{"id":1166,"date":"2007-01-16T18:46:41","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T17:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2007\/01\/16\/and-the-winner-for-best-acceptance-speech-is\/"},"modified":"2007-01-16T18:46:41","modified_gmt":"2007-01-16T17:46:41","slug":"and-the-winner-for-best-acceptance-speech-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2007\/01\/16\/and-the-winner-for-best-acceptance-speech-is\/","title":{"rendered":"And the winner for &#039;Best Acceptance Speech&#039; is&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/arts\/article\/0,8599,1578170,00.html\">Hugh Laurie.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/arts\/article\/0,8599,1578170,00.html\">I am speechless. <\/a>I&#8217;m literally without a speech. 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