Steven Spielberg, a three-time Academy Award winner, is the 2008 recipient of Arizona State University's Hugh Downs Award for Communication Excellence. His latest film, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," starring Harrison Ford, opened in theaters worldwide late last month.
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In a funny way, I didn't fully appreciate the JVC Jazz Festival until I began sampling similar events in different cities around the world. Much as I love Montreal (and have heard great things about Umbria and NorthSea), there's nothing quite like the JVC. Other festivals offer big names in big concerts, but the major legacy of Festival Productions founder George Wein, who pioneered the concept
News of the sudden death of Tim Russert, Washington bureau chief of NBC News and host of "Meet the Press," will have a large -- and lasting -- impact on the world of politics and journalism. Tim Russert. (File photo:
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. – Chautauqua Institution is pleased to announce the speakers scheduled to take the lecture platform this season. The Morning Lecture Series is held each weekday morning at 10:45 in the Amphitheater.
Willie D. Brown OXFORD - Willie D. Brown, 71, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Hodges-Serenity Funeral Home of Oxford.
By BEN RATLIFF New York Times News Service Bo Diddley , a singer and guitarist who invented his own name, his own guitars, his own beat and, with a handful of other musical pioneers, rock ’n’ roll itself, died Monday at his home in Archer, Fla. He was 79.The cause was heart failure, a spokeswoman, Susan Clary, said.