Cate Blanchett made a bold statement after winning the award for Best Actress at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards.
The 53-year-old actress called for the end of televised awards shows while accepting the awards on Sunday (January 15) at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
Cate, who won for TAR, started off her speech with a funny anecdote, saying, “This is actually the second award of the evening: Julia Roberts, earlier, presented me with a bottle of mouthwash. So thank you, Julia. This is a poor second.”
She continued by saying the award was “arbitrary, considering how many extraordinary performances” were given by women in the past year. She noted some of the performances that were not nominated, including To Leslie‘s Andrea Riseborough.
Cate then suggested some major changes for awards season.
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