During the 2024 Golden Globes, both Angela Bassett and Carol Burnett received prestigious awards. Bassett, presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award, gave a heartfelt speech about the challenges she faced as a Black actress in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Burnett was honored with the Carol Burnett Award by her husband, John Danson, who shared humorous anecdotes about their early relationship.
Friday night’s shindig at The Beverly Hilton also counted Jane Fonda, Anthony Anderson, Steve Guttenberg, and Babyface among its guests, all watching as Streep presented a crying Davis with the 2024 Cecil B. DeMille Award. (A rep for the event notes that this handoff was an intentional callback to 2017, when it was Davis handing Streep that same award.
) Davis accepted with a 16-minute-long speech about the challenges she’s faced in the industry—and how she had to make some tough decisions when choosing roles. “Let me tell you something, not to be a contradiction, but when I started off in my career, I took a lot of jobs because of the money,” she said. “Sometimes, for a dark-skinned, Black woman with a wide nose and big lips, that’s all there was out there. If I waited for a role that was well-crafted and written for me, well crafted, then I wouldn’t be standing up here.” (Variety has published Davis’s speech in full.) When Steenburgen took the stage to hand the 2024 Carol Burnett Award to her husband, she began by detailing the earliest days of their relationship, saying her assumption that he was a “slick guy” was upended the more she got to know him. “How wrong I was,” she said. “Slick guys don’t say ‘gosh-a-rooney’ after making love,” then, gently wincing, said “I’d like to apologize to my granddaughters now.” In his acceptance speech, Danson said, “I have to admit I’ve always had a confusing relationship with awards. If I win, I feel a little embarrassed and lonely. If I don’t win, I feel a little embarrassed and lonely.” “But not tonight. Not tonight. I am so thrilled to get this award, Carol. I cannot tell you how much it means to me. You have brought so much joy and happiness into households all over the world. You radiate kindness. I love you so much.” From the seated crowd, Burnett—still razor sharp at age 91—hollered “I love you” up at the stage in respons
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