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43rd British Academy Film Awards
The 43rd British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1990, honoured the best films of 1989. Peter Weir's ''Dead Poets Society'' won the award for Best Film. Winners and nominees Academy Fellowship: Paul Fox Statistics See also * 62nd Academy Awards * 15th César Awards * 42nd Directors Guild of America Awards * 3rd European Film Awards * 47th Golden Globe Awards * 1st Golden Laurel Awards * 10th Golden Raspberry Awards * 4th Goya Awards * 5th Independent Spirit Awards * 16th Saturn Awards * 42nd Writers Guild of America Awards References External links Film in 1990at BAFTA BAFTA Awards (1990)at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{BAFTA Film Awards Chron Film043 1989 film awards 1990 in Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SEC Centre
The SEC Centre (originally known as the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre until 2017) is Scotland's largest exhibition centre, located in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of the three main venues within the Scottish Event Campus. Since the opening of the original buildings in 1985, the complex has undergone two major expansions; the first being the SEC Armadillo in 1997, and then the OVO Hydro in 2013. The venue's holding company SEC Limited, is 91% owned by Glasgow City Council and 9% owned by private investors. It is probably best known for hosting concerts, particularly in Hall 4 and Hall 3. Development history The Scottish Development Agency first supported the construction of an exhibition centre in Glasgow in 1979. A site at the former Queen's Dock on the north bank of the Clyde at Finnieston, which had closed to navigation in 1969, was selected. Land reclamation wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography, since the award was established in 1917. It is also known for publishing the widely used '' AP Stylebook''. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, English, Spanish, and Arabic. The AP operates 248 news bureaus in 99 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Thomas (producer)
Charles Anthony Thomas (''né'' Jacobs; born December 7, 1948) is an Academy Award nominated American television and film producer. He was a producer for the feature film ''Dead Poets Society'' for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1989'', Insomnia,'' among other films. He is also the producer of many successful television series from the 1970s into the 1990s such as ''Golden Girls'' for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series twice and won three consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. Thomas was the producer of ''Blossom'' and many other TV series. He is the co-founder of Witt/Thomas Productions. Early life and family Born Charles Anthony Jacobs in Hollywood, California, Thomas is the son of actor and philanthropist Danny Thomas and his wife, Rose Marie (Cassaniti) Thomas. His father was of Lebanese descent and his mother was of Italian descent. He is the younger brother of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Junger Witt
Paul Junger Witt (March 20, 1941 – April 27, 2018) was an American film and television producer. He, with his partners Tony Thomas and Susan Harris (also his wife), produced such television shows as ''Here Come the Brides'', ''The Partridge Family'', ''The Golden Girls'', ''Soap'', ''Benson'', ''It's a Living'', ''Empty Nest'', and ''Blossom''. The majority of their shows have been produced by their company, Witt/Thomas Productions (alternately Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions), founded in 1975. Witt also produced the films ''Dead Poets Society'', ''Three Kings'', ''Insomnia'', and the made-for-TV movie ''Brian's Song''. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia. Personal life Witt married Ann McLaughlin with whom he had 3 children, Christopher, Anthony, and Genevieve. After their divorce, he married Susan Harris on September 18, 1983. Death Witt died of cancer in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Haft
Steven Haft is an American media executive, attorney, and film producer. Biography Haft was born in Manhattan and raised in Flushing, Queens, the son of Helen (née Urdang) and Nathan "Nuddy" Haft. He is a graduate of Hofstra University School of Law and is a member of The Bar of the U. S. Supreme Court. After school, Haft produced films for over twenty years including ''Jakob the Liar'' and ''Dead Poets Society.'' In 2000, he accepted a position with AOL where he served as Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for their $1.2 billion in sales Interactive Marketing Group. He left AOL to found the media consultancy company Indyworks, which focuses on the impact of emerging technologies on media. His clients included Comcast Cable, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the College Television Network, AirMedia, Edelman, and Burson-Marstellar. He presently serves as Senior Vice President of Innovation for magazine publisher Time Inc. Philanthropy and civic service Haft h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Park, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007
Nick may refer to: * Nick (given name) * A cricket term for a slight deviation of the ball off the edge of the bat * British slang for being arrested * British slang for a police station * British slang for stealing * Short for nickname Places * Nick, Hungary * Nick, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland Other uses * Nick, the Allied codename for Japanese World War II fighter Kawasaki Ki-45 * Nick (DNA), an element of DNA structure * Nick (German TV channel) * ''Nick'' (novel), a 2021 novel by Michael Farris Smith * Nick's, a jazz tavern in New York City * Désirée Nick, a German actress and writer * Nickelodeon, a children's cable channel See also * Nicks, surname * * * NIC (other) * Nik (other) * 'Nique (other) * Nix (other) * Old Nick (other) * Knick (other) * Nick Nack (other) Knick Knack is an English equivalent of bric-à-brac. Knick Knack, Knickknack or Nick Nack may also refer to: * ''Knick Knack' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Tavernier 2010
Bertrand may refer to: Places * Bertrand, Missouri, US * Bertrand, Nebraska, US * Bertrand, New Brunswick, Canada * Bertrand Township, Michigan, US * Bertrand, Michigan * Bertrand, Virginia, US * Bertrand Creek, state of Washington * Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France * Bertrand (1981–94 electoral district), in Quebec * Bertrand (electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Quebec Other * Bertrand (name) * Bertrand (programming language) * ''Bertrand'' (steamboat), an 1865 steamboat that sank in the Missouri River * Bertrand Baudelaire, a fictional character in ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' * Bertrand competition, an economic model where firms compete on price * Bertrand's theorem, a theorem in classical mechanics * Bertrand's postulate, a theorem about the distribution of prime numbers * Bertrand, Count of Toulouse (died 1112) * ''Bertrand'' (film), a 1964 Australian television film See also * Bertrand Gille (other) * Bertram (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron ( ; May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is best known for her romantic comedy films and was nominated three times for the Writers Guild of America Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''Silkwood'' (1983), '' When Harry Met Sally...'' (1989), and ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993). She won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''When Harry Met Sally...'', which the Writers Guild of America ranked as the 40th greatest screenplay of all time. Ephron's first produced play, '' Imaginary Friends'' (2002), was honored as one of the ten best plays of the 2002–03 New York theatre season. She also co-authored the Drama Desk Award–winning theatrical production ''Love, Loss, and What I Wore''. In 2013, Ephron received a posthumous Tony Award nomination for Best Play for '' Lucky Guy''. Ephron also directed films, usually from her own screenplays, including ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Pfeiffer 01
Michelle may refer to: People *Michelle (name), a given name and surname, the feminine form of Michael * Michelle Courtens, Dutch singer, performing as "Michelle" * Michelle (German singer) * Michelle (Scottish singer) (born 1980), Scottish winner of ''Pop Idol'' in 2003 * Michel'le, American singer Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Michelle'' (album), a 1966 album by saxophonist Bud Shank * "Michelle" (song), a 1965 song by The Beatles * "Michelle", a song by Lynyrd Skynyrd * "My Michelle", a 1987 song by Guns N' Roses * "A World Without You (Michelle)", a 1988 song by Bad Boys Blue Film * Michelle (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a fictional character of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Television * "Michelle" (''Skins'' series 1), a 2007 episode of the British teen drama ''Skins'' Science * 1376 Michelle, an asteroid * Hurricane Michelle, powerful 2001 Atlantic tropical storm See also *Michael (other) *Michel (other) *Michele, a given name and surnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Collins In November 2012
Pauline may refer to: Religion *An adjective referring to St Paul the Apostle or a follower of his doctrines *An adjective referring to St Paul of Thebes, also called St Paul the First Hermit *An adjective referring to the Paulines, various religious orders associated with these two saints, or a member of such an order *Cappella Paolina, or Pauline Chapel, a chapel in the Vatican *Pauline Christianity, the Christianity associated with the beliefs and doctrines espoused by St Paul the Apostle *Pauline epistles, the thirteen or fourteen letters in the New Testament traditionally believed to have been written by St Paul the Apostle *Pauline privilege, a form of dissolution of marriage People *Pauline (given name), a female given name *Pauline (singer) (born 1988), French singer (full name Pauline Vasseur) *Pauline Kamusewu (born 1982), Swedish singer of Zimbabwean origin, also known as just Pauline Places *Pauline, Idaho, United States * Pauline, Kansas, United States *Pauline, Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Day-Lewis 2007 (cropped)
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames. Background The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames (Dan, Danny) are common in both English and Hebrew; "Dan" may also be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Feminine versions (Danielle, Danièle, Daniela, Daniella, Dani, Danitza) are prevalent as well. It has been particularly well-used in Ireland. The Dutch names "Daan" and "Daniël" are also variations of Daniel. A related surname developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
