Kate Winslet gets emotional at SAG Patron Awards
By Reuters
11 November 2017 |
8:30 am
While Kate Winslet gets emotional at the SAG Patron Awards, fellow award-winners Judd Apatow and Kathryn Bigelow use speeches to discuss sexual harassment.
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