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...first Spanish actress to win an acting Oscar. And in the ceremony's most emotionally honest moment, the mother, father and sister of the late Australian star Heath Ledger accepted his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in The Dark Knight. "We have been truly overwhelmed by the honor and respect being bestowed upon him with this award," his mother said. (See pictures of Ledger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reflections on Oscar: Bollywood Takes Hollywood | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...confronting the institionalized racism of the United States’ Jim Crow Laws. As dean of Howard University Law School, Houston trained a generation of young black lawyers, including future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. In 2005, HLS established the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice to honor the great civil rights leaders of the 20th century. The Institute’s founder, Law School professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Houston’s son, Charles Hamilton Houston, Jr., were both in attendance at Saturday’s event. “The Institute embodies my father?...

Author: By Courtney P Yadoo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Civil Rights Heroes Commemorated | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...really glad that I can score for the team,” Markley said. “It’s an honor to step on court whether I can score two points or fifteen points on the night...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Killer P’s No Match for Sophomore Forward | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...doghouse, after some 50 movies as a star and 13 as a writer-director, Lewis, 82, is being allowed back onstage. He's getting an Oscar, and, wouldn't you know, it's the wrong one. The Motion Picture Academy is giving him the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award - an honor recognizing charity work, and given more frequently to producers than to actors. Lewis's commitment as a spokesman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, notably in the 19-hour MDA telethon he fronts each Labor Day, has certainly earned him a hearty Hollywood thank-you. But it's a minor token...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerry Lewis Wins an Oscar at Last | 2/22/2009 | See Source »

...process of consolidating its democracy, and any government that seeks to successfully strengthen its democratic institutions must uphold a particular reputation. As every foreign policy decision is also a political consideration, Chile must emulate the values that it seeks to achieve. It is therefore counterproductive to honor the oppressive without recognizing the oppressed. Since Augusto Pinochet was removed from power in 1989, Chile has been working to stabilize its democracy. The last Chilean president to visit Cuba was socialist Salvador Allende, who considered himself a great friend of the dictator, Fidel Castro. Bachelet’s administration has consistently shown...

Author: By Daniel Balmori | Title: Diminished Democratic Ideals | 2/22/2009 | See Source »

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