We are encouraging each other to change business models, to try new ventures.
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Murphy continued that that was the reason he called the “Iron Man” star and when she said yes, it was a blessing for his family.
Salma Hayek, Anna Kendrick, Gwyneth Paltrow and more were named “Lifetime Impact Honorees” because of their efforts for their specific causes. “I could not have made it without the women who gave me the strength today”.
Each of the women was singled out for her charitable work, while Gianopulos was given the inaugural EmPOWerment Award for supporting an industry-leading number females in his company.
The blonde beauty, 43, isn’t upset that her close pal Robert, 50, is the world’s highest paid actor and earned an estimated $80 million this year, but thinks female stars deserve to receive more money. Winfrey was recognized specifically for her Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa, which will graduate its fifth class of students this year.
The afternoon highlighted organizations like Gucci’s Chime for Change, The Trevor Project, Room to Read and L.A. Kitchen, that address advocacy, LGBT rights, literacy and hunger. “I see a disparity here or here”, Paltrow said. “We changed, but nobody took the time to change with us in the industry”.
The Oscar victor says ambition used to be “a bad word” in Hollywood for women.
“We’ve been trying to talk about it for a long time”, Hayek Pinault said.” was so eloquent but was not the first one to talk about equality on an speech but now all of a sudden people are starting to listen so I am very hopeful. “It is possible to be a woman who is intelligent, thoughtful, articulate and vicious, while being a woman who is maternal, nurturing, sexual and for other women”.
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In spite of that improvement, there are still glaring inequalities between the treatment of men and women in Hollywood, as Paltrow pointed out earlier this week when discussing the wage gap.
