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Fox News
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett says award shows shouldn't be televised to protect celebrities' privacy
Cate Blanchett is getting real about why award shows should no longer be televised. 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 moving through the world as a public person, noting that with the invention of smartphones, there are "so few spaces that you can go now, where you are private" without worrying if someone is recording. "That's what I loved about the late '80s [was] going to all of the dance parties in Sydney for Mardi Gras. People were just there," she explained. "They were so present, you know, they were just together, collectively, having a great time. It was non-aggressive. No one was being recorded. No one cared what anyone did." Hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers agreed with Blanchett, with Yang bringing up the current trend on TikTok where lip readers will post videos claiming to know what celebrities are saying to each other at award shows. Blanchett and the hosts agreed the new trend feels "treacherous," pointing out that certain celebrities have begun to cover their mouths when speaking on the carpet to avoid potentially being the subject of one of those videos. "I mean, I say, I know it's blasphemy, go back to the day when it wasn't televised," Blanchett said. "Bring that back and just have a great party where people can just let go. I mean the industry is so scattered and at such a point…which I think potentially could be exciting or could really be depressing, but it's at a pivot point, and so we need to gather together and celebrate what it is that we do, without it having to have any public-facing." "I mean, the fashion is great, and all of that stuff. We'll find out in the end who won or who didn't win. But it would be so nice that that happened behind closed doors. [It would be] absolutely a very different evening." The very first Academy Awards took place in May 1929, but it was not televised until the 25th ceremony in 1953. Since then, audiences worldwide have tuned in to see which of their favorite stars takes home the night's biggest awards. Blanchett has won two Oscars herself, one for her supporting role in "The Aviator" in 2005, playing Katharine Hepburn, and another for her leading role in "Blue Jasmine" in 2014. She has also received six additional nominations in both the supporting and lead categories. "I mean, the fashion is great, and all of that stuff. We'll find out in the end who won or who didn't win," she added. "But it would be so nice that that happened behind closed doors. [It would be] absolutely a very different evening." The actress later clarified she is all for still having award shows, noting "it's so great that people's work is celebrated and in that way," but that the current system can often lead people to "get sick of" some of the films nominated that year. "This is the thing, all of these films are amazing, and so many amazing films and performances and all of the craft awards and the cinematography," she explained. "You want to celebrate them, but you can get sick of those films because they all get whittled down, as they must. I don't want to get sick of any of those films because they're brilliant." This is not the first time Blanchett has spoken out about her issues with awards shows. When she won the Critics' Choice Award for best actress in a drama for her lead role in "Tar" in 2023, she used part of her acceptance speech to call the system a "patriarchal pyramid where someone stands up" in front of a room full of their peers. She then referred to the whole affair as "a televised horse race," and suggested they instead acknowledge that "there's a whole raft of female performances that are in concert and in dialogue with one another." "Because can I tell you, every single woman – whether it's television, film, advertising, tampon commercials, whatever – you're all out there doing amazing work that is inspiring me continually," she said.
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Why Cate Blanchett Says Awards Shows Shouldn't Be Televised Anymore: 'Just Have a Great Party'
Cate Blanchett would prefer awards shows not to be aired on television. The two-time Oscar-winning actress made a recent appearance on the Las Culturistas With Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang podcast, where she suggested that the Oscars should 'go back to the day when it wasn't televised.' More from The Hollywood Reporter 'The Wedding Banquet' Trailer: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone and Kelly Marie Tran Star in Rom-Com Reimagining Oscars: Conan O'Brien to Return as Host in 2026 Children's and Family Emmy Awards: 'Percy Jackson,' 'Sesame Street' Universe, 'Orion and the Dark' Among Top Winners The conversation started when Blanchett noted that there are 'so few spaces that you can go now, where you are private,' without phones and the risk of someone recording you. 'That's what I loved about the late '80s [was] going to all of the dance parties in Sydney for Mardi Gras. People were just there,' she recalled. 'They were so present, you know, they were just together, collectively, having a great time. It was non-aggressive. No one was being recorded. No one cared what anyone did.' Hosts Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang proceeded to note how privacy is even more difficult in the era of TikTok, especially with the viral trend of lip readers analyzing celebrity moments during televised awards shows and other events. 'But now it feels like that chasm between that kind of event, that ideal, is widening from the thing that's very common now at, like, an awards show where you've got lip readers, you're being photographed,' Yang said before a confused Blanchett interjected, 'Lip readers?' The co-hosts explained the trend, which sees TikTokers trying to guess what celebrities are saying to each other at awards shows. 'And it looks like it could be exactly what they're saying, in a way that's a little bit odd,' Rogers said. Yang added that the lip-reading trend makes Hollywood events feel more 'treacherous,' to which the Black Bag actress agreed. 'I mean, I say, I know it's blasphemy, go back to the day when it wasn't televised,' Blanchett suggested. 'Bring that back and just have a great party where people can just let go. I mean the industry is so scattered and at such a point… which I think potentially could be exciting or could really be depressing, but it's at a pivot point, and so we need to gather together and celebrate what it is that we do, without it having to have any public-facing.' She continued, 'I mean, the fashion is great, and all of that stuff. We'll find out in the end who won or who didn't win. But it would be so nice that that happened behind closed doors. [It would be] absolutely a very different evening.' Having won the best supporting actress Oscar in 2005 for her performance in The Aviator and best lead actress in 2014 for Blue Jasmine, in addition to six other Oscar nominations, Blanchett knows a thing or two about awards shows. However, it's safe to assume the Academy Awards likely have no plans for a non-televised ceremony in the future. The first televised Oscars ceremony was the 25th ceremony in 1953. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked 20 Times the Oscars Got It Wrong The Best Anti-Fascist Films of All Time
