WILLIAMS PAYS TRIBUTE TO REEVE ACTOR DEDICATES DEMILLE AWARD TO HIS LATE FRIEND.Byline: Sandra Barrera Staff Writer Robin Williams ended his acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Noun 1. Cecil B. DeMille - United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881-1959) Cecil Blount DeMille, DeMille Award at Sunday's Golden Globe ceremonies on a serious note, dedicating his award to his close friend, Christopher Reeve, who died Oct. 10. ``I feel like he's still here,'' said Williams about his fellow Juilliard classmate. ``I feel like some days the phone will ring, and it'll be, 'Hi, bro,' and that'll be a weird conversation.'' But that was the only somber moment for the actor-comedian who rose to prominence in 1978 for the ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. comedy series ``Mork & Mindy,'' for which he won a Golden Globe award, and then went on to a film career that included a best supporting actor supporting actor n → attore m non protagonista Oscar for ``Good Will Hunting.'' ``I was a little scared (about winning), but the other nominees were dead,'' joked Williams about the lifetime achievement award, which was given to him by Pierce Brosnan and Mike Nichols. Williams - or, as his assistant sometimes calls him, ``Mork guy'' - accepted the honor improv-style. He thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press saying that ``27 years ago, you gave me (the award) for best newcomer, and two years later, you gave the same award to Pia Zadora Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1954) is an American actress and singer. Biography Early life Born Pia Alfreda Schipani in Hoboken, New Jersey, of part Polish and Italian descent. She adapted part of her mother's maiden name (Zadorowski) as her stage name. . That was very humbling.'' Williams also said that he ``always thought that the foreign press was a wrestling move.'' He then asked, ``Who are the people at the buffet?'' But he did praise the group for having a separate category for comedy (film and television), which often is overlooked in other Hollywood honors. ``You allow us to be in the room with the adults,'' he said. A five-time Golden Globe winner for such films as ``The Fisher King'' and ``Good Morning, Vietnam,'' Williams said watching the clips of his years of work was strange. ``I was going, 'That's enough of ``Popeye.''' 'Popeye' was a wonderful movie if you play it backwards, but they ran out of money at the end.'' And never one to be confined to be in childbed. See also: Confine by the moment, he also thanked the Globes for having ``Prince, William Shatner <noinclude></noinclude> William Alan Shatner (born on March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor who gained fame for playing Captain James Tiberius Kirk, captain of the starship USS Enterprise , Mick Jagger Noun 1. Mick Jagger - English rock star (born in 1943) Jagger, Michael Philip Jagger and Puff Daddy on the same stage. That is a sign of the apocalypse.'' Backstage, he weighed in on the Brad Pitt/Jennifer Aniston split: ``I think once you've been Achilles, you're vulnerable.'' Still, Williams, 53, seemed pleased to receive the award. ``It's nice to get it when you can actually remember what you've done.'' Sandra Barrera, (818) 713-3728 sandra.barrera(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Robin Williams zealously guards his Cecil B. DeMille Award on Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. . Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer |
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