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  Academy Award
The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a professional honorary organization which as of 2003 had a voting membership of 5816, with actors, with a membership of 1311, making up the largest voting block.
The awards were first given at a banquet in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on May 16, 1929 but there was little suspense since the winners of the awards had already been announced three months earlier on February 18.
The awards night itself is an elaborate extravaganza, with the invited guests walking up the red carpet in the creations of the most prominent fashion designers (who usually loan them to the stars to gain publicity).
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 Academy Award - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a professional honorary organization which as of 2003 had a voting membership of 5816.
Academy Awards are nicknamed "Oscars", which is also the nickname of the statuette (the name is said to have been born when Academy librarian Margaret Herrick saw the statuette on a table and said: "It looks just like my uncle Oscar!").
The greatest number of Academy Awards won by a film is 11, this distinction is shared by 3 films: Ben-Hur, Titanic, and The Return of the King.
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 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award
Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...
There are currently nine people who have won all four awards in standard competitive categories: 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
An award is something given to a person or group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field.
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 List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award: these artists achieved the rare feat in winning all four of the major awards of American show business:
Two people have failed to win one of these regular competitive awards, but have been given special honorary awards that some might consider would qualify them to be placed on the list.
Grammy: Recipient in 1990 of a "Special Merit Award", called the Grammy Legend Award, from the Recording Academy Association, which also grants Grammy Awards.
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 List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Sasusea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
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 Academy Award - The Film Guide
The Academy Awards were the brainchild of MGM executive Louis B. Mayer in 1927.
The awards were first given at a banquet in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on May 16, 1929.
Today, according to Rules 2 and 3 of the official Academy Awards Rules, a film has to open in the previous calendar year (from midnight January 1 to midnight December 31) in Los Angeles County, California, to qualify.
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 Helen Hayes - Wikiquote
An actress always knows when she’s hit it and mostly you haven’t; but once or twice I think I hit it right, so maybe that’s good enough for one life.
People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach "retirement" age seem very admirable to me.
For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.
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 Marvin Hamlisch -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
He also won 4 Grammy Awards in 1974, two of them for "The Way We Were." He continued having hits in the late 1970s after this.
It went on to be nominated for an Oscar in 1977.
He is one of only a few people to win all four major US performing awards, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, the Oscar and Tony Award, see List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award.
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 The High Society:  Award Withheld January 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
It is an expression of honor, respect, recognition, and affirmation.
From the Oscar’s: “It is the opinion of the Academy of the Performing Arts that no film was deserving of the Best Picture award this year.
You won the Distinguished Professional Contribution Award in 1979, 1980, and 1993.
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 DGA
As the Guild's highest tribute, the Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Nichols, one of the industry's finest practitioners, at the 56th Annual DGA Awards on February 7, 2004.
The DGA Lifetime Achievement Award winner is selected by the present and past presidents of the Guild, although the award is not presented on an annual basis.
Nichols has won seven Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards and, in 1961, shared a Grammy Award for Best Comedic Performance with his longtime artistic partner, Elaine May.
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 Emmy Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The Emmy Awards show is usually held on the second Sunday in September.
One thing is certain: you'll never get an better chance to see so many major TV stars on a single day, in a single location...
The Shrine Auditorium is located about five miles south of downtown Los Angeles, on Jefferson Blvd at Royal Street, across the street from the USC campus, and not far from Exposition Park.
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 LA Daily News - L.A.-based race drama conquers the 'Mountain'
Hoffman, who won for his role as Truman Capote in "Capote," acknowledged his co-stars from the stage.
S. Epatha Merkerson, already the winner of the Emmy and the Golden Globe for her role in "Lackawanna Blues," completed an awards sweep by winning the SAG award for best actress in a television movie.
Paul Newman, who did not attend the awards ceremony, was voted best actor in a TV movie by his peers for his performance in "Empire Falls." Shirley Temple Black received the most prolonged and heartfelt standing ovation of the night as she took the stage to receive SAG's Life Achievement Award from Jamie Lee Curtis.
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 Category:Emmy Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For more information, see the main article about Emmy Awards.
There are 3 subcategories shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages).
List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award
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 Facts about rita moreno   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Rosita Dolores Alverio (born December 11, 1931), better known as Rita Moreno, is a Puerto Rican actress who has achieved fame both in Hollywood and Broadway.
Moreno became a celebrity in The West Side Story, a 1960 movie that garnered her an Oscar award.
The Guiness Book of World Records lists Moreno as the first person in history to win an Oscar, a Tony, and Emmy and a Grammy.
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 List of People Who Have Won An Emmy, A Grammy, An Oscar and A Tony Award Discourse @ ArtQuilt.com (Art Quilt)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
List of People Who Have Won An Emmy, A Grammy, An Oscar and A Tony Award Discourse @ ArtQuilt.com (Art Quilt)
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 LA Daily News - The speeches
It took 24 years for another fl to win an acting award (Sidney Poitier) and another 20 years for another fl actor to win (Louis Gossett Jr.).
Sports the biggest thank-you list of any winner, but tedium alleviated by her radiance and the heartfelt shout-out to Mom and Dad.
Winners for original screenplay for "Crash," Haggis (who won another Oscar as one of the film's producers) nervously thanked supporters and applauded people who silently stand up for peace and justice.
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 ipedia.com: List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award : these artists achieved the rare feat in winning all four of the major awards for show business : There are currently eight pe...
There are currently eight people who have won all four awards in standard competitive categories:
Grammy: Recipient in 1990 of a "Special Merit Award" from the Recording Academy Association, which also grants Grammy Awards.
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 Arkansas Secretary of State:Educational Materials:Notable Arkansans
The following list highlights some of the country's most prominent people who were either born in the state or lived here at some time in their lives.
She was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1931 to succeed her husband who died in office.
He was awarded the Rome Prize Fellowship in Architecture for 1980-81 and the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal by President Bush in 1991.
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 Norsk Høstfest - North America's Largest Scandinavian Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
She is an icon of stage and screen who has won virtually every award possible, including an Oscar, three Tonys, two Golden Globes, a Grammy and an Emmy.
Liza added a second Golden Globe to her already impressive list of awards in 1985 with her performance in “A Time to Live,” a made-for-TV movie.
In 1989, she produced an album with Britain’s Pet Shop Boys called “Results” that was a huge hit and number one on the pop charts in Europe.
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 Mariah's Grammy Whammy - Dec 08, 2005 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
A bit of a critical whipping boy as a solo act, McCartney hasn't won a Grammy for being McCartney, as opposed to being a Beatle, since 1979, an honor he shared with Wings.
Historical Grammy favorites shut out in the album race include Eminem, Coldplay and Bruce Springsteen, who despite his legend status has never won an Album of the Year Grammy--no, not even for Born to Run--and won't win one for his sparse Devils & Dust.
The 48th annual Grammy Awards are scheduled to be presented in a live CBS telecast on Feb. 8 from Los Angeles' Staples Center.
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 Hollywood’s Hottest
Won Oscar for: Her leading role as a woman with multiple personalities in The Three Faces of Eve (1957).
Won Oscar for: Elmer Gantry (1960), in which she played a preacher's daughter turned prostitute, opposite actor Burt Lancaster.
Won Oscar for: Her portrayal of Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962).
www.aarpmagazine.org /entertainment/Articles/a2005-01-18-mag-hottest   (1647 words)

  
 Awards Shows - Entertainment News
Unlike most industry awards, where everyone who works in the industry has a say in the winners, the Screen Actors Guild Awards are voted upon only by the actors themselves.
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are nominated and voted upon by the actors themselves, and tonight it was revealed who the jury of peers felt had outstanding performances last year in the fields of film and television acting.
The 2005 People´s Choice Awards were broadcast last night and in the only televised awards show where the viewers determine the winners, there were few surprises.
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 Gold Derby by Tom o'Neil - The Envelope
Comparing the top showbiz awards is a fascinating exercise, leading to a sad conclusion that we award nuts have probably, secretly known all along: there is no such thing as a best picture.
Oscar's biggest female champ Katharine Hepburn (four) never won a Golden Globe while the Globes' biggest victor Rosalind Russell (five) never won an Academy Award.
Below is a list of the 10 famous people who've hit the Grand Slam, winning all four primary peer-group awards: Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony.
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 Moreno finally checks Ravinia off her to-do list
Her husband, Dr. Leonard Gordon, who no longer practices internal medicine, is the lighting guy.
Moreno makes no bones about it: She's a girl's girl, who giggles and teases, then waxes serious when discussing issues that are deeply important to her -- like diversity.
She is active with the Hispanic Women's Chamber of Commerce; serves as a board member of the Third World Cinema, a company interested in creating opportunities in the film industry for minority groups, and is involved in several other socially conscious organizations.
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 Famous Hams and ex-Hams
However, we have made every effort, through exhaustive research and direct communication with many of the people on this list and their relatives and associates, to maintain as accurate a list as possible.
An "Elmer" is a person who helps another become a ham by offering encouragement, training, and, sometimes even radio equipment to get started in the hobby.
Stanford University mathematician; in 1966 he was awarded the prestigious Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Moscow for his fundamental work on the foundations of set theory bio; biography.com entry.
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 NPR : Comedian and Filmmaker Mel Brooks
The Producers won 12 Tony Awards in 2001.
Now, Brooks is one of the few people who have won a Tony Award, an Academy Award, a Grammy Award and an Emmy Award.
Brooks won his Grammy for the famous comedy recording, The 2,000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000, his Oscar for the original screenplay of the movie of The Producers, and an Emmy for a recent guest appearance on the sitcom Mad About You.
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 USATODAY.com - Moreno and Tilly team up against AIDS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Core communities like African-Americans, young people under 25, and heterosexual women revise the list for the most at-risk groups.
"Young people are somehow mistaken that HIV is no longer a threat — that you can take these new drugs and be fine," Tilly notes.
Many HIV positive people do not have any symptoms at all for many years.
www.usatoday.com /news/health/spotlighthealth/2003-05-28-aids_x.htm   (1213 words)

  
 Business Wire: Academy Award Winning Director Mike Nichols to Receive Guild's Highest Tribute at 56th Annual DGA ...
But it's the absolute brilliance that he brought to feature film directing from day one -- with his debut of `Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' followed a year later by his DGA and Oscar(R) Award winning direction of `The Graduate' -- that propels us to honor his legacy to motion pictures.
He was nominated for both DGA and Academy Awards a year earlier for his film directorial debut of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and for his direction of "Working Girl" in 1988; he also received a Best Director Oscar(R) nomination for "Silkwood" in 1983.
Nichols has won seven Tony Awards, two Emmy Awards and, in 1961, shared a Grammy Award for Best Comedic Performance with his longtime artistic partner, Elaine May. He is one of only a handful of people to win all four of the major entertainment awards.
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