Word: oscars
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Trying to stay in the game, Kareem can't yet block out every thought of passage. His favorite year was 1985, "when we finally beat the Celtics." The special coach was UCLA's John Wooden, who "never let his goals separate him from his ideals." The ultimate teammates were Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson. "Playing with Oscar in Milwaukee was a privilege. No nonsense, no frills. And being with Magic has been wonderful. His flair...
...cult knows where to find him: playing fringe characters in fringe features like Videodrome and, just a couple of months ago, portraying a man succumbing to the twin addictions of ambition and drugs in The Boost. His Oscar nomination was for Salvador, a feverish performance of Yanqui journalism confronting Latin revolution that never found the audience it deserved. The big crowd, catching Woods occasionally on television or doing heavy duty in a mainstream movie, has yet to get his message. Or maybe that message is too clear and the public hates what it is hearing...
Joining Weaver in the best actress competition were Glenn Close for Dangerous Liaisons, Jodie Foster for The Accused, Meryl Streep for A Cry in the Dark and, in her first Oscar nomination, Melanie Griffith for Working Girl...
Their male counterparts, joining Rain Man's Hoffman, included Gene Hackman for Mississippi Burning. He was joined by Oscar-nominee newcomers Tom Hanks for Big, Edward James Olmos for Stand and Deliver and veteran actor Max Von Sydow for Denmark's Pelle the Conqueror...
...nominations were announced in a predawn news conference at the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Oscar trophies will be presented March 29 beginning at 6 p.m. PST in a ceremony broadcast nationally...