Cate Blanchett It is really about why award shows no longer have to be broadcast on television.
During a recent appearance on the “Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang“ Podcast, the 55-year-old actress, discussed what it was like to continue the world as a public person, and noticed that with the invention of smartphones, there are “so few spaces that you can now go, where you are private” without worrying about whether someone picks up.
“That is what I liked about the late 80s (was) to all dance parties in Sydney for Mardi Gras. People were just there,” she explained. “They were so present, you know, they were just together, together, a great time. It was non-aggressive. Nobody was admitted. Nobody gave what someone did.”
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Cate Blanchett says she misses the days that there was no fear of being admitted to public. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty images)
Hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers agreed with Blanchett, where Yang brought up the current trend on Tiktok where lure readers will post videos who claim to know what celebrities say to each other in awards shows.
Blanchett and the hosts agreed that the new trend feels “insidious”, pointing out that certain celebrities started to cover their mouths when they speak on the carpet to prevent it from being the subject of one of those videos.
“I mean, I say, I know it’s blasphemy, go back to the day it wasn’t broadcast on television,” said Blanchett. “Bring that back and just have a great party where people can just let go. I mean, the industry is so spread and at such a point … which I think may be exciting or really depressing, but it is on a pivot, and so we have to come together and celebrate what we do, without having to have the audience.”
“I mean, the fashion is great, and all things like that. We will eventually find out who won or did not win. But it would be so nice that it happened behind closed doors (it would be) definitely a very different evening.”
The very first Academy Awards took place in May 1929, but it was only broadcast on the 25th ceremony in 1953. Since then, the public has been coordinated worldwide to see which of their favorite stars takes the biggest prices of the night home.
Cate Blanchett won her first Oscar in 2005 and her second Oscar in 2014. (Jason Merritt/Getty images)
Blanchett herself has won two Oscars, one for her supporting role in “The Aviator” in 2005, which Katharine Hepburn plays, and another for her leading role in “Blue Jasmine” in 2014. She also received six extra nominations in both supporting and lead categories.
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“I mean, fashion is great, and all things like that. We will eventually find out who won or did not win,” she added. “But it would be so nice that it happened behind closed doors (it would be) definitely a completely different evening.”
The actress later clarified that she is all for still having award shows and noticed: “It is so great that people’s work is celebrated and that way”, but that the current system can often cause people to “get sick” of some of the nominated films.
“This is the thing, all these films are great, and so many great films and versions and all Craft Awards and cinematography,” she explained. “You want to celebrate them, but you can get those films sick because they are all crushed, as they have to. I don’t want to get sick because they are brilliant.”
Cate Blanchett has spoken in the past about her desire to stop broadcast Awards shows. (Emma Mcintyre/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)
This is not the first time that Blanchett has spoken about her problems with prices shows. When they Critics’ Choice Award For the best actress in a drama for her leading role in “Tar” in 2023, she used part of her acceptance speech to call the system a “patriarchal pyramid where someone stands” for a room full of their colleagues.
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Then she referred to the entire affair as ‘a television race on television’ and suggested that instead they acknowledge that there is a whole series of female performances that are in concert and in dialogue with each other. “
‘Because I can tell you every woman – Whether it’s televisionFilm, advertisements, tampon advertising, whatever – you all do great work that constantly inspires me, “she said.
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