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Hollywood Rendered Speechless During Awards Season
The Brutalist’s Adrien Brody rendered himself speechless talking about the destruction from the fires in L.A. while accepting his award.
It’s not uncommon for winners at awards shows, televised or not, to speak to issues near to them, as documentarian Kirsten Johnson spoke to the ongoing crisis in Gaza and the West Bank prior to announcing Best Non-fiction Film to the directors of No Other Land(who could not attend). Jim Jarmusch, there to introduce Best Screenplay winner Sean Baker, spoke out against the country’s allergy to “woke,” insisting that it was actually time for everyone to “wake up” and see that what was happening was a product of our own making. There certainly was still a sense of celebration: a standing ovation for Mike Leigh, a hearty laugh at Sean Baker ribbing New Yorker critic Richard Brody, All We Imagine As Light director Payal Kapadia expressing her bafflement that Jodie Foster approached her at the Golden Globes that weekend.
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