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I remember
when I took my high heels off

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on the red carpet one year,

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and I mean,
the poor assistant publicist

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who was there, she was
like, "Oh, God, Minnie, please!

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Please, put your shoes
back on. Please, put 'em back
on."

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I was like,
"It's really fine."

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"Oh my God, just please tell me
you had a pedicure."

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"Yeah, no, we're all good.

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"I don't have
Hobbit feet today, love.

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"But these fucking shoes
are killing me,

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"and I can't do it anymore.

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Don't worry, your job is safe."

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But the level of panic attached
to any woman breaking rank

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and not looking
the prescribed way,

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I mean, it just makes you wish
everyone was Bjork

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wearing a swan.

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- Absolutely gorgeous!
- Thank you, so do you.

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- I mean, that stunning dress.
- Thank you so much.

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And in it, girl,
you look hot throughout.

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Award season is a big deal
in Hollywood,

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and sex appeal is a big
part of the PR push,

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especially for actresses
walking the red carpet.

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When I
was promoting "Slumdog,"

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Dev would always
get asked questions

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about his past
project, "Skins,"

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or how-- how was it
working with Danny Boyle?

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And-- and I would always get
asked what I was wearing.

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What are you wearing?
- I'm joking.

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John Galliano.

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And so, pretty early on,
I was programmed

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to think that that's how it
goes, so I would smile and like,
you know,

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do the, like, little head tilt,
and tell them what I was
wearing.

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- Tell me about your dress.
- Who are you wearing?

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I'm loving this Prada dress.

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Just wanna know the dress
for "InStyle" real quick.

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Oh, it's Elie Saab.

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Sometimes a journalist
on the red carpet

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has just one question to ask,

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and you wanna talk
about your movie,

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and you wanna talk
about your character.

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And that question
is always about clothes.

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Do-- I'm just wondering,
do you do that to the guys?

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Yes, yes we do.
- It's a thing that's just--

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it just happens.

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What do you think's
gonna happen down there

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that is so fascinating?

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It's just, I guess, the culture
that we live in.

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Do you wanna do the Mani-Cam
so we can see your jewels,

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- or your mani, or no?
- No, no Mani-Cam.

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No?
Okay, well, we won't do that.

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I knew the jig was up
with the Mani-Cam.

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It was literally, like,
you'd put your hand

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inside a thing that would do
a close-up of your manicure.

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Oh, I don't--
no, I'm not doing that.

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I'm here on this carpet to talk
about the film that I made

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that I've been nominated
for this award,

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and you want me to talk
about nail polish.

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No.

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I mean, what,
the revolution starts here?

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Saying no to the Mani-Cam?
Jesus Christ.

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It's culminated
in a social media campaign

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called Ask Her More.

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We wanna know about the ladies
in the dress.

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We wanna know about
their passions,

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and what they're excited
about, and what books they're
reading.

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She suffered from depression.

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How did you find
the balance in this role?

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I was watching
or listening to something

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where they actually--
they compared you

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and your work to Meryl Streep.

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What's your reaction
to something like that?

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Have you heard from families who
are saying, "Hey, thank you"?

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It just requires
education.

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You know, it requires
having thoughtful conversations
with press

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about the things
they should ask.

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And it's empowering to clients
on those red carpets

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to not feel obligated
to do the twirl

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or the over-the-shoulder.

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One of
Hollywood's most famous parties

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turned into a
protest Sunday night.

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Time's up!

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Time's Up,
which began as a meeting

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of Hollywood women last fall

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to address sexual harassment
in the workplace,

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has become a movement
for victims everywhere.

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Time's Up was an awakening.

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It was a gut reaction
to collective trauma

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from true survivors,

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and then just being
a woman in the world.

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Right at
that Golden Globes,

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I started getting talking points
from publicists saying,

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"Please ask my client about
pay equity, sexual harassment,"

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which are the very things I've
been trying to ask them about

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for a decade, and being told,

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"She doesn't wanna talk
about that on the record."

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Time's Up
became an advocate

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and a little bit of a watchdog.
It's like, these are the things.

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We're gonna keep
pointing out the bullshit

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that goes on,
both conscious and unconscious,

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but it's bullshit.

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Two years after the start
of the Me Too movement,

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a record number of women

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brought big films
to life in 2019.

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Yet, none is
being recognized.

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Awards in
general, and the Oscars in
particular,

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are extremely important.

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It is an objective marker
of quality and success

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that everybody in the industry
can hang their hat on.

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But the fact of the matter is,

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the people who are deciding
on these awards

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are overwhelmingly white,
overwhelmingly male.

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It's baked into the system
that the male sensibility

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is what is determining quality,

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and those awards
then determine opportunity.

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In response
to Oscars So White,

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the Academy set a goal
of doubling the number of women

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and minority
members by 2020.

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It has already
partially succeeded.

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16% of members are now
people of color, up from 8%.

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But female membership
only rose

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from 25% to 32%.

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In the last few years,
the Academy has made

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a very dramatic
effort to diversify.

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But the challenge for the
Academy is they're drawing from
an industry

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that has the same
inclusion issues.

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If the studios
and the independents

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don't give women
and people of color a chance,

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the Academy can't say,
"Oh, well, if you made a film,

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we'd be happy to," you know.

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Because the Academy
only is looking

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at the best material
that's out there.

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A lot of
the men that win these awards

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have done these amazing movies,
and a lot of them

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come from fantastic source
material, which is great.

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It costs a million dollars
to option that book, or
whatever.

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And then they had
a wonderful producer,

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producing team, and a
studio backing them-- great.

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That takes a lot of support
to get to the level of a movie

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that would be considered
for Best Picture.

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The distributor plays
such a crucial role,

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because an awards campaign
is very expensive.

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All of the ads,
all of the press,

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all of the screenings then drive

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Academy voters,

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and the Hollywood
Foreign Press,

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and all of the other
sort of voting organizations

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to want to see your movie.

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It's a huge amount of money,
and a huge machine.

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It is hard to get
that level of support

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so they can get
into that tier

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of top ten best films that year.

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We have to break out
of the old definition of "best,"

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and we have to say best
might be a fresh voice,

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a different voice,
a diverse voice.

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The Academy released
a new set of guidelines

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that says in order to be
nominated for Best Picture,

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you have to adhere to these
guidelines for diversity.

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There's a lot of different ways
you can satisfy the
requirements.

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But it is, by far,
the most aggressive thing

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that Hollywood has seen
to promote inclusive casting

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and inclusive people
behind the scenes on movies.

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The Academy derives
most of its revenue

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from the Academy Awards,
their telecast.

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If that is perceived
as out of touch,

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if people don't see themselves
on that stage,

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that's bad for the
Academy's business.

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Awards can mean the
difference between a project

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getting seen widely, globally.

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It creates opportunity
for everyone involved,

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from behind the scenes
to in front of the camera.

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There are very few opportunities
for women in the business,

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and that nomination,
or that win,

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will definitely get
your phone ringing.

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Hollywood is at
a turning point right now.

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There is a reckoning going on
at every level.

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What kind of stories
does Hollywood want to tell,

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and how does it navigate
the new rules

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about workplace behavior
between the genders?

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That's what we all
wanna find out.