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Natalie Portman calls out the Globes' 'all-male' best director nominees from the stage

"And here are the all-male nominees."

Angie Han

on January 7, 2018

Natalie Portman calls out the Globes' 'all-male' best director nominees from the stage

Natalie Portman with America Ferrera at the 2017 Golden Globes. Credit: Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images

Natalie Portman is done pretending not to notice the gender disparity in Hollywood filmmaking.

While on stage at the Golden Globes, Portman called out the industry with a single well-placed word.

Portman went on stage with Ron Howard, who announced that they were here to present the award for Golden Globes.

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"And here are the all-male nominees," said Portman.

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Portman was exactly right, of course — the five filmmakers up for the award were Guillermo del Toro, Martin McDonagh, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, and Steven Spielberg. It's not at all unusual for the Best Director field to consist entirely of men. It's just unusual for someone to call attention that fact.

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Angie Han

Angie Han is the Deputy Entertainment Editor at Mashable. Previously, she was the managing editor of Slashfilm.com. She writes about all things pop culture, but mostly movies, which is too bad since she has terrible taste in movies.