Sentences with phrase «moving acceptance speech»

Glenn Close delivers a moving acceptance speech upon receiving Lifetime Achievement honors at the San Sebastian Film Festival today.

The actress delivered the evening's most moving acceptance speech.»

To say last night was Lupita Nyong «o's night is an understatement: She owned the red carpet in an ethereal Prada gown, took the award for best supporting actress, and made 90 percent of the room cry with an incredibly moving acceptance speech.

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In her acceptance speech, Nixon, 52, voiced the view of her nearly 200 backers who gathered in the ballroom at the basement of the Albany Hilton: Cuomo's move to the left on free college tuition, minimum wage and other policies was too little, too late.

The Democratic National Convention Committee and the Obama campaign announced on Monday that they would break with tradition and move the final day of convention activities, including the acceptance speech, from the Pepsi Center in Denver to Invesco Field, home of the Denver Broncos, which can hold more than 75,000.

Perhaps the loveliest surprise at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony held February 22nd at the Dolby Theater was the number of pointed and powerful acceptance speeches, many of which earned warm ovations from the visibly moved crowd.

Highlights of the evening included a welcome speech by Houston - based photographer and Gala Emcee Emily Peacock, the awards ceremony with introductions by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Curator of Modern and Contemporary art The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Andrea Grover, Executive Director of Guild Hall, NY and founder of Aurora Picture Show, a champagne toast by the Honorable Vanessa Gilmore, United States District Judge, and deeply moving and personal acceptance speeches by the night's honorees Trenton Doyle Hancock and Lynn Goode, as well as the Texas Artist and Patron of the Year awards, which were created by Patrick Turk, and Terrell James / John Caloway.