'Je Suis Charlie': George Clooney, Jared Leto pay tribute to Paris victims at Golden Globes
'We stand united everywhere from North Korea to Paris,' HFPA president says
The shootings at the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris last week were on the minds of many at the Golden Globe Awards Sunday in Los Angeles.
George Clooney and Helen Mirren were among those to arrive on the red carpet wearing pins bearing "Je Suis Charlie" — the message (French for "I am Charlie") that went viral around the world after the massacre in Paris.
Jared Leto paid tribute to the victims of the Jan. 7 attack before presenting the Golden Globe for best supporting actress in a movie.
“To our brothers, sisters, friends and families in France, our thoughts, our prayers, our hearts are with you tonight," Leto said. “On vous aime. Je suis Charlie.”
While accepting his lifetime achievement award, Clooney applauded Sunday's demonstrations in Paris and elsewhere.
"Today was an extraordinary day," Clooney said. "There were millions of people that marched — not just in Paris but around the world. They were Christians and Jews and Muslims; they were leaders of countries all over the world. And they didn’t march in protest — they marched in support of the idea that we will not walk in fear. Je suis Charlie."
Earlier, Theo Kingma, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, received a standing ovation during his speech to the crowd at the Beverly Hilton.
“The freedom of artistic expression ... is a beacon across the globe," Kingma said. "We stand united everywhere from North Korea to Paris."
Twelve people were killed and 11 others were injured in shootings at Charlie Hebdo's offices — an attack that police say was carried out in retaliation for the newspaper's publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
