Careers of Viola Davis and Ted Danson celebrated at Golden Gala

Actress Viola Davis, 59, delivered a moving 16-minute speech Friday evening while receiving the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Gala: an evening of excellence. She spoke about how her turbulent upbringing fueled her passion for acting as an escape and how financial necessity often influenced her choice of roles.

Viola Davis’ journey to becoming one of Hollywood’s most beloved actresses has been guided by a simple mantra: embrace each role and use each one as a paycheck and as an opportunity to explore new characters all together. by perfecting their skills.

If I had waited for a role written for me, well crafted, then I wouldn’t be heresaid Ms. Davis, who, along with Carol Burnett Award winner Ted Danson, was celebrated for her career achievements in film and television at a star-studded gala dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif., two nights only before 82^e annual Golden Globes ceremony.

Popular personalities in attendance included Carol Burnett, Jane Fonda, Anthony Anderson, Steve Guttenberg and singer-songwriter Kenneth Babyface Edmunds. This marked the first time that the Golden Globes held a separate gala dedicated to these two awards.

Viola Davis said she couldn’t afford to wait for the perfect role as dark-skinned black woman with wide nose and big lips.

So I chose it for the moneyrecounted Ms. Davis, who won praise for a series of compelling characters in films such as Fences, The Woman King, The Color of Feelings et Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom while captivating viewers with the crime drama How to Get Away with Murder.

I don’t believe that poverty is really the answer to art. I don’t think there is nobility in poverty.

Meryl Streep presented the award to Ms. Davis, whom she calledpure artist who proclaims the truth at every opportunity. The two actresses worked together in the film Doubt, appeared in 2008, where Meryl Streep began to marvel at Davis, whom she called her favorite actress in the world.

The DeMille Award was given to Hollywood’s top talents. Previous winners include Tom Hanks, Jeff Bridges, Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, Barbra Streisand and Sidney Poitier.

Ted Danson winner of the Carol Burnett Award

When Mr. Danson received his award, he congratulated Viola Davis, calling heramazing actress.

It’s a great pleasure to be in the same room as yousaid Mr. Danson, a three-time Globe winner who has been a television staple since his breakthrough role as Boston bartender Sam Malone on the comedy Cheers from NBC. He also starred in The Good Place, Mr. Mayor, Fargo, CSI : the experts, CSI : Cyber, Damages et Becker.

Ted Danson currently stars in Old-fashioned spy from Netflix, which earned him his first nomination since 2008 and the 13th^e in total.

Bia Iftikhar, who styles his hair on set, said it best: “Ted sets the tone”said his wife, actress Mary Steenburgen, who presented Mr. Danson with the Carol Burnett Award, established in 2019. Previous winners include Norman Lear, Ryan Murphy and Ellen DeGeneres. The first winner was Carol Burnett herself.

Ted Danson and his wife have appeared in a few projects together, including Between Moon and Earth, Gulliver’s Travels et A love in turmoil.

He is so loving and enjoys performing so much that all of us who work hard, away from our families for long hours, find ourselves working on a set run by his kindness, Mary Steenburgen said. As his wife, seeing all this respect and all this love […] for Ted, it made me very proud.

Mr. Danson thanked a number of authors, producers and actors as well as the co-creators of CheersGlen and Les Charles, who surprised him by showing up at the gala.

I am terribly grateful, he said. I’m truly the luckiest… on Earthhe concluded.