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Dua Lipa, Camila Cabello, Lily Gladstone, and Billie Lourd present multiple scholarships at the annual Women in Entertainment gala.
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00:00I feel so lucky and so energized to be here with you guys this morning.
00:06It just feels very, very special to be here for such a wonderful initiative.
00:11Last summer, I was so fortunate to be part of a film that not only received critical acclaim
00:17and shattered box office records, it became a global phenomenon.
00:21Part of the cultural zeitgeist and turned the world pink,
00:25while most importantly, empowering women and girls across the globe.
00:30Greta Gerwig's Barbie.
00:36And empowering girls is exactly what the Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program does.
00:4313 years ago, as most of you know, the Hollywood Reporter and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles
00:49joined forces to create this pioneering program.
00:52Now, please join me in watching this brief film about it.
00:59One, two, three.
01:01We are Women in Entertainment!
01:06In our industry, the personal and the professional are really interconnected.
01:12The mission is simple.
01:14You take a woman who's succeeded
01:16and pair her with a girl who desperately wants to succeed.
01:21And magic happens.
01:22The Hollywood Reporter and Big Brothers Big Sisters have come together for many, many years
01:27to provide young women an opportunity to be exposed to a whole host of jobs
01:32that women do within the entertainment industry.
01:35They watch women in powerful positions.
01:38They watch women lead.
01:39This is our time, and you made it happen, and you really did.
01:44And all the girls that are the mentees, they're the future.
01:48And I know the future is in very good hands when I look at them.
01:53One of the great things about the Mentorship Program is that the young girls,
01:57they're able to go to the offices of these women,
02:00they're able to connect with them,
02:02and really get a chance to talk to these women one-on-one.
02:06As women, to have somebody who helps you figure out things,
02:10little things, big things, college apps, whatever it is,
02:13to be able to talk to somebody besides your parents or your peers,
02:17I think is invaluable for these girls.
02:20It just clicked.
02:21I'm able to tell her things.
02:22I'm able to give her updates about my life,
02:24the progress we've been making.
02:26It's just sweet.
02:27Someone I can really talk to and I become close with.
02:29Having a female role model and a female mentor for young women,
02:36I think, is extremely important.
02:38It impacted me far beyond my expectation.
02:43This is the place where people from different cultures
02:46can work together.
02:49Like, everyone that I met was so kind,
02:52so helpful to me that I never felt excluded.
02:55This industry still isn't accessible to everyone.
03:00And it's a program that recognizes that.
03:03It recognizes that the playing field isn't level.
03:06And it gives opportunity to people
03:08who might not even know that these careers exist.
03:13There are some jobs that I didn't even know existed.
03:15I was like, wait, like, maybe I could probably do that.
03:18This has opened my eyes to, like, a whole bunch of ideas
03:21that my mom even tells me, like,
03:23you're always changing, like, what you want to do.
03:25I'm like, it's because I've been exploring a new thing.
03:27Yeah.
03:28You don't really know where life is going to lead you.
03:31And life can be a really great adventure
03:34when you just keep yourself open to the possibilities.
03:38And you don't have to be one thing forever.
03:41I think it's important to know
03:43it's possible to have these careers.
03:45It's possible to work in the film and television industry.
03:48But I also think it's important
03:49to have someone who looks like you
03:52and maybe sometimes has a similar background to you
03:55to let you know that it's possible.
03:59Our background's very similar, you know.
04:02Mexican parents, the way we grew up,
04:05I feel like it just made that connection with her
04:08so much stronger that, in a way,
04:09she really understands me.
04:12The way that we're raised as Mexican females
04:14with really strong mothers is very similar.
04:16And my mom was the same way.
04:18She really was focused on education
04:20but was always trying to push me to challenge myself.
04:22And so I saw that similarity between her and how my mom is.
04:27All the dreams that I have that I couldn't accomplish,
04:30the fact that I know that she's going through
04:32all of those things make me, like, really happy
04:35and make me feel like I'm part of them
04:37because I see how much she loves being there.
04:40Like, how amazing Mitzi is
04:44because, you know, she learns from her a lot.
04:47And she says, Mom, I know what I want to do.
04:50Like, I love the passion that Mitzi has for what she does.
04:54It's just amazing.
04:56And I feel very proud.
04:57And we don't have access to those things.
05:00And the fact that she's there experiencing that,
05:03it's, I mean, it's beautiful.
05:07I come from the south side, south side from L.A.
05:10So where I come from, it's,
05:12you can always just dream about what the future can be like.
05:15If I can give back to the girls
05:17in the situation that I was before,
05:19I would love to help.
05:20Or if any way I can provide my assistance to them,
05:23I would love to, 100%.
05:25You never have to lose sight of who you are
05:29and really represent yourself.
05:31And you do such a beautiful job of it.
05:33There's nothing like changing somebody's life forever.
05:38And it only takes a small gesture.
05:41It's a phone call.
05:42It's, you know, a few minutes out of your time.
05:45Yeah, I think we just have really good conversations
05:49outside of work.
05:50You give the best advice.
05:51When I first met you, I was like, wow, like,
05:53I just felt this energy where I was like,
05:56I want to be like her.
05:58Like, she's someone that I can already can tell,
06:00like, I'm going to have such a strong bond with.
06:02They knew, like, our personalities.
06:03I swear.
06:04It was like a compatibility match big time.
06:06She knows this.
06:07She's not done with me after this program.
06:09We will be lifelong friends.
06:11And I can't wait to see where she goes.
06:14Almost everybody in Hollywood
06:16has some desire to do good.
06:19Now help them find the way.
06:23And I don't need to say shit.
06:25Like, Pam, you can shake up and make me deal.
06:27I don't need...
06:33I don't need to grind around this.
06:38I don't need to worry about this.
06:48Go.
06:50Go.
06:50Go.
06:50Go.
06:52long like dinner.
06:52Go.
07:23Thank you, A&E Studios, for telling the story of these girls and this program.
07:31Lifetime has generously supported the mentorship program since its inception, and I am so excited
07:37to share that they're going to give away, every girl graduating from the program this
07:41year, a $10,000 scholarship to the school of their choice.
07:53I'd also like to thank SAG-AFTRA, GERSH, and Best Buy for their continued support of the
08:04program.
08:04The Best Buy team and Corey Barry have launched a partnership with the mentorship program that
08:10will give mentees access to their Los Angeles Community Impact Hub, a network of 12 teen
08:16tech centers, including locations in South LA, Koreatown, and East LA, that provide access
08:22to cutting-edge technology and career exploration opportunities within the creative economy.
08:28The teen tech centers are filled with teens who want to succeed, and the mentorship program
08:34will be open to those motivated members annually, creating a pipeline for future mentees for
08:40the Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program.
08:42Now, I'd like to welcome the incoming class of 2024 mentees.
08:48Hey, girls.
09:02I have a little surprise for you to help you get started on your journey.
09:06Casey Wasserman, through the Wasserman Foundation, has created the E.D. Wasserman Women in Hollywood
09:13Fund, named after his grandmother, to support tenacious and up-and-coming young business and
09:19creative women exactly like you in their educational and career pursuits.
09:25Thanks to Casey and the Fund, every new girl in the mentorship program will receive a brand
09:30new Apple MacBook Air.
09:37Would you girls in the class of 2024, raise your hands, please?
09:43Let's see those hands.
09:44Ladies, let's see those hands.
09:46Thanks.
09:49Thanks.
09:51Thanks.
09:53Catch me or I go, Houdini.
09:55I come and I go.
09:57Have you got the way to please me?
09:59Everybody knows.
10:01Catch me or I go, Houdini.
10:04Time is passing like a solar eclipse.
10:08See you're watching and you blow me a kiss.
10:12It's your moment, baby, don't let it slip.
10:16Coming closer, are you reading my lips?
10:19They say I come and I go.
10:21Tell me all the ways you'll meet me.
10:24I'm not here for you.
10:25Okay, now it's scholarship time.
10:30Thanks to our donors, this year we're presenting more than $1 million in scholarships to Chapman and Loyola Marymount Universities.
10:39Thank you to Chapman's Stephen Galloway and LMU's Tim Snyder and Joanne Moore for making a college education more accessible to all.
10:54The first scholarship we're giving today is to Loyola Marymount University and it is generously provided by the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation.
11:04When I announce the name of the winner, I'd like her to come up and join me on stage, please.
11:14And the winner is Alejandra Mia Rodriguez.
11:25John F. Kennedy High School.
11:27I'm one of the greatest, ain't no debating on, I'm still evitated, I'm heavily medicated, ironic, I gave him love and they ain't up hating on me.
11:47She told me she love you and she'd be waiting, be fighting, help me.
11:50Woo!
11:50Woo!
11:52Congratulations!
11:54So fun!
11:57Uh-uh, uh-uh.
11:59Um, yeah.
12:02I looked it on my phone, but okay.
12:03Um, okay.
12:06Okay.
12:07Uh, so, my hands are really red because I've been clapping a lot and they kind of hurt but I'm, I'm really happy, um, seeing all of these women here, um, that are just so inspired.
12:20I couldn't this is only things that I've seen in my dreams and I can't believe I'm standing here
12:25I want to thank everybody who supported me my mentor. She's amazing. She's the best person ever
12:31I want to thank I want to thank my mom my mom for dropping everything for me being there for me and just supporting me unconditionally no matter what I do
12:41everything that I choose and
12:43oh my god yeah I want to thank the everybody like I don't oh my god all the girls that are in the
12:53the my cohort which is the one that's graduating they are so amazing they are just there's a light
13:00in their eyes and everything that just shines so much every time they are wonderful all of those
13:06girls are wonderful all of those girls deserve a spot here everybody and everything it's just so
13:11amazing and I just want to thank everybody that I met this past year because I've changed a lot
13:16um I've grown a lot and everything and it doesn't matter if I've just talked to them for a couple
13:21minutes or if I know them like Lucia like they're all important to me every single one of them
13:27um and yeah I just thank you so much
13:32oh my god
13:34oh my god
13:36oh my god
13:40oh my god
14:10This global pop star is a two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress,
14:18and activist.
14:19Early in her career, she emerged as the first Hispanic woman to reach RIAA diamond status
14:26with her Billboard Hot 100 number one smash, Havana.
14:30She is an advocate for underrepresented voices, mental health, and the environment.
14:36She launched the Healing Justice Project with the Movement Voter Fund in 2021.
14:42Please welcome Camila Cabello.
14:45I like how the voice above said my name correctly, it said Camila Cabello.
14:59They never say it like that, so that's nice.
15:01Um, girls! Hi! Where are you guys? Can you wave your hands so I can see you?
15:09Yay! There you are!
15:12Um, I'm so inspired by all of you. I'm so excited for you. I'm so proud of you.
15:18Give them a round of applause, you guys.
15:20What a beautiful, beautiful event. I'm so happy to be here.
15:26Shout out Chuck Lorre and Trisha Cardoso. Where are you guys at?
15:31Where are you guys at? I know you're here. There you are.
15:33I didn't know what you look like, but now I do.
15:35Um, thank you, Chuck. Thank you, Trisha, for your generous spirit, for your unwavering support.
15:42For the past eight years, the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation has provided scholarships for graduates of our mentorship program.
15:49And guess what? They are going to give one more scholarship this year for one girl to attend Chapman University.
15:57I've never done this before. This is very exciting for me.
16:03I'd like the winner of the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Scholarship to Chapman University to come on stage when I say her name.
16:11Everybody give me a little drum roll or something.
16:14Linda Olivares Hernandez. Come up here, girl!
16:20That's my girl!
16:22That's my girl!
16:24That's my girl!
16:26That's my girl!
16:29What you waiting for?
16:31That's my girl!
16:33That's my girl!
16:36That's my girl!
16:40Woo!
16:42What?
16:44Not if you've been played by every boo, just trying to show you all.
16:49Okay. Wow. I thought I wasn't going to be able to see anyone. I am. Okay.
16:54I want to thank everybody at Big Brothers, Big Sisters, especially Alma, KB, Crystal Blue, Rebecca Sun.
17:06I also want to thank all my college counselors at school, because they really helped me a lot.
17:12And I want to say thank you to Jaharat Tariq and Ty Randolph at Harper Productions, and especially Caitlin, for coming with me today.
17:21I remember in my sophomore year of high school, I said to one of my college counselors, or I think an administrator who was walking around at lunch,
17:31she said, or she asked me, what is your, like, academic goals for when you graduate?
17:38And I was like, well, obviously be a valedictorian. I was not.
17:41I'm close, though. I'm close.
17:44And I also said, get a full-ride scholarship.
17:49And she was like, well, that's kind of hard.
17:54I don't know. Well, maybe you can work hard, and then maybe you'll get it.
17:59What about now? What about now?
18:02Thank you to my mom.
18:10Thank you to my mom. I love her so much. I'm going to show her this video right afterwards.
18:17You did everything for me. You did everything for my siblings, for Rafa and Yeraldine.
18:23I'm going to give you such a big hug when I get home. Oh, my God.
18:26Thank you, Chapman. Thank you, Chuck Lorre Foundation.
18:31Thank you for everything. Bye.
18:56Please welcome New York Film Critics Inner Circle winner for Best Actress and Star of the Apple Original Film,
19:20Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone.
19:23Hello, everybody. My name is Lily Gladstone. I am from the Blackfeet and Nez Perce Nations,
19:48and it is such an honor to be here to present the third annual scholarship to Chapman University and to stand alongside all of these incredible, beautiful,
20:02my God, you girls are gorgeous, every single one of you, these extraordinary mentees today.
20:09Even though I'm not from the same communities as all of you, I really feel a connection to you.
20:15I was a scholarship girl, and I was the scholarship that got me through college was the first, I was the first Native girl to get it.
20:24I grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation in rural, remote Montana.
20:36I, you know, our communities went through a long legacy of assimilation.
20:41People told us how we had to be, how we had to speak.
20:44I moved away from home to the big city when I was in middle school.
20:48And so when I got there, kind of like when I got to university, being a biracial Native person in a world that largely believes Native people no longer exist,
21:00that still believes that we all look, sound, behave like the John Ford Westerns told everybody we did.
21:06I know what it feels like not to be seen.
21:10I know what it feels like also to be held, raised, loved, cherished, and encouraged by my community.
21:17And that's just advice from me to you.
21:21That is what is going to carry you through.
21:23When you get there, when you get to these universities, when you move into the next phase of whatever it is you choose to do,
21:29don't compromise, don't change who you are.
21:32Everything about who you are is needed, is necessary.
21:46We know who we are as human beings from the stories that we share, so don't change your story for anybody.
21:54I know that this world we're walking into often doesn't include or encourage us being exactly who we are,
22:03but you're seen.
22:05I see myself in you, and we are all extraordinary.
22:12I would like to thank your mentors for seeing how extraordinary you are as well.
22:17Human beings from every corner of this earth crave connection with each other.
22:29That connection oftentimes comes from sharing our most authentic voice, which is often our artistic voice,
22:37which is often our stories and our storytelling.
22:40It's essential that all of our perspectives and voices are seen and heard,
22:46and I'm so proud to be a part of a film like Killers of the Flower Moon.
22:49It was not only a chance to work with legends in this business and this industry and storytelling of Hollywood,
23:06but to be alongside so many other indigenous actors, artisans, craftspeople, leaders,
23:14advocates, linguists, knowledge keepers, background actors, one of whom went around set
23:20and asked every native person there their tribal affiliation.
23:23And it turns out there were over 200 tribal nations represented in the making of this film.
23:28All of us being there together worked the best we could to ensure that our collective native community's presence
23:44would uplift this powerful story, which ultimately belongs to the Osage Nation.
23:50And then with our tremendous director, who the community, who Osage country now calls Uncle Marty,
23:59we all together brought to the screen this story in the most accurate, collaborative way possible.
24:05And it really is a revolutionary moment because all the indigenous folks that were on set together,
24:13we find strength in each other, we uplift each other, and we empower each other to speak from who we are,
24:22exactly who we are.
24:24And I think the critics are weighing in that this story is exceptional,
24:29and absolutely in no small part to all of us being true to how we were raised, where we're from,
24:36our communities, and our own extraordinary selves.
24:41So, before I announce the winner of the 2023 scholarship,
24:46which has been provided by the National Association of Theater Owners, California, Nevada,
24:51I would like to thank retired CEO Milt Moritz for establishing this relationship with The Hollywood Reporter.
24:57Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program, Dean Stephen Galloway, and Chapman University.
25:14Thank you also to new CEO Todd Bradenberg and board member Lyndon Golan for carrying the torch
25:20and continuing your generous support.
25:27Now, please congratulate our 2023 Chapman University Scholarship winner, Marilyn Garcia Hernandez.
26:07I really don't know what to say.
26:20I just wanted to thank everyone who's been there for me.
26:34I wanted to thank WIE, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and everyone who's been able to make this happen.
26:41With this program, I've been able to go places I never thought I would ever go as a 17-year-old girl.
26:48Just knowing that I've been able to accomplish so many things that my mom and my dad have wanted me to do,
26:54makes me so happy.
27:02All right.
27:09All right.
27:11All right.
27:14All right.
27:15All right.
27:18All right.
27:21Don't give up the future starts now
27:25Worry about it in the morning
27:29Take it to another level
27:33You're more than just anybody
27:37Don't give up the future starts now
27:41One day everyone will know
27:45Please welcome Billy Lord
27:49I'm on my hood
27:51I'm on my hood
27:53I'm on my hood
27:55You can't touch my back
27:57But you could
27:59I'm on my hood
28:01I gotta say this might be the coolest thing
28:03I've ever done
28:05This event is so
28:07inspirational and incredible
28:09and I feel so lucky to be here
28:13Alright
28:15I'm giving a scholarship
28:17in my mother Carrie Fisher's name today
28:21Which she would love
28:23and she would do a way better speech than I'm gonna do
28:25So sorry mom
28:27Most of you probably know Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia
28:31Or the lady with the space buns who killed that worm
28:35in good old Star Wars
28:37But the Carrie Fisher I knew was not a worm killer
28:41She was a book worm
28:43She had stacks of books next to her bed at all times
28:47and never left home without a book
28:49or three in her purse
28:51Usually three
28:53It was always really weirdly heavy
28:55And she even wrote six books of her own
28:57Her secret dream was to be a professor at Oxford
29:01And since that wasn't a realistic option
29:03She didn't even graduate high school
29:05She ended up like going to Vegas
29:07and tap dancing
29:09Don't judge her
29:11So since that was impossible
29:13She once told my dad
29:15she wanted to have a professor follow her around
29:17everywhere she went
29:19You know and since that wasn't a realistic option
29:21She tried to go to college
29:23with me
29:25And that definitely wasn't a realistic option
29:29No 18 year old wants their mom shacking up in their dorm with them
29:33Even if they're the worm killing lady from good old Star Wars
29:37Anyway
29:39The point is
29:41My mom always wished she had more of an education
29:43So when my dad and I were talking about how she would want us to carry
29:47No pun intended
29:49Sorry I had to
29:51On her legacy
29:53Education was at the top of the list
29:55My dad came to this event four years ago
29:57And gave the first Carrie Fisher scholarship
29:59To an incredible young woman named Natalie Lopez
30:03I think she's here
30:05Very exciting
30:07And she is now
30:09Hi
30:11She is now a senior at LMU
30:13With a major in film production
30:15And minors in both business administration
30:17And Chicano studies
30:19I have more
30:23I have more
30:25She is making and starring in her own short films
30:27Working at a tech startup
30:29And she's even the CMO of a skin care startup
30:31Like what?
30:33As the kids say
30:35She is absolutely killing it
30:37I want to grow up to be her
30:39I don't want to grow up to be her
30:41This year we are lucky enough to be giving out another Carrie Fisher scholarship
30:45To another amazing young woman
30:47She is a senior at Birmingham High School
30:49And will be entering Chapman's film and television production program next fall
30:53She is incredibly independent
30:55And super hard working
30:57And I am so excited to see what she will do next
30:59Drum roll
31:01I think she might already know
31:03Because I kind of gave some stuff away
31:05Come on up Samantha Bugeren
31:07Come on up Samantha Bugeren
31:11Karma is a god
31:12Karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend
31:15Karma is a relaxing thought
31:17Aren't you envious that for you it's not
31:19Sweet like honey
31:21Karma is a cat
31:23You're ringing my lap cause it loves me
31:25Flossing like a Vegas acrobat
31:27Me and Karma vibe like that
31:29Ask me what I learned from all those years
31:33Ask me what I learned from all those years
31:35Ask me what I learned from all those years
31:37Ask me what I learned from all those years
31:39Oh my god
31:41Okay guys
31:43Oh my god I'm so sorry
31:45Thank you so much to the Women Entertainment Program
31:47I don't know
31:49I just
31:51I always saw college as something that
31:53Was not too much of a possibility
31:55Because of you know
31:57Money and stuff
31:59But thank you to like
32:01And like everyone I met
32:03Everyone like
32:04They really just want you to succeed
32:05And I
32:06That's something I didn't think it was possible
32:08I
32:09Wanted to do something in entertainment
32:11But I never
32:12I was like
32:13That's impossible
32:14Like
32:15Come on
32:16Where do I
32:17Where I grew up
32:18Like
32:19It just wasn't possible
32:20But thank you for my mom
32:21Who always pushed me
32:22And believed in me
32:23And even if my family didn't really
32:25Support me
32:26And thank you to everyone
32:28Here
32:32Thank you so much
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