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Oprah Winfrey's impassioned call for "a brighter morning even in our darkest nights" at the Golden Globes has Democratic Party activists buzzing about the media superstar and the 2020 presidential race - even if it's only a fantasy. Even so, for Democrats in early voting states, and perhaps for a public that largely disapproves of President Donald Trump's job performance, the notion of a popular media figure as a presidential candidate is not as strange as it once seemed, given the New York real estate mogul and reality TV star now in the White House.
Actress and TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey poses with the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 75th Golden Globe Awards on January 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. New York - Could Oprah Winfrey run for president and beat Donald Trump? Hollywood, liberals and ardent fans are abuzz with speculation that the billionaire chat show queen is harboring White House ambitions after an impassioned Golden Globes speech.
Sterling K. Brown poses with the award for best performance by an actor in a TV drama at the FOX Golden Globes after-party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 7, 2018. The dominant social issue of Sunday's Golden Globes was combating sexual harassment and sexual assault against women in the entertainment industry, an issue that dominated headlines for months following accusations against Hollywood powerhouse Harvey Weinstein.
After host Seth Meyers jokingly begged her to run for president Sunday night at the 75th Golden Globes, Oprah Winfrey sounded like she was ready to lead a brigade into battle. Winfrey, the first black woman to receive the Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award, delivered a rousing speech covering the importance of truth, justice and equality.
After her extraordinary speech on Sunday night, it's the big question of Monday morning: Is Oprah Winfrey interested in a presidential bid? "President Winfrey" was the talk of the Beverly Hilton ballroom after Winfrey accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes . And the "Oprah for president?" possibility was a top story on morning TV.
Editor's note: In October 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission began investigating Hollywood's gender gap. Before it delivers its recommendations to the Trump administration, Truthdig contributor Carrie Rickey considers the historic accomplishments of women behind the camera, how they got marginalized, and how they are fighting for equal employment.
At the Golden Globes on Sunday night, Meryl Streep was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award and gave a politically-charged acceptance speech about the importance of diversity and freedom. Though she did not reference President-elect Donald Trump by name, she mentioned a moment when "the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power, and the capacity to fight back."
Meryl Streep poses in the press room with the Cecil B. DeMille award at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Meryl Streep's acceptance speech after receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes turned out to be the opening volley in a war of words with President-elect Donald Trump. The actress never mentioned Trump by name, but it was clear who her target was in pointedly saying that a performance from the past year that stunned her came from the campaign trail.
President-elect Donald Trump is firing back at Meryl Streep after the actress used her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes to scold him for mocking a disabled reporter during the presidential campaign. "Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes," Trump tweeted, noting that Streep had campaigned for his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.
Los Angeles, Jan 9 : Hollywood actress Meryl Streep attacked US President -elect Donald Trump at the Golden Globes stage as she referred and slammed him over imitating a disabled reporter during his campaign. [NK Bollywood] There was one performance this year that stunned me, the actress said while addressing the gathering after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award.
After Meryl Streep's barnstorming speech at the Golden Globes, in which she criticised Donald Trump without mentioning his name, everyone has been waiting for the almost inevitable tweetstorm. While we anticipate a 140-character hot take from the president-elect is still to come, the New York Times has landed a short but revealing interview with Trump, getting his response to the actress' remarks.
Hollywood unleashed its contempt for Donald Trump Sunday night as the Golden Globes turned into a roast of the President-elect. Host Jimmy Fallon kicked off the awards show - the first major red-carpet style event since last November's election - with a wisecrack-filled monologue aimed at the billionaire before award winners, including Hugh Laurie and Meryl Streep, got their shots in.