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MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2006
A Hopeful Brokaw recalls peers Journalist TOM BROKAW says every family in America has been touched by cancer. Brokaw mentioned the deaths of two friends — ABC anchor Peter Jennings and New York Times journalist R.W. Apple — during a news conference Friday at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
“I don’t know any family in America who has not had some kind of really unsettling and ultimately difficult experience with cancer,” the former “NBC Nightly News” anchorman said. UNMC’s Eppley Cancer Center honored Brokaw Friday night with the Ambassador of Hope Award,
given to people who have contributed to the fight against cancer through research, patient care activities or by raising public awareness. Previous recipients include General Norman Schwarzkopf and Sam Donaldson. Center director Kenneth Cowan said Brokaw was chosen for the
award because he is well-known and has ties to the Midwest. Brokaw started his broadcast journalism career in Omaha, working at CBS affiliate KMTV from 1962 to 1965. Brokaw commended the center and its supporters for their work fighting cancer. Tickets to the
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event cost $150, and Cowan said all proceeds will go to cancer research. More than 1.2 million people were diagnosed with cancer in 2002, the last year data was available, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Associated Press
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Clooney is feeling the heat For GEORGE CLOONEY , the awards just keep on comin’. In a year where he’s already received an Oscar and a Golden Globe, the actor-director-producer has just collected another trophy: the 2006 American Cinematheque Award. “Basically, what it is, really, is a bunch of your friends who are gonna roast the hell out of you,” Clooney told AP Television before the Friday night event. “But when it’s done, you’re raising money to help American Cinematheque, which actually does some great things.” The American Cinematheque runs
a number of film-fan and filmmaker-development programs, many held at Hollywood’s historic Egyptian Theatre. The $500-plus-per-plate Clooney dinner-event at the Beverly Hilton was sold out. Among the attendees: Director Oliver Stone, entertainer Lindsay Lohan, actor-producer Salma Hayek, and actors Julia Roberts, Geoffrey Rush and Christian Slater. “He’s a great artist, great director, and a phenomenal humanitarian,” noted Slater, soon to be seen in the docudrama “Bobby.” Clooney’s filmography includes
appearances in a blast of hits, including “Ocean’s Eleven” and “The Perfect Storm.” He marked his feature-directing debut with the acclaimed “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” and earned an Oscar nomination this year for directing “Good Night, and Good Luck.” His production credits include the Oscar-nominated “Far From Heaven,” as well as the political drama “Syriana,” for which Clooney won the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. Clooney is also known as a worldclass prankster.
“I wouldn’t want to play one on him, because retribution is swift and it’s fierce,” said Noah Wyle, who worked with Clooney on TV’s “ER” from 1994 through to Clooney’s departure from the series in 2000. Clooney’s latest film, the blackand-white World War II drama “The Good German,” begins a limitedrelease run Dec. 8, and opens nationwide Christmas Day. “George Clooney: An American Cinematheque Tribute” is set to air Dec. 13 on the American Movie Classics cable channel. AP
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Nearly a year and a half removed from “Everybody Loves Raymond,” actress DORIS ROBERTS hasn’t yet had a chance to miss television. The feisty 75-year-old has done three movies since the awardwinning comedy ended in May 2005, and taken a vacation in Alaska with her son. On Oct. 20, the five-time Emmy Award-winner will help Syracuse Stage conduct its annual fundraiser, appearing in an adaptation of Clare Booth Luce’s classic satire, “The Women.” The performance is an “Old Time Radio Theater” production in which Roberts and cast of community personalities will read their lines. A Broadway hit written in 1936, “The Women” is a catty comedy about women, rivalries and infidelity. It was made into a 1939 movie. Roberts will reprise the role of Sylvia Fowler. “I love stage most of all. They can’t cut you out. They can’t just show the back of your head. It’s you and the audience. It’s alive and exciting,” she said. Roberts made her television debut in 1952 in the Westinghouse Summer Theater production of “Jane Eyre.” Since the early 1960s, she has been a mainstay on television, appearing in guest and starring roles in some of Hollywood’s most recognizable shows, including All in the Family and The Love Boat. She also has appeared in more than three dozen movies. But her most famous role came in “Everybody Loves Raymond” as Marie Barone, who she played for nine years. AP
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