NEW YORK, NY (Webby Awards) - From
Prince to Arianna Huffington, winners at last night's 10th Annual Webby Awards proved once again that less is more with a non-stop parade of crowd-pleasing five-word acceptance speeches.
Prince was among dozens of winners in categories from Blog to Retail who took to the stage to deliver the much-anticipated, haiku-like speeches, which draw almost as much attention as the awards themselves. The music legend was greeted with a standing ovation when he was presented with the Webby Lifetime Achievement Award for his visionary use of the Internet to distribute music and connect with fans.
"Everything you think is true," said Prince, as he broke into a show-stopping acoustic performance of "Don't Play Me."
Other speech highlights included:
"Darlings. Make blogs, not war."
- Arianna Huffington, HuffingtonPost (Webby Award for Best Political Blog)
"Fun for the whole family."
- Chris DeWolfe, co-founder, MySpace (Webby Breakout of the Year)
"The world really is flat."
- Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist and author (Webby Person of the Year)
"Make UNICEF obsolete. Help kids."
- Anne Venneman, UNICEF executive director and former US Secretary of Agriculture (Webby People's Voice for Best Charitable Organization)
"BabyCenter. You push, we deliver."
- BabyCenter (Webby People's Voice for Best Family/Parenting)
"Sports? Pornography? Sports? Pornography? Sports!"
- ESPN.com (Webby Award for Best Sports Site)
"More than just bare breasts"
- NationalGeographic.com's Genographic Project (Webby Award for Best Science)
"We are eating this up."
- Epicurious.com (Webby Award for Best Food)
"Not bad for posting kittens."
- CuteOverload.com (Webby People's Voice for Best Cultural Blog)
"The future's only just begun."
- Gorillaz (Webby Artist of the Year)
"Chipotle can kiss my a**."
- TijuanaFlats.com by PUSH/Mindflood (Webby People's Voice for Best Restaurant)
"I proposed, Elizabeth said 'yes.'"
- Dave Kerr, DaveLovesElizabeth.com (Webby People's Voice for Best Personal Web Site)
"I know all your secrets."
- PostSecrets.org (Webby Award for Best NetArt)
"Please obey all speed limits."
- Mercedes-AMG by Razorfish/Avenue A (Webby Award for Best Automotive)
A list of all speeches can be found at: https://www.webbyawards.com/press/speeches.php
Proclaimed "the online equivalent of an Oscar" by the New York Times (June 21, 2005), The Webby Awards is the leading international honor for Web sites and the innovators behind them.
Winners of The Webby Awards are chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a global organization with over 500 members including musician David Bowie, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, The Body Shop president Anita Roddick, "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Naked Chef Jamie Oliver, and fashion designer Max Azria.
Winners of The Webby People's Voice Awards are chosen by the public. This year, more than 300,000 votes were cast by people around the world.
