Deepest-Breath-at-the-Oscars Award goes to Best Actor Forest Whitaker, who couldn’t utter his thank you speech until he’d inhaled the moment and collected himself. At the end of his speech, he made reference to “this life and the next.”

Google research reveals that Whitaker’s be-here-now countenance would come as no surprise to those who know him well: he has a 1st Degree Black Belt in Kenpo Karate. He’s also a vegetarian who with his daughter True, recorded this public service announcement promoting meat-free living for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

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