{"id":1875287,"date":"2023-03-12T23:26:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T03:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-down-syndrome-actor-gets-happy-birthday-chorus-at-oscars\/"},"modified":"2023-03-12T23:27:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T03:27:32","slug":"watch-down-syndrome-actor-gets-happy-birthday-chorus-at-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-down-syndrome-actor-gets-happy-birthday-chorus-at-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Down Syndrome Actor Gets \u2018Happy Birthday\u2019 Chorus At Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-down-syndrome-actor-gets-happy-birthday-chorus-at-oscars%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1875287&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p>James Martin, an actor who is 31 years old, is the star of &#8220;An Irish Goodbye,&#8221; On Sunday, I was able to join the producers of the film on the Academy Awards stage. Ross White and Tom Berkeley shifted to Martin during their acceptance speech of Best Live-Action Short.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This award is actually the second most important thing about today because it&#8217;s this man&#8217;s birthday,&#8221; said Berkeley. &#8220;He&#8217;s out here in Hollywood, wearing a leopard-print suit jacket. We&#8217;d love to use the rest of our time up here to sing to James.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They led the Dolby Theater into a sing-along for Martin&#8217;s 31st birthday.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hollywood has made James Martin, an actor from Ireland with Down Syndrome, one of the highlights so far of the evening by singing Happy Birthday to Hollywood. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pVh0qB8FYX\">pic.twitter.com\/pVh0qB8FYX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiancarloSopo\/status\/1635085273016180737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Martin is a Downsiactor. Martin is the star of the Oscar-winning short film. He works as a chef at Scalini&#8217;s Italian restaurant in Belfast and at a Belfast Starbucks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anybody can act, it doesn&#8217;t matter if you have Down syndrome,&#8221; He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-11688275\/Star-Oscar-nominated-film-Irish-Goodbye-wait-job-Starbucks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Telled<\/a> The Daily Mail January<\/p>\n<p>Right to Life UK was founded after the U.K. government promised funding to expand abortion in Northern Ireland. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/252646\/northern-ireland-abortion-uk-executive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Detailed explanation<\/a> Catholic News Agency &#8220;that once abortion services are fully commissioned in Northern Ireland, abortion will be available \u2018up to the point of birth&#8217; for all disabilities including cleft palate, club foot, and Down syndrome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> Emily Jashinsky hosts Federalist Radio Hour and is the culture editor at The Federalist. Prior to joining the Washington Examiner, she was a commentator on politics. Emily was previously the spokesperson for Young America&#8217;s Foundation before joining the Examiner. She has interviewed many prominent entertainers and politicians, and she regularly appears on major television news programs including &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221; &#8220;Media Buzz,&#8221; And &#8220;The McLaughlin Group.&#8221; Her work has been published in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. Real Clear Politics also featured her work. Emily is also the director of National Journalism Center and co-hosts the weekly news program. &#8220;Counter Points: Friday&#8221; She is also a visiting fellow at Independent Women&#8217;s Forum. She is originally from Wisconsin and graduated from George Washington University.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/12\/watch-down-syndrome-actor-gets-happy-birthday-chorus-at-oscars\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=watch-down-syndrome-actor-gets-happy-birthday-chorus-at-oscars\">WATCH: Down Syndrome Actor Gets \u2018Happy Birthday&#8217; Chorus At Oscars<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Martin, an actor who is 31 years old, is the star of &#8220;An Irish Goodbye,&#8221; On Sunday, I was able to join the producers of the film on the Academy Awards stage. 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