It was a good night for the Irish contingent at last night’s Golden Globes, with Saoirse Ronan winning the Best Actress award for her role in Lady Bird and London-Irish director and writer Michael McDonagh taking away the Best Screenplay award for Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri. Rachel Vigeon from Showbiz Networks was on the line on Today with Sean O’Rourke to talk about the night.
Many women attending the ceremony this year dressed in black to show their solidarity with the #MeToo movement, which aims to shine a light on sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry. Rachel told Sean that it gave the awards a more sombre tone than previous years.
"It was very different from what the Golden Globes normally are…The Globes, really, live up to their reputation as the biggest celebrity party in Hollywood each year…It’s usually really good for a laugh. This year the atmosphere was markedly different. It was much more serious. Yes, people still had a good time but they also wanted to get the message across this year that, you know, women in Hollywood are ready for a change. They want a change. They’re demanding a change."
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Oprah Winfrey made a big splash on the night, winning the Cecil B DeMille Award and delivering a rousing speech that prompted a standing ovation. Rachel explained that this speech could have more far-reaching implications.
"We’ve had people now sort of reacting to it and saying ‘Is this her first speech, you know, setting herself up for a Presidential run?’…That’s how seriously people are taking this."
Listen back to the whole segment on Today with Sean O’Rourke here.
