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"    Photo: Getty Images   Last night, ELLE, Calvin Klein Collection, and L&amp;#039;Or\u00E9al Paris, hosted the 19th Annual Women in Hollywood event at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills, honoring nine outstanding leading ladies. The soir\u00E9e also attracted female film veterans, other starlets, and male supporters\u2014like presenters Robert Pattinson and Judd Apatow. While in past years, honorees and presenters have used the seminal party to remind us of the inequalities within the business and ignite a call to action, this year, the crisp white room was filled with roars and fits of laughter.     Setting the tone\u2013and serving as &amp;quot;roast master&amp;quot;\u2014host Joel McHale began introducing each honoree. &amp;quot;I look around this room and I don&amp;#039;t see actresses that have played wacky best friends, elves, and wizard girls,&amp;quot; he stated. &amp;quot;I see wacky main characters. I see elf queens. I see wizard women.&amp;quot; Honoree Susan Sarandon explained the need for humor. &amp;quot;I think one of the best ways to attack the [authorities in] power is by being funny, subversive, and satirical,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m sure someone is going to mention that we [women] haven&amp;#039;t gotten that far, because the statistics aren&amp;#039;t that great. But there is this army of comedians\u2014now that we&amp;#039;re allowed to be really funny\u2014which shows we&amp;#039;ve come to a place of great confidence.&amp;quot; Even a tongue-tied Pattinson admitted that he felt the pressure to match up to the night&amp;#039;s funny gals, while paying homage to honoree and his Bel Ami co-star Uma Thurman. &amp;quot;Why did everyone have to be so funny\u2014funny and smart\u2014in their speeches?&amp;quot; he mused, running his hands through his hair. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m only doing this for Uma. Never make me do a speech again.&amp;quot;  By the end of the night, levity gave way to truly powerful moments. While actress Leslie Mann publicly praised Emma Watson for her Calvin Klein Emerging Award, she also confessed, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not sure how much more she can emerge.&amp;quot; Mann and Watson share screen time in the upcoming Sofia Coppola comedy The Bling Ring; and Mann added sweetly, &amp;quot;I hope my real-life daughters grow up to be as cool as my movie daughter.&amp;quot;  The sentimental speeches continued. When she was passed the mic, Watson thanked ELLE for recognizing and supporting her Harry Potter departure and foray into new roles. And as the night came to a close, honoree Octavia Spencer\u2014known to friends as &amp;quot;Roctavia&amp;quot;\u2014told the audience of her career defining year. &amp;quot;Remember, a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;A world that is more inclusive is a world that is more tolerant.&amp;quot; More: See 53 of the best red-carpet looks from ELLE&amp;#039;s Women in Hollywood event.  Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann; Photo: Getty Images   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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