The Hero

Sam Elliott plays a cowboy actor dying of cancer

"...best remembered. But when the septuagenarian’s free-form (and molly-buzzed) acceptance speech at a lifetime achievement award ceremony goes viral..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Pinocchio

"...is understandable – if anything, his Life Is Beautiful acceptance speech-cum-performance art piece alerted film lovers to the (already..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Filmmaker and Film-Educator Paul Stekler Says Goodbye to UT

As he delivers his final class, the former head of UT-Austin's Department of Radio-Television-Film gives a commencement speech looking back on a career without a plan

"...are also a central part of all the commencement speeches I've heard over the years. Stories with relevant lessons,..."

May 6, 2022 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

The AggreGAYtor: January 22

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...embroiders the argument, and President Obama gives a legendary acceptance speech. Today’s AggreGAYtor wants to thank all the little..."

Jan. 22, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Hey, We're Part of the Big 4!

Gays rate alongside abortion, guns, and immigration in Obama's acceptance speech. At least we were mentioned.

"...In his acceptance speech at Invesco Field in Denver, Barack Obama stuck..."

Aug. 28, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Austin Fashion Awards: Put Your Golden Boot Where Your Mouth Is

Austin Fashion Awards gets an Unlike.

"...is going to cry. It's an introduction, not an acceptance speech. Oh, and someone tell him to introduce himself,..."

July 20, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

DVDnds

"...Mick Jagger's The Best Years of Our Lives induction speech for the Beatles, Led Zeppelin's 1995 reunion (not included),..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

COP27: Harsh Words for the Host Country

Egypt earns Thursday's Fossil of the Day Award

"...Thursday was Egypt. The Fossil ceremony typically includes an “acceptance speech” by a climate advocate from the winning country:..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Post

Selma

Although it's dramatically uneven, this film is a commendable historical drama about Martin Luther King Jr. that sidesteps the common pitfalls of adulatory biopics.

"...film opens with King rehearsing his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, and the game-changing March on Washington occurred prior..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Footnote

The usual strife between fathers and sons charts an uncommon course through academia in this laceratingly comic and award-winning Israeli film.

"...The film opens with Uriel’s acceptance of the prize, during which the camera stays doggedly..."

April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

At this year's Emmy Awards, cable won, and reality lost. Sorry, Heidi.

"...given all the time he needed to give his acceptance speech. He used his moment, somewhat clumsily, to defend..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two: Unfortunately the Left Is Guilty of Hypocrisy Even If the Right Is More Openly Oppressive

Adding a “but” to freedom of speech is unacceptable

"...on the right when the left tries to silence speech or insists that if a person's politics are extreme..."

June 2, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Thanks for the Memories

"...annual runway of styles for stars, it is the speeches I love to watch because, for as much as..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Denny Freeman, the Graceful Guitarist Who Made Everyone Sound Better, Has Died

Masterful player had a foundational presence on Austin music

"...became overcome with emotion and choked up during his acceptance speech. The following day, he emailed his friend and..."

April 25, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

New French Shorts

Queer and immigrant stories, satire and romance give new perspectives on French culture

"...a Quentin Dupieux-esque fashion, is Benjamin Croty's "The Glorious Acceptance Speech of Nicolas Chauvin" ("Le discours d'acceptation glorieux de..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Legerdemain Man Ray Anderson

The fact that magicians around the world revere the magic man of Esther’s Follies is no illusion

"...Anderson never forgets where he came from. In his acceptance speech, he also gave a shout-out to Mark Wilson,..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Clouds of Sils Maria

Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz mix wonderfully in this drama

"...moving train, and Maria self-absorbed in her partially written acceptance speech and details of her impending divorce. Then news..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A Hollywood star falls to earth with mad, exhilarating results.

"...to say cinematographer Emmanuel Luzbeki shouldn’t start drafting his acceptance speech right now). By concealing the seams between shots,..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Good Eye: Oscar Beige

Oscar beige

"...like a china doll. But at least in Leto's acceptance speech for his role as a transgender woman with..."

March 7, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

All Over Creation: Award Fever

Whenever you feel like throwing a pillow over the Payne Awards, consider this

"...of people making theatre in Austin. It's reiterated in acceptance speech after acceptance speech, year after year. Winners express..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

After a Fashion: Friday

Your Style Avatar does SXSW in style!

"...his 24-year stint as AMA emcee; Miss Lavelle White's acceptance speech ("When I kiss this award, I'm kissing you.");..."

March 17, 2006 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

In the Realms of the Unreal

The strange artwork and life of primitivist Harry Darger is given dimension by master documentarist Jessica Yu.

"...documentarian Yu, whom you may recall for her breathless acceptance speech for the short subject Breathing Lessons at the..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Articulations

The scoop on the 2000-01 Austin Critics Table awards ceremony

"...were on hand were sincere and generous in their acceptance speeches. The whole affair was rather sweet, actually --..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Day One on the Floor

Liveblogging from the House in the 82nd Legislature

"...12.42 Paxton's speech gathers a round of applause, and a short standing..."

Jan. 11, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

'TV Eye' looks back at the year on TV, from Tina Fey to the Iraqi shoe-thrower

"...Barack, Barack, and Barack. Obama's now-famous "race speech," his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, and..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a young hopeful, with visions of my first Oscar acceptance speech dancing in my head. But it took exactly..."

July 18, 2003 Column

Live Election Coverage

Is it over yet?

"...8:57pm: Flannigan just delivered his victory speech to a loud, cheering crowd. "I'm not usually at..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

TV Eye

Mourning Elizabeth Taylor and Geraldine Ferraro

"...1984 was just as explosive when she gave her acceptance speech as the vice presidential candidate at the Democratic..."

April 8, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The First To Question

Remembering the ultimate theatre historian, Oscar Brockett, 1923-2010

"...about the fact that he had to make an acceptance speech. He assured me he had nothing to say..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ode to a Dallas Doll & the Bearded Ones

Morgan Fairchild & ZZ Top get their props.

"...night at the Texas Film Hall of Fame. Her speech was gracious, and she is a stunner. I wish..."

March 8, 2008 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

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