As part of the breakfast, singer Camila Cabello, “Barbie” star Dua Lipa, Carrie Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd and “Killers of the Flower Moon” actress Lily Gladstone handed out more than $1 million in university scholarships to students participating in THR’s Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program, now in its 14th year.
Adele received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award from Helen Mirren and Washington received the Equity in Entertainment Award presented by Ariana DeBose. Scroll through for more photos from the event.
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Kerry Washington delivered a poignant acceptance speech about equity and equality after Ariana DeBose introduced her with the Equity in Entertainment Award at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast, presented by Lifetime.
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“Giving the same thing to different people who are at different starting points doesn’t allow everyone the same opportunity to succeed,” Kerry Washington said during her speech.
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Adele was honored at The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Women in Entertainment breakfast with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. The British singer prefaced her raunchy yet empowering speech on Dec. 7, 2023, with a disclaimer: “I’m not really a motivational words kind of gal. I’m just going to be upfront about it straight away.”
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“All the sacrifices the women before me have made, it is because of them that I have every right to be the boss at home and the boss at work,” Adele said during her speech.
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Adele’s partner Rich Paul attends The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast in support of her.
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(Front L-R) Alejandra Rodriguez, Kerry Washington, Linda Olivares, and more guests attend The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast in Beverly Hills, California.
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Billie Lourd
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(L-R) Kerry Washington and her mother Valerie Washington.
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(L-R) Dua Lipa and Adele.
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(L-R) Billie Lourd and her husband Austen Rydell.
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(L-R) Victoria Gold, EVP & Publisher at The Hollywood Reporter, Lele Pons, Xochitl Gomez and Dua Lipa.
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(L-R) Lele Pons, Adele, and Xochitl Gomez.
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Annie Gonzalez
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Kerry Washington
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(L-R) Camila Cabello and Dua Lipa.
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Lily Gladstone
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Dua Lipa
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Diane Warren and Camila Cabello.
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“Barbie” stars Alexandra Shipp and Will Ferrell.
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Tia Mowry
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Retta
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Vivica Fox
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Jurnee Smollett
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(L-R) Sherry Lansing, Adele and Helen Mirren.
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Helen Mirren
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“When I’m nervous, I swear, forgive me, I’m British, what can I say?” Adele said during her speech at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast at The Beverly Hills Hotel.
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(L-R) Helen Mirren and Adele.
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(L-R) Victoria Monét and Kerry Washington.
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(L-R) Sherry Lansing and Adele.
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(L-R) Xochitl Gomez, Annie Gonzalez and Victoria Monét.
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Jane Seymour
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Robin Thede
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Camila Cabello
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Kate Beckinsale
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(L-R) Ariana DeBose and Kerry Washington.
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Lucy Hale
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Camila Cabello
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Dua Lipa
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Nia Vardalos
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Will Ferrell
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Ariana DeBose
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Ariana DeBose and Dua Lipa.
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Ariana DeBose
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