Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions Actor Robert De Niro said “f— Trump” at the Tony Awards Sunday night and got a standing ovation. De Niro has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, and played the special counsel Robert Mueller on “Saturday Night Live.” Robert De Niro took the stage at Radio […]
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Trump tells crowd in Nashville to ‘get up’ and give him a standing ovation
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters President Donald Trump gave a speech to the Farm Bureau in Nashville on Monday. The speech hit on a variety of topics, including the proposed border wall and the GOP tax law. During a discussion of the estate tax, Trump requested the crowd “get up” and give a standing ovation. President Donald Trump […]
Michael Crawford breaks down on All Star Musicals amid standing ovation
The 75-year-old comedian and actor attempted to fight back tears as he appeared to cry at the start of the programme. Crawford – who portrayed the original title role in The Phantom of the Opera – was co-hosting the ITV Christmas special with former cricketer Freddie Flintoff. Flintoff introduced Crawford, saying: “Please welcome the one […]
Standing ovation for singer whose mum wrote to Simon Cowell begging for an audition
Sue Moretta told how her mother Margaret Smith passed away from dementia four years ago at the age of 83. But following the loss, Sue later found a letter Margaret had written to BGT supremo Cowell but had never posted, asking him to hear her daughter sing. Sue, 58, had begged her mother not to […]
Basic income just got a standing ovation at TED
Universal basic income — a system of wealth distribution that involves giving people a monthly wage just for being alive — just got a standing ovation at this year’s TED conference. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian and basic income advocate, gave a talk on the subject in which he explored a crucial question: Why do the […]
Subban, Montreal fans share tearful ovation before Habs pull off late win
The tears came even as P.K. Subban smiled and waved to the Bell Centre fans. Tears streaked his cheeks as the former Canadiens defenceman got a long standing ovation before his first game back in Montreal as a Nashville Predator on Thursday night. Chants of “P.K., P.K.” filled the 21,000 seat arena as a video […]