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Robert De Niro urged viewers of the Hollywood Film Awards to
vote for Hillary Clinton as he said the current political
climate resembled a film from the Marx Brothers where "lunatics
rule the world", according to ceremony organizers.
De Niro, who has previously called Republican candidate Donald
Trump "totally nuts" picked up the Hollywood Comedy Award for
"The Comedian" in which he plays an aging comic.
In the ceremony, launched in 1997 and marking the start of the
awards season that culminates with the Oscars, the top actor and
actress prizes went to films based on real-life events.
Tom Hanks won the Hollywood Actor Award for "Sully" in which he
plays the airline pilot who made an emergency landing in the
Hudson River in 2009. Natalie Portman took the Hollywood Actress
Award for her role as Jacqueline Kennedy in "Jackie".
Nicole Kidman won the Hollywood Supporting Actress Award for the
drama "Lion" and Hugh Grant took the supporting actor prize for
"Florence Foster Jenkins".
Eddie Murphy was presented with the Hollywood Career Achievement
Award.
"It makes you feel old ... because it's a career achievement
(award) and they're looking at all of your stuff," Murphy said
on the red carpet.
(Reporting by Reuters Television; Writing by Marie-Louise
Gumuchian; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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