Cate Blanchett slams ‘patriarchal’ awards exhibits after accepting finest actress prize

LOS ANGELES – Cate Blanchett criticised the “patriarchal pyramid” of Hollywood awards exhibits as she accepted a finest actress gong on the Critics Selection Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

The Australian actress and Oscars frontrunner, whose efficiency as an bold, morally doubtful conductor in classical music drama Tar is sweeping awards, instructed a packed ballroom that she wished the entire “construction” of awards exhibits may very well be modified.

“It’s like, what is that this patriarchal pyramid the place somebody stands up right here?“ she mentioned, gathering her prize from North America’s largest critics organisation.

“Why don’t we simply say there’s an entire raft of feminine performances which might be in live performance and in dialogue with each other, and cease the televised horse race of it in any respect?“

“As a result of can I let you know, each single girl – whether or not it’s tv, movie, promoting, tampon commercials, no matter – you’re all on the market doing superb work that’s inspiring me frequently.

“So thanks. I share this with you all.”

Blanchett has beforehand accepted two Oscars for her work in Blue Jasmine (2013) and The Aviator (2004).

She received a Golden Globe for her efficiency as a fictional lesbian conductor in Tar final week, however didn’t attend that ceremony.

A number of different awards exhibits, together with the Movie Impartial Spirit Awards, the MTV Film and TV Awards, and music’s Grammy Awards, have switched to gender-neutral performing prizes.

The Critics Selection Awards, just like the Oscars and most different Hollywood exhibits, nonetheless divides its performing prizes between female and male classes.

Blanchett’s feedback got here moments after Brendan Fraser gave a extremely emotional, choking speech through which he thanked voters for his finest actor prize for The Whale.

Fraser, a significant Hollywood star within the late Nineteen Nineties and early 2000s with hits similar to The Mummy trilogy (1999 to 2008), had endured an extended fallow interval earlier than his efficiency as a morbidly overweight instructor in his new drama drew widespread acclaim.

“I used to be within the wilderness. And I most likely ought to have left a path of breadcrumbs. However you discovered me,” Fraser instructed director Darren Aronofsky.

“If you happen to – like a man like Charlie who I performed on this film – in any approach wrestle with weight problems, otherwise you simply really feel such as you’re in a darkish sea, I need you to know that if you can also have the power to simply get to your ft and go to the sunshine, good issues will occur,” Fraser mentioned to a standing ovation.

The Critics Selection Awards are considered one of a raft of main award exhibits within the construct as much as the Oscars, which happen this yr on March 12.

Surreal sci-fi All the pieces All over the place All At As soon as received finest image at Sunday’s high-profile critics awards, boosting its hopes for the highest Academy Award prize.

The movie completed the night time with probably the most movie wins on 5, together with finest director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, finest unique screenplay, finest enhancing and finest supporting actor for Oscar favorite Ke Huy Quan.

Among the many night time’s tv prizes, the sixth and final season of Breaking Dangerous spin-off Higher Name Saul (2015 to 2022) lastly claimed its first finest drama sequence win, in addition to finest actor for Bob Odenkirk and finest supporting actor for Giancarlo Esposito. AFP