Out of Africa: 1985 Best Picture
“Out of Africa” won 7 Oscars at the 58th Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, but it did not win any of the acting Oscars. The other Best...
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USC AD Pat Haden Leaves Press Box to Complain to Officials at USC-Stanford Game
The September 6th USC at Stanford football game was a closely fought contest dominated by the two defenses and by and by an awful lot of Stanford mistakes. USC took...
Amadeus: 1984 Best Picture
Amadeus picked up 8 Oscars at the 57th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Milos Forman) and Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham). Tom Hulce who played the title role...
Orioles Sweep Reds, Maintain Big Lead in A.L. East Race
The Baltimore Orioles completed a three game sweep of the fading Cincinnati Reds on September 4th, beating them by a score of 9-7. The Orioles are hot right now, winning...
Terms of Endearment: 1983 Best Picture
With 11 nominations, “Terms of Endearments” was the favorite at the 56th Academy Awards and it picked up Best Picture, Best Director (James L. Brooks — and he also won...
RIP: Joan Rivers Dead at 81
Controversial comic Joan Rivers has died at the age of 81 in the wake of a medical treatment gone wrong that left her on life support. Rivers went into cardiac...
Gandhi: 1982 Best Picture
“Gandhi” won 8 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, at the 55th Academy Awards. Not bad at all out of 11 nominations. “Tootsie” had 10 nomination and...
Chariots of Fire: 1981 Best Picture
At the 54th Academy Awards “Chariots of Fire” won Best Picture, over the highly favored “Reds” (12 nominations), as well as “On Golden Pond” (10), “Raiders of the Lost Ark”...
Raiders Will Start Rookie Derek Carr At Quarterback
Former Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub’s stock continues to fall as his new team, the Oakland Raiders, announced that rookie Derek Carr will start the Raiders opening game against the...
Dallas (TNT): Hurt Recap
There really was a lot of weird stuff going on in “Hurt”, the 11th episode of Season 3 of Dallas (9/1/2014). Like Emma weeping from afar at Drew’s funeral, then...
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