Word: awards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what made this ceremony truly revolting had to be the awards themselves. This was the first year in which Oscars were completely overrun by what I like to call We are the World syndrome. Don't get me wrong; there's always been a place for sentimentality in the Academy. A couple of special awards per year are usually dreamt up for people who haven't won the thing before (because everybody, talented or not, deserves some kind of Oscar if for just sticking around long enough). But this is the first year I can remember in which the sentimental...
...Madame Arcati in Noel Coward's larkish Blithe Spirit, which was revived on Broadway last week. The cast includes Richard Chamberlain, Blythe Danner and Judith Ivey, all in good form, but this is Page's show. In a career including eight Oscar nominations, culminating in a 1986 Best Actress award for The Trip to Bountiful, and countless memorable stage performances, Blithe Spirit stands as a highlight...
...does Chuck's riches-to-rags journey warrant a Fury Award? "What do you mean, asshole," quips Whitmore. "You owe me this...
...Board of Regents also decided to award an honorary degree to Black South African leader Nelson Mandela, an action that anti racist organization had long wanted...
Because Mandela is imprisoned in South Africa and cannot attend commencement exercises, awarding the degree to him caused much debate among the regent, who said their decision to award the degree was unconnected to recent anti-racist protests. The Daily reported...