Martin Spacek to receive Boston Film Excellence Awards
Steve Martin and Sissy Spacek will receive the Boston Film Excellence Awards at the festival which features forty feature films and twenty four shorts from seventeen countries. Martin will be honored Monday before a screening of Novocaine while Spacek will be honored Tuesday for her role in In the Bedroom and her Oscar winning Coal Miner’s Daughter. Mark Diamond, festival artistic director, notes the choice reflects actors who take varied roles.
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Oscar telecast headed by Laura Ziskin at Kodak Theater
Independent producer Laura Ziskin to produce the 74th Academy Awards telecast next March. She has helped projects that earned 10 nominations and two wins, including As Good as It Gets and Pretty Woman. She succeeds Gil Cates, who led the show for the past decade. The ceremony is set for March 24 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
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Haley Joel Osment Seeks Pinocchio Inspiration for A I Role
13 year old actor studied Pinocchio before filming A I Artificial Intelligence to understand his puppet character's craving to be loved. The Spielberg project stars Osment and Jude Law and follows a robot boy adopted by a human family.
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Star Trek fans flock to four day Sin City convention
William Shatner and 56 others associated with Star Trek and its spinoffs attended a four day Las Vegas convention marking the 35th anniversary of the first episode. About 3,500 Trekkies joined the event as Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Rand, drew crowds at her autograph table while fans praised the stars and recalled the show’s impact.
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2day History Journal: From Mao to NBC and Elvis
A concise history of notable dates includes Mao Zedong's death in 1976 at 82 in Beijing, the Continental Congress adopting United States in 1776, California's statehood in 1850, NBC creation by RCA in 1926, and Elvis Presley's Ed Sullivan Show debut in 1956.
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Birthdays for Williams Preston Theismann Keaton Grant Sandler
Today's notable birthdays include actress Michelle Williams turning 21, singer Billy Preston at 55, football commentator Joe Theismann 52, actor Michael Keaton 50, actor Hugh Grant 41, and actor Adam Sandler 35. Williams is highlighted among these celebrants.
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Web page user names and passwords spread widely
A reader guidance piece notes that lists of user names and passwords are proliferating on the web as summer wanes. It suggests that despite memory challenges, electronic help is available to manage credentials and secure access.
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Artists vs palm readers threaten Jackson Square charm
In New Orleans French Quarter, Jackson Square shifts from painter studios to a busy scene of fortune tellers and magicians. Licensed artists have dwindled from 400 in the 1970s to about 125 today, while card readers era sparked lawsuits and free speech challenges. Residents defend the eclectic mix as tourism draws crowds, though critics call the square a circus that harms cultural heritage.
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Brokaw returns to NBC Nightly News anchor duties
Tom Brokaw resumes anchor role after summer leave fueling talk of a post Nightly News life. He appears on Dateline NBC with Lost Boys refugees from Sudan, sharing experiences in the United States and reflecting on fame and new life ahead.
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Monsoon Wedding Wins Golden Lion At Venice Film Festival
Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding earned the Golden Lion for best film at Venice. The award comes as L Emploi du Temps and other entries vie in Cine ma of the Present. Nair praised India as the film celebrates life with a vibrant Punjab wedding setting.
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