Sentences with phrase «of acceptance speeches»

Dr. Holdren delivered one of the acceptance speeches when the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, of which he was a member, shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 with Joseph Rotblat, one of the founders of the group.

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.

In all honesty, the entire evening could have used a bit more of her as many of the acceptance speeches were less passionate and shockingly rarely political.

There was a common thread to most of the acceptance speeches tonight (especially those made by women)-- the phrase «time's up» and the idea of breaking silence and supporting other women.

Many of the acceptance speeches focused on the place of women in the film industry and in the world at large, a sign of the way the national conversation has changed since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke last year.

Film Independent graciously uploaded most of the acceptance speeches from last night's Independent Spirit Awards, including two speeches that never aired during it's live broadcast — Emmanuel Lubezki wining for Best Cinematography and Tom Cross wining for Best Editing.

From the official transcript of his acceptance speech (note Nat's droll sense of humor):

CNN: Romney speech touches on faith In a few hours the spotlight will shine on Mitt Romney at the Tampa Bay Times Forum and in excerpts released of his acceptance speech the GOP presidential nominee is shedding light on his personal faith.

This is part of her acceptance speech:

Even bets on items peripheral to the outcome of the election would likely generate interest, whether it is the duration of an acceptance speech, the time the loser concedes, or the tie color chosen by the winning candidate, presidential election - betting options seem endless.

Best Supporting Actress winner Allison Janney's opening line of her acceptance speech was the early leader for «Quote of the Show.»

When Jeremy Irons won an Oscar for his icy but humorous performance in «Reversal of Fortune» (1990), he thanked David Cronenberg at the end of his acceptance speech.

Half of his acceptance speech was celebrating the works of Heath Ledger.

Blanchett used part of her acceptance speech to call out the fact that the Best Males category received six nominees and the Best Females category only got five.

Burnett spent much of her acceptance speech thanking the cast and crew of her variety series.

We know from her win last year for «Silver Linings Playbook» the she gives one doozy of an acceptance speech.

Fletcher's Oscar win was made especially poignant when she signed part of her acceptance speech as a tribute to her deaf parents.

Though he admitted that he didn't want to risk missing out on winning Jimmy Kimmel's Jet Ski, Jordan Peele made the most of his acceptance speech time when he won Best Original Screenplay for Get Out at tonight's Academy Awards.

I have to say, despite me not being wowed by her performance, Helena Bonham - Carter would give a hell of an acceptance speech.

Later, Kirk Douglas (a surprising choice, given that he's faced some allegations of his own) helped present the Best Screenplay award to Three Billboard's Martin McDonaugh, Coco won Best Animated Film (with Pixar co-founder John Lasseter being left out of the acceptance speech), and everyone had to politely smile as Get Out was inexplicably introduced as a comedy.

Columbia will soon post video of my acceptance speech, in which I explore the clash between old journalistic norms and the complex, uncertain nature of these times — when the things we don't know, some of which we can't know, are likely as important as what is clear.

When you accept the award, please share with us a copy of your acceptance speech.

Not exact matches

The media mogul became the first African American woman to win the award, and she used her acceptance speech to raise awareness of sexual harassment and assault.

Most notably, Sarah Paulson, who won an award for her role in the miniseries The People vs. O.J. Simpson, used her acceptance speech to drum up more support, asking everyone who is able to donate to the ACLU «to protect the rights and liberties of people across this country.»

CEOs and leaders from Bell, Talisman Energy and Shell Canada were in attendance as well as the heads of CIBC, RBC, Scotiabank, TD, BMO and HSBC Bank of Canada, prompting Tory to joke in her acceptance speech that she as wary of an erupting «battle of the banks.»

Williams blogged the news of his acceptance while delivering a speech at a technology conference.

Fortune rounded up some of the leading forecasts for Oscars night, along with a few alternative methods for predicting who should be polishing their acceptance speeches.

Clinton herself said in her acceptance speech that the election represented a «moment of reckoning» for the country.

If you need help getting started, consider the most popular TED Talks or even some of the best (and worst) Academy Award acceptance speeches.

In his acceptance speech, Obama vowed to work with members of Congress to push through reforms that would help put Americans back to work.

The cast and creative team for «La La Land» had already taken to the stage to begin delivering acceptance speeches when one of the producers interrupted the proceedings to say that the award had been given to the wrong movie, and that «Moonlight» was the real victor.

Oliver added that the negative tone, seen especially in Trump's doom - and - gloom style acceptance speech, allowed Democrats «to pick up the mantel of people who actually like living here.»

Fortunately, as Russell Crowe said in an Oscar acceptance speech, «For anybody whose on the downside of advantage and relying purely on courage... it's possible.»

In case you've somehow missed it, the envelope Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway read from when announcing Best Picture winner was the wrong one, and it took until midway through round of impassioned acceptance speeches for the producers of La La Land to realize they hadn't won the top prize, after all; Moonlight had.

Recipients of Webby Awards are famously limited to five - word acceptance speeches, and you won't want to miss ours.

[167] Obama delivered his acceptance speech, not at the center where the Democratic National Convention was held, but at Invesco Field at Mile High to a crowd of approximately 84,000 people; the speech was viewed by over 38 million people worldwide.

All you supposedly free market types out there who think you know — or Kevin Hasset knows — this will raise growth to 3 or 4 % need to take a break and go re-read Hayek's Nobel Prize acceptance speech, The Pretence of Knowledge.

Looking more Las Vegas casino than Oval Office, the stage Donald Trump delivered his nomination acceptance speech from Thursday was all gold, from the stairs to the podium, completely befitting of his showman - like style.

NEW YORK (TheStreet)-- In last week's acceptance speech, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney held out this challenge: «President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet.

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...

In his December 10, 2009, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, President Barack Obama offered a vigorous defense of the just war tradition in response to problems of evil and injustice in the world.

Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech can be read as a concise restatement of Reinhold Niebuhr's political ethics as a guide to U.S. foreign policy for the twenty - first century.

«While I'm proud of what we've achieved together, I'm far more mindful of my own failings,» Obama said in his acceptance speech, «knowing exactly what Lincoln meant when he said, «I have been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go.»»

In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Jewish Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel echoed this truth: «Whenever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that moment — become the center of the universe.»

Her somewhat controversial Best Supporting Actress acceptance speech calling for greater gender equality garnered much of the attention.

Ansari's acceptance speech carried a dig at the lack of diversity in other award shows, like the Academy Awards (which, of course, was plagued by the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite this year).

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.

During his acceptance speech the POTUS clearly summarized America and what it really is, diverse and I don't believe he let anyone out of the equation, this is something you could bet on that the GOP would ever do, ever.

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.

As the La La Land team began acceptance speeches, producer Jordan Horowitz was informed of the mistake, and took the mic to explain that Moonlight had actually won.