{"id":84745,"date":"2017-01-11T20:57:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T01:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=84745"},"modified":"2017-01-29T03:12:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T08:12:36","slug":"michael-keaton-apologizes-for-hidden-fences-flub-at-globes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/01\/11\/michael-keaton-apologizes-for-hidden-fences-flub-at-globes\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Keaton apologizes for &#8216;Hidden Fences&#8217; flub at Globes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_84748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84748\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Michael_Keaton_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84748\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Michael_Keaton_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Keaton apologizes for 'Hidden Fences' flub at Globes  (Photo by Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0)\" width=\"508\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Michael_Keaton_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 508w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Michael_Keaton_by_Gage_Skidmore-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Keaton apologizes for &#8216;Hidden Fences&#8217; flub at Globes (Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3AMichael_Keaton_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg\">Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>LOS ANGELES\u2014Michael Keaton says anyone who reads something discriminatory into his Golden Globes garble of \u201cHidden Fences\u201d is \u201cextraordinarily incorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, almost like calling Al Gore a climate change denier,\u201d Keaton told The Associated Press on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Keaton said he \u201cmade a mistake reading the teleprompter and the cue cards\u201d when he conflated the titles of \u201cHidden Figures\u201d and \u201cFences\u201d at the awards ceremony Sunday. Both films have predominantly black casts.<\/p>\n<p>Keaton said Wednesday that he is sorry for the error and feels especially bad for the makers of \u201cHidden Figures\u201d for the flub that diminished the title&#8217;s recognition at the show, where he introduced supporting actress nominee Octavia Spencer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Founder\u201d star said he&#8217;s a longtime civil rights supporter who taught his son the importance of being socially conscious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014Michael Keaton says anyone who reads something discriminatory into his Golden Globes garble of \u201cHidden Fences\u201d is \u201cextraordinarily incorrect.\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":84748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[12814,13450,13451],"class_list":["post-84745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-golden-globes","tag-michael-keaton","tag-octavia-spencer","mauthors-ryan-pearson","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}