Almodovar - Penelope Cruz - Late Show with David Letterman

[Jonmad17]

Nothing more pathetic than people arguing about race and ethnicity. Despite what you idiots may think, being "more" European doesn't give you any special ability. It really doesn't matter.

[gloomyoutlook]

Why are the top two comments fucking obsessed with defining race? GET A FUCKING LIFE.

[Nyzzeh]

@gloomyoutlook agree

[emiss423]

man i love her accent!! vien sensual me encantaria conocela un dia

[ahpacific]

I love listening to her say "captain" cuz she says kah-pee-tan - so hot!

[Piter800]

She is sexy :D

[CarolineEmilie4]

i want her accent!! :D

[littleignisfatuus]

@CarolineEmilie4 I've got her accent. I'm Spanish! ;)

[Fairy28640]

first I thought Penelope Cruz looks like a duck, but that was cruel............now I know she looks like an ostrich! LOL!

*cruel for the poor ducks :-))

[irox965]

No offence but being in Hollywood doesn't mean your desperate to be 'White' she still follows her own traditions and cultures .

[ahpacific]

@qwerty59989 Good point. You are very right about that - I mean I don't know if I would say a TINY minority but a minority nonetheless definitely.

[jacamachoc]

We do the same grape thing here in Colombia!!! yayyy!

[jmzp]

@jacamachoc We do the same in Portugal

[iiAngelic]

yes shes right about the 12 grapes haha! we do it every new years even if i'm not in spain anymore!

[worldwildwest]

She has that Italian Look, I wonder if She might have any far relatives from Naples or Milan

[inturn23]

@Superpen15rockss *there's*

[mslit204]

ughh david letterman just gives me the creeps.

[32ROCKERCHICK32]

lol shes so cute

[JasielMartin92]

I Would defintley Marry a girl who looks like Penelope Cruz

[villidecu24]

@JasielMartin92 i have a friend who looks like penelope cruz. She is the cutest thing and nice person all on her own. Like, for me, it's a plus that she looks like penelope cruz, but she is a great person on her own too.

[JasielMartin92]

@villidecu24 is she hispanic or White?

[villidecu24]

@JasielMartin92 white. She's of italian heritage, but she looks like her so much

[JasielMartin92]

Im a Mexican American and my native ancestors are from Spain

[classicbritpop]

Such a lush bodie but then her face is fucked up

[lbcville187]

She is so Hot! When she talks it makes her look even better! I love the way she talks!

[Khaagon]

@lunadejunio63 Hombre de los romanos si que tenemos macho, qu estuvieron aqui un monton de tiempo y nunca se fueron, (que seria del español sin el latin?) los romanos han sido la aportacion mas importante de todas. de judios y arabes si que tenemos menos o casinada porqe esos si fueron perseguidos y explusados durante la inquisicion.

PD A mi la penelope me hace pasar vergüenza ajena cuando la veo en estos programas de la TV americana...su inglés da puta pena y hace el ridiculo...

[rlclark50]

How can you eat 12 grapes in 12 seconds without choking?

[cougar776]

@rlclark50: It has to do with the size of the grapes, and believe me is very easy to do, even little kids do it as a new year´s tradition...

[marts1233]

@rlclark50 48 millions of spaniards do it every year

[tramgapisuc]

I LOVE PENELOPE she's so pretty, the face is perfect

.

[marjan413]

she looks like cheap spanish slut.

[SPAINole3]

we love you penelope we so proud of you in spain we loveeee you as you are

[1200randomgirl]

>3 penelope.

[MrToxicosmos]

Pau Gasol is spaniard and is half blonde as his brother Marc Gasol, Sergio Garcia , the golf player is blonde, Martin Sheen (Emilio Estevez real name) is spaniard and white, Carlos Moya and Juan Carlos Ferrero (formers w orld no.1 tennis players) are blonde,,,oh my god!!! and many many others!! my mom was blonde blue eyes and we are 100% spanish!! i dont understand how can be so many people with lack of culture... In Spain there are black,brown,blonde and red hair,,like Italy or France,

[shauron200]

@MrToxicosmos You don't even need to explain that at all, because it's obvious and I assure you everybody knows.

The only people who may deny that are some anti-spanish latin americans because they are angry.

[shauron200]

@shauron200 Having said that, I think Penelope is a bit gypsy herself (look at her skin) which is nothing wrong.

[wonderfulspaniard100]

lets reason with me all you together. "white person" is a person of primarily, or wholly, European ancestry.

Now my dear friends it happens that spaniards hold THE OLDEST GENETIC ANCESTRY IN EUROPE. Hence:

SPANIARDS ARE THE WHITER PEOPLE IN EUROPE!!!!!!!!

I SAW PE IN MADRID AND SHE'S VERY PALE...SHE WAS TANNED THAT NIGHT

[MilkoMany]

@shauron200 LMAO no gipsy, I'm spanish...please don't talk shit if you can't tell the difference...don't miss it, nothing wrong with gipsies

[chocruz69]

latins are not latinos? thats complete stupid coz thats wht they re exactly, latinos=latins are all the people who speak a leanguage thats comes from latin, like spanish, italian and french.. so all the people who speak those lenguages are latins=latinos.. and spanish are not white=caucasian either.. that's stupid to say

[ahpacific]

@chocruz69 Latins are strictly European peoples who ethnically descend from the ancient Romans. Latinos (or Latin Americans) are the offspring of Spaniards interbreeding with indigenous native tribes of Souther America, ethnically speaking (& some are more European in appearance than others due to the natural variations in genetics). However, you can clearly tell that some "Latinos" are distinctly more indigenous and Aztec/Inca looking than others (you don't see that in Europe).

[Ecology1011]

@ahpacific Yes I agree on that. I was born in Ecuador but it's funny how many people don't believe that I was born there because my physical appearance is more European.

[aviationfreak100]

@ahpacific somewaht correct your comments....Latin American is the term from all the people from spanish speaking countries in the American continent . The mix between the Spaniards and the indigenous (Indian) is what we call mestizos (look this term up)...Technically all Latin American are "mestizo' as the term implies mixture between two races however could will look white and some could look Indian...and most will look in between...

[viniciusb]

@ahpacific God, you're an idiot! The biggest country in South America is Brazil, and Brazil was discovered by the Portuguese not the Spaniards. Second, there are very few people who are direct descendants from its indigenous tribes since the Portuguese killed most of them - similar to what the British did in America - when they got here. The only thing we can clearly tell here is that you're cocksure of your ignorance.

[chocruz69]

latins are not latinos? thats complete stupid coz thats wht they re exactly, latinos=latins are all the people who speak a leanguage thats comes from latin, like spanish, italian and french.. so all the people who speak those lenguages are latins=latinos.. and spanish are not white=caucasian either.. that's stupid to say

[optimasportNet]

wow, 12 wishes? some people are happy with one wish but others are greedy bastards and need 12.

[08152009]

i love her dress!!!!!!!! which brand is it?

[mailofmeylis]

calm down,  it is called a "joke". Peace!

[stefano11223]

dingy is a type of small boat in english. he was laughing because it sounded sweet in her accent. he wasnt making fun of her like she thought.

[WazeerAlkharejeya]

dingi in spanish language means boat ^_ ^

[goldsmiths06]

She is not latina?! She is white and caucasian?(ha) bet this is an spaniard talking, she looks more arabic, spaniards have always tried to forget their ancestors as they were conquered by the Arabs for many centuries. When Spaniards will accept the reality.

[stillnotastar]

@goldsmiths06 hahhaha soooo interesting but not all spain was conquered by Arabs, i think we all know about our history (and we have a long one)

[mysticgirl1000]

poor meryl streep is being forced to sell the soft-core porno brownsploitation-bimbo as a top-notch actress on Vogue's Paris edition.

this is spain's desperate attempt to be qualified as anglos with a picture of cruz on a white-supremacist publication.

[MilkoMany]

@mysticgirl1000 desperate attempt to be qualified? Take a look at yourself into the mirror and tell me what that supremacy is all about, then you may try to mistify my tool with your tongue, you cro-mag ass licka' bitch. By the way, this one typing is a 180cm. white dark blonde with blue pristine unbelieveble eyes, who learnt english on his own so shut the fuck up....supremacy, (G) you should try a black dick then talk about supremacy ...holy shit

[eloquis]

What's a dingy? What did she mean?

[tudorturquoise]

@eloquis I don't know why Letterman was giving her such a hard time over it, it's a perfectly fine English word -- dinghy, pronounced ding-gee, which means a small boat.

[yomemoims]

Well infact, Latinos are people who lived in the Roman Imperium, so Italian, Rumanian, French, Spanish are all latinos but the meaning widened.

[starmochieater09]

@ 1:28, no. her english is fine. Letterman's just a creep.

[gulmoharish]

On a dingy! hahaha

Love her

[barsorrro]

What was wrong with her "dinghy"? OK, accent on the first syllable, big thing!

Letterman is such a boring jerk. And a big-time ignorant too -- calling the flamenco a hopping dance and generally talking about it as if it was some obscure element of Spanish culture that only those interested in it would know. I can hardly think of many more quicker associations one can have with the country! A folk dance, pfff!

[dharmaista]

@barsorrro excellent comments

[inturn23]

@ilargitxo2 so then where does flamenco come from if it's not from Spain?

[inturn23]

@ilargitxo2 ah ok. Well that's a shame that almost nobody in Spain likes Flamenco, because everyone outside of Spain loves it. I love watching flamenco dances. I just think they're amazing exotic and out of this world. But are the gypsies such a minority in Spain?

[inturn23]

@ilargitxo2 I never said that just because you're from Spain you have to like flamenco music. What the real shame is, is all the racism against gypsis in Spain as if they were monsters. And no I don't know everything about your country, sorry I asked. take a deep breath.

[eivissak]

@ilargitxo2 shut the fuck up whore. Guarra de mierda.

[MCCiabattaGrande]

That`s my woman ;)

[MCCiabattaGrande]

That`s my woman ;)

[timo6170]

@Winlogoff oh look at you! so wise..

first of all, that is false. you only need to include your race in your application if you want to be considered for helping create diversity on the campus (i.e. IMPROVE your chances of getting in)

also, i dont see the americans endlessly debating this worthless argument over whether or not to consider someone 'white'

[exinsi]

Look at my inedit video from Spanish actress NADIUSKA. You´ll love it. She is the greatest actress you´ll see.

[jumabo08]

almodovar is a lousy spanish film drector who always makes silly movies about protitutes, gays and wankers. It´s sad for spain that stupid idiots like almodovar go all over the world sa ying he is "spanish". I always thought the americans didn´t like reds like him.

[Jeffro288]

letterman is such a horndog

[mysticgirl1000]

her fans are such a hoot. not one objection to cruz being the industry's sexual exploitation vehicle. ethnicity is issue one.

global humiliation is merely a triffle.

[funkbebe]

it can be used as a racist scam but it's not really that.

the stereotype she perpetuates transcends all ethnicities. women who resent not being the most beautiful woman in the room need to be objectified as validation.

they're too insecure to note that men love them because they have a good talent at stroking male ego and they're very undemanding lovers.

but when the guy proposes, they run because marriage means life's serious business and no more center of varied sexual attention.

[1994cordobes]

The Spanish discovered America, that's why U.S. is so culturally similar to Spain, France and the UK

[JewishVegan]

@1994cordobes America was discovered by American Indians before the Europeans. You need to check your facts first.

The Spanish were the first to spread disease and full scale war in the new world...that I will agree with.

[kazeet456]

@JewishVegan Actually Indians had war, sexism, slavery, and diseases before the Spanish arrived. You're a typical liberal jew race-baiting bigot. No wonder everyone hates you people. You're assholes.

[1994cordobes]

Sorry but the diseases were already widespread in America before the Spanish came, we made the biggest discovery of the story, even Spain was the first country to have electric light, then British colonies, in French, Italian and Portuguese arrived, so I say that coltura are similar;)

[medieval1692]

She so dam cute :)

[mysticgirl1000]

yes, we're trashy, ignorant, stupid and mostly made up of a mentally-ill population. still, it's a population dellusional about their economic class status, not their ethnic identity.

i.e., dellusional, but not as dellusional as the latin bourgeoise.

[andrearot]

cristo, che fffiga

[mysticgirl1000]

penelope, the "brownsploitation" industry buffoon and her sexpot roles. the greatest racist scam ever perpetrated on a global basis.

you have to give hollywood credit for such a brilliant con on such a large community of nations. but the catholic church deserves some credit for creating a female population that doesn't object to what ought to have created an international diplomatic incident.

it's what the awards scam serves to smooth over.

[Zhersh1]

I´m from spain..she is a "actress" without talent and no expressivity,she were with tom cruise and with mcconaughey for be most famous..she is unpleasant and think she is a goddess...I hate her

[mysticgirl1000]

the latin obsession with race is so creepy. getting back to normal people subjects:

the funniest "performance" cruz ever gave was in "gothica" where she proposes that traumatized mental patients have a playful glint in their eyes.

it reminds me of jerry seinfeld's "acting", which to his credit, he himself never took seriously.

[NirvanaFan4Life]

@mysticgirl1000

LMAO, you're SO embarrassingly desperate to be "white," like Cruz, aren't you? Stop your bitching, being brown can't be that bad, lol.

[CroweDharma]

I hope she's good in Pirates 4!

[sergiocasfer75]

off the boat latin girl?? She is from Spain, in Europe stupid ignorant, and she has a great career in Europe: Spain, France and Italy.. She has done the worst movies over there in the USA...All the Pretty horses??? Who cares about that shit, i woudnt bother to watch it, only sad people as you will

[mysticgirl1000]

sergio, you need to learn to read.

she helped build an off-the-boat latin girl fanbase for damon because only they would think that a hell's kitchen thug-mug is what a classically handsome man looks like.

[esalemmas4]

la falta de talento de esta mujer esta clara en la critica oficial de su trabajo. todos los criticos imiten la calidad de su actuacion en lo que es publicado.

una practica muy rara en la profession que solo comenzo alrededor del 2003.

[pestuga]

american uncultured bastards

[mysticgirl1000]

a clueless moron that helped to sell damon as a romantic leading man in "all the pretty horses".

a guy that looks like the classic irish hell's kitchen thug could only be sold as a romantic male lead to off-the-boat latin girls to whom all white people look the same.

[ilargitxo2]

She is from SPAIN, EUROPE so she is european white and caucasian. She is NOT latina since we spanish are not latinos. You shouldn't keep calling spanish to everybody who speaks spanish! spanish is only the person from Spain!

[justnaked202]

@ilargitxo2 White? Caucasian? do you even know what that is? You need glasses and also to surpass your inferiority complex.

Not to mention that Spain has a great number of Arab and Gypsy descendants; come on kid this is not a black and white world.

[sergius666]

@justnaked202 you are the ignorant here,besides a little racist.just like that stupid present,have you ever read a real book?

Spain is a mix of many long cultures,Romans,Celts,Visigoth­s,jews,arabs,greecs,phenicias.­you fool,read some history then try to sound smart.

[lunadejunio63]

@sergius666 , no tienes ni idea, lee un poco de nuestra historia, somos basicamente , celtas, iberos y godos, apenas tenemos genes ni de judios, ni de romanos, ni de fenicios, los romanos, fenicios y arabes apenas se mezclaron con los habitantes de la peninsula, asi que.. haber si lees un poco mas de historia

[sergius666]

@lunadejunio63 vaya y cómo sabes tú tanto,si ni siquiera sabes escribir?

apenas tenemos sangre Fenicia interesante.Historiadores y genetistas osarían discutirte ese hecho-posíblemente mas fenicia que celta;y nada de Romanos,vaya tantos siglos siendo una provincia Romana para nada.Estás acertado sobre los Arabes,ya que consideraban a los nativos inferiores,siervos,pero aún así también dejaron también su legado.

No me des mas lecciónes de historia.

Gracias

[sergius666]

@justnaked202 you are a kid who needs to buy a brain,and some good history books-too much tv is frying you up my ignorant little friend

[vegrox]

@ilargitxo2 i know that shes white but acutally latina IS NOT A RACE AT ALL but an ethnic group (they are many different ethnic groups in one race) latin is a launage that was spoken IN ITALY but not now spainish italian french etc.. all come from latin spain over took south america years ago (like english north) and thats why they call it latin america if they didn't it wouldn't be called latin amercia in the first place so penelope is a latina hispanic & latina/o are the same thing

[tmarpe]

@ilargitxo2 and what country had colonized Latin America?guess what: SPAIN, so their culture is part of LATIN AMERICA which language speak latinos? guess what : a european language called SPANISH ...she can be related more to LATIN PEOPLE than 'whites? OFF COURSE....!!!!

[tmarpe]

@ilargitxo2 hehe are you talking about culture or about races? you are shit talker no sense at all, 'race' is for animals and culture for humans. If you consider yourself as an animal keep talking about race if not change subject

[tmarpe]

@ilargitxo2 heheh yeah ! I have to go to your school to learn something about "racism" ??? hehe what a fucked up brain!!! go and f..yourself !!

[tmarpe]

@ilargitxo2 bye brainless

[gulmoharish]

@ilargitxo2 amen

[eloquis]

@ilargitxo2 Los latinos son todos los de Mexico para abajo y tambien los españoles, franceses, italianos y otros mas

[StefranyaBB]

@eloquis a ver latinos son las personas que hablaban latin en epoca de romanos (italia españa portugal tambien rumania ) y del latin provienen tambien los respectivos idiomas,y a las personas de america del sur no se por que se les llama latinos sinceramente,por que hablan español..no se,pero latinos no son

[mailofmeylis]

@ilargitxo2 ok u're clever

[fabiennefabs]

@mailofmeylis Latino is a person born in Europe or South America whose language derived from Latin. She is Latina because she speaks Spanish.

[fabiennefabs]

@ilargitxo2 Del Diccionario de la Real Academia Española:

Latino, a.

7. adj. Natural de los pueblos de Europa y América en que se hablan lenguas derivadas del latín.

[fabiennefabs]

@ilargitxo2 Así es, los franceses, los italianos, portugueses y rumanos son latinos. Si te molesta, qué pena. Es una cuestión de cultura e historia. Aunque en el diccionario también hay una definición de racismo.

[danicopterus2]

@ilargitxo2 SHE is not latina but she is not caucasian she is spanish i punto leñe.

[danicopterus2]

@ilargitxo2 aii ke verguenzaaa pues no lo sabii si si eneis razon perdonessssssss milll jajajaja

[fabiennefabs]

@danicopterus2 Latino is a person born in Europe or America whose language comes from the Latin speaking Roman Empire. The rest is racism.

[danicopterus2]

@fabiennefabs nooo latino is a person from southamerica, at least here in spain....E ISO SI QUE CHO PODO ASEGURAR OHH!!!!

[fabiennefabs]

@danicopterus2 You check the dictionary of the Spanish Royal Academy. This is about history and culture.

[danicopterus2]

@fabiennefabs i am spanish and i live in spain and here we don´t talk as the dictionary say we talk with the poular language, and that what it is..VAI A MERDA UN POUCO E DEIXAME EN PAZ

[fabiennefabs]

@danicopterus2 El diccionario indica varios significados de una palabra, también los populares. Latino es aquel que habla una lengua proveniente del latín. Desde luego que hay otros usos, pero son despectivos y racistas. Y no comprendo cómo puedes pedir paz insultándome.

[danicopterus2]

@fabiennefabs PERO VAMOS A VER YA ESTAAA DEJAME EN PAZZ COÑOOO

[Zerjio]

@ilargitxo2 exactly! I'm mexican... therefore Latino. She's white, European, Spanish. And she's great and I'm great! and we only share for a beautiful language, is all :D

[dharmaista]

@ilargitxo2 So, you imply that latinos are not white and caucasian. I´m pretty white, very caucasian my nose, mouth, teeths, and face shape...and very latina too.

Get your defitions straight, and start by speaking castellian/spanish... no crees??

[wonderfulspaniard100]

latinos are mixed,pe is 100% aryan just like all the spaniards

[dharmaista]

@wonderfulspaniard100 Give me a break!! I can tell by your answer you are neither spaniard, either latin. Not all Latinoamerican people are mixed. Some families come from spaniards emigrants and never got married with "criollos", black or indians, and maintain their aryans features.

But not all the Spaniards are Aryans, many have background mixed with the Arabs, because if you know Spain history, it is evident this happened.

[Jdolar6]

@ilargitxo2 You understand that "Latino" is not a race, right?

[migueldezayas]

She is great and you are a bunch of ignorants about performing arts!

Penelope: I need to let you know that I wrote a moviescript for you alone is titled THE TWINS TRIAL and I'd like to contact you to see if you're willing to play the roll of Stephanie in it... She is a Godess, just like you are.'

Sorry guys! Ignorance and criticism is not the right emotion either.

Miguel

[514magic]

God she is sexy. Viva espana.

[landscapeofdreams]

@514magic Y vivan los españoles :P

[chicadeincognito0000]

ella no sabe actuar en español y menos aun en ingles!

la tienen demasiado sobrevalorada.

[ancatemy]

i love her, especially because she's spanish!!! i love spain!

[mysticgirl1000]

@ancatemy

always nationality, class or race. poor girl, she can't get a single fan that isn't motivated by these very creepy things.

[yoga9dance]

of course she can :) I love her :D

Plus i don't even have to check it to know that you're from the USA. (or is you're not, well you should move there. typical).

There is nothing wrong in the fact that someone is interested in her party because she's from Spain. Spain is great, and the ppl are really nice, guys are hot, the culture is amazing...

[oxilizz]

@ancatemy we love you!!! :)

[vp1981ad]

Letterman is so awkward...

[mysticgirl1000]

@vp1981ad

that's the last thing he'd ever be, until....the beginning of the dark ages. when america was a free country, he could have been himself and did what he always did with boring and talentless guests, thrash them into being entertaining and reminding them that this is exposure to billions and to think it's not their job to entertain and be thankful is unacceptable.

[AlexChiusday]

I hate Americans Why are you so racist against Spaniards? It's so stupid. Do you call "spics" to Italians and other Southern-Europeans, or just us? It's amazing the ammount of anti-Spanish sentiment in the US, as if we are the ones immigrating there illegaly or something.

[oxilizz]

@AlexChiusday i live in america, im latina...i feel your pain...but please it happens to every group here, no matter if you are latin or whatever culture...it has nothing to do with racism in its true form more just this crazy sense of nationalism and what it means to be "pure" american that is a pilgrim or descendant of one...they get on irish immigrants about this too...dont think its just spanish people...

[yoga9dance]

really funny in a counrty, where ppl are immigrants and only immigrands (few exeptions).

Ridiculous.

[LuKaCG]

@AlexChiusday

I think the problem is that stupid Americans don`t understand that she is from SPAIN and not from Latin America...they don`t make difference haha they are just stupid :D

[Lukigol001]

well, I agree, americanos are very close minded, they dont know too much bout europe, asia africa, that is sad

[thekingishere69]

@Lukigol001 They don't know much about anything. They're pathetic .

[sergius666]

@AlexChiusday indeed,specially if you look at ``american history``where Spain played a great role hundreds of years ago,including the oh so pure and white,whatever,United States,they have just lost their souls

[chicadeincognito0000]

i hate penelope cruz

[MsThunderroad]

at golden globes, she didn't dress like a junta general's wife for the first time. and yet, the irony is that for the past 5 years, almost every actress on the red carpet looks like they were styled by The School of the Americas.

hint, hint.

[Avicenna9]

Highly annoying actress. I make a point of not watching any movie with her in it.

[moriel5]

yeah right that's why you search her name on youtube and watch all her interviews you jelous hater

penelope is an amazing actress

[Avicenna9]

yeah, I search all over the internet for Penelope Cruz. How did you find out? LOL.

Stop projecting your own sad little passtimes on me.

[mysticgirl1000]

@Avicenna9

watching bad actors is really good for students, though. it teaches you all about bad acting. aspiring directors do the same with B films.

hacks have a lot to teach because like hell, there are limitless amount roads to get there. like heaven and good art, there is only one road to it. self-discipline, dedication and humanism.

[Avicenna9]

I would guess if you stopped 100 people in the street, 99 of them couldn't NAME a single movie she's be in.

[mysticgirl1000]

i don't care so much about her bad english. it's the fact that she's an untrained amateur with an oscar that really burns.

there are so many talented people that have studied hard and have respect for the craft that are so harmed by this state of affairs.

[ruzan10]

@mysticgirl1000 you're obviously not talking about Penelope Cruz. This woman has many movies under her belt and she is a tremendous actress aside the fact that she is gorgeous.

[mysticgirl1000]

yes. i was confused and posted on teh wrong actress - the reason i'm back to respond to you!

it's a handful of films and i've seen them all. never once carried a film, but not qualified as a supporting actor either.

if it weren't for racist classist politics, she wouldn't exist.  and her fans keep making sure that the race and class is the only thing that matters to her "fanbase"..

[HCB9999]

She has been in almost 50 movies. Non-whites con receive awards based on talent too you know. She also has a lot of recognition and awards in her own country. Dumbass.