MONIQUE!!!

[CatWoman]

YES!!!

[fishwax]

1. woohoo!

:applause:

[KingFlorez]

2. *applause*

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Great acceptance speech.

[WCGreen]

4. Wasn't that a wonderful acceptance speech...

[njlib]

5. Love her acceptance speeches!

:applause:

[Cha]

6. Yeah, I just saw that!

She gave quite the acceptance speech~

[Electric Monk]

7. You mean Mo'Nique?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594898/

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[democrat2thecore]

8. I wanted her to win - but what an EGO

I was pulling for her but was surprised she made the comment about the Academy looking beyond the "politics" and seeing the performance. What a slam against the other nominees. But, I'm glad she won.

[MadMaddie]

12. There is truth in what she says

There have been years when a fantastic movie was snubbed because of politics.

Why do we always have to steer clear of the truth?

[live love laugh]

13. I thought she could have been more humble as well. Poor speech IMHO. nt

[CatWoman]

16. we obviously didn't see the same speech

:shrug:

I found her both humble and genuine.....

[live love laugh]

22. The comment about politics over performance was a slap at the Academy IMHO

and that is why I made the comment.

She has some 'splainin' to do--and the controversy could overshadow her achievement.

Believe me she will be asked over and over what she meant by that and I don't see any answer that will make the remark go over any better than it did tonight.

When she said that all I could think was "ouch."

[fishwax]

23. I don't think she'll have explaining to do

There is a lot of pressure to campaign for these awards, and she chose not to. There were a few stories about it during the awards season ...

[live love laugh]

24. I am probably wrong then. It just seemed negative to me but your context

changes things a bit.

[roguevalley]

25. I love me some Gabby. Here is her comment after Chris Rock grabbed

her at the black essence awards.


But she got a shock as she stood up to make her way to the stage - when Rock grabbed her behind with both hands.
Despite shaking off the "Everybody Hates Chris" creator with a playful slap, Sidibe admits her father was furious over the incident.

She tells ETOnline, "As I go up to get my award in a room where my dad is, because he's one of my dates, Chris Rock grabbed my butt with both of his hands - and then I slapped him back. I didn't think too much of it at all, but my dad was super p**sed."

And she quips, "Some dudes gotta have it - it's my own fault for being too damn fine."


She rules. Totally. :)

[fishwax]

15. She was talking about all the campaigning that's done for the Oscars

She declined to go campaigning for her award: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/03/entertainment/la-et-oscar-betsy3-2010feb03

[ericinne]

9. Glad she won

I just watched the movie the other day. Great flick.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

10. She was absolutely brilliant in Precious.

:applause:

[MadMaddie]

11. I have always like her raw honesty!

I haven't been able to bring myself to see the movie but I hear it is pretty damn good!

[spanone]

14. L O V E her

[BanzaiBonnie]

17. My husband and I cheered and clapped

when she went up to accept. And we cheered more after she spoke.

[countmyvote4real]

18. Congrats! Yet no one has yet included Sapphire in the "thank you" speech.

I think it was a very big oversight from the screenwriter.

[fishwax]

19. Yeah, I thought that during his speech too

He was obviously overwhelmed, which is understandable ...

[goclark]

20. I think I saw Sapphire in the audience crying "happy tears"...

I believe the screen writer was in shock and did the best that he could ~ wasn't he the first African American to ever win that award?

[fishwax]

21. yes he was

Spike Lee was nominated for Do the Right Thing but didn't win. I can't think off the top of my head of another African American who was nominated, but I'm probably forgetting someone. But Geoffrey Fletcher was the first to win.

On edit: John Singleton was nominated as well, for Boyz 'n the Hood.

[EFerrari]

26. That one went right by me. Thanks, fishwax.

What a great night.

[goclark]

28. Did we say Halle Berry ~

[fishwax]

29. I was just thinking screenwriting awards, but

Mo'nique was, I believe, only the fifth African American to win an acting Oscar (after Hattie McDaniel, Sidney Poitier, Denzel, and Halle Berry). I think a few others have gotten nominations for acting, but recognition for directing and screenwriting have been rare indeed.

[Number23]

30. Don't forget Jennifer Hudson! And the super talented Jamie Foxx

Even if he does seem to have major issues.

[fishwax]

31. oh shoot -- i'm not up on my recent history

:rofl:

You're right--I should've remembered those performances!

[K8-EEE]

27. I was pulling for Maggie

Mo'nique was engaging in a bit of scenery chewing in "Precious," IMO....

[goclark]

32. I watched her show~ She had Lee Daniels, Paula Patton, Gabriel

and Sapphire on ~ it was excellent.

Someone down thread mention that Sapphire didn't get to speak.

When I watch the show, Sapphire sat right next to Lee Daniels and did not say one word, not one.

She cried happy tears, she smiled, she even danced with all the others(really a good dancer) but not a word did she speak.

It didn't seem to bother the others, you can tell that they love her but they don't address any question to her -- is she shy?


I've seen her before on Monique's show and she never said a word on any of the shows.

Has anyone ever heard her say anything?
On edit... I just found a video of her talking and she was fantastic ~ try this link, she is amazing
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5426263n