01of 13LOVE OF A ‘LIFETIME’Phil McCarten/Reuters/LandovKicking off the year in a big way, Betty White accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Jan. 23, 2010, Screen Actors Guild Awards. White, then 88, went on to prove just how much she had left to do throughout the year.
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LOVE OF A ‘LIFETIME’
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Kicking off the year in a big way, Betty White accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Jan. 23, 2010, Screen Actors Guild Awards. White, then 88, went on to prove just how much she had left to do throughout the year.
02of 13CANDY GIRLDuring Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7, White set the tone for her sassy year with a smart-mouthed Snickers commercial. In the ad – which went viral overnight – a muddy, dirt-covered White is abused and tackled during a football game. “You’re playing like Betty White out there!” snapped a friend, to which White replied, “That’s not what your girlfriend said.”
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CANDY GIRL
During Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7, White set the tone for her sassy year with a smart-mouthed Snickers commercial. In the ad – which went viral overnight – a muddy, dirt-covered White is abused and tackled during a football game. “You’re playing like Betty White out there!” snapped a friend, to which White replied, “That’s not what your girlfriend said.”
03of 13MEAN GIRLEric McCandless/ABC/ Getty"She’s a good librarian and she’s an okay person," White said about her March role on ABC’sThe Middleas Mrs. Nethercott, a grudge-holding librarian who has a vendetta against Brick (Atticus Shaffer) for keeping 31 books out of the library. “I want them back – or you’re not going into third grade,” she threatened.
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MEAN GIRL
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“She’s a good librarian and she’s an okay person,” White said about her March role on ABC’sThe Middleas Mrs. Nethercott, a grudge-holding librarian who has a vendetta against Brick (Atticus Shaffer) for keeping 31 books out of the library. “I want them back – or you’re not going into third grade,” she threatened.
04of 13SOCIAL NETWORKDana Edelson/NBC/APA grassroots Facebook campaign to get the star to hostSNLcaught the attention of Lorne Michaels, who booked White as the host on the show’s May 8 Mother’s Day special (she’d rejected previous offers in earlier decades). “When I first heard about the campaign to get me to hostSaturday Night Live, I didn’t know what Facebook was,” White deadpanned during her monologue.
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SOCIAL NETWORK
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A grassroots Facebook campaign to get the star to hostSNLcaught the attention of Lorne Michaels, who booked White as the host on the show’s May 8 Mother’s Day special (she’d rejected previous offers in earlier decades). “When I first heard about the campaign to get me to hostSaturday Night Live, I didn’t know what Facebook was,” White deadpanned during her monologue.
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SETTING RECORDS
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MORAL SUPPORT
07of 13BACK THAT THING UPNational Photo GroupAnother day, another awards show! After White’sProposalcostar accepted a Teen Choice Award at the Aug. 8 ceremony, Bullock called White to the stage, where the twosome shook their moneymakers to Lil Jon.
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BACK THAT THING UP
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Another day, another awards show! After White’sProposalcostar accepted a Teen Choice Award at the Aug. 8 ceremony, Bullock called White to the stage, where the twosome shook their moneymakers to Lil Jon.
08of 13FASHION FORWARDSplash News OnlineThe actress teamed up with Jerry Leigh Apparel for “The Betty White Collection,” a cheeky line of White-themed hoodies and shirts. “I’m Betty f–ing White!” the actress exclaimed in an ad for the line, which donated a portion of the proceeds to the actress’s pet cause, the Morris Animal Foundation.
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FASHION FORWARD
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The actress teamed up with Jerry Leigh Apparel for “The Betty White Collection,” a cheeky line of White-themed hoodies and shirts. “I’m Betty f–ing White!” the actress exclaimed in an ad for the line, which donated a portion of the proceeds to the actress’s pet cause, the Morris Animal Foundation.
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BETTY, BETTY EVERYWHERE
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10of 13TEACHER’S PETChris Haston/NBC/APPlaying out-there June Bauer onCommunity,White again showed off her stellar comedic chops as the blowgun-toting, urine-drinking anthropology professor who assaults her own students (like Joel McHale). The highlight of the show? As the credits rolled, White joined Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi) for a rap version of Toto’s “Africa.”
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TEACHER’S PET
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Playing out-there June Bauer onCommunity,White again showed off her stellar comedic chops as the blowgun-toting, urine-drinking anthropology professor who assaults her own students (like Joel McHale). The highlight of the show? As the credits rolled, White joined Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi) for a rap version of Toto’s “Africa.”
11of 13SO GOLDENCourtesy AARPWhite joinedYou Againcostars Kristen Bell and Jamie Lee Curtis on the November/December cover ofAARPMagazine, in which she talked candidly about her marriages – and the love of her life,Allen Ludden, whom she was with until his death in 1981.
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SO GOLDEN
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White joinedYou Againcostars Kristen Bell and Jamie Lee Curtis on the November/December cover ofAARPMagazine, in which she talked candidly about her marriages – and the love of her life,Allen Ludden, whom she was with until his death in 1981.
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OH MY WORD!
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13of 13CALENDAR GIRLWorkman Publishing/APThe 88-year-old (and some bronzed male models) posed for her own calendar in 2010. And while portions of the proceeds go to the Morris Animal Foundation, the real winner was anyone who got to ring in 365 days with Betty.
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CALENDAR GIRL
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The 88-year-old (and some bronzed male models) posed for her own calendar in 2010. And while portions of the proceeds go to the Morris Animal Foundation, the real winner was anyone who got to ring in 365 days with Betty.
source: people.com
