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1 day ago · 1943–1944. Battles/wars. World War II. Sidney Poitier KBE ( / ˈpwɑːtjeɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2] He received two competitive Golden Globe ...
1 day ago · Leonard Adleman, BA Math 1969, PhD EECS 1976, Turing Award laureate (2002) Jay Miner, BS 1959, "father of the Amiga " computer. Academy Award -winning actor Gregory Peck, BA 1942. Emmy - and Golden Globe Award - award-winning actress Kathy Baker, BA 1977.
1 day ago · "The Sound of Silence" (originally "The Sounds of Silence") is a song by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon. The duo's studio audition of the song led to a record deal with Columbia Records, and the original acoustic version was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia's 7th Avenue Recording Studios in New York City for their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M ...
1 day ago · Academy Awards (1 nomination, 0 wins) Best Actor 1 0 3 nominations, 1 win Golden Globe Awards (1 nomination, 1 win) Best Actor in a Leading Role: 1 1 Primetime Emmy Awards (1 nomination, 0 wins) Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special: 1 0 Calvin Coolidge: Primetime Emmy Awards (1 nomination, 0 wins)
4 hours ago · Kymbra Callaghan and Stephen M. Kelley (for "Employee of the Month") Won [b] Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series. Conrad Gonzalez (for "Pine Barrens") Nominated. Sidney Wolinsky (for "Employee of the Month") Nominated. Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series.
1 day ago · Godzilla. (franchise) Godzilla ( Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira) is a Japanese monster, or kaiju, media franchise consisting of films, television series, novels, comic books, video games, and other merchandise. The franchise is centered on the fictional kaiju Godzilla, a prehistoric reptilian monster awakened and powered by nuclear radiation.
4 hours ago · The award ceremony occurs in early January during the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since 2008, the ceremony has aired in a form edited for time on Showtime, which is usually broadcast in a 90-minute time slot. Awards for gay adult video were a part of the AVN Awards from the 1987 ceremony through the 1998 ceremony. The ...
