Sunday, January 8, 2017

Streep gives moving speech in acceptance of Cecil B. DeMille Award

As expected, Emma Stone took the award in Meryl's category tonight, but the biggest moment of the evening went to our girl as she provided a riveting speech in accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement.



I don't think anyone expected Meryl to be so cutting in her criticism of Donald Trump.  Never actually mentioning his name, she instead invoked her late friend Carrie Fisher in stating "take your broken heart and make it into art."  She called upon the "principled" press to bear the standards of truth and bolstered the work of her fellow artists saying "an actor's only job is to enter the lives of people who are different from us and let you feel what that feels like."

So proud to be a fan of this woman.  Brava, Meryl.

24 comments:

  1. Very proud of her tonight! She spoke her truth.- Jamie

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  2. Shocking and insightful. I woke super early to see her part and was taken aback by this. Excellent and emotional speech..

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  3. And Viola Davis did a wonderful job introducing her. Tid for tat this weekend for this pair following Davis's star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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  4. Meryl is my QUEEN! David

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  5. Oh and did everyone notice how the tribute video had the wrong number of Oscar nominations, saying she had 18? Of course we all know she has 19.

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    1. Yes I caught it right away and it's a good job I was lying down! Outrage! Haha

      I'm guessing hubbert's surprise win puts her strongly for an Oscar nom? She'd be part of a tiny group of people to win this category and fail to land a nom..

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    2. Greatly strengthens the likelihood for Huppert.

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  6. How fortunate I consider myself not to live in your country. But, how unfortunate for all of us that we live in a global community where one supposedly intelligent, democratic area could elect a bigoted, racist tyrant as its spokesperson.
    I was overjoyed that Viola was the one making the introduction, reciprocating what Meryl had done for Viola's Walk of Fame induction. I was also pleased by the reaction of most of the audience. And by Chris Pine's salute to Meryl's speech when he introduced his film. I must admit I was in tears by the end of Meryl's speech. Her vocal problems, her salute to Carrie Fisher, and the sincerity of her speech (notably, "Ryan Gosling, like all the nicest people, is Canadian") left me overwhelmed.
    Thank you, Meryl. Thank you, Jeff. Hopefully the next four years will pass quickly and we'll all survive.
    Rob in the Canadian Rockies.

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    1. Loved her doing a little bit of an Irish accent in there too..

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    2. RJL, Ian sure we are the forunant ones maybe a wall on the North border.!

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    3. I shouldn't dignify your comment with a response. But... look what you've written, the number of spelling and grammatical errors. To assuage your fears... don't worry. We're collecting to build a wall on our southern border!

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  7. Meryl is dominating with this speech all over news and social media��- Jamie

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  8. Another thought: Meryl ripping on Trump is almost like she's getting into character for her role in the Nix. Her first scene is basically throwing rocks at Donald Trump (or at least right-wing autocrat who's running for pres.

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  9. And one more nomination to go:

    BAFTAS 2017

    Leading Actress

    Amy Adams - Arrival

    Emily Blunt – The Girl on the Train

    Emma Stone – La La Land

    Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins

    Natalie Portman - Jackie

    Congratulations, Meryl!

    For your nominations, for your speech, for your courage to stand for what you believe in!

    Hugo
    Portugal

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  10. Horrible Meryl... Not the place or time...

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  11. Like many who have said - Meryl's a class act, in and out of character. Great speech that will resonate all over again in years to come! David.

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  12. http://www.saraborgstede.com/meryl-streep-donald-trump-and-the-decline-of-human-decency/

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  13. Jeff you need to find a life!!

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