Legendary actress and singer Barbra Streisand was given a Life Achievement Award and the annual SAG awards on Saturday. The 81-year old actress was thankful for the honor in her acceptance speech but did not forget to evoke the times we are living in and remind the audience of the antisemitism currently sweeping America.
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"I can't help but think back to the people who built this industry, Streisand said. "Ironically, they were also escaping their own troubles. Men like Shuel Gelfish, who changed his name to Samuel Goldwyn, Eliezar Meir who became Louis B. Mayer and the four Wonskolazer brothers who became Warner Brothers. They were all fleeing the prejudice they faced in eastern Europe, simply because of their religion. And they were dreamers too, like all of us here tonight. And now I dream of a world where such prejudice was a thing of the past."
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Barbra Streisand receives Life Achievement award from SAG
(Photo: Chris Pizzello / Invision /AP)
Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. won best actor and best supporting actor while the entire cast shared in the price for best motion picture ensemble
Lily Gladstone won best female actor for her role in Killers of the Flower Moon, Da'Vine Joy Randolph was named best supporting actor for her role in the Holdovers. Both are considered serious contenders for the Oscars, next month.