Hollywood Film Awards 2016

Hollywood Film Awards. Kicking off awards season, A-listers like Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Natalie Portman and more came out to celebrate the best in film. Naturally, with the impending election just days away, stars were very vocal about voting in their speeches. “This is my second year hosting the show, and I still have no idea what it is. Literally none of this is real. It’s the awards show equivalent of a Donald Trump campaign promise,” James Corden joked in his opening monologue.

“This year they brought back Star Wars with a female lead. They rebooted Ghostbusters with a female cast. And I pray to God they reboot the Clinton presidency with a female lead.” De Niro echoed the sentiments by endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in his acceptance speech for the Hollywood Comedy Award, saying, “We are two days from a frightening election … Let me just lay it out right here: We have the opportunity to keep a comedy from turning into a tragedy.

Vote for Hillary, Tuesday.” DiCaprio, who won the Hollywood Documentary Award along with director Fisher Stevens for their work in the climate change doc, Before the Flood, also spoke about the upcoming election. “If you don’t believe in climate change, you might as well not believe in gravity. There is no more time for arguing or fighting the facts or spreading campaigns with misinformation,” he told the crowd. “Let’s all use our power as citizens to do the right thing. Please vote this Tuesday, Nov. 8.”