Guillermo del Toro won Best Director for The Shape of Water at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, but first he was made uncomfortable by Natalie Portman.
As Portman announced the nominees, she went off-script and said, "Here are the all-male nominees."
Her startled co-presenter, director Ron Howard, laughed nervously, and each of the nominated directors looked uncomfortable when the camera found them as their names were announced.
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Sexism and inequality was the theme of the night, with stars wearing black and wearing pins supporting Time's Up, a legal defense fund for women who speak out against sexual harassment in the workplace, and numerous speeches addressing issues of inequality.
Only 7 percent of the 250 biggest domestic releases were directed by women in 2016, according to Variety.
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Social media was loving Portman's call-out.
natalie portman: and here are the all male nominees
me: pic.twitter.com/nxOObkiNk4
Natalie Portman ðŸ"¥ðŸ"¥ðŸ"¥ðŸ"¥
— Air in Gear (@eringhere) January 8, 2018NATALIE PORTMAN JUST DID THAT
— Patrick Lee (@patrickdonalson) January 8, 2018Natalie Portman.
That is all. pic.twitter.com/dtV7R7ndXo
Natalie Portman is fearless. Calling out the globes for the all male directors. Maybe Greta Gerwig will get her Oscar nomination #goldenglobes
— J. Scott Sibley (@JScottSibley) January 8, 2018Del Toro beat out Martin McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk, Ridley Scott for All The Money in the World and Steven Spielberg for The Post.
Later in the show, while presenting the award for Best Picture - Drama, Barbra Streisand, who won Best Director in 1984 for Yentl, said that it was unacceptable that she was the last and only woman to win that award.
"That was 34 years ago, folks," she said. "Time's up."
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