If you are not a fan of NBC comedies 30 Rock or Saturday Night Live, you may not have even heard of Tina Fey until she made a mocking impression of Republican Vice Presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin in an SNL skit during the 2008 presidential campaign. On September 12, Ms. Fey was awarded the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Award’
Tina Fey & Homer Simpson Win Emmys
Posted: September 14, 2009 in Celebrities, Comedy, Entertainment, Politics, Popular Culture, TelevisionTags: Award, Celebrities, Comedy, Entertainers, Politics, Pop Culture
A.R. Rahman: The Mozart of Madras
Posted: February 22, 2009 in Entertainment, Movies, Music and Musicians, Popular CultureTags: Award, Composer, Entertainers, Movies, Music, Pop Culture
If you haven’t heard of composer A.R. Rahman before, it may be because you are a fan of Hollywood but not Bollywood. Mr. Rahman has sold more than 100 million records, and with the success of Slumdog Millionaire, his music is now becoming familiar to Western audiences. Born in Madras (now Chennai) India in 1966, [...]
Israel Recognizes the Righteous: Wilm Hosenfeld
Posted: February 16, 2009 in Movies, Music and Musicians, PoliticsTags: Award, Israel, Museum, Music, Politics
The 2002 film The Pianist was nominated for seven Academy Awards and earned three, the Oscar for Best Direct (Roman Polanski), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Adrien Brody) and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (Ronald Harwood). The movie tells the true story of the survival of pianist and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, beginning [...]
