Oprah
Winfrey Awarded the SBIFF Montecito Award
By FBWorld
Jeffrey
Barbakow, Chairman of the 29th Santa Barbara International
Film Festival, and close personal friend of Oprah Winfrey,
presented her with The Montecito Award recognizing and
honoring her outstanding body of work in film. Two thousand
people packed the Arlington Theatre to see the star receive
her award, and enjoy her exchanges with John Horn, Los
Angeles Times interviewer.
Moët
& Chandon honored Montecito Award winner Oprah Winfrey
at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival with
a customized golden jeroboam in honor of the occasion,
and upon being presented with her customized golden jeroboam
the TV mogul raised her golden goblet and exclaimed, "It's
pronounced Mo-wet?! For all of these years I've been saying
Mo-way?! I can't believe it. Here's cheers to MO' MOET!"
Oprah Winfrey with SBIFF Montecito Award
Oprah,
a Montecito resident, was overwhelmed to be honored by
her own community. The star told the audience, "This
was the most amazing invitation I've had lately... I get
asked to do a lot of 'stuff.' Tonight I just drove down
Foothill Rd and turned onto State St and here I am! Y'all
should have just come to my house!" During the tribute
Oprah danced onto the stage to Bruno Mars' "Treasure"
setting the high energy tone for the whole night.
Film
clips from her films were presented and she commented
on them by saying "The Color Purple changed my life.
I have never been happier than when I was on the Color
Purple. Getting that role was an epiphany for me."
"I think I was poorly cast as the goose in Charlotte's
Web. The Goose needed to be rounder!" "On tapping
into the emotions needed for The Butler I remembered holding
on to the bumper of my ex-boyfriends Datson Z as he was
pulling away from me. Lord have mercy! I tapped into that
experience!"
While
accepting her award she stressed the importance of living
her life with intention, which leads to all good things.
She also expressed a wish to do more acting, and thanks
everyone for honoring her.
By
Bonnie Carroll
www.lifebitesnews.com
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