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After all, Bey-and-Tay moments have been reliable magnets for attention since the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when Kanye West famously interrupted an acceptance speech by Swift to declare that Beyoncé deserved the prize for best female video.
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Mikael Wood, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2024
During her acceptance speech highlighting the work of education organization Room to Read, Bajaria paid homage to her two great-grandmothers, who were both married by the age of 14 and unable to pursue a college education due to cultural customs in rural India.
—Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
After profusely thanking God in her acceptance speech, Blige also shared her gratitude for longtime collaborators Dr. Dre and Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man, who inducted her into the Rock Hall.
—Breanna Mona, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Last year’s winner was, of course, Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest, now remembered as much for Glazer’s controversial acceptance speech afterwards as for the movie’s thought-provoking narrative.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
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Mikael Wood, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2024
During her acceptance speech highlighting the work of education organization Room to Read, Bajaria paid homage to her two great-grandmothers, who were both married by the age of 14 and unable to pursue a college education due to cultural customs in rural India.
—Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
After profusely thanking God in her acceptance speech, Blige also shared her gratitude for longtime collaborators Dr. Dre and Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man, who inducted her into the Rock Hall.
—Breanna Mona, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Last year’s winner was, of course, Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest, now remembered as much for Glazer’s controversial acceptance speech afterwards as for the movie’s thought-provoking narrative.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Acceptance speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acceptance%20speech. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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