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Hollywood’s leading ladies were on hand Wednesday morning at Milk Studios to celebrate The Hollywood Reporter's Power 100 at the 25th annual THR Women in Entertainment breakfast, presented by Lifetime.

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00:00Let's be outspoken. Let's be resilient. Let's all be silence breakers.

00:05This episode of The Hollywood Reporter News is brought to you by American Airlines,

00:09Hollywood's favorite airline.

00:10Jennifer Lawrence received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at The Hollywood Reporter's

00:14annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast on Wednesday. It was presented to her by Lansing.

00:20The breakfast comes as the entertainment industry finds itself in the middle of a massive culture

00:24shift, with brave women coming forward to speak out against men in Hollywood who have abused

00:29their power. Lawrence is also on the cover of the magazine's annual Women in Entertainment issue

00:34and was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey for the accompanying story. On the red carpet,

00:38she revealed this about the experience.

00:40Yeah, I went to her house, which was just insane. I left crying. I, like, called my parents.

00:46It was, like, life-changing.

00:47In her acceptance speech, Lawrence told the audience,

00:50We must align with the diverse communities marginalized by the status quo to create a more just world.

00:56She added,

00:57I want to walk in the shoes of the women who were honored before me today.

01:00She also referenced Gal Gadot and told this great story about her.

01:04She came up to me at an award show and I didn't, I just went, she was so gorgeous.

01:08I didn't, like, recognize her. I was just like, who is, what is that?

01:12Gadot made a surprise appearance to present a student named Carla with a Wonder Woman scholarship

01:16from Warner Brothers.

01:17I've had the privilege of portraying a superhero on screen, but the young women here today

01:23are the real superheroes. They've overcome so many challenges in their lives and they're driven

01:30to do more. They are the true leaders of tomorrow.

01:34This was the first time Warner Brothers has offered the scholarship, which is a four-year

01:38full ride to Loyola Marymount University. Carla started at the university a few weeks ago.

01:43Gadot revealed that she wouldn't have been able to continue at the school without this

01:47funding. Similar to many other great young women in this program, her education is hanging

01:52by a thread.

01:53Angelina Jolie also gave a powerful keynote speech, calling for international female

01:58solidarity through art. She said,

02:00We have a level of freedom that is unimaginable for millions of other women around the world.

02:06Women who live with conflict and terrorism and displacement and poverty, who never get

02:13a chance, whose voices are always silenced.

02:18Jolie told the audience that every woman has the right not only to independence and security,

02:22but to live her life and express herself to the fullest, including through art, ideas,

02:27and politics.

02:28And that right is denied so often to women because it is so powerful.

02:34Sarah Silverman opened the event with a comical speech that also conveyed several powerful

02:38messages.

02:39We have a responsibility as women to reject this toxic drug that's in the air that makes

02:46us feel like the success of one woman can only come at the failure of another. It's not true.

02:51Silverman gave a shout out to working dad Justin Timberlake, who also took part in the presentation.

02:56He announced scholarships for THR's highly competitive Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program

03:01and three Fulbright scholarships also to LMU. These were all a part of the over $1 million

03:06in university scholarships presented at the event to young women from disadvantaged backgrounds

03:11who have taken part in the nine-year-old program.

03:14Timberlake had this message for the women in the room.

03:16Strong, beautiful souls. I'm happy to be here to be your arm candy. Angelina warned me that

03:27I was basically only here to be objectified. I said, that's absolutely fair.

03:32The singer and actor went on to show appreciation for his mother and his wife, Jessica Biel, saying,

03:37I was raised by a strong woman. I was lucky enough to convince a strong woman to marry me.

03:41And Shonda Rhimes, the first guest editor of THR's Women in Entertainment issue, also gave an empowering

03:47speech highlighting how the wave of sexual harassment and assault allegations is making this a crucial

03:52period for women.

03:53This lightning fast, brightly lit. We handmaids are over these red hats. Westeros is ours.

03:59We are reclaiming our time. We're swinging our lemonade baseball bats. We are all Wonder Woman now.

04:03Guess what? We are done with this molestery hot mess that makes men feel they can put their hands

04:09anywhere on us. So there's the door because I gotta go reckoning moment in time.

04:13Rhimes revealed that guest editing the issue left her with a protective feeling for her fellow female

04:18industry leaders, dynamos, and groundbreakers, who are a force in film and TV, and how they are

04:23portrayed.

04:24Because after all, in this business, how we portray women tells the world who women are.

04:29And I just want the world to know how powerful and creative and badass and original you all

04:34are.

04:35For much more from The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment breakfast and magazine

04:39issue, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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