Sentences with phrase «about his acceptance speech»

She dreams about her acceptance speech, and what her life will be like afterward, and she's taking real action to attain this loftiest of goals.

Allison won the BAFTA for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and said their presence made her nervous about her acceptance speech.

This just in from our friend Julien in Paris... Jean Dujardin, interviewed on Europe1 this week to promote his new movie Mobius, was asked about his acceptance speech at last year's Oscars and Emmanuelle Riva's nomination in Best Actress this year, the award he'll be presenting on Oscar night.

It's an engine that has deservedly won numerous awards — including International Engine of the Year two years running — and I'm quite sure no one complained about its acceptance speeches «going on a bit».

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«I stopped writing this movie about 20 times, because I thought it was impossible,» Peele said in his acceptance speech.

Ever since Lupita Nyong» o won over the entire world with her searing 12 Years a Slave performance and ensuing Oscar acceptance speech, there have been a lot of questions about...

Despite Jody's observations, I think McCain was absolutely right not to spend a lot time talking about abortion and related issues in his acceptance speech.

(Along with a vulgar statement about Swift, West claims to have «made that b **** famous» for infamously interrupting her during an MTV Awards acceptance speech in 2009.)

The forecasts are more than an intelligent reading of the existing situation and its likely developments, though in part they may be just that; they are the acceptance of a vocation, and there is a solemnity about them to which the more indirect mode of speech might seem appropriate.

Although Obama made a point in his Denver convention acceptance speech in 2008 of telling Americans (and the world) that «it's not about me,» a phrase he has repeated frequently since, there must be some reason why he has had to issue the disclaimer so often.

It is indicative of the scotoma operating in our collective field of vision that many commentators on the acceptance speech professed themselves to be utterly baffled about what George Bush (or his speechwriter Peggy Noonan) could have meant by the «thousand points of light.»

While the tale ordinarily contains all that the teller intends, it is sometimes the case that the teller speaks in a non-fictional context as to the meaning of his work, as Percy did about this novel in his Ingersoll Prize acceptance speech.

In a conversation with WBFO Friday morning, he talked about his overall impressions of the convention, Governor Andrew Cuomo's primetime address and Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech.

Jesse Norman: The dispute about 42 days is a far cry from Brown's acceptance speech, but it has always been about keeping him in No 10

Scheduled for a transpontine nominating convention at the same time in «southeast Dutchess,» 10 - term incumbent Assemblyman Kevin Cahill (his district includes the towns of Red Hook and Rhinebeck) kept his acceptance speech to only about 20 minutes.

«I think it was very significant that in his acceptance speech in his own constituency and his speech on the steps of Number 10, he talked so much about preserving the union.

When we think about the Oscar's, what comes to mind rather quickly is the acceptance speeches, the timeless style, and of course iconic moments.

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Oliver Stone received the WGA's Screen Laurel Award and gave a serious acceptance speech about the need to stop going to war.

Viewers were quick to complain about the sound quality and with good reason; cutlery could be heard scraping off plates during acceptance speeches and guests» conversation muffled the presenters» intros and outros.

He tried to get the crowd on his side by making his best picture acceptance speech about «us» having the «best jobs in the world, lets give ourselves a hand».

Even the third - place Jury Prize awarded to French actress / director / hot mess Maïwenn's ensemble drama Polisse was made bearable by the spectacle of its bewildered creator, tangles of unkempt brown hair falling wildly about her — and a bright red dress valiantly struggling to stay attached to her body — taking to the stage, personally embracing every member of the jury, then panting her way through an acceptance speech that might still be going on if the band hadn't finally played her off.

Frances McDormand won the Best Actress in a Drama Golden Globe for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri on Sunday and everything about her win was awesomely Frances McDormand - y — including the fact that she was unnecessarily bleeped three times during her acceptance speech.

Oscar - winning «Titanic» cinematographer Russell Carpenter received a lifetime achievement award, as did Alan Caso, who used his acceptance speech to talk about recognizing his own hypocrisy.

«I stopped writing this movie about 20 times because I thought it was impossible, I thought it wasn't going to work,» said Peele during his acceptance speech.

When it comes to political acceptance speeches at the Academy Awards, it's a fine line between awe - inspiring and awful, so we check in with some pros, including Barack Obama's speechwriter, about how to nail them.

At Tuesday night's 29th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala, the Molly's Game star was presented with the Chairman's Award by the film's director, Aaron Sorkin, and used her acceptance speech to deliver a powerful message about change.

The award's host, Seth Meyers, started the night off with cutting jokes about Weinstein and Spacey, while women - led stories swept the awards, with most acceptance speeches touching on the power of the «Me Too» movement.

Ashley Judd, Salma Hayek and Annabella Sciorra, all accusers of Harvey Weinstein, delivered a speech and introduced a montage that was all about the importance of diversity in movies — a message that was reinforced by del Toro's success later in the evening, and Frances McDormand's acceptance speech, in which she got all the women nominated for Oscars to stand up, calling for recognition, plus more financial backing from producers.

Meryl Streep said in her acceptance speech for The Devil Wears Prada at the Golden Globe awards about simply asking your theater manager why you can't see something like Volver or Notes on a Scandal at your local theater.

In the latest edition of my video series The Actor's Side, the New York / Vermont - raised actress talks about getting bleeped during her Oscar acceptance speech, starting out in acting by working opposite giant puppets, what makes a good director, and why it's not such a bad thing to be on a soap... Read

Chances are you'll be hearing about Frances McDormand's triumphant Oscars acceptance speech for actress in a leading role Sunday night for her performance in «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.»

Even movies that have a female main character are often difficult to get made, but, as Cate Blanchett, who won the best actress award for «Blue Jasmine,» said pointedly during her acceptance speech, people do go to see movies about women.

In his acceptance speech, the writer, director and comedian said that he stopped writing Get Out about 20 times, feeling that it wouldn't ever possible get made.

In his acceptance speech, McDonagh expressed the hope that such protests would bring about change.

What I liked about Allison's acceptance speech last night was that she wasn't there to pretend that she hadn't won everything already and would probably win the biggest prize.

A more heartfelt acceptance speech came from Dual Jury Prize winner, Xavier Dolan, looking as if he were about to burst into tears.

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I've been fantasizing about the «Sarah Palin Show» ever since I saw her acceptance speech — who gives better television than Sarah, unless it's her accidental (and sometimes reluctant) twin, Tina Fey?

While Kimmel may have offered the prizes as a joke about the length of acceptance speeches, he went to the trouble of bringing a real jet ski on stage and even roped in Dame Helen Mirren as a way to show off the prize like one of Barker's Beauties.

«To the art and cultural historians who cared enough to write essays about my work for decades — thank you, you gave me sustenance in the wilderness years,» Himid said during her acceptance speech, according to BBC News.

Because while we might sometimes complain about their quality and durability, Lundgren, in an award acceptance speech in 2009 quoted in Quartz:

Other than stating that «climate change is not a hoax» during his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, President Obama hasn't had much to say about global warming issues throughout his re-election campaign.

Many of you have probably seen, heard or read about Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver last night.

Even before his acceptance speech there were signs Obama was warming to the idea of talking about climate change once again.