Kim Ledger’s acceptance speech on behalf of son Heath, prompted a rare outpour of emotion at GQ Australia’s perennially macho Men of the Year awards…
If predictions prove correct, Kim Ledger may be doing the same at the 81st Academy Awards. Other winners included Hugh Jackman, voted the People’s choice man of the year and Modular’s Steve Pavlovic (entrepreneur of the year) and The Presets (band of the year). The epitome of Australian masculinity was then represented by D-grade television personalities. I’m still wiping the projectile vomit off my computer screen.
Also why is there a “radio personality of the year” yet no “writer of the year”? And is Jason Dundas really the most stylish man in Australia? Really GQ? Really?
The 2008 GQ Men of the Year Award winners are:
Actor of the Year: Heath Ledger
Sportsman of the Year: Matthew Mitcham
Comedic Talent of the Year: Wil Anderson
Radio Personality of the Year: Jabba
TV Personality of the Year: Daniel Macpherson
Entrepreneur of the Year: Steve Pavlovic
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Vincent Fantauzzo
Best Ensemble: Cast of Underbelly
Band/Solo Artist of the Year: The Presets
Man of Style: Jason Dundas
Designer of the Year: Arthur Galan
Chef of the Year: Sean Connolly
Investigator of the Year: Kerry O’Brien
Man of Inspiration: Tom Calma
DJ of the Year: Grant Smillie
Creative Force: Baz Luhrmann
Lifetime Achievement: Bert Newton
Volvo People’s Choice Man of the Year: Hugh Jackman
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