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    Rooo sez BISH PLZ: LEAVE KATE ALONE! It had to be said. more »
    A Small Turnip: There is so much idiocy and knee-jerk stereotyping going on in this thread, it makes my head spin. Jesus. There's a hell of a lot of context to this ... more »
    TurtleSpeak: Alright I'm English and I have an undying infatuation for Kate Winslet so perhaps I am biased but I thought she was adorable. Granted I started watchi... more »
    Diziet_Sma: I'm a Brit. I found her speeches excruciatingly false and 'evah so 'umble'. But it does seem like the press have gone a little overboard, although I h... more »
    woolfdreams: I am so OVER the overwrought, weeping, self-congratulation of Hollywood. Can you imagine Mother Teresa tearing up over her profound, show-stopping per... more »
    nessalicious: MITFORDS YAYE!!! I for one hope in future to introduce more Mitfordisms into my speech like the honnish hen that I aspire to be. It would be a dreadf... more »
    Cerridwen: Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot, Britain. more »
    Sukie in the Graveyard: I'm not gonna lie, her speeches made me cry. Yes, a tear hit my desk. Great, now my blush is messed up. more »
    librariesare4lovers: "Oi, sorry Guv. No need to get in a strop. Too right! Stiff upper lip and all that. Tell ya what. How's bout we chat it up over some fags and a few pi... more »
    badasscat: I guess I'm just a little too prim and proper for some of the people around here, but I actually thought her speeches were embarrassing enough to chan... more »
    silkyjumbo: two great things about kate's second speech: 1) she introduced "gather" into my person vocabulary 2) she set up rainn wilson for one of the best lines... more »
    J.D.Regent: To flip the tables, what was up with the audience being all anti about Sasha Baron Cohen and Ricky Gervais jokes? Get over yourselves repressed Ameri... more »
    Hazel: So let me get this straight... women in England can't show emotion, play sports, or be successful without being cold? I wept with Kate and I don't car... more »
    Mrs. Stephen Fry: My British husband thought she was adorable and charming. So suck it, The Independent, The Guardian, and The Times. more »
    DoNotStalk loves Jason Bateman: I think for her Oscar win, she should quote Al Bundy's speech when he hit a homerun, winning a softball game that everyone thought he was too old to p... more »
    VivienneDarkbloom: I don't know if it's a cultural insider/outsider thing but I'm from London and it was just so obviously affected and therefore intensely irritating. S... more »
    pax: Gentle reminder: "British" does not equal "English." Many persons of British nationality have were not born in and have never lived in England and the... more »
    scullymurphy: The English aren't amused? How do the Scots and the Northern Irish and the Welsh with it? English and British are not interchangeable, Jez. more »
    jemandtheholograms: Question for the British Jezzies out there: what are award shows like there (I assume you've got equivalents to Oscars/GG)? What are typical response... more »
    bowleserised: In the UK we have too many opinion columnists and not enough hard-fact gathering journalists, but to be honest, if we had great, wall-to-wall coverage... more »
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    English Not Amused By Kate Winslet's Acceptance Speeches

    Kate Winslet's two Golden Globes acceptance speeches on Sunday were among the teariest and and most flustered in awards show history; but does she owe the entire United Kingdom an "apology"? More »