This is what a Hollywood embracing Me Too and pushing for gender equality looks like.
Vanity Fair unveiled the cover for its annual Hollywood Issue Thursday, and though it breaks the two-year streak of featuring only women, it showcases celebrities that were hand-picked because they are unafraid to comment on injustices or be a part of projects helping to level disparities that need to be abolished.Graydon Carter, the magazine's editor who is stepping down after a 25-year tenure, also appears.
Wrinkle in Time actresses Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon, along with Witherspoon's Big Little Lies co-star and fellow executive producer, Nicole Kidman, are featured. Tom Hanks and Michael B. Jordan, sporting tuxes with white vests and matching bow ties, hang in the background with Zendaya. To the right are Jessica Chastain, Claire Foy and Michael Shannon. Gal Gadot, Carter and Robert De Niro round out the cover models snapped by Annie Leibovitz.
Speaking backstage at the Golden Globe Awards, Oprah Winfrey says the 'Time's Up' movement isn't just for the privileged, it's for every "culture, race, religion, politic or workplace." AP
The stars also gave insight to what inspired them to create their authentic paths for the issue.
For Winfrey, it was her time as a young anchor woman.
"I had this moment where realized I can be a better me than I can be a pretend Barbara Walters. That's what changed my life," this year's recipient of the Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille award said. "From that moment forward, I felt more like talking like myself and being like myself. Your ability to show the truth of you is also somebody's else's truth, and when people can see that, that is what they're relating to."
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