Oprah Winfrey brought the Golden Globes audience to their feet with a powerful speech as she accepted the Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunday night. Winfrey began by discussing Sidney Poitier, who won the 1964 Academy Award for best actor and, in doing so, became the first black man to win an Oscar. Eighteen years later, he received the Cecil B DeMille award at the 1982 Golden Globes. “Recy Taylor died 10 days ago, just shy of her 98th birthday,” Winfrey said. For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to the power of those men.

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2018 04:11 UTC