tonight and asked them about the protests, and the movement, and what they made of it all, and actor sophia bush said that it really underscored to her the purpose of the evening, of celebrating the first amendment, the right to free speech, the right to assemble, so here is what she thought about it. >> i think we are incredibly fortunate to live in a functioning democracy where we have the right to protest, we see states around the country, and citizens and residents, some of the things are unacceptable but i think if anything, it is important to be here tonight to stand in the defense of the free press, particularly when you see the number of journalists who have been killed in gaza, it is devastating. >> reporter: so while tonight is a celebration of press freedom, the first amendment, it is not lost on anyone that there are more than 100-some journalists that have been killed in gaza. we have journalists detained overseas, wrongfully, like evan, and so this evening, it brings all of these figures together, now on the red carpet, we saw colin jost and his wife, scarlet johansson, we wil