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    Patriarchy Morgan Freeman criticizes 'gender specific' SAG Awards statue

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    Morgan Freeman accepted a lifetime achievement award Sunday from the Screen Actors Guild, and he took a moment during his acceptance speech to criticize the statue given to him.

    Freeman, 80, said there was something wrong with his award at the end of his speech.

    “I’m going to tell you what’s wrong with this statue. It works from the back; from the front, it’s gender-specific.”

    After he made his remark he added, “Maybe I started something.”

    The SAG Awards statue features a nude male posing with a mask. Freeman's lifetime achievement awards depicts just the mask.

    Actress Rita Moreno, who presented Freeman with the honor, said Freeman was more than just an actor, narrator, producer and humanitarian. "This man is a national treasure," she said.

    Freeman's acceptance speech was short. Donning a black baseball cap, Freeman said he wouldn't try to thank everyone he should because he couldn't remember all their names.

    "This is beyond honor," Freeman said. "This is a place in history."

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    Hate to say it but he's got a strange background story. Rumors that he was seeing his step-granddaughter, before she was murdered.

    He was in the process of divorcing his current wife of the time when this came out around 2007.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muddy View Post
    SPOILER for the end of Seven btw...

    I used to laugh when people would say Pitt can't act. Totally engrossing scene...one of the best IMO

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    I AGREE.. Knock it out the park.. All three of them.

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    Did he actually wear a black baseball cap with a tux? Why though...

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