First Academy Awards Held at Roosevelt Hotel Banquet
May 16 1929 marked the inaugural Academy Awards with Wings winning best production and Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor named best actor and actress. Also noted are Marie Antoinette's 14th marriage, Johnson's near impeachment, and Joan of Arc canonized in Rome.
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Idol Faces Tough Night With Broad TV Forefront
TV guide notes a heavy Thursday lineup as American Idol dominates Fox at 7 p.m. ABC counters with Celebrity Debut featuring Halle Berry and friends. NBC offers WHS & Grace finales with Matt Parah and Kevin Bacon. NCIS on CBS competes with Idol, while WB and UPN rerun Gilmore Girls and America's Top Model as CW looms. Frontline on PBS investigates retirement financing and 401k risks. Law & Order SVU closes with a celebrity drugs rage tale. Boston Legal bows out with Jeri Ryan guest star.
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Yahoo unveils major redesign of its home page
Yahoo Inc introduces a new look to its home page with interactive menus for weather traffic and mail plus Yahoo Pulse for culture trends from 402 million users. The Spir it redesign aims to keep Yahoo as the top Internet destination amid rivals MS N AOL Google and rising social networks.
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Journalism staff contacts and circulation lines list
The note lists editors and their contact details including Dennis Anderson Bill Snead Mike Shields Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Mindie Paget Jon Niccum and Mark Fagan with direct phone numbers and emails. It also covers News Partners 6News GNews World Online contact persons and advertising circulation lines and delivery help.
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Celebrities headlining Mothers Day theft and awards
Los Angeles Kathy Hilton laments thieves stole a gift bag worth nearly ten thousand dollars of Dior shoes sunglasses handbags and perfume intended for Mother's Day. A delivery went missing after a passerby grabbed the package from outside the Hilton home. Naomi Watts becomes a UN special representative on HIV AIDS and Eva Longoria tops Maxim Hot 100 for the second year in a row with a star lineup including Jessica Alba Lindsay Lohan Angelina Jolie and others.
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Birthday ages listed for notable entertainers
Singer Janet Jackson turns 40 while Studs Terkel reaches 94 and Pierce Brosnan is 53. Debra Winger 51 Tracey Gold 37 David Boreanaz 35 and Tori Spelling 33 mark their current ages.
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