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2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

Best Picture:GladiatorBest Actor:Russell Crowe, GladiatorBest Actress:Julia Roberts, Erin BrockovichBest Supporting Actor:Joaquin Phoenix, Quills, The Yards, and GladiatorBest Supporting…

Upcoming Blockbusters and Indie Gems

Armageddon The film has a publicity machine behind it the likes of Independence Day, but it doesn't have lucky charm Will Smith. Current It boy Ben Affleck will likely fill seats, but it remains…

Entertainment News from March 2001

1A strike by the Writers Guild of America looks imminent. Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the television and film industry break down. The sticking point is residuals writers…

2000 National Board of Review Awards

The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review.Best Picture:QuillsBest Actor:Javier…

Brewer's: Erinnys

or Erinys. The goddess of vengeance, one of the Furies. (Greek mythology.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894EriphilaErin A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

Brewer's: Ukase

(2 syl.). A Russian term for an edict either proceeding from the senate or direct from the emperor. (Russian, ukaza, an edict.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Ulania

Queen of Perduta or Islanda, sent a golden shield to Charlemagne, which he was to give to his bravest paladin. Whoever could win the shield from this paladin was to claim the hand of…

Brewer's: Erigena

John Scotus, called “Scotus the Wise,” who died 886. He must not be confounded with Duns Scottus the schoolman, who lived some four centuries after him (1265-1308). Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Emerald Isle

Ireland. This term was first used by Dr. Drennan (1754-1820), in the poem called Erin. Of course, it refers to the bright green verdure of the island. “An emerald set in the ring of the…