Patti Smith at the National Board Of Review 2024 Awards Gala.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Patti Smithstepped out on Thursday night to honor actorLily Gladstone.
Patti Smith at the National Board Of Review 2024 Awards Gala.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
The “Because the Night” singer then honored therecent Golden Globe winnerand her performance in Scorsese’s historical epic about the devastation of the Osage people and their land in 1920s Oklahoma. “It pierces the vein of human weakness, greed, cowardice, and betrayal,” she said of the film before adding, “And what is more piercing than the face of Lily Gladstone as the camera captures the shifting tones of her interior process seamlessly embodying the courageous Mollie Burkhart?”
The singer-songwriter continued, “Within the fabric of the film, even off-screen, Lily is like the new moon that can be felt, but not seen. She has always felt.”
Martin Scorsese, Daniel Day-Lewis and Patti Smith at The National Board of Review Awards Gala.Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty
Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty
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Before stating what a “great honor” it was to be at the event and presenting Gladstone with the award, Smith concluded, “Courage, humor, intelligence, her mysterious smile, her earthly sensuality, she drew from the many aspects of herself investing them within her spiritual sister, the Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart with steely determination, dignity, and grace.”
Patti Smith performing at Brooklyn Steel in New York City in December 2023.Sacha Lecca/Rolling Stone via Getty
Sacha Lecca/Rolling Stone via Getty
The National Board of Review Gala was Smith’s first major public appearance of the year. Aside from the ceremony, the Grammy-nominated artist played a handful of concerts in late December and has appeared to be in good health since she was hospitalized earlier that month.
At the time, Smith wastreated for a “sudden illness”while on tour in Italy, leading to the postponement of several live dates. She wasdischarged after one day, and posted toInstagramthat she was “resting, as the doctor ordered.”
Last week, Smith shared another update with fans about how she’s been feeling as of late onInstagram. Along with a sweet, smiling selfie of herself holding up a coffee mug from New Orleans’ Café Du Monde, she wrote in the caption, “This is saying hello. Feeling fine.”
source: people.com
