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2000 Academy Awards

The 2000 Academy Awards were presented March 25, 2001 at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium.Best PictureChocolat, David Brown, Kit Golden, and Leslie Holleran, ProducersCrouching Tiger,…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Ireland

by Percy Bysshe Shelley To the Republicans of North AmericaOn Robert Emmet's GraveTo Ireland Published, 1-10, by Rossetti, "Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1870; 11-17, 25-28, by…

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…