Before the age of 50, composer Alan Menken (born 1949) had won eight Academy awards and four Grammys. His scores for the Walt Disney animated films of the 1990s as well as his success on the Broadway ...
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Complete list of 80th annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday:1. Best Picture: "Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."2. Actor: George Cl...
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Today is Sunday, July 22, the 203rd day of 2007. There are 162 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 22, 1933, American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight aroun...
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Sean Penn's "Into the Wild" received a leading seven nominations for the Critics' Choice Awards, announced Tuesday by the Broadcast Film Critics Association."Juno" got six nominations, while "Atone...
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You try singing and dancing while wearing a tail. More than a little difficult. Yet "The Little Mermaid" — tail intact — amiably swims along on good cheer and charm.The long-awaited sta...
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"That's a no-brainer. Actors need writers. You know scripts don't write themselves. I'm here because this part is so well-written." — Supporting actress nominee Amy Ryan, on why she won't att...
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A monster and a mermaid would seem to have the new musical market cornered on Broadway this fall, but it is plays rather than musicals that _ surprisingly _ are dominating the first half of the sea...
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Alan Menken
List of 80th annual Oscar nominees
