London Davie Bowie to host Meltdown Festival at South Bank
London based singer London-Davie Bowie will host the Meltdown Festival at the South Bank arts complex in June, serving as artistic director for two weeks. He will reveal the lineup in coming weeks and aims for inspiring, fun performances. This is Bowie's milestone as the tenth guest curator since 1993. Past performers include Radiohead Blur Sonic Youth and Kylie Minogue. New York inductee Barry Manilow joins Sting Michael Jackson Randy Newman and Ashford Simpson in the Songwriters Hall of Fame this year. The 33rd annual ceremony is set for June 13 in New York.
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Spacey takes break to focus on Trigger St productions
Berlin Spacey says he will step back from acting to devote time to his movie company Trigger St Productions saying raising funds can be harder than making films. He promotes The Shipping News at the Berlin festival where it competes for the Golden Bear. Laura Bush teases Bush snack habit on Tonight Show with a pretzel tale.
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Notable historical milestones from 1935 to 1960 history
The record highlights Hauptmann's 1935 Flemington verdict for Lindbergh baby murder and execution later. It also notes Catherine Howard's 1542 execution for adultery, Boston Latin School's 1635 founding, League of Nations recognizing Swiss neutrality in 1920, and France's first atomic bomb test in 1960.
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Notable Birthdays for Two Days
Talk show host Jerry Springer is 58 and actor George Segal is 68. Former test pilot Chuck Yeager is 79, actress Kim Novak 69, Stockard Channing 58, Peter Gabriel 52, Henry Rollins 41, Mena Suvari 23, and Peter Tork of the Monkees is 60. Jerry Springer
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Teen Hamm Overcomes Stroke Through Training Today
At 17, T.G. Hamm, who suffered a disabling stroke at age three, has regained strength through a weight training program started about a year ago. The Lifestyle section tomorrow features his journey from childhood weakness to renewed fitness.
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Rings leads Oscar nods with 13 nominations for Fellowship
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring tops the field with 13 nominations including best picture and directing. A Beautiful Mind and Moulin Rouge follow with eight each, while acting bids include Crowe and Connelly for A Beautiful Mind and Kidman for Moulin Rouge. The ceremony airs March 24 from Kodak Theatre with host Whoopi Goldberg.
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Oscar Nominees List for 74th Awards Begin
The 74th Academy Awards nominations span Best Picture with A Beautiful Mind Gosford Park In the Bedroom The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring and Moulin Rouge. Supporting and lead acting nods include Crowe Penn Berry Dench Denzel Washington and more across directing animated and foreign film categories. Awards also note previous year winners and honorary honorees Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford, Arthur Hiller.
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Friends to End With Ninth Final Season on NBC
NBC and the Friends core cast agreed to a final 24 episode season starting in fall. Stars Jennifer Aniston Courteney Cox Arquette Lisa Kudrow Matt LeBlanc Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will be paid 1 million per episode. The show already tops ratings this season with 24.5 million average viewers. The creators plan to wrap up storylines and send the characters off. Rachel's pregnancy complications loom as the ratings sweep nears.
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