WIRELESS FLASH VX3 FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2007
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FOREST WHITAKER'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH WINS A BOOBY
PRIZE

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Forest Whitaker may have won a
Golden Globe for his performance in "The Last King Of
Scotland," but his acceptance speech this past Monday (Jan.
15) deserves a booby prize.
That's the opinion of Erica Beth Keller, a spokeswoman
for Media Training Worldwide, who says Whitaker missed a
prime opportunity to "showcase his brilliance, not just as an
actor, but as a real person."
Keller also gives low marks to Martin Scorsese, who made
the error of wasting the time allotted for his acceptance
speech by mentioning he only had a certain amount of time.
Some Golden Globes winners did have acceptance speeches
that deserved awards themselves such as Jennifer Hudson, who
Keller says gave a speech that "was genuine and touching."
As she puts it, "You can always tell if someone is
giving a good speech when the camera pans on audience members
who are crying."

CONTACT: Erica Beth Keller, *****; (212) 764-4955