Douglas thanked his fellow nominee and co-star Matt Damon on stage, telling the audience at the at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles that he could not have done it without the man who played his on-screen lover Scott Thorson.
But Simon Cowell made a fleeting appearance at the talent show's glitzy launch event in London on Thursday – and thanked the media for making him "loads of money".
He thanked the X Factor host, Dermot O'Leary, and Caroline Flack, the presenter of its ITV2 spin-off show The Xtra Factor, before appearing briefly to forget the name of the show's new co-host, Matt Richardson.
In Brussels on Tuesday, Yatsenyuk thanked the OSCE for its plan but said Ukraine had its own proposals for ending the crisis and that the people of his country should settle the issue themselves.
Wayne Rooney has thanked "tough" Louis van Gaal for helping the Manchester United squad buy into a new football philosophy.
Bennett thanked Jones for her intervention but acknowledged that the interview had been "excruciating".
"They sent me a transcript at the time and I get a great kick out of the fact that they thanked us on paper hard copy … that's how early this was".
In July, Orbán thanked the opposition for his landslide victories – "those who turned against us and provided the chance for good to win.
And he said, 'I suppose you're right.' So I... thanked him and left.
Wearing the singer's Ziggy Stardust 'rabbit costume' designed by Kansai Yamamoto, the model read out a speech in which Bowie thanked fans and made a surprise intervention in the Scottish independence debate: "David has asked me to say this: In Japanese myth, the rabbits on my old costume that Kate's wearing live on the moon.
A lone voice was the captain, Casey Stoney, who thanked Powell for "making her dreams come true" in giving her the armband, but tellingly also described her as "ruthless".
