19 Dec 2000
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 2000
Page
1
Steve Martin will host the 73rd Academy Awards on March 25 replacing Billy Crystal who declined due to a scheduling conflict. Nominations will be announced February 13. Crystal has hosted seven times. Martin has appeared at eight shows but never been nominated.
On December 19 1998 President Clinton was impeached for perjury in obstruction of justice. In 1732 Benjamin Franklin began publishing Poor Richard's Almanac. In 1777 George Washington led about 11 000 men to Valley Forge for winter camp. In 1972 Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific ending the Apollo program. In 1974 Nelson Rockefeller sworn in as first vice president under the 25th amendment.
Today's notable birthdays include Mike Lookinland at 40 for his Bobby Brady role, Tim Reid at 56, Richard Leakey at 56, Robert Urich at 54, Janie Fricke at 53, Jennifer Beals at 37, and Alyssa Milano at 28. The gathering spans film television and science.
The holidays approach as shopping days dwindle. Discover near pantry gift ideas within the Wednesday Food section, spotlighting practical, easy to find options from common kitchen staples.
Madonna and British director Guy Ritchie land by private jet in Inverness with their son Rocco and daughter Lourdes. They plan a high profile wedding at Skibo Castle near Dornoch, renting privacy for a month. Reporters and fans observe as the couple, both in the public eye, prepare for their Friday ceremony.
Randolph Apperson Hearst, heir to the Hearst media empire and last surviving son of William Randolph Hearst, died at a New York hospital after a stroke aged 85. Once editor and president of the San Francisco Examiner, he led the family business from 1973 to 1996 and oversaw philanthropy via the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. His daughter Patricia, who was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974, later denounced the family and served time after a bank robbery.
WMMT a 15,000 watt eastern Kentucky station invites inmates across Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia to call in from 7pm to 9pm on a holiday wishes show paying for calls. The program targets Keen Mountain Wallens Ridge and Red Onion prisons and aims to help families connected to incarcerated relatives amid regional inmate populations.
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