Steinberg shares her notes upon the acceptance of bronze medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She expresses her gratitude to her team of therapists especially Ellen, who taught her a great lesson about friendship, boundaries, and the legal system.
Without the McNallys' support of Manitoba-made books and their decision to endow Manitoba's first publishing prizes in 1988, the book awards, if they existed at all, may not have caught on. In his acceptance speech, [Roland Penner] took a gentle shot a Mayor Sam Katz, praised the immigrants "of the historic North End" and credited local publishers who go "out on a financial limb" to provide an audience for Manitoba authors. I really didn't expect this," said [Kevin Marc Fournier] said, an obvious hockey fan. "Does anyone know if Montreal won tonight?
Yes, [Sarah Palin] is likable. Spunky even; the kind of woman you'd enjoy knowing because she could hold an interesting conversation, retell an interesting experience, and also offer a tip on where to buy a great pair of shoes. She's obviously accomplished as a local and state politician, a loving wife and mother. All laudable attributes. Palin is 44. With many women now marrying and having children later in life, and with many able to afford the tremendous cost of fertility treatments, the odds of older women giving birth to a child with a genetic disorder are high. Some turn to abortion. Personally, I respect and agree with Palin's opposition to abortion. It would not be my choice either. Seeing the way the Palin family held the infant son Trig during Palin's acceptance speech, there ...
[Mickey Rourke] gave a prolonged, hilarious, expletive-laden acceptance speech, dedicating the award to Loki, his beloved chihuahua that died six days earlier, and thanking everyone from his director, Darren Aronofsky, to the wrestling community. He mentioned that he had just talked with the Santa Monica police department, which "gave me a bed to sleep in 10 years ago," when Rourke was in the midst of the bad-boy behaviour that made him a Hollywood has-been until his comeback in recent years with films such as Sin City and The Wrestler. I didn't realize how many closet Mickey Rourke fans there were," Aronofsky said backstage. "That's been the biggest surprise of the whole trip. "She is the 21st-century Zsa Zsa Gabor. She is famous for who she hangs out with. She's not famous for any t...
In another repeat of the Golden Globes, Christoph Waltz was honoured as best supporting actor for his role as an energetically ruthless Nazi in the film Inglourious Basterds, while Mo'Nique's searing portrayal of an abusive mother in Precious was honoured as best supporting actress. Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey of NBC's 30 Rock won for best acting in a comedy series, allowing Fey to get in a sly joke about NBC and its bitter late-night battle with Conan O'Brien in her acceptance speech. Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall of Showtime's Dexter, wearing a cap because of treatment he's receiving for Hodgkin's lymphoma, won best actor in a drama series. The award for best actress in a drama went to Julianna Margulies of CBS's The Good Wife.
[Avril Lavigne] has been berating the mother of two for years, marketing herself as the "anti-Britney." In April, the Canadian singer told U.K.'s The Sun, "What's happened to Britney is all down to who she is as a person. If you want a piece of this business you have to be able to deal with it. You can't complain about the pressure, the paparazzi, the madness, because that's the job. In his acceptance speech, the 34-year-old actor thanked [Regis Philbin]'s "ticker" for "failing now and again," giving him a chance to guest host. He also thanked co-host Kelly Ripa for being a "sweet, sweet kisser." Other Rellys went to Howie Mandel for "Funniest Guest" and "American Idol" champion Jordin Sparks for "Best Winning Reality Guest." Michael Gelman, the show's executive producer, picked up a R...
BEST SIGN/SLOGAN: The Spirit of Edmonton is, perennially, one of the best bashes of Grey Cup week and the '08 party served up a couple of dandy signs that had us spitting up our diet cola. Spotted on the back of a Toronto fan: 'Argos '08... We Know, We suck.' WORST ACCEPTANCE SPEECH; It says here that Calgary kicker Sandro DeAngelis is the best quote in the entire CFL. He's passionate, intelligent and funny and that's a spectacular combination for us hacks in the media. But his session with the press after the game late Sunday night was way over the top. DeAngelis was voted the top Canadian in Sunday's Stamps' win for going five-for-five in field goals, but then teed off -- in an angry, bitter way that made you cringe -- about not getting the Most Outstanding Special Teams Player Award ...
It was typical of the relationship Canadiens fans had with the "Big Bird," one [Larry Robinson] acknowledged to close out his acceptance speech. The final people I want to thank are you, the greatest fans in the greatest city hockey has ever known," Robinson said in French. "Without you, I wouldn't be here today. You warmly welcomed an Anglophone farm boy from Marvelville and made him fall in love with this city.
Time and again, I've felt boundaries of socially appropriate behaviour suddenly spring up when they learn they're talking to a foreigner. Occasionally, the reaction is still more pronounced. I once had a park ranger in New Mexico tell me I'd "duped" him into thinking I was an American after he'd ranted on against gun-control laws. There's another reaction, occasionally more or less stated, but mostly just implied, that surfaces in these oh-so-you're-not-one-of-us conversations. What comes across loud and clear is that a Canadian isn't really capable of understanding what it's like to be a citizen of the most powerful country in the world, a citizen of a country whose actions on the global stage can, literally, restructure the world. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challen...
...Barack Obama's election-night speech in Chicago echoed what I heard from my equivalents... creed," as he phrased it later in his acceptance speech, and summed up in three short words: "Yes w...
On the ABC website, you can read [Mickey Rourke] revealing to interviewer Barbara Walters that at one point in his life everything had lost all meaning. He said, "I sort of self-destructed. The wife had left, the career was over, the money was not an ounce." And in a taped version of Walters' interview, Rourke said, "I don't have kids. The dogs became everything to me." He shocked many viewers when he went on to say, "I didn't want to be here." Confirming that he meant suicide, Rourke retorted that one of his dogs, Beau, looked up to him as if he wanted to ask, "Who's going to take care of me?" For Rourke, thinking about his dogs restored his hope. If you'd followed Rourke's career, you'd know that he was a sought-after actor in the 1980s. The popular movies Body Heat and Diner are on...
... his dogs during his Golden Globes acceptance speech. Before they realized he wasn't joking, the...
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