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Barack Obama, no, Erma Bombeck, yes
The Swampby Mark Silva This is what we learned today at Arizona State University: "Harvard was the first university to confer honorary degrees in 1692. Since then it has become a recognized function of degree granting institutions. Honorary degrees are an......Tags: Walter Cronkite, Education, National Government, Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities
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Obama to grads: 'Body of work' ahead
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama addressed squarely, and with a measure of humor, tonight the very words that a public university had used this year in refusing to confer an honorary degree upon a president, a graduate of Harvard......Tags: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Social Issues, Technology, People, Internal Revenue Service
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Academy approves of 'Rings'
Sun Movie CriticTalent will out -- that's the theme of the Oscars that will go down in history as The Lord of the Rings sweep. Despite its accumulating critical awards and guild honors and box-office returns, purveyors of inside-Hollywood dope kept insisting that...Tags: Eugene Levy, Renee Zellweger, James Cameron, Comedy (genre), Tim Robbins
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King of the Oscars
Sun Movie CriticLOS ANGELES -- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King journeyed to history last night, winning all 11 of the Academy Awards for which it was nominated -- a clean sweep that also ties the record for most wins by a single motion picture. So dominant...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Cinema Industry, Celebrities, Academy Awards, Charlize Theron
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Academy sticks to a tame script
Sun Television CriticThe motion picture academy's insistence on decorum in the wake of Janet Jackson's Super Bowl debacle gave last night's telecast of 76th Annual Academy Awards all the unpredictability of a sitcom rerun. ABC had hoped to attract the much-coveted young male...Tags: Russell Crowe, ABC (tv network), Comedy (genre), Vietnam War (1955-1975), Will Ferrell
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Movie review: 'Dr. Strangelove'
4 stars (out of 4) The greatest nuclear holocaust comedy of all time, Stanley Kubrick's darkly hilarious 1964 "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," reopens this weekend in a new 35mm print at the Music Box Theatre....Tags: Theater, Music Theater, Sterling Hayden, Texas, Massacres
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Academy voters choose one film to rule them all
Times Staff WritersThe filmmakers from Down Under were on top of the entertainment world Sunday evening as "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," the final installment of the hugely successful trilogy, made a clean sweep at the 76th annual Academy Awards held at...Tags: Child Abuse, Jack Nicholson, ABC (tv network), Social Issues, Comedy (genre)
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The Impostors
FOR THE TIMESFriday October 2, 1998 To fully enjoy "The Impostors," writer-director-star Stanley Tucci's homage to early slapstick movie farce, one has to be in a particularly open, perhaps even unhinged, mood. You can't simply appreciate its encomiums to the...Tags: Crimes, Fraud, Campbell Scott, Corporate Crime, Comedy (genre)
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Ringing endorsement
Times Staff WriterEveryone in Hollywood knew that it was going to be "Return of the King" night, but no one could have guessed to what an extent that was going to be true. In an Oscar night that was more a coronation than an awards evening, "The Lord of the Rings: The...Tags: Peter Jackson, Elvis Costello, Elections, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn
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Theater season
Sentinel Staff WriterThe following is a list of theatrical productions: ANNIE RUSSELL THEATRE The theater is on the campus of Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park. Season tickets are $50 and $60 for general audiences and $47 and $57 for seniors. Second-stage shows...Tags: Fiction, Lake Buena Vista, The Sound of Music (movie), Leesburg, William Shakespeare
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