Kate Winslet and Allison Janney at Hollywood Film Awards. (Image courtesy AFP)
Highlights
- 'This is an exciting moment,' Kate said right before she kissed Allison
- Kate Winslet received the Best Actress award for Wonder Wheel
- Allison Janney won Best Supporting Actress award for I, Tonya
The above Kate Winslet and Allison Janney moment from the 21st Annual Hollywood Film Awards held in Beverley Hills on November 5 (Monday morning in India) has sent the Internet into a meltdown of sorts. Kate received Best Actress award for
Wonder Wheel while Allison won Best Supporting Actress prize for
I, Tonya at the event and the moment came during Kate Winslet's acceptance speech.
Variety Magazine reports how Kate and Allison happened to kiss onstage. Kate Winslet was praising the team of
Wonder Wheel and she also mentioned Allison in her speech: "I know I don't really know you, but I just want to be you. I do, or just stroke you or something. I mean, we could always kiss, maybe? Allison swiftly joined Kate Winslet onstage, who said, "Oh, it's going to happen! This is an exciting moment, isn't it?"
Here are pictures from the awards show, which are now viral:
Kate Winslet and Allison Janney at an award show in California. (Image courtesy: AFP)
Kate Winslet and Allison Janney at an award show in California. (Image courtesy: AFP)
Kate Winslet and Allison Janney at an award show in California. (Image courtesy: AFP)
Twitter, of course, couldn't keep calm. From rooting for 'Kate Winslet/Allison Janney ship' to fainting - Twitter was quite melodramatic. Here are a few reactions:
Kate Winslet is the star of films like
Titanic,
Iris,
Little Children,
The Reader and
Steve Jobs. In a career spanning over two decades, Kate Winslet has won one of each Oscar, Grammy and Emmy, four Golden Globe awards and three BAFTAs among many others.
This year she was seen in
The Mountain Between Us and
Wonder Wheel while her upcoming films are
Avatar 2 and
Mary and the Witch's Flower, in which she give voice the character of Madame Mumblechook.