The Tragically Hip are a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario. The Tragically Hip have four members in the band; the current band members are Rob Baker, Gord Sinclair, Johnny Fay and Paul Langlois. Singer Gord Downie was in the band until he died in 2017.
The band was formed in 1983. They released a self-titled EP in 1987 and released their debut album "Up to Here" on August 30, 1989. The band released their eleventh studio album, "Now for Plan A", in 2012. The band was given a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2002 and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2005. They have won many Juno Awards as well.
John Huston
John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American movie director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
He wrote the screenplays for 37 movie he directed, many of which are today known as classics such as; "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948), "Key Largo" (1948), "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), "The African Queen" (1951), "Moulin Rouge" (1952), "The Misfits" (1961), and "The Man Who Would Be King" (1975).
During his 46-year career, Huston was nominated for 15 Academy Awards, for which he won only two. He was the father of actress Anjelica Huston and actor Danny Huston.
He was born in Nevada, Missouri on August 5, 1906.
He was married to Dorothy Harvey from 1925 until they divorced in 1926. Then he married Lesley Black from 1937 until they divorced in 1945. Thirdly he married Enrica Soma from 1950 until her death in 1969. Lastly he married Celeste Shane from 1972 until they divorced in 1977. He was partners with Zoe Sallis. Huston had 5 children (one is adopted), including Anjelica Huston.
Huston died August 28, 1987 in Middletown, Rhode Island from pneumonia caused by his emphysema, he was 81 years old.
Mike Hagerty
Michael Gerard Hagerty (born May 10, 1954) is an American movie and television actor. He is best known for his role as Mr. Treeger in the hit comedy-sitcom "Friends". He was born on May 10, 1954 in Syracuse, New York.
June Gable
June Gable (born June 5, 1945) is a retired American television, stage, and a movie actress who is known for her role has as Estelle Leonard in the hit-comedy series "Friends". She was nominated for a Tony Award. She was born on June 5, 1945 in New York City, New York.
Cosimo Fusco
Cosimo Massimo Fusco (born 23 September 1962) is an Italian movie and television actor. He is known for his role as Paolo in "Friends". He was born in Matera, Italy on September 23, 1962. He lives in Rome, Italy.
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award. It is given each year to a cinematographer for work in one particular movie.
Maggie Wheeler
Maggie Wheeler (born Margaret Emily Jakobson, August 7, 1961) is an American movie and television actress. She is best known for her role as Janice Litman Goralnik on the sitcom "Friends". She was born in Manhattan, New York on August 7, 1961.
Wheeler is married to Daniel Wheeler. They have two children together.
Saitō Makoto
Saitō was born in Iwate Prefecture. He was a member of the sixth class which graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy.
Saitō rose to the rank of Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
He was Japanese Governor-General of Korea from 1919 to 1927. He returned to Korea as Governor-General from 1929 to 1931.
He was Prime minister from 1932 to 1934.
Academy Award for Best Director
The Academy Award for Best Directing (Best Director), usually known as the Best Director Oscar, is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to directors for a movie.
Nominations for Best Director are made by members in the Academy's Directing branch. The award winners are selected by the Academy membership as a whole.
In the first year only, the award was separated into Dramatic Direction and Comedy Direction.
As the Academy Awards are based in the United States and are centered on the Hollywood film industry, the majority of Academy Award winners have been Americans. Nonetheless, there is significant international presence at the awards, as evidenced by the following list of winners of the Academy Award for Best Director.
However, no director has won for a film that is entirely in a foreign language.
There have been 20 directors nominated for films entirely or significantly in a foreign (non-English) language.
Ironically, internationally known filmmakers Jean Renoir (for "The Southerner"), Michelangelo Antonioni (for "Blowup") and Louis Malle (for "Atlantic City") were nominated for films that were in English and not their native language.
Nominations for films primarily in English with some scenes (of a notable length) in a foreign language includes:
Several international nominees (regardless of the language used in their respective films) include:
Trimurti
The Hindu trinity of three gods (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) may be referred to as Trimurti.
Academy Award for Best Dance Direction
The Academy Awards for Best Dance Direction is an Academy Award. It was given between 1935 and 1937 only.
Bonnie Hunt
Bonnie Lynne Hunt (born September 21, 1961) is an American comedian, actress, writer, director, television producer, and daytime television hosts. She starred in "The Bonnie Hunt Show" in late 2000s.
Hunt was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is the daughter of Alice E. (née Jatczak), a homemaker, and Robert Edward Hunt, an electrician. Her mother is of Polish ancestry and her father was of Irish and Belgian ancestry. She was raised in a large Catholic family, and has three older brothers, Patrick, Kevin, and Tom, two older sisters, Cathy and Carol, and one younger sister, Mary. Hunt was educated in Catholic schools and attended St. Ferdinand Grammar School and Notre Dame High School for Girls in Chicago.
She was married to John Murphy from 1988 until they divorced in 2008, they had no children.
Hunt married investment banker John Murphy in 1988. However, during her June 6, 2006, appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman", she mentioned that she was single again.
Hunt's hometown is Chicago and she is a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, having not missed an Opening Day at Wrigley Field since 1977. She is a supporter of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, of which she is an honorary board member.
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is one of the most important awards for documentary movies.
In 1942, there was one Documentary category and four winners.
From 1943 there were two separate documentary categories (features and short films)
Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
This is a list of movies by year that they received an Oscar. Also listed are the other nominations for best documentary short subject.
Note: A press release by AMPAS in 2005 says that "Documentary Short Subject winners "Benjy" (1951) and "Neighbours" (1952) are among a group of films that not only competed, but won Academy Awards in what were clearly inappropriate categories. "Benjy", directed by Fred Zinnemann and narrated by Henry Fonda, is the fictional tale of a crippled boy. The film was used as a fundraiser for the Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital. ... Norman McLaren's "Neighbours", which today would compete in the Animated Short category, used "pixilation" – animation using living people - to create an allegory of war."
1st Academy Awards
The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It was to honor the best movies of 1927 and 1928. It took place on May 16, 1929 in Los Angeles, California. AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks hosted the show.
Tickets cost five dollars, 270 people attended the event and the ceremony lasted fifteen minutes. Awards were made by Louis B. Mayer. It is the only Academy Awards ceremony not to be broadcast either on radio or television.