{"id":422493,"date":"2022-03-27T23:06:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/"},"modified":"2022-03-27T23:06:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T20:06:33","slug":"13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/","title":{"rendered":"#13 times Oscar-winners used the podium as a soapbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dfe4cc7ba0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#%E2%80%9C13_times_Oscar-winners_used_the_podium_as_a_soapbox%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;13 times Oscar-winners used the podium as a soapbox&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#Susan_Sarandon_and_Tim_Robbins_1993\" >Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins (1993)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#Frances_McDormand_2018\" >Frances McDormand (2018)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#Joaquin_Phoenix_2020\" >Joaquin Phoenix (2020)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#Sacheen_Littlefeather_1973\" >Sacheen Littlefeather (1973)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#Patricia_Arquette_2015\" >Patricia Arquette (2015)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#%E2%80%98Spotlight_producers_2016\" >\u2018Spotlight\u2019 producers (2016)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#Vanessa_Redgrave_1978\" >Vanessa Redgrave (1978)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#Al_Gore_2007\" >Al Gore (2007)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#Sean_Penn_2009\" >Sean Penn (2009)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#Leonardo_DiCaprio_2016\" >Leonardo DiCaprio (2016)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#Gael_Garcia_Bernal_2017\" >Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal (2017)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#Richard_Gere_1993\" >Richard Gere (1993)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/13-times-oscar-winners-used-the-podium-as-a-soapbox\/#Matthew_McConaughey_2014\" >Matthew McConaughey (2014)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C13_times_Oscar-winners_used_the_podium_as_a_soapbox%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;13 times Oscar-winners used the podium as a soapbox&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> and political issues have been ravaging our world since the beginning of time. <\/p>\n<p>But that never stops Hollywood from giving its two cents about <em>everything<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Whether they\u2019re winners or presenters, A-listers have taken to the Academy Awards stage year after year, decade after decade, to voice their opinions on matters that plague the globe, hoping to enlighten the worldwide audience on whatever issue they feel so strongly about.<\/p>\n<p>The prestigious Oscars podium has become a designated, glorified soapbox for the so-called Hollywood elite to chime in on controversial topics including Hollywood\u2019s gender pay gap, oppressed people\u2019s rights and climate change \u2014 all subjects that have found their spotlight on the Dolby Theatre stage. <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s star-studded ceremony \u2014 set for 8 p.m. on March 27 and airing on ABC \u2014 will surely be no different. <\/p>\n<p>Here are just some of the stars \u2014 including Oscar-winners Joaquin Phoenix, Patricia Arquette and (in absentia) Marlon Brando \u2014 who took the Oscars stage by storm and told the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> public how they should ponder the world\u2019s greatest problems.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Susan_Sarandon_and_Tim_Robbins_1993\"><\/span><strong>Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins (1993)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/robbins-sarandon.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=695\" alt=\"Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins \" class=\"wp-image-21561402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/robbins-sarandon.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1390 1390w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/robbins-sarandon.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1042 1042w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/robbins-sarandon.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=695 695w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/robbins-sarandon.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=347 347w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/robbins-sarandon.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\"\/><figcaption>Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins hit the 1993 Oscars stage.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former couple and liberal die-hards Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins had a wild moment at the 1993 show when they presented the award for Best Editing together.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PpTd065vi60\">During their time at the podium<\/a>, Robbins, 63, said he wanted to \u201ccall attention\u201d to more than 200 Haitians who were being held at Guantanamo Bay. \u201cTheir crime: testing positive for the HIV virus,\u201d he declared. Sarandon, 75, then urged the US government to rectify the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn their behalf, and on behalf of all the people living with HIV in this country we would like to ask our governing officials in Washington to admit that HIV is not a crime, and to admit these people into the United States,\u201d the actress said. <\/p>\n<p>In an interesting twist, the left-leaning duo announced that the Best Editing award went to Joel Cox for \u201cUnforgiven,\u201d a film that won three additional Oscars, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fLPuinlXOL8\">including Best Picture<\/a> and Best Director \u2014 for conservative stalwart, actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood, 91.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frances_McDormand_2018\"><\/span><strong>Frances McDormand (2018)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/frances-mcdormand-oscars.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"90th Annual Academy Awards - Show\" class=\"wp-image-17863906\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/frances-mcdormand-oscars.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/frances-mcdormand-oscars.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/frances-mcdormand-oscars.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/frances-mcdormand-oscars.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/frances-mcdormand-oscars.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Frances McDormand sounds off on gender pay disparity.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Frances McDormand <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4gU6CpQk6BE\">won her second of three Best Actor Oscars<\/a> in 2018 for her role in \u201cThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri\u201d and drove audiences\u2019 attention to Hollywood\u2019s gender pay disparity.<\/p>\n<p>The 64-year-old actress implored every female nominee in the theater to stand up with her and demanded that industry execs pay attention to female actors. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all have stories to tell and projects we need financed,\u201d she said in her speech. \u201cDon\u2019t talk to us about it at the parties tonight. Invite us into your office in a couple days, or you can come to ours, whatever suits you best, and we\u2019ll tell you all about them. I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: \u2018inclusion rider.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Joaquin_Phoenix_2020\"><\/span><strong>Joaquin Phoenix (2020)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/phoenix.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Joaquin Phoenix \" class=\"wp-image-21572308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/phoenix.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/phoenix.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/phoenix.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Joaquin Phoenix unfurls about a variety of causes.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Joaquin Phoenix, 47, has been an outspoken vegan for decades, and at the 2020 ceremony, he spoke at length depth about \u201cthe distressing issues we\u2019re facing,\u201d including gender equality, racism, animal rights and environmental concerns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think at times we feel or are made to feel that we champion different causes. But for me, I see commonality,\u201d the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qiiWdTz_MNc\">\u201cJoker\u201d actor <\/a>said as he proceeded to go in-depth with the few minutes he had onstage. \u201cI think, whether we\u2019re talking about gender inequality or racism or queer rights or indigenous rights or animal rights, we\u2019re talking about the fight against injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to claim that people have become \u201cvery disconnected from the natural world\u201d and, perhaps ironically, saying that many people share \u201cthe belief that we\u2019re the center of the universe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe go into the natural world and we plunder it for its resources. We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow and steal her baby, even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable. Then we take her milk that\u2019s intended for her calf and we put it in our coffee and our cereal,\u201d he droned on. <\/p>\n<p>He then extolled about his \u201cextraordinary life\u201d as a Hollywood A-lister. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the greatest gift that it\u2019s given me, and many of us in this room, is the opportunity to use our voice for the voiceless.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sacheen_Littlefeather_1973\"><\/span><strong>Sacheen Littlefeather (1973)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/littlefeather.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sacheen Littlefeather\" class=\"wp-image-21561401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/littlefeather.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/littlefeather.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/littlefeather.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sacheen Littlefeather (right) with Roger Moore and Liv Ullmann at the 1973 Oscars.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bettmann Archive<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Native American civil rights activist Sacheen Littlefeather <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2QUacU0I4yU\">stepped in for<\/a> Marlon Brando at the 1973 show when he refused to accept the prestigious Best Actor award for \u201cThe Godfather\u201d and instead sent in Sacheen in his place to protest the mistreatment of indigenous people by Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>While her speech earned both <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lause and boos from the audience, she firmly stood her ground. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reasons for [Brando\u2019s refusal] are the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry \u2013 excuse me \u2013 and on television in movie reruns, and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee,\u201d said Littlefeather, now 75. \u201cI beg at this time that I have not intruded upon this evening and that we will, in the future, our hearts and our understandings will meet with love and generosity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not long after, Clint Eastwood \u2014 before <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y1qWRdil--A\">presenting the Best Picture Oscar<\/a> \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/clint-eastwood-targeted-activist-indigenous-peoples-day-over-1973-oscars-quip-1639468\">controversially quipped<\/a>, \u201cI don\u2019t know if I should present this award on behalf of all the cowboys shot in all the John\u00a0Ford\u00a0westerns over the years.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Patricia_Arquette_2015\"><\/span><strong>Patricia Arquette (2015)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/arquette.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"87th Annual Academy Awards - Show\" class=\"wp-image-21549725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/arquette.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/arquette.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/arquette.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Patricia Arquette laments inequality for women in the US.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Patricia Arquette, 53, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6wx-Qh4Vczc\">spent much of her time accepting<\/a> the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award for\u00a0\u201cBoyhood\u201d declaring her stance on equal pay for women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else\u2019s equal rights,\u201d she stated in her speech. \u201cIt\u2019s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Spotlight_producers_2016\"><\/span><strong>\u2018Spotlight\u2019 producers (2016)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/spotlight.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"&quot;Spotlight&quot; Producer Nicole Rocklin \" class=\"wp-image-21561445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/spotlight.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/spotlight.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/spotlight.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cSpotlight\u201d producer Nicole Rocklin was among the film\u2019s reps who took the stage.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the drama \u201cSpotlight\u201d \u2014 which chronicled how the Boston Globe exposed allegations of child molestation in the Catholic Church \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZKV3TKuHm3k&amp;t=19s\">won Best Picture<\/a> in 2016, the producers and cast made their way to the stage to accept the statuette. One producer, Michael Sugar, had a bone to pick with Pope Francis about protecting kids from sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis film gave a voice to survivors and this Oscar amplifies that voice, which we hope will become a choir that will resonate all the way to the Vatican,\u201d Sugar expressed. \u201cPope Francis, it\u2019s time to protect the children and restore the faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vanessa_Redgrave_1978\"><\/span><strong>Vanessa Redgrave (1978)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/redgrave.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=703\" alt=\"VANESSA REDGRAVE\" class=\"wp-image-21549727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/redgrave.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1406 1406w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/redgrave.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1054 1054w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/redgrave.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=703 703w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/redgrave.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=351 351w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/redgrave.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\"\/><figcaption>Vanessa Redgrave launched a speech against \u201cZionist hoodlums\u201d from the stage.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Disney General Entertainment Con<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>British thespian Vanessa Redgrave roared about \u201cthe threats of a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums\u201d during her acceptance speech for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IAcOsK9gRLk\">Best Supporting Actress Oscar <\/a>for\u00a0\u201cJulia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Their] behavior is an insult to the stature of Jews all over the world and to their great and heroic record of struggle against fascism and oppression,\u201d said Redgrave, 85. \u201cAnd I salute that record, and I salute all of you, for having stood firm and dealt a final blow against that period when Nixon and McCarthy launched a worldwide witch hunt against those who tried to express in their lives and their work the truth that they believed in.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Al_Gore_2007\"><\/span><strong>Al Gore (2007)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/gore.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio\" class=\"wp-image-21561506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/gore.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/gore.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/gore.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Al Gore is joined by Leonardo DiCaprio.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Vice President Al Gore hit the stage to receive the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3e6LKm1QcXI\">Oscar for Best Documentary <\/a>for his documentary \u201cAn Inconvenient Truth,\u201d which looked at the dangers of global warming. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Gore spent his speech preaching about climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy fellow Americans, people all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis. It\u2019s not a political issue, it\u2019s a moral issue,\u201d said Gore, 73. \u201cWe have everything we need to get started with the possible exception of the will to act. That\u2019s a renewable resource. Let\u2019s renew it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sean_Penn_2009\"><\/span><strong>Sean Penn (2009)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"829\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/penn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=829\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 22:  (EDITORS NOTE: NO ONLINE, NO INTERNET, EMBARGOED FROM INTERNET AND TELEVISION USAGE UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE LIVE OSCARS TELECAST)  Actor Sean Penn accepts his Best \" class=\"wp-image-21549677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/penn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1658 1658w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/penn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1244 1243w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/penn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=829 829w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/penn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=415 414w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/penn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\"\/><figcaption>Sean Penn made a push for LGBTQ+ equality at the 2009 Oscars.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Penn famously won the award for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9HFRjamyua0\">Best Actor<\/a> for \u201cMilk,\u201d in which he portrayed slain gay activist and lawmaker Harvey Milk. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMystic River\u201d actor advocated for LGBTQ+ rights in his speech, urging anti-gay protesters to re-examine themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who voted for the ban against gay marriage\u201d need to \u201csit and reflect and anticipate their great shame \u2026 if they continue that way of support,\u201d Penn, now 61, said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to have equal rights for everyone.\u201d Full marriage rights were subsequently passed via the 2015 Supreme Court decision in\u00a0Obergefell v. Hodges.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Leonardo_DiCaprio_2016\"><\/span><strong>Leonardo DiCaprio (2016)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leonardo DiCaprio winning Best Actor | 88th Oscars (2016)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xpyrefzvTpI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Leonardo DiCaprio, 47, is an outspoken advocate for climate change and used his time <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xpyrefzvTpI\">on the 2016 Oscars stage<\/a> to do just that. After he won the trophy for his role as a hunter in \u201cThe Revenant,\u201d he seemingly spoke directly to world leaders to prompt them to help the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters, but who speak for all of humanity, for the indigenous people of the world, for the billions and billions of underprivileged people out there who would be most affected by this,\u201d he said. \u201cFor our children\u2019s children, and for those people out there whose voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gael_Garcia_Bernal_2017\"><\/span><strong>Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal (2017)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Zootopia&quot; wins Best Animated Feature Film | 89th Oscars (2017)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BYukH-qVcIg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Gael Garcia Bernal, 43, and Hailee Steinfeld, 25, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BYukH-qVcIg\">presented Best Animated Feature<\/a> in 2017 and took a shot at former President Donald Trump. The Mexican \u201cMotorcycle Diaries\u201d\u00a0actor questioned the businessman and reality show host-turned-politician\u2019s idea of building a wall along the border of Mexico. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cActors are migrant workers; we <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> all over the world. We built a life that cannot be divided,\u201d Bernal proclaimed. \u201cAs a Mexican, as a Latin American, as a migrant worker, as a human being, I\u2019m against any form of wall that wants to separate us.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Richard_Gere_1993\"><\/span><strong>Richard Gere (1993)<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Howards End Wins Art Direction: 1993 Oscars\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kZy6Q8l2aOY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When Richard Gere \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/richard-geres-studio-exile-why-his-hollywood-career-took-an-indie-turn-992258\/\">a longtime friend<\/a> of 86-year-old exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama \u2014 got up to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kZy6Q8l2aOY\">present the award<\/a> for Best Art Direction in \u201993, he used his few minutes to directly address then-Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping about the \u201chorrendous human rights situation in China,\u201d as well as Tibet. <\/p>\n<p>The 72-year-old \u201cPretty Woman\u201d star said he hoped that \u201csomething miraculous, really kind of movielike, could happen here,\u201d outlining a scenario \u201cwhere we could all kind of send love and truth and a kind of sanity to Deng Xiaoping right now in Beijing, that he will take his troops and take the Chinese away from Tibet and allow these people to live as free independent people again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gere was banned from attending the ceremony again until 2013 when his 2002 movie musical \u201cChicago\u201d \u2014 which was nominated for 12 awards, and won Best Picture, in 2003 \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2013\/02\/22\/oscars-2013-oscars-richard-gere-cast-chicago_n_2740846.html\">was feted with a cast reunion<\/a> at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Matthew_McConaughey_2014\"><\/span>Matthew McConaughey (2014)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matthew McConaughey winning Best Actor | 86th Oscars (2014)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wD2cVhC-63I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>We have a bonus 13th celeb for you. Matthew McConaughey, who in 2014 won Best Actor for his role in \u201cDallas Buyers Club,\u201d and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/culture\/archive\/2014\/03\/matthew-mcconaughey-gave-exactly-speech-youd-expect-him\/358728\/\">used his soapbox to support<\/a> no cause in particular. He offered up a poignant \u2014 if rambling \u2014 speech about God, the late stage actor Charles Laughton, and his own father\u2019s fondness for gumbo, lemon meringue pie, Miller Lite and dancing. (Watch it above.)<\/p>\n<p><em>All right, all right, all right!   <\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/article\/oscar-winners-speeches-political\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;13 times Oscar-winners used the podium as a soapbox&#8221; Social and political issues have been ravaging our world since the beginning of time. 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