Sentences with phrase «accepting the prize last»

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As the Nobel Committee pointed out and as Santos accepted, the prize should indeed be a tribute to the struggle to end the modern world's longest civil war — and an encouragement to those who hope for a lasting consensus among Colombia's divided people.

Jimmy Kimmel brought back Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway to present the Best Picture Oscar, after they mistakenly announced the wrong winner last year (it was Moonlight, not La La Land), but Guillermo del Toro was the one who tackled the awkwardness with real aplomb, as he cheekily checked the envelope himself before accepting the prize.