"The Film Council has done great things and ended on a high note with The King's Speech," actor and director Noel Clarke told the BBC.
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The delivery of the event follows the pattern of an opera: after a long speech, the actors alternate among one another to deliver single-line asides to the audience.
Third, we looked for effects of "performing arts training"; in such regions, violinists should show more activation for music than speech, whereas actors should show more activation for speech than for music.
In each of the regions identified in effects 1 3 above, we investigated whether there was more activation at P < 0.001 uncorrected for 1) familiar versus unfamiliar music in violinists and 2) familiar versus unfamiliar speech in actors.
February 23 2013 On the eve of the Oscars, Rachel Shukert and Michael Schulman (who is on the staff of this magazine) present "You Like Me: An Evening of Classic Acceptance Speeches," featuring actors, writers, and downtown personalities re-creating famous award-show speeches.
In a passionate speech, the actor thanked his wife who he said "demonstrates for me everyday just what love is".
In an eloquent and emotional speech, the actor Christopher Reeves told a Sunday evening session of neuroscientists that he sometimes wished he were a rat so he could get the latest treatments for spinal cord injury.
There was unexpected British success at night's Golden Globes awards, but the ceremony was overshadowed by an extraordinary acceptance speech by actor Jodie Foster, in which she "came out" in front of the massed Hollywood glitterati.
To fill the time, the first-term senator covered a range of subjects, sharing with the largely empty chamber his penchant for the mini-hamburgers at fast-food chain White Castle; quoting from a reality television show, Duck Dynasty, as well as lyrics by country singer Toby Keith; and praising a recent speech by actor Ashton Kutcher on the value of hard work.
