Golden Globes pays tribute to Paris attack victims
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E-mail Shanghai Daily via agencies, January 12, 2015
Hollywood showed its solidarity with France at the Golden Globes on Sunday after deadly Islamist attacks, as the first major prizes of Tinseltown's annual awards season were handed out.
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Actor George Clooney (L), wearing a "Je suis Charlie" button, and Amal Clooney arrive on the red carpet for the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, January 11, 2015 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. |
Amy Adams, Patricia Arquette and J.K. Simmons were among the early winners at the 72nd Golden Globes, second only to next month's Academy Awards, with several major prizes still up for grabs.
Comic duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler opened the three-hour show with a sharp monologue poking fun at the Sony Pictures hack and the firestorm over "The Interview," a farce about killing North Korea's leader.
The duo joked that the evening was to celebrate "all the movies that North Korea was okay with."
The evening took a more serious turn when the head of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association -- which hands out the Globes -- brought the audience at the Beverly Hilton to its feet with a pledge to support freedom of expression in the wake of both the Sony hack and the French attacks.
"Together we will stand united against anyone who will repress free speech, anywhere, from North Korea to Paris," said HFPA chief Theo Kingma.
A short time later, Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto also paid a moving tribute, even speaking French.
"On vous aime. Je suis Charlie ("We love you. I am Charlie"), Leto said.
George Clooney, upon accepting the Cecil B. DeMille award -- an honorary Golden Globe for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment -- also voiced his support, saying: "Je suis Charlie."
On the red carpet, several stars including Clooney and his wife Amal, Helen Mirren and Kathy Bates displayed the "Je Suis Charlie" slogan, which has become a rallying cry in the wake of the deadly gun attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
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