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Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits.
NEW YORK - While the country continued to find ways to cut back in tough times, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided it was time to supersize. In October, it announced a doubling of the number of nominees in the best picture category, bringing the grand total to 10.
When it was announced that Hilary Swank would be starring as Amelia Earhart in the new biopic “Amelia,” Oscar-watchers everywhere thought to themselves, “Well, of .” Swank, after all, took home Best Actress Oscars for two films — 1999’s “Boys Don’t Cry” and 2004’s “Million Dollar Baby” — that required her to cut her hair, wear pants and communicate photogenic anguish.
For Hollywood veteran Tom Sherak, being president of the film academy carries practically the same honor and responsibility as leading a nation.
Wave goodbye. Get in line. "Hurry up and wait" for your uniform, your medical exam and a crash course in saluting.
Thirteen college students received cash prizes and trophies Saturday for films competing in the 36th annual Student Academy Awards.
President Barack Obama promised graduating midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy on Friday that, as their commander in chief, he will only send them "into harm's way when it is absolutely necessary." In his first address to military graduates, Obama also pledged to invest in the men and women who defend America's liberty, not just in the weapons they would take with them into battle against 21st century threats.
Police in Azerbaijan have arrested a former neighbor of the gunman who killed 12 people and committed suicide at an oil industry academy, prosecutors said Friday, but they did not reveal how they suspect former neighbor was linked to the shooting.
Richard Price and T. Coraghessan Boyle, authors, nonconformists and now inductees into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, remember the first time they even knew the country had an established cultural pantheon.
An Islamic school in northern Virginia with close ties to the Saudi government has revised its religious textbooks in an effort to end years of criticism that the school fosters hatred and intolerance.
In the five weeks since “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” opened, the comedy has made more than $110 million and earned the unofficial title of box-office wonder alongside those Chihuahuas from Beverly Hills. On the other hand, “Frozen River” was in theaters for 27 weeks, never played on more than about 100 screens at once, earned only $2,309,958 according to Box Office Mojo, but picked up two Academy Award nominations.
Most observers of the Academy Awards probably remember “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from the 2005 film “Hustle & Flow” as representing either the nadir of the Oscar best song category — or as evidence that voters from the music branch are open-minded and have eclectic tastes.
It seems like a million years ago, sometimes, but it was really fewer than 20: In 1991, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made “Beauty and the Beast” the very first animated feature in the history of the Academy Awards to be nominated for best picture.
During the 2005 Oscar season, my friend and colleague Manohla Dargis was characteristically direct when one of her New York Times readers asked why, in a year when “Sideways” was respected enough by the Academy to receive five Oscar nominations, was there no love for Paul Giamatti’s extraordinary lead performance.
Now that the presidential election is behind us, we can finally start obsessing about the really important race — what movies are in contention for best picture?
Republican presidential nominee John McCain took an afternoon away from the campaign trail Saturday, traveling to the U.S. Naval Academy for his 50th class reunion.
John McCain will return to his alma mater on Saturday for his 50th class reunion.
The director of a Saudi-funded Islamic school in northern Virginia accused of promoting religious intolerance has been convicted of failing to report suspected child abuse.
Sacha Baron Cohen, Marion Cotillard, Ruby Dee and Jet Li have been invited to join Hollywood's most exclusive club — the group that hands out the Academy Awards.
Textbooks at a private Islamic school in northern Virginia teach students that it is permissible for Muslims to kill adulterers and converts from Islam, according to a federal investigation released Wednesday.
Eleven college students received cash prizes and trophies Saturday for short films competing in the 35th annual Student Academy Awards.
A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman won't stand trial by court-martial on rape and other charges relating to an October encounter in a dorm after a night of drinking, the academy announced Tuesday.
The all-day physical exercises that mark the end of a midshipman's first year at the Naval Academy were never exactly fun. But this year, they've gotten even more serious.
A midshipman accused of raping another student at the U.S. Naval Academy should not face court martial because physical evidence of rape was lacking, a Navy investigator recommended.
A female midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy testified Tuesday that a fellow midshipman raped her in her dorm room after he had been drinking.
An iPod for each pupil at Essa Academy will help school to stay in touch - Times OnlineA pioneering UK school is staking a claim to make its pupils among the most technologically advanced in Britain.
West Point's Class of 2009 Does Not Want End to WarWest Point graduates of 2009 are concerned that they will not be able to engage in war with Iraqis, actively advocating war over peace regardless of justification.
NAS, Climate Change, and local effects; or, how the national academy of sciences is part of the greatest hoax ever perpetrated upon the American peopleLife on Earth is profoundly affected by the planet's climate.
Sporting Goods Sales Prove Recession-resistantat the same time that sportsman's warehouse is folding up its tent in an attempt to avoid insolvency, academy and sports authority are expanding.
"The Iranian nation and its revolution has repeatedly and undeservedly been attacked by Hollywood movies." Hollywood should apologize to Iran for "insults and accusations against the Iranian nation," a top aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a visiting Hollywood delegation Sunday...
Team Regrets 100-0 Win, Seeks to Forfeit"It is shameful and an embarrassment that this happened," Kyle Queal, the head of the school, said in a statement, adding the forfeit was requested because "a victory without honor is a great loss."
How to buy underwear for womenJohn Lewis department store has set up a 'lingerie academy' to ease the plight of men buying underwear for women.
Naval Academy again rejects gay alumni groupThe Naval Academy Alumni Association board has again rejected a group of graduates seeking to establish an official gay alumni chapter.
Principal of Chavagnes International College, Ferdi McDermott, was interviewed by Vatican Radio, along with three of his pupils. You can hear the feature online on the Vatican Radio site. The documentary piece centred on the identity of the College as a community of faith.
CambridgeTimes.ca: News: Story: Cambridge College campus comes toEnough please! This is not Dalton McGuinty money nor it is the government of Ontario money; it is the people hard earned money confiscated with excess by politics to play politics… like this.
Italian Design Academy in MilanNaba International: discover all the courses in design, fashion design, graphic design, media design offered by Naba the Italian Design Academy in Milan.
The Assistant Principal declared our meeting over and announced she was calling the police on us then told us to leave Immaculata Property. The Principal (her superior) begged her not to. We were a little stunned.
Clashing Over Church Ritual and Flag Protocol at the Naval Academy Chapel ANNAPOLIS, Md. — On Sundays at the Naval Academy Chapel, at a few minutes past 11 a.m., the choir stops singing and a color guard carrying the academy flag and the American flag strides up the aisle.
The Academy of Art SF does something good for the cityAfter purchasing what some would cal a city landmark, the Academy of Art has made a sizable donation in order to relocate the Lorraine Hansberry Theater
Clinton to Truthers: "How dare you"WOW! President Bill Clinton was heckled by "twoofers" or "Truthers" who believe that the 911 attacks were an inside job; an attack by a secret American government entity upon America. His response, was earth-shattering.
The Rip-off in Iraq: You Will Not Believe How Low the War Profiteers Have GoneThank goodness Bush never got his hands on our social secuirty fund and privatised it. WOW i wish i lived in Dunn Loring Va i think i know somebody who would at least get the dog dirt in a burning paper bag on his front door step and a knock on his door.
Njogu Demba academy unveiledA football academy initiated and funded by Njogu Demba, Gambian professional who plays his club football in the Dennis First Division league was launched yesterday at Bakau.
Joint Science Academies' Statement calling on G8 leadersJoint science academies' statement on growth and responsibility: sustainability, energy efficiency and climate protection Below is from a post at Climate Science Watch: --- National academies of science call on G8 to address global climate change now
Jack Valenti dies at 85Jack Valenti, the colorful, charismatic head of the Motion Picture Assn. of America for almost four decades and the prime mover behind the movie ratings system, died Thursday. He was 85.
Interactive sex academyLondon's first sex academy is opening to explain everything you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask.
Sorenstam opens her own golf academy in suburban OrlandoAnnika Sorenstam opened her first "Annika Academy" on Monday, a 5,400-square-foot teaching facility at Ginn Reunion Resort modeled after the golf and fitness programs that have led her to 10 majors and more than 80 victories worldwide.
50 Greatest CartoonsThe 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals was a 1994 book by animation historian Jerry Beck that compiled a list of the 50 greatest animated cartoons of all-time as voted upon by those in the animation industry.
Oprah Responds to Allegations Girls Academy Too StrictOPRAH SAYS HER SCHOOL IS NOT TOO STRICT: TV mogul fires back against reports of S.A. Academy resembling prison.
YouTube must remove Academy Awards clipsThe Academy has requested that YouTube remove clips from the Oscars. Ric Robertson, the executive administrator for the Academy, states that for the purpose of managing the value of their telecast and brand, YouTube has been forced to take down the clips.
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