Joaquin Phoenix at an event for The Oscars (2020)
Joaquin Phoenix wins for Best Actor (in 'Joker'), receiving a standing ovation, and receives another standing ovation for his emotional acceptance speech, which celebrates acting as "giving voice to the voiceless," advocates for animal rights, gives thanks for second chances he has received, while applauding that chance for redemption as "the best of humanity," and quotes his brother, the actor River Phoenix, who died in 1993, at the age of twenty.
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