Clarke declines LA gala for Clarke awards event
Arthur C Clarke, 83, will not travel to Los Angeles for a November dinner at the Playboy Mansion where annual Clarke awards for film and television excellence will be announced. He may join via satellite. Also reported, Malcolm the pug, longtime National Arts Club mascot, died at 16 after Sylvia Sidney’s death. club president praised the dog as discreet and wise.
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Mrs Robinson to star on Broadway in The Graduate stage
Kathleen Turner will play the seductive Mrs. Robinson in a Terry Johnson adaptation of The Graduate based on Charles Webb novel and the 1967 film. Jason Biggs portrays Benjamin Braddock with Alicia Silverstone as Elaine. the tour starts in Baltimore in January then moves to Toronto and Boston. Preview in New York begins March 15 with opening set for April 4 at an announced theater.
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Publicists deny Enquirer story about Cruise Cruz wedding
Publicists dismissed sensational claims that Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz plan to marry soon and engage, while tabloids suggested a possible engagement. Reports noted Cruise, 39, avoids religious conflict with his new partner raised Catholic, contrasting with past decisions with Nicole Kidman over child upbringing.
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History snapshot from November 7 2000 elections and prior events
A concise history recap notes key dates and figures: the 2000 U S presidential vote leading to indecision for George W Bush and Al Gore. Colorado granting women suffrage in 1893. Russia's Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 led by Lenin. the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse. and Franklin D Roosevelt's 1944 fourth-term victory over Thomas E Dewey.
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Birthdays Today Honor Billy Graham and Other Notables
Evangelist Billy Graham turns 83 today followed by singer Mary Travers at 64, singer Johnny Rivers at 59, Joni Mitchell 58, Nick Gilder 50, Christopher Knight 44 from The Brady Bunch, and actors Jeremy and Jason London at 29. Billy Graham is noted.
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Hatching the Past Exhibit at KU Museum
Kansas University Natural History Museum offers Hatching the Past with about 30 fossilized eggs and nests plus replicas. The display includes reconstructions of other eggs and dinosaurs and ties into Thursday's 18 & Under page on educational opportunities about dinosaurs.
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Campus Theatre hosts two week National Film Preservation Tour
Eric Faden, Bucknell University film studies assistant professor, bought Lewisburg Pennsylvania’s Campus Theatre and organized a two week festival for the National Film Preservation Tour. The program features classics from 1903 to 1980 with new prints and live accompaniment by the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra led by Bucknell’s Rick Benjamin.
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Country Music Assn honors best tonight on CBS
Don Gibson earns Hall of Fame induction as CMA Awards air at 7 p.m. CST on CBS and Sunflower Broadband. The reemerging songwriter and singer joins industry vets in Nashville as Gibson charts a comeback writing for Mandy Barnett while reflecting on a storied career and influence across Elvis, Dylan, and the Nashville Sound.
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CMA Awards 35th Show Adds Reba McEntire Performer
CMA announces live broadcast from the Grand Ole Opry House Nashville with Reba McEntire joining the lineup to perform her single I m a Survivor amid a tribute to September 11. Nominees span Entertainer Brooks Dunn Dixie Chicks Alan Jackson Tim McGraw George Strait and others with male and female vocal categories listed and a Hall of Fame inductee roster including Don Gibson The Everly Brothers Homer Jethro Waylon Jennings Sam Phillips and more.
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