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Deep Breathing at the Oscars

posted by Chattering Mind | 1:07pm Monday February 26, 2007

Deepest-Breath-at-the-Oscars Award goes to Best Actor Forest Whitaker, who couldn’t utter his thank you speech until he’d inhaled the moment and collected himself. At the end of his speech, he made reference to “this life and the next.”

Google research reveals that Whitaker’s be-here-now countenance would come as no surprise to those who know him well: he has a 1st Degree Black Belt in Kenpo Karate. He’s also a vegetarian who with his daughter True, recorded this public service announcement promoting meat-free living for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).



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sharon

posted February 27, 2007 at 1:12 am


He also, in a Vanity Fair interview, listed The Quantum Gods by Jeff Love as a favorite read.



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Laurie Sue

posted February 27, 2007 at 1:15 pm


Neat. I thought it sounded more than the run of the mill acceptance speech. Glad you reported on this!



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