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Will Smith received the Hollywood Actor Award for
"Concussion", in which he portrays a pathologist who diagnosed a
degenerative brain disease suffered by U.S. football players.
British actress Carey Mulligan received the Hollywood Actress
Award for her role in "Suffragette" while Swedish actress Alicia
Vikander received the Hollywood Breakout Actress award for "The
Danish Girl".
Jane Fonda won the Supporting Actress Award for her work in
"Youth". She said it was "pretty surprising" to still be working
at 77, but added that things were slowly changing for older
actors.
"Not fast enough, but we keep pushing and we'll continue to, so
that more older people, more older women in particular and more
women in general have jobs in front of and behind the camera,"
she said.
Benicio Del Toro received Hollywood Supporting Actor Award for "Sicario".
Also receiving awards were actor Robert De Niro, who was
honoured for Career Achievement and producer Ridley Scott, who
received the Hollywood Producer Award for "The Martian".
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