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27th-Mar-2024 05:32 pm - RIP
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1st-Apr-2023 08:30 pm - Upcoming Biography
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From George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy by Sally Bedell Smith

'In a letter to [speech coach] Lionel Logue five days later, George VI recalled his intense anxiety and shared his relief that all went well: "Not a moment's hesitation or mistake!" He thanked Logue for his "expert supervision & unfailing patience."'

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Geoffrey Rush's Barbossa costume from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (second from left) and Colin Firth's William Weatherall Wilkins costume from Mary Poppins Returns (back row, to the left of the Enchanted costumes) at MoPop's Heroes and Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume exhibit in Seattle.
6th-Feb-2020 02:26 pm - Another Famous Stammerer
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From CNN: Joe Biden cites Bertie to discuss his own stutter.

"Biden pointed to the Academy Award-winning movie The King's Speech, which is about England’s King George VI working to manage his stutter, and said he uses the same method depicted in the movie to mark up his own speeches to accommodate his stutter.

“So what I do, if I say, ‘The Democratic presidential town hall is tonight on CNN,’ I’ll say: ‘The presidential town hall, slash, is on CNN tonight, slash, it’s going to have the following people, slash, Anderson Cooper is going to speak, slash,” Biden said.

He said the method forces him to think in terms of not rushing.
28th-Oct-2019 11:15 pm - George VI at Winterthur
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From Costuming 'The Crown', an exhibit on the outfits worn on the show currently at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware:

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