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The 84th Academy Award Best Director Nominees
Below are the nominees in the directing category. This is both Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen's seventh nomination for directing. Scorsese won in 2006 for The Departed. Allen…Election (Film)
Director: Alexander PayneWriters: Alexander Payne and Jim TaylorParamount Pictures; R; 105 minutesRelease:4/99Cast: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell There'…The 86th Academy Award Best Director Nominees
Below are the nominees in the directing category. David O. Russell was also nominated in this category last year for Silver Linings Playbook. Martin Scorsese recevied his 8th directing…1999 Independent Spirit Awards
The 15th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring excellence in independent film, took place on March 25, 2000 under a tent on Santa Monica beach.FeatureElectionFirst Feature (More Than $500,000)…Jimmy Payne 1998 Deaths
Jimmy PayneAge: 38 former All-SEC defensive tackle at the University of Georgia from 1978-82; had 85 tackles and seven sacks for the Bulldogs in 1981; drafted by Buffalo, but knee problems…Edie Payne 2000 Deaths
Edie PayneAge: 94 Australia's oldest living Olympian; ran in the 1928 Amsterdam Games and was the first woman to represent her country at an Olympic track event; officially opened the Olympic…2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The winners of the 2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced Dec. 11, 2004.Best PictureSidewaysBest ActorLiam Neeson, Kinsey Best ActressImelda Staunton, Vera Drake…2004 Independent Spirit Awards
The 20th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring excellence in independent film, took place on Feb. 26, 2005, on Santa Monica beach. Feature…Sydenham, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Sydenham, Thomas, 1624–89, English physician, called “the English Hippocrates.” He studied at Oxford and Montpellier, and practiced in London. His conceptions of the causes and…Insurgents
(Encyclopedia) Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich…Trending
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