Nicole Kidman: 'I was raised by a feminist mother' (USA News)

What a room.
USA News __It was hard not to feel roused on Friday evening at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons, where some of Hollywood's most powerful ladies assembled for Variety's yearly Power of Women luncheon. The ladies at the occasion, regarded for their altruistic work, incorporated Nicole Kidman, Amy Pascal, Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Elizabeth Banks and Jennifer Hudson.

As visitors at the Audi-supported luncheon feasted on halibut and tasted wine, Kidman, regarded for her work with UN Women, was the first to take the stage. She started her discourse with a minor tribute to her mother.

"I was raised by a feminist mother. What's more yes, she said never be terrified about utilizing the "F" word. So I'm not," she said, to giggling. "She has confidence in the sisterhood, along these lines do I. Also she planted the seed in me early to stand in opposition to the way that ladies are so regularly treated uniquely in contrast to men."

Kidman then spoke eagerly about ladies' rights. "Regardless of to what extent I commit my opportunity to this I still can't grasp that one in three young ladies in their lifetime will be decimated, mishandled, or assaulted. It's simply an incredible detail," she said.

Pascal, co-executive of Sony Pictures, was praised next for her work with Teen Line, a helpline for adolescents managing themes going from sexuality to despondency. "Any individual who lets you know ladies don't help one another is a man," said Pascal, refering to her early system of tutors, incorporating her sister Jenny, the late maker Laura Ziskin and Nora Ephron.

Washington spoke of her youth as she was respected for her work with the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. "When you give a kid symbolizations education...you give them an opportunity to change their lives," she said.

Preceding the luncheon beginning, we made up for lost time with Jessica Alba, who held court in a stall full of her Honest Company items. "It's still a modest business," she said, yet one that is blasting: Alba has extended her eco-accommodating line, which works with beneficent association Baby2baby, to over 50 items in 21 months, incorporating new scented hand and dish cleansers.

"With the web, ladies now have another outlet for our business thoughts," she said. "A ton more ladies are coming to be ambition people since there is an entire new scene where our voices might be listened."