Helen Mirren gave as elegant an acceptance speech last night as I've ever heard. She first captured my imagination in 'O Lucky Man!' and won me all over again in 'The Long Good Friday'. I almost spoke to her as we passed each other on the street in Cannes during MIPCOM a couple of years ago, but I chose to respect her privacy.
The Chad emailed me to rant about Andy Garcia getting the Lifetime Achievement Award. Later he retracted after realizing it was, in fact, just a Cadillac commercial he'd been watching.
Maybe it's just me, but I'm getting tired of seeing actors slouching over their notes during acceptance speeches as though delivering the obituary of someone they'd never known. It was quite nice to see Helen Mirren speak with conviction and without notes.
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