Honey, the Force was with James Earl Jones a.k.a. Darth Vader!
Mr Jones is currently starring live on stage at at the London Wyndhams Theater in the play "Driving Miss Daisy" with
Vanessa Redgrave - Oh, I love me some Vanessa Redgrave. Okay, let me stay focused!
Mr. Jones, who is 80 years old, teaches us all that one can continue loving the arts, being very disciplined, participating rigorously, proving the theory that one can do what they wish if they put their mind to it - no matter what age. Hats off to you, James Earl Jones - you are amazing!
Well, apparently Sir Ben Kingsley popped in for a visit at the London Wyndhams Theater, and presented James Earl Jones with his Honorary Oscar. When asked his thoughts on his prestigious award, Mr. Jones sincerely said " I am deeply honored, mighty grateful and just plain gobsmacked." - how fabulous is that?Dick Smith, Makeup Artist Extraordinaire, can truly beat a face into submission! Dick Smith puts the drama in every facial expression that Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) made in the film, "Godfather"
(1971, and "Godfather Part II" in 1973). How about that wild child running wild, in that dark movie
"The Exorcist" (1973)?
Dick Smith made Willy Clark (Walter Matthau) look old as Methuselah (Biblical character that lived to be 969 years old) in the film, "The Sunshine Boys"(1975). Who can forget how fine Sandman Williams (Gregory Hines) and Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere), Vera Cicero (Diane Lane), Lila Rose Silver
(Lonette McKee ) to name a few characters in the film, "The Cotton Club (1984)! I could go on and on!
Oprah Winfrey - Congratulations on receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award!
God's thoughts are not our thoughts - HE is way ahead of us! Oprah got an Oscar for loving people. How great is that?!
Do you know how long we've been rooting for you?
John Travolta said, " The Academy got it right" when it chose the media mogul to receive the
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, calling her "the most wonderful person in the world, the most magical person in the world and the most powerful person in the world."
What is so amazing about Oprah is that she kept in mind the fact that there is so much work to do in this world. We can make a difference starting from right where we are - today.
We are familiar with the Ancient Chinese Proverb - "Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime." (6th-5th BCE Chinese philosopher, 老子 Lǎozǐ or Lao Tzu 道德經)
This is what Oprah Winfrey, via her actions - not words - but actions, have proven - knowing in her spirit that she is "her brother's keeper." If a child in America, Africa, Asia - anywhere in this world, is going to bed each night Mother-less, Father-less, disease ridden, and hungry, then that should concern us all.
There are several ways that we can help make this place a better place, and Oprah has provided food, clothing and shelter, along with better opportunities for our youth via education. By providing scholarships for so many children - 65,000, to be exact, Oprah has and will continue to be an "Architect of Change" - Thus proving that one can be a blessing to so many people, making a difference in this world - Now.
Smooches, Carla
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