TJ Walker, CEO of Media Training WorldWide, Releases List of the Best and Worst Speakers at the 2006 Golden Globe Awards
New York, NY, January 18, 2006 --(PR.com)-- TJ Walker, CEO of Media Training WorldWide, Picks the Best and Worst Speakers from the 2006 Golden Globe Awards.
The 2006 Golden Globe Awards have come and gone. And speaking expert TJ Walker has released his analysis on the best and worst speakers from the night.
The 2006 Golden Globe Awards featured some great acceptance speeches and some awful ones too. I hold the award winners to very high standards for the following reasons: 1. This is an entertainment show and they are in the entertainment business. 2. Actors are, in a sense, public speakers. And they are the highest paid public speakers in the world, so why shouldn’t they be great? 3. Every winner knew in advance that there was at least a 20% chance of winning and therefore having to speak that night, so there was zero excuse for not being prepared (these are not true impromptu speeches.)
What makes a great awards acceptance speech? 1. Strong sincere emotion. 2. Humor. 3. Unpredictability. What makes a bad speech? 1. Being boring. 2. Being predictable. 3. Speaking too long.
Here were some of the worst speakers:
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix seemed to be making a contribution to “Actors Are Empty Shells Without Scripts Stereotype Foundation.” His speech was as interesting and memorable as an airline attendant giving instructions on how to fasten a seatbelt. Phoenix was boring, flat, uninteresting and seemed preoccupied with an inside joke among his other Hollywood buddies that he wouldn’t win.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Meyers “thanks” was as inspired as a third grader forced to write a “thank you” note to Aunt Sally for a $10 Christmas present—only Meyers doesn’t have the excuse of being in Third grade. Boring, flat, with lots of nervous chin rubbing, though mercifully short.
Anthony Hopkins
Hopkins knew in advance that he had won the Cecil B. Demille Award for lifetime achievement, but he didn’t put his prep time to good advantage. This guy has been in 100 films. He’s been Hannibal Lector and played opposites leading ladies from Kathryn Hepburn to Katherine Zeta Jones and this was all he could come up with? Hopkins acceptance speech was more fitting of a 65 year old mid-level insurance broker receiving a golden watch at a retirement party than the supposed “greatest actor of his generation.” Hopkins was a snooze. He didn’t say anything in the least bit interesting or memorable.
Mary-Louise Parker
Parker might have thought her odds were slim going up against all of the hotties from Desperate Housewives, but she could have prepared something (anything?) to say. She rambled, gurgled and “UM'ed” her way through her speech. Between staring down and babbling something about “making out with her cast” she lost her train of thought and then finally sat down.
George Clooney
Clooney does the whole looking down and scratching his head thing—but then that’s what he does in his movies too. I like adolescent humor and political humor as much as the next guy, but Clooney’s crack about Super-lobbyist turned criminal informant Jack Abramhoff’s name having inappropriate sexual overtones isn’t especially clever unless you are a thirteen-year-old boy in gym class making the observation.
Here are some of the best speakers:
Sandra Oh
Oh made you feel that this was the happiest night of her life and it made the viewers happy just to experience it with her. She was at the point of bursting, but she didn’t. She conveyed all the appropriate emotions in a way that was sincere and genuine, net never melted down into a blubbering mess.
Geena Davis
Davis gave a great heartwarming story complete with the perfect story about a little girl telling her “because of you I want to be president.” Then she outted herself as a fraud, thus mocking herself, politics, TV and awards shows all at once. And she got laughs—lots of them. So she delivered a speech, a commentary of speeches, a big surprise, a standup comedy show, thanked all the important people, plus family and friend—-and all in one minute’s time. All-in-all it was the best performance of the night.
S. Epatha Merkerson
Merkerson hit the right note of giddy joy mixed with feet-on-the-ground self-awareness. She had the guts to tell people she felt like a 16 year old but was having hot flashes. That’s revealing in an endearing way. She seemed genuine, real, and joyful—a fine addition to the evening’s festivities.
Hugh Laurie
Laurie used his time to deliver performance art. He cleverly mocked award show pretensions by claiming to have put 173 names of people he needed to thank on separate pieces of paper in his pocket and that he was only going to pull out three and read them. He was different, unique, surprising, and devoid of clichés. He was having fun and he was funny. He knew it was his moment but he made it special for everyone else too. Laurie for Oscar host 2007?
For More Information or to speak to TJ Walker directly Call: 212-764-4955 or e-mail: tj@mediatrainingworldwide.com
About Media Training WorldWide
Media Training Worldwide provides more media and presentation training workshops and seminars (54 separate courses) than any other company in the world. We also publish more than 100 media and presentation training books, DVDs, CDs, and other information products and is the premier presentation/media training publisher in the world. At Media Training Worldwide, we specialize in media, presentation, public speaking and speech training, as well as executive coaching, to enhance verbal and non-verbal communication skills for media interviews.
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Media Training WorldWide
110 West 40th St - Suite 203
New York, NY
212.764.4955
The 2006 Golden Globe Awards have come and gone. And speaking expert TJ Walker has released his analysis on the best and worst speakers from the night.
The 2006 Golden Globe Awards featured some great acceptance speeches and some awful ones too. I hold the award winners to very high standards for the following reasons: 1. This is an entertainment show and they are in the entertainment business. 2. Actors are, in a sense, public speakers. And they are the highest paid public speakers in the world, so why shouldn’t they be great? 3. Every winner knew in advance that there was at least a 20% chance of winning and therefore having to speak that night, so there was zero excuse for not being prepared (these are not true impromptu speeches.)
What makes a great awards acceptance speech? 1. Strong sincere emotion. 2. Humor. 3. Unpredictability. What makes a bad speech? 1. Being boring. 2. Being predictable. 3. Speaking too long.
Here were some of the worst speakers:
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix seemed to be making a contribution to “Actors Are Empty Shells Without Scripts Stereotype Foundation.” His speech was as interesting and memorable as an airline attendant giving instructions on how to fasten a seatbelt. Phoenix was boring, flat, uninteresting and seemed preoccupied with an inside joke among his other Hollywood buddies that he wouldn’t win.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Meyers “thanks” was as inspired as a third grader forced to write a “thank you” note to Aunt Sally for a $10 Christmas present—only Meyers doesn’t have the excuse of being in Third grade. Boring, flat, with lots of nervous chin rubbing, though mercifully short.
Anthony Hopkins
Hopkins knew in advance that he had won the Cecil B. Demille Award for lifetime achievement, but he didn’t put his prep time to good advantage. This guy has been in 100 films. He’s been Hannibal Lector and played opposites leading ladies from Kathryn Hepburn to Katherine Zeta Jones and this was all he could come up with? Hopkins acceptance speech was more fitting of a 65 year old mid-level insurance broker receiving a golden watch at a retirement party than the supposed “greatest actor of his generation.” Hopkins was a snooze. He didn’t say anything in the least bit interesting or memorable.
Mary-Louise Parker
Parker might have thought her odds were slim going up against all of the hotties from Desperate Housewives, but she could have prepared something (anything?) to say. She rambled, gurgled and “UM'ed” her way through her speech. Between staring down and babbling something about “making out with her cast” she lost her train of thought and then finally sat down.
George Clooney
Clooney does the whole looking down and scratching his head thing—but then that’s what he does in his movies too. I like adolescent humor and political humor as much as the next guy, but Clooney’s crack about Super-lobbyist turned criminal informant Jack Abramhoff’s name having inappropriate sexual overtones isn’t especially clever unless you are a thirteen-year-old boy in gym class making the observation.
Here are some of the best speakers:
Sandra Oh
Oh made you feel that this was the happiest night of her life and it made the viewers happy just to experience it with her. She was at the point of bursting, but she didn’t. She conveyed all the appropriate emotions in a way that was sincere and genuine, net never melted down into a blubbering mess.
Geena Davis
Davis gave a great heartwarming story complete with the perfect story about a little girl telling her “because of you I want to be president.” Then she outted herself as a fraud, thus mocking herself, politics, TV and awards shows all at once. And she got laughs—lots of them. So she delivered a speech, a commentary of speeches, a big surprise, a standup comedy show, thanked all the important people, plus family and friend—-and all in one minute’s time. All-in-all it was the best performance of the night.
S. Epatha Merkerson
Merkerson hit the right note of giddy joy mixed with feet-on-the-ground self-awareness. She had the guts to tell people she felt like a 16 year old but was having hot flashes. That’s revealing in an endearing way. She seemed genuine, real, and joyful—a fine addition to the evening’s festivities.
Hugh Laurie
Laurie used his time to deliver performance art. He cleverly mocked award show pretensions by claiming to have put 173 names of people he needed to thank on separate pieces of paper in his pocket and that he was only going to pull out three and read them. He was different, unique, surprising, and devoid of clichés. He was having fun and he was funny. He knew it was his moment but he made it special for everyone else too. Laurie for Oscar host 2007?
For More Information or to speak to TJ Walker directly Call: 212-764-4955 or e-mail: tj@mediatrainingworldwide.com
About Media Training WorldWide
Media Training Worldwide provides more media and presentation training workshops and seminars (54 separate courses) than any other company in the world. We also publish more than 100 media and presentation training books, DVDs, CDs, and other information products and is the premier presentation/media training publisher in the world. At Media Training Worldwide, we specialize in media, presentation, public speaking and speech training, as well as executive coaching, to enhance verbal and non-verbal communication skills for media interviews.
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