so it is the awards season, thank goodness. actress kristen bell kicked off the screen actors guild awards and took on the issues facing the country. listen. we are living in a water shed moment and as we march forward with active momentum and open ears, let s make sure that we re leading the charge with empathy and with diligence, because fear and anger never win the race. cnn s stephanie elam live in los angeles with some of the night s highlights. stephanie? i feel your glee about awards season. last night, the movie to beat was three billboards outside ebbing, missouri. and it went on to win. and on the tv side, that miniseries big little lies was expected to do well and it did for nicole kidman winning, alexander scars guaskarsgard as.
nicole kidman spoke to a bigger trend in hollywood, especially for women over 40. take a listen. 20 years ago, we were pretty washed up by this stage in our lives. so that s not the case now. we have proven and these actresses and so many more are proving we are potent and powerful and viable. i just beg that the industry stays behind us because our stories are finally being told. it is only the beginning. and i m so proud to be a part of a community that is instigating this change. she took the moment to write out a speech, she had been working until 1:00 in the morning but was prepared for that one moment. and also on the tv side, worth noting that this is us, fan favorite, won for that show. outstanding performance by an ensemble and sterling k. brown won as well, a phenomenal speech that made you feel like you wanted to go out and be a better person. stephanie elam for us in los
cities across the nation. thousands upon thousands of people from the east coast to the west coast urging people to vote in this year s mid you term elections. you have a lot more women onto the ballot. they gathered in europe, including london and rome. and women taking stage at the 24th s.a.g. awards. kristen bell break the glass ceiling. she is the first woman to host. almost all presenters, women. the night s big winner, three billboards outside ebbing, missouri. it won stars for francis mcdermott and sam rockwell. this is us . big little lies . they were winners on the tv side. blizzard conditions hammering the center of the country. meteorologist chad myers has more. good morning. good morning. from the sand hills of nebraska through kansas, right up into
did that have an effect? when you look at the tv and movies that have been made since, did that protest or active uproar lead to the change that we re seeing? it s interesting. i m primarily a tv critic, and what i ve noticed is there s been much more progression in television. there s been sustained protests, i think, about black diversity in television and in movies, but there seems to have been more ground made in television. and one of the things that surprised me, for example, about the golden globes nominations, is that they weren t very good in terms of ethnic diversity, particularly on the tv side. we did see a lot of great nominations for women, though. and you know, big little lies on hbo is expected to do well, got six nominations, the most nominated tv show in the golden globe awards. so while some progress on some fronts, we also don t have enough progress on every front. and this is something that s very important. sometimes it s hard for hollywood to focus on multipl
influence policy while that might have been there on the tv side, not so sure what he did. clearly as richard and jill have said, he was a polarizing figure in the sense there s an appeal to this fringe element of white supremacists and nazis and clearly, he had an appeal to them. he was someone caught wearing if i recall correctly, a symbol that harked back to the sort of hungarian nazi connection. these are not the people we need in the white house to represent our government. talking about this sort of importance of information getting to the president, what do you make of what do you make of gorka being in the white house apparently advising on matters of national security? i saw him as a disruptive force almost in some respects. not quite a comic figure, but i put it this way, i