Farris, warning that drug overdoses kill more Americans than car crashes. The families behind these numbers, he tells us, need our compassion. The 30-second PSA ends with a 24/7 helpline number to call “if you or someone you know needs help.”

After it ran, calls to 1-800-662-HELP tripled.

Last week, 48 hours before Donald Trump fired him, Dr. Murthy came to Los Angeles to talk to a roomful of TV show runners, producers and writers. Communicating public health messages is central to the surgeon general’s job, and Murthy understands how powerfully entertainment can influence audiences. When we identify with fictional characters, when we’re transported by their narratives, our knowledge, our beliefs, even our behavior can be shaped by made-up stories.

Murthy’s message to the creative community: Opioid addiction is an epidemic. Everyone knows someone struggling with it. But it’s a chronic illness, a disease of the brain, not a moral failure. He asked Hollywood’s help in depicting it that way, and that when they do, to please depict hope, not just pain; recovery, not just despair.

If the surgeon general knew that two years into his four-year term as a nonpolitical appointee, the president was going to ask for his resignation, or that when that happened, Murthy would refuse, forcing the president to fire him, I saw no sign of it that night.

I was his host. As director of the Norman Lear Center, named for the TV pioneer and philanthropist whose shows have wrestled with cancer, sexual assault, racism, homophobia and so many other realities of American life, I’m especially proud of our Hollywood, Health & Society program run by my colleague Kate Folb. For 16 years, HH&S has provided free expert advice to hundreds of shows on issues of public health, safety and security. We connect writers with top medical and scientific specialists to answer their questions; we bring experts to writers’ rooms to brief them on topics ranging from HIV to climate change to the risk of nuclear war; we invite speakers to tell their personal stories, and to inspire writers with their passion to repair the world.

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Murthy told the TV writers that when President Obama nominated him in 2013, a nurse at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he worked said to him, “If you can do one thing, please do something about the addiction crisis.” He recounted some of the stories people told him as he traveled the country trying to do what she asked, like the man addicted to opioids who told Murthy that when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, he actually welcomed the news: He figured that after his surgery, he’d be given painkillers.

Cortney Lovell, a 28-year old mom-next-door from upstate New York, told the writers her story as well. She recalled the winter night in her car nine years ago when she deliberately shot an overdose of heroin and cocaine into her veins. She thought death was a better option than the hell of her life. Lovell doesn’t know why she didn’t die that night, but today she’s in long-term recovery from addiction, and she’s helping others prevent and escape from what happened to her. The writers also heard Gemma Baker, writer/producer and co-creator of “Mom,” and Zoanne Clack, executive producer of “Grey’s Anatomy,” explore the craft of informing audiences while also entertaining them.

And none of us, except perhaps Murthy, had a clue he’d be out the door two days later.

The Senate held up Murthy’s confirmation for more than a year because Republicans held his support of the Affordable Care Act against him, and because the NRA opposed him for calling gun violence a public health issue. Once in office, when he warned that the nicotine in e-cigarettes was harmful to kids’ developing brains, Big Tobacco and right wing groups like Americans for Tax Reform called for Murthy’s ouster. Last week, when he listed the causes of opioid addiction at our event, he included the prescription drug industry’s aggressive pain pill marketing, which made me think he must be on Big Pharma’s hit list, too. With that many strikes against him – to me, badges of honor – it’s amazing he lasted until the administration’s 92nd day.

The farewell message that Murthy, 39, the grandson of a poor farmer from India, posted on his Facebook page is extremely gracious, especially given the circumstances. I’m not sure I’d be able to pull off being that lovely. But I’m reasonably sure that the nice folks who pulled the trap door under Vivek Murthy are indifferent to the oath known to anyone who’s seen a medical show on TV: First, do no harm.

This is a crosspost of my column in the Jewish Journal, where you can reach me if you’d like at martyk@jewishjournal.com.

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i decided the day after easter sunday should be called meester monday, happy meester guys!

ok i originally just came to post that alone but in the last eight minutes i found out so much about leighton meester so here is some trivia for you to consider on this very special meester day:

- she was in a canadian made for tv horror movie called sorority row which i must. find. - she’s an aries which means she’s a badass but also her bday was last week so it makes even more sense to celebrate meester the day after easter - she’s my age? how did i not know that? - her middle name is marissa :') - she apparently married adam brody from the oc? - she was in a movie with selena gomez and katie cassidy which i also did not know and now i must find this as well - she plays an overalls wearing lesbian in a movie called life partners which i am going to take a baseball bat to every former blockbuster in order to find - she’s in some movie called the oranges which not only has my favorite allison janney but also has mega favorite catherine keener AND maeby whose name is ali something but i can never remember and always just know her as maeby regardless of how many great roles she’s played since - she’s actually been in a fuckton of movies, who knew?

all i ever really knew about her was that she was blaire waldorf and irl came from a white trash background with convoluted stories of parents’ jail time and she was like born in jail or something idk

also the other day i called frances bean the blair white of goth when i meant blair waldorf bc those names have morphed in my old haphazard brain or maybe it’s a mandela effect?????

anyway happy meester y'all

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The Latest: 'Lady Bird' wins best comedy film Globe award

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif./January 7, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) —The Latest on the presentation of the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California (all times local):

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the presentation of the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California (all times local):

7:40 p.m.

Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut “Lady Bird” has won the Golden Globe Award for best film comedy or musical.

“Lady Bird” stars Saoirse Ronan as the title character, a teenager in Sacramento, California, who is navigating her last days of high school and her tense relationship with her mother. The film has earned Gerwig, Ronan and her co-star Laurie Metcalf widespread

The film’s producer ceded his speech to Gerwig, who profusely thanked everyone who worked on the film and Ronan, who moments earlier won the best actress in a film comedy Globe award.

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7:35 p.m.

Saoirse Ronan is the winner of the best actress in a film comedy or musical Golden Globe Award.

Ronan won for “Lady Bird,” in which she plays a teenager in Sacramento, California, who’s juggling her last year in high school, college ambitions and a tense relationship with her mother.

With Sunday’s ceremony running long, Ronan had to deliver a rushed speech. She profusely thanked her mother, who she said was on a video call.

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7:30 p.m.

“Big Little Lies” is the winner of the Golden Globe Award for the best television limited series or movie.

The series follows a group of mothers in Northern California who each have their own secrets threatening them and their families. The show won the Emmy Award last year for best limited series and will return for a second season on HBO.

The show dominated the Globes in the limited series category on Sunday, with wins for Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgard.

Reese Witherspoon, who starred in and produced the series, said of women who have been abused, “”We see you, we hear you, and we will tell your stories.”

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7:25 p.m.

The bathrooms at the Golden Globes are more like hair salons.

The A-list stars attending this year’s show always look picture perfect for a reason: When they head to they restroom they met up with hair stylists who touch her their hair and makeup, giving them a refreshed looked before they return to their seats.

They are also a place where stars get to praise one another.

During one bathroom break before the show started, Sarah Paulson declared to anyone who could hear her in in line for ladies’ restroom: “Ladies and gentlemen, Claire Foy is here and nothing else matters. We don’t have to pretend we don’t all feel the same way.”

Moments earlier, Paulson and actress Amanda Peet gushed directly to “The Crown” Star about her performance. Foy blushed is response, then dashed into an open compartment.

— Lynn Elber and Sandy Cohen (AP Sandy) from inside the Golden Globes ceremony.

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7:20 p.m.

Guillermo del Toro is the winner of the best director Golden Globe Award for his Cold War fairy tale “The Shape of Water.”

The film stars Sally Hawkins as a mute cleaning lady who falls in love with an amphibious creature kept confined in a government lab. The film has become of the front-runners for best picture at March’s Academy Awards. Del Toro’s acceptance speech, which was interrupted by the orchestra at one point, was an ode to his love affair with monsters.

He thanked the film’s cast, before continuing: “My monsters thank you.”

The category was dominated by male directors, which drew criticism since 2017 featured several acclaimed films from female directors, including “Wonder Woman,” ”Lady Bird” and “Mudbound.”

It was a point that presenter Natalie Portman accentuated before the names of the nominees were read Sunday night.

7:10 p.m.

Oprah Winfrey has accepted a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes by saying she hopes as the first black women to accept the honor, she hopes it has an impact on young girls watching Sunday’s ceremony.

The actress and businesswoman accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at Sunday’s Globes ceremony and received a lengthy standing ovation, which she tried to calm down.

She spoke about the feelings she had as a young girl watching Sidney Poitier win the best actor Academy Award in 1964. She likened the pride she felt watching Poitier, the first black man to win the best best actor Oscar, to the impact she hoped she could have on young women.

Winfrey also addressed the sexual misconduct scandal roiling Hollywood and beyond, telling those watching “speaking your truth is the most powerful tool you all have.”

Reese Witherspoon introduced Winfrey and described their friendship, forged over long sessions in a makeup trailer while filming “A Wrinkle in Time.” Witherspoon said sitting in the room with Oprah was like taking the best business classes, and her hugs could end wars.

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7 p.m.

Aziz Ansari has won the best television comedy actor Golden Globe Award for his role on “Master of None.”

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 accepted the award by saying he didn’t think he would win it since so many websites had predicted he would lose Sunday night.

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6:55 p.m.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is the winner of the Golden Globe Award for best television comedy.

The freshman Amazon series stars Rachel Brosnahan as a 1950s housewife who pursues a stand-up comedy career. It’s been a big evening for the show — Brosnahan won the best actress in a comedy series award earlier in the ceremony.

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6:45 p.m.

Ewan McGregor has won the Golden Globe Award for best actor in a television limited series or movie for his dual roles in the third season of the FX series “Fargo.”

McGregor plays brothers, one a successful businessman and the other a parole officer, who find themselves at odds over the paths their lives have taken.

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6:40 p.m.

Germany and France’s “In the Fade” is the winner of the best foreign language Golden Globe Award.

The film stars Diane Kruger as a woman forced to cope with the death of her Turkish husband and their young son in a terrorist attack. It is from director Fatih Akin, a German-born filmmaker of Turkish descent.

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6:30 p.m.

Allison Janney is the winner of the best supporting film actress Golden Globe Award for her role in “I, Tonya.”

Janney won for her portrayal of figure skater Tonya Harding‘s mother, who unleashes abuse on her daughter to try to make her a better athlete.

She thanked co-star Margot Robbie and profusely thanked Harding, who was in the ballroom for Sunday’s ceremony.

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6:20 p.m.

“Coco” has won the Golden Globe Award for best animated film.

The Disney and Pixar collaboration is considered a leading contender for an Academy Award for best animated feature. It tells the story of a Mexican boy who dreams of being a musician despite his family’s wishes and falls into the realm of the dead.

“Coco” has drawn widespread praise for the culturally authentic way it presents Mexico’s “Day of the Dead” culture.

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6:05 p.m.

James Franco has won the Golden Globe Award for best actor in a comedy or musical for his portrayal of the mysterious man who created what many consider the worst movie ever made.

Franco directed and starred in “The Disaster Artist,” which tells the story of the mysterious filmmaker Tommy Wiseau and his passion project, “The Room.” Savaged by critics, “The Room” has since gained a cult following, and Franco has received considerable Oscar buzz.

Franco opened his speech by inviting “The Room” creator Wiseau up on stage and giving him a hug and reading a passage he said Wiseau wrote 19 years ago.

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6 p.m.

“This is Me” is the winner of the best song Golden Globe Award. The track was created for the film “The Greatest Showman.”

“The Greatest Showman” song is the work of Oscar-winning duo Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, who won an Academy Award for their song “City of Stars” in “La La Land.” The “Showman” tune appears in the musical starring Hugh Jackman about the life of P.T. Barnum.

It beat out songs created by stars such as Mary J. Blige and Mariah Carey, who was onstage at the Globes moments before the best song award was announced.

Carey, who was nominated for her song “The Star,” helped announce the winner of the best original score honor, which went to Alexandre Desplat for “The Shape of Water.”

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5:55 p.m.

The group that bestows the Golden Globe Awards is giving $1 million apiece to two journalism groups.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Meher Tatna announced the awards to the International Consortium Of Investigative Journalists, which led the investigation that yielded the Panama Papers, and the Committee To Protect Journalists.

The grants are the first to ever be announced during the Globes telecast.

The awards are part of the HFPA’s charitable giving, which now totals millions a year, thanks to the broadcast rights the group receives from NBC.

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5:50 p.m.

The dystopian series “The Handmaid’s Tale” is the winner of the best television drama Golden Globe Award.

The Hulu series stars Elisabeth Moss as one of the few fertile women left in a world ruled by a totalitarian regime that treats women as property. The show is based on Margaret Atwood’s best-selling novel of the same name.

It is the series’ second win of the evening. Elisabeth Moss won the best actress in a television drama earlier in the ceremony.

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5:40 p.m.

Sterling K. Brown is the winner of the best television drama actor Golden Globe Award for his role on “This is Us.”

Brown plays a family man recovering from a nervous breakdown and the complicated dynamics of the family that adopted him when he was a baby.

Brown opened his speech by remarking on Oprah Winfrey’s presence in the room — she is receiving a lifetime achievement award — before quickly saying he needed to thank his wife before he forgot. He also told his children that he would take them to school in the morning.

Brown profusely thanked “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman for engaging in colorblind casting and giving him great material to work with.

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5:35 p.m.

“The Handmaid’s Tale’s” Elisabeth Moss has won the Golden Globe Award for best actress in a television drama.

Moss plays one of the few fertile women left in a world ruled by a totalitarian regime where women are considered property. Moss attempts to keep her identity and humanity in the Hulu series, which is based on Margaret Atwood’s best-selling novel.

She dedicated her award to Atwood, reading some of the author’s words and saying that women are now “writing the stories ourselves.”

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5:30 p.m.

Rachel Brosnahan has been awarded the best television comedy actress Golden Globe Award for her role on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”

Brosnahan plays a 1950s mom who decides to pursue a stand-up comedy career. The show is also nominated for best comedy series at Sunday’s Globes.

The actress won the award on her first nomination.

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5:20 p.m.

Sam Rockwell has won the best film supporting actor Golden Globe Award for his role in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”

Rockwell won for his role as a small town cop with anger issues in the revenge tale starring fellow-Globes nominee Frances McDormand. He thanked McDormand and “Three Billboards” director Martin McDonagh, who he thanked for giving him such beautiful words to say.

Rockwell called McDormand a “force of nature” who made him a better actor.

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5:15 p.m.

Nicole Kidman has won the Golden Globe Award for best actress in a limited television series or movie for her role in the HBO series “Big Little Lies.”

Kidman plays a lawyer who gave up her successful career to be a full-time mom in a rich coastal Northern California town. Her life is not as idyllic as it seems — her husband frequently beats her.

She referenced her character in her acceptance speech, urging others to keep the conversation about abuse and the treatment of women alive.

The actress also thanked her “Big Little Lies” co-stars, saying she was sharing the honor with fellow nominees Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Reese Witherspoon.

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5:05 p.m.

Seth Meyers has opened the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards with jokes about the sexual misconduct scandal, saying it’s the first time in three months that it won’t be terrifying for male actors to have their names read out loud.

Meyers started his monologue by saying, “Good evening ladies and remaining gentlemen!”

He also jabbed disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein who has been accused by dozens of women of sexual harassment and abuse. Meyers noted that Weinstein isn’t present for Sunday’s ceremony, but said that he’ll be back in 20 years — when he’ll be the “first person ever booed during the In Memoriam” segment.

The joke was met with some groans in the ballroom.

Meyers mixed his comments about the sexual misconduct scandal with jokes about the nominees and a few barbs directed at President Donald Trump.

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4:40 p.m.

There’s more to occupy the Golden Globes crowd than awards.

They can get their face copied atop a cappuccino or latte. How many stars are taking advantage before the show? So far, a barista says none: they’re focusing on the alcoholic drinks.

Stars often rush into the International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton Hotel at the last minute, so the Globes this year are attempting to get people in their seats earlier in the evening. Red carpet interviews are supposed to already be done, and an announcer has told the group it’s 30 minutes to show time.

— Lynn Elber in the Golden Globes ballroom.

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4:20 p.m.

Dinner is served so early at the Golden Globes it can be confusing.

More than hour before the show, “This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia asked castmate Chris Sullivan if it was time to sit down at one of the tables already set with salads. When Sullivan said he’d been in place for a half-hour, Ventimiglia started chowing down. It’s a good thing — the three-course meal is served and cleared fast, so all the eating is done before the ceremony starts. But the wine and Champagne keep flowing throughout the three-hour ceremony.

Among the other early arrivals were the cast of “Stranger Things,” ”Get Out” stars Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams, Meryl Streep and John Goodman, who enjoyed a cigarette on the terrace while he watched a live feed of the arrivals.

— Lynn Elber and Sandy Cohen (APSandy) in the Golden Globes ballroom.

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4:10 p.m.

Debra Messing has made her point about gender equality by calling out E! Entertainment Television on the issue while doing an interview with the network on the Golden Globes red carpet Sunday.

Messing was explaining why she wore black to support Hollywood‘s whistleblowers and the Time’s Up initiative, then referenced the recent departure from E! of host Catt Sadler, who has said she learned she was making about half the pay of her male counterpart, Jason Kennedy.

Messing tells E! host Giuliana Rancic, “I was so shocked to hear that E! doesn’t believe in paying their female co-hosts the same  as their male co-hosts. I miss Catt Sadler.”

Messing says it’s crucial to “start having this conversation that women are just as valuable as men are.”

— Jocelyn Noveck

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4 p.m.

Golden Globe nominee Michelle Williams says that she just wants to listen to what #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has to say, and that’s why she brought her to Sunday’s Golden Globes.

Williams tells The Associated Press, “I’m so much more interested in what you have to say than what I have to say.”

Burke says the solidarity and the support behind Time’s Up and #MeToo is something we’ve never seen before.

Williams is one of eight actresses who are attending the Golden Globes with advocates for gender and racial justice.

Burke says the actresses are generous in sharing their platform so they could highlight their causes and turn the spotlight back on the survivors and solutions rather than the perpetrators.

Williams is nominated for her role in Ridley Scott’s “All the Money in the World.” When asked about working with Christopher Plummer who replaced Kevin Spacey in the film after Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct, Williams says she’s “not talking about that.”

— Nicole Evatt (@NicoleEvatt) and Lindsey Bahr (@ldbahr) on the Golden Globes red carpet.

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3:25 p.m.

Alison Brie says that the Time’s Up initiative has made her realize how powerful women can be when they all stand together.

The actress is nominated for a Golden Globe for her work in the Netflix wrestling show “GLOW.” Brie, who also appears in the Golden Globe nominated films “The Post” and “The Disaster Artist,” wore a dramatic strapless black dress with a sweetheart neckline to show solidarity with Time’s Up.

Brie says she thinks change will come when more women are in power at the top. She says a lot more listening needs to happen across all industries.

— Nicole Evatt (@NicoleEvatt) and Lindsey Bahr (@ldbahr) on the Golden Globes red carpet.

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3:15 p.m.

“Get Out” star Daniel Kaluuya says that the fact that the film is still in the conversation is “mind-boggling.”

He noted Sunday on the Golden Globes red carpet that the film came out almost a year ago in February.

Kaluuya wore a black tux with a Time’s Up pin on his lapel. He is nominated for best actor in a musical or comedy, and “Get Out” is up for best picture in the same category.

He says he feels privileged to stand by the women fighting against the unnecessary evils that are happening in the industry.

— Nicole Evatt (@NicoleEvatt) and Lindsey Bahr (@ldbahr) on the Golden Globes red carpet.

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2:55 p.m.

Alfred Molina says he feels terrible for his “Frida” co-star Salma Hayek’s experiences with Harvey Weinstein. Hayek detailed sexual harassment from Weinstein during the production of “Frida” in a New York Times essay in December.

Speaking Sunday on the Golden Globes red carpet, Molina says that Hayek is not one to exaggerate and is a serious, forthright woman and he was struck by her bravery. He says it’s saddening and heartbreaking that she had to carry that weight for so long.

Sporting all black, down to his tie and his shirt, the “Feud” star said that it was a very small gesture of solidarity but hoped that out of small gestures comes big ones.

Chris Sullivan of “This Is Us” did not wear an all-black outfit, but painted his fingernails black for Sunday’s ceremony.

— Nicole Evatt (@NicoleEvatt) and Lindsey Bahr (@ldbahr) on the Golden Globes red carpet.

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2:40 p.m.

The highly anticipated wear-black protest at the Golden Globes got off to an early start Sunday as soon as the red carpet opened, including Michelle Williams in an embellished off-the-shoulder look and “Me Too” founder Tarana Burke at her side.

Turning the Globes dark on the fashion front had been anticipated for days after a call for massive reform following the downfall of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and numerous others in Hollywood, media, fashion, tech, publishing and other industries. The new initiative Time’s Up, backed by more than 300 women in Hollywood, doled out pins intended for those who might already have locked in more colorful looks.

Allison Williams provided a pop of orange and silver on the bodice of her black column gown.

Not everybody supports the protest. Rose McGowan, who has accused Weinstein of rape, has loudly and persistently called the effort an empty gesture.

— Leanne Italie

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2:30 p.m.

Michelle Williams has arrived at the Golden Globes with the first of several gender and racial activists who are accompanying actresses to Sunday’s awards gala.

Williams has brought #MeToo founder Tarana Burke to the awards show to help highlight gender inequality. Seven other actresses, including Emma Stone and Meryl Streep, are bringing activists to the ceremony, which is the first major awards show since the sexual misconduct scandal roiled Hollywood.

Both Williams and Burke wore black dresses. Many actresses are planning to wear black to Sunday’s ceremony to show solidarity for the victims of sexual misconduct.

— Andrew Dalton (@andyjamesdalton) in the fan bleachers outside the Golden Globes.

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2 p.m.

Al Roker and Carson Daly have drawn quite the crowd of spectators as they made their way past the champagne and photographers on the red carpet and into the Golden Globes ballroom, trailed by a crew of cameras and lights.

Roker tweeted earlier that he’s never seen security like this for the Globes. He said there was checkpoint after checkpoint and that they were not kidding around.

Elsewhere on the red carpet, Mario Lopez filmed an early segment and other TV reporters fanned themselves down amid the rising temperatures.

— Lindsey Bahr (@ldbahr) on the Golden Globes red carpet.

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12:55 p.m.

Temperatures pushed into the 70s in the hours before the limousines began arriving at the Golden Globes.

Security of all kinds lined the scene Sunday. Motorcycle officers cruised down the red carpet. A sniper in military attire put a large rifle on a tripod on a low rooftop of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Workers sneaked quick photos on the red carpet while they could.

Fans who crammed into a small set of bleachers stood and strained to see any celebrity bigger than the gathered reporters.

The red carpet was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Pacific, but will get busier closer to the start of the Globes ceremony at 5 p.m.

— Andrew Dalton (@andyjamesdalton) in the fan bleachers outside the Golden Globes.

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10:25 a.m.

Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Emma Watson and Amy Poehler are just a few of the actresses who are planning to bring gender and racial justice activists as their guests to the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday evening.

Streep will attend with Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance; Williams with Tarana Burke, the founder of the “me too” movement; and Watson will bring Marai Larasi, the executive director of Imkaan, a black-feminist organization.

In a statement Sunday, the advocates say they were inspired by the Time’s Up initiative. They say the goal in attending the awards will be to shift focus away from the perpetrators and back on survivors and creating lasting change.

Many attending the Golden Globes will also be wearing black to protest sexual harassment.

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8 a.m.

The Golden Globes, once the stomping grounds of Harvey Weinstein, will belong to someone else this year.

The 75th Golden Globe Awards is considered wide open, with contenders including Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” and Martin McDonaugh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”

But whoever takes home the hardware Sunday, the spotlight is unlikely to stray far from the sexual misconduct scandals that have roiled Hollywood ever since an avalanche of allegations toppled Weinstein. Out of solidarity with the victims of sexual harassment and assault, many women have said they will be dressing in black.

Red carpet arrivals are expected to begin around 5 p.m. EST, with the broadcast starting on NBC at 8 p.m. Oprah Winfrey will receive the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award.

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By Associated Press – published on STL.News by St. Louis Media, LLC (ZS)

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'Awards Chatter' Podcast — Laverne Cox ('Orange Is the New Black')

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'Awards Chatter' Podcast — Laverne Cox ('Orange Is the New Black')

“The past four years I have been working like a dog,” says Orange Is the New Black actress and activist Laverne Cox as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of the ‘Awards Chatter’ podcast in mid-July. Cox, the first openly transgender person ever to receive an acting Emmy nomination — she was nominated three years ago and again last month for her work on Orange — and the first openly trans person ever to appear on the cover of Time also starred this season in the Fox TV movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again and on the short-lived CBS drama series Doubt. What makes all the effort worth it, says the actress, is feedback that suggests she’s not only excelling onscreen, but also making a difference off it, as well. “When I meet young transgender people who say that their lives have changed because of my work,” she says, “that they decided not to commit suicide because of my visibility, that they decided to pursue their dreams of being actors, or to transition or to come out to friends or family, that means the most to me.”

(Click above to listen to this episode or here to access all of our 161 episodes via iTunes. Past guests include Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Eddie Murphy, Lady Gaga, Robert De Niro, Amy Schumer, Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Louis C.K., Emma Stone, Harvey Weinstein, Natalie Portman, Jerry Seinfeld, Jane Fonda, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nicole Kidman, Aziz Ansari, Taraji P. Henson, J.J. Abrams, Helen Mirren, Justin Timberlake, Brie Larson, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Vikander, Warren Beatty, Jessica Chastain, Samuel L. Jackson, Kate Winslet, Sting, Isabelle Huppert, Tyler Perry, Sally Field, Michael Moore, Lily Collins, Denzel Washington, Mandy Moore, Ricky Gervais, Kristen Stewart, James Corden, Sarah Silverman, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Maher, Lily Tomlin, Rami Malek, Allison Janney, Trevor Noah, Olivia Wilde, Eddie Redmayne and Claire Foy.)

Cox’s journey to this point has been anything but likely. Born and raised near Mobile, Ala., in a religious home and conservative community, she grew up looking like a boy but feeling like a girl, and was subjected to constant shaming by classmates, teachers and even relatives. “How feminine I was was a problem that had to be solved,” she recalls. By the age of 11, her inner turmoil drove her to attempt suicide, but she survived and found motivation to go on in dance, through which she could express herself. A desire to pursue that passion and live more freely led her to an arts high school and then, after a brief stint at Indiana University, to Marymount Manhattan College in the Big Apple, where acting first entered the picture.

Life in Manhattan was a mixed-bag for Cox, who by that point was publicly presenting herself in gender non-conforming ways. By day, her appearance provoked cruelty and abuse (“I never felt safe on the streets of New York,” she says), but by night it led to an unprecedented sense of freedom and acceptance (in the downtown club scene, she discovered other trans people and became a “mini-celebrity”). Her rollercoaster of an existence ultimately brought about “a full-on nervous breakdown,” after which she resolved to fully transition. “When I claimed trans, it was just empowering,” she explains. “It was, ‘This is what I am.'” Not that her problems went away: “For many years, I wanted to blend in and wanted to sort of be stealth and to quote-unquote ‘pass,’ but there was invariably always someone who knew I was trans, and that was very difficult for me,” she explains. “It was really shaming, and I felt like a failure.”

A major moment in Cox’s life came in 2007, when Candice Cayne became the first trans person to play a recurring trans part on a primetime show, ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money, proving to Cox that her dreams actually could become reality. “I just started submitting myself for everything,” she says, and soon she began landing work in off-Broadway productions and indie films; as a bit player on TV series including Law & Order; and as a reality TV contestant, on VH1’s I Want to Work for Diddy in 2008 (“I was never really interested in being P. Diddy‘s assistant, but what I was interested in was advancing my career”) and then, on the basis of her popularity with that show’s audience, a producer and co-host of the same network’s TRANSform Me in 2010. With greater exposure came greater fame, but not much greater security, financial or otherwise. Throughout those years, Cox continued to work at the drag restaurant Lucky Cheng. She also faced eviction notices, and seriously contemplated quitting the business and applying to graduate school. An LBGTQ-focused acting class, however, convinced her to persevere.

Then, in 2012, Cox’s big break arrived — even if it took her a while to realize it — when, following several auditions, she landed the recurring role of Sophia Burset, a trans hairdresser incarcerated for credit card fraud in a women’s prison, on Weeds creator Jenji Kohan‘s Netflix dramedy series Orange Is the New Black, which was inspired by Piper Kerman‘s 2010 memoir of the same name. The show was unveiled in 2013 and quickly became a cultural phenomenon, the most watched original content on the then-burgeoning streaming service, with fans ranging from teenage girls to President Barack Obama. For Cox, the opportunity to depict, for a large audience, the challenges of being a trans person in prison was all the more significant because she had spent years trying but failing to make a documentary about a real trans person, CeCe McDonald, who ostensibly was imprisoned unjustly.

Life for Cox hasn’t been quite the same since the explosion of Orange Is the New Black. For the first season’s third episode, “Lesbian Request Denied,” which was directed by Jodie Foster and explored Sophia’s backstory, Cox earned her first historic Emmy nom; for the fourth season’s fourth episode, “Doctor Psycho,” which depicts what life is like for a trans person in solitary confinement, she earned her second. In-between, she also landed her Time cover and became only the second trans performer ever to be a regular on a broadcast network show with Doubt (though the series was canceled after the airing of just two episodes, additional episodes continue to air on CBS on Saturdays at 8 p.m.). Cox also was the first trans person to appear on the radar of many Americans, and by her very existence — as well as the excellence of her work  —  she has helped to pave the way for greater awareness and and greater acceptance as well — at least in circles outside of Donald Trump‘s White House.

Cox paved the way not only for other characters in pop culture, like Jeffrey Tambor‘s portrayal of Jill Soloway‘s “mapa” on Amazon’s Transparent, which premiered in 2014, and for which Tambor has won the last two best actor in a comedy series Emmys; but also for real people like Chelsea Manning, the controversial U.S. Army soldier who went to jail, for leaking classified material, as Bradley, but began identifying herself as a woman in 2013; Caitlyn Jenner, who transitioned in 2015; and the list goes on. Trans people clearly still have a long way to go in achieving real equality, as demonstrated by Trump’s ban on trans people serving in the U.S. military, which he announced Wednesday on Twitter. (Cox immediately issued a statement condemning Trump’s decision, thanking members of the trans community for their service and saying, “I’m sorry your ‘commander in chief’ doesn’t value it.”) But as Cox continues to fight for further progress, she also celebrates the progress that has been made. “At one point, for the two weeks that Doubt was on the air, there were two black transgender women series regulars on primetime broadcast television,” she marvels, the other being Amiyah Scott on Fox’s Star. “That’s exciting.”

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