"To ensure the best future for women in Hollywood, we must..."
That's the blank celebrities were asked to fill backstage at the 2018 Golden Globes, where inclusion and feminism were a primary focus. The Time's Up initiative lorded over the night, dressing presenters and attendees in all black. For some winners, speeches became rallying cries — specifically, Oprah Winfrey rattled the crowd during her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. Demille award. She declared, "A new day is on the horizon!"
Indeed, it is. But we won't be able to traverse to that utopic horizon without a lot of hard work, which is why Refinery29 asked Golden Globe winners backstage what they can do to make sure Hollywood keeps moving forward.
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Sterling K. Brown, who took home a statue for his role in This Is Us that night, said, "We need to no longer remain silent...We cannot allow any sort of circumstances to allow your female compatriots to feel less than welcome and comfortable and accepted."
Viola Davis said, simply, "Inclusion."
The Time's Up campaign has made a point of making sure this sexual assault reckoning isn't just about Hollywood. Though the group contains some of Hollywood's biggest names — Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Viola Davis, and Emma Watson, to name a few — this isn't strictly about women in showbiz. Several attendees drove this point home backstage.
"We need equal pay...and not only in Hollywood but in many other industries as well. We need equal pay all around the world," said Elisabeth Moss, who won the Best Actress Golden Globe for her role in The Handmaid's Tale.
Guillermo Del Toro, the winning director of the evening for The Shape of Water, pledged to "talk and listen."
"We all need to be open to change," said James Franco, who won for his role in The Disaster Artist. "Everybody needs to contribute."
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