Name the year in which Gladiator won the Best Picture Oscar, George W Bush was sworn in as US President and Dennis Tito became the first space tourist?
"by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. President Bush's place in U.S. history will be debated and reconsidered for many years to come. Academic Reflections on the Bush presidency Primary sources Presidency of George W. Bush The presidency of George W. Bush began at noon EST on January 20, 2001, when George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 2009. Bush, a Republican, took office following a very close victory over Democratic incumbent Vice President Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election. Four years later, in the 2004 election, he"
"Gladiator (2000 film) Gladiator is a 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson. The film was jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Universal Pictures. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Ralf Möller, Oliver Reed (in his final role), Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel, and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays Hispano-Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to slavery, Maximus rises through the ranks of the gladiatorial"
"Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 3, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Renée Zellweger. ""Gladiator"" won five awards including Best Picture. Other winners included ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" and ""Traffic"" with four awards, and ""Almost Famous"", ""Big Mama"", ""Erin Brockovich"", ""Father and Daughter"", ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas"", """", ""Pollock"", ""Quiero ser (I want to be...)"", ""U-571"", and ""Wonder Boys"" with one. The telecast garnered almost 43 million viewers in the United States. The nominees for the 73rd Academy Awards were announced on February 13, 2001, by Robert Rehme, president"
"2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was """". Domestically in North America, ""Gladiator"" won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe). ""Dinosaur"" was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success. 2000 saw the releases of the first installment of popular film series ""X-Men"", ""Final Destination"", ""Scary Movie"", and ""Meet the Parents"". Among the films based on TV shows are """", ""Traffic"", ""The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle"", ""Charlie's Angels"" and """" Among the movies based on books (and TV shows) is ""Thomas and"
"in 1976 with of exhibit space. Additional phases opened in 1985, 1992, and 2002. During the 1996 Summer Olympics, the GWCC hosted handball, fencing, judo, table tennis, weightlifting, wrestling, and the fencing and shooting portions of the modern pentathlon. The International Broadcast Centre for the worldwide media was also set up inside the GWCC. On November 8, 2001, President George W. Bush made a speech at the GWCC in which he exhorted the crowd of police, firefighters, and politicians, ""My fellow Americans, Let's roll!"", He was invoking the last words of Todd Beamer, a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93"
"the Magic Railroad"". The most acclaimed films of the year are ""Gladiator"", ""Traffic"", ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"", ""American Psycho"", ""Almost Famous"" and ""Erin Brockovich"". The top films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows: A B C D E–F G H J–K L M N–O P–Q R S T U–V W X–Z 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was """". Domestically in North America, ""Gladiator"" won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe). ""Dinosaur"" was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office"
"Washington. All three films were also nominated for best picture, and both ""Gladiator"" and ""A Beautiful Mind"" won the award. Within the six-year stretch from 1997 to 2003, he also starred in two other best picture nominees, ""L.A. Confidential"" and """". In 2005, he re-teamed with ""A Beautiful Mind"" director Ron Howard for ""Cinderella Man"". In 2006, he re-teamed with ""Gladiator"" director Ridley Scott for ""A Good Year"", the first of two consecutive collaborations (the second being ""American Gangster"" co-starring again with Denzel Washington, released in late 2007). While the light romantic comedy of ""A Good Year"" was not greatly"
"of the Academy, and Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates. ""Gladiator"" received the most nominations with twelve. ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" came in second with ten. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 25, 2001. ""Gladiator"" became the first film to win Best Picture without a directing or screenwriting win since 1949's ""All the King's Men"". Best Director winner Steven Soderbergh, who received nominations for both ""Erin Brockovich"" and ""Traffic"" (for which he won the award), was the third person to receive double directing nominations in the same year. ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" became the third film nominated"
"first celebrities to do so. In addition to representing actors and other figures, Olson also worked on the campaigns for major Hollywood films. He launched the publicity campaigns for several Hollywood film franchises during the 1970s, including ""Rambo"", ""Halloween"", ""Rocky"", and ""Superman"". He also headed the Academy Award campaigns for many films, notably ""Terms of Endearment"" in 1983, ""American Beauty"" in 1999, and Gladiator in 2000. The Actors Fund of America named the lobby of its Los Angeles headquarters in honor of Olson and his partner Eugene Harbin, in November 2004. Actress Shirley MacLaine presented Olson with the Actors Fund"
"member of STS-33 Space Shuttle mission (1969C); Peter Buck, guitarist for the band R.E.M.; Kenneth Cole (BA 1976), clothing designer and founder of Kenneth Cole Productions; Christopher McCandless (1990C), Alaskan wilderness adventurer and main subject of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild; Fala Chen (2005C), Chinese American Actress; Kirsten Haglund (2013C), Miss America 2008; Duncan L. Niederauer, Chief Executive Officer of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Honorary Alumni: Kim Dae-jung, 8th President of South Korea; Vicente Fox, Former President of Mexico; Mikhail Gorbachev, Former President of the Soviet Union, Nobel Peace Prize recipient; Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American actor, 38th Governor of"
"Gladiator (1992 film) Gladiator is a 1992 American sports drama film directed by Rowdy Herrington, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., James Marshall, Brian Dennehy, and Robert Loggia. The film tells the story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. The second is fighting for the money to get out of the ghetto. While being exploited by a boxing promoter, the two teens become friends. Tommy Riley and his father have just moved to start a new life. Tommy's father has accumulated many gambling debts"
"duty receiving the award). The 11-year 8-month period from 1981 to 1993 was the longest gap between awards since its inception in 1978 until the current 12-year hiatus ongoing since April 2006. U.S. President Jimmy Carter – 6 presentations U.S. President Ronald Reagan – 1 presentation U.S. President George H. W. Bush – 1 presentation U.S. President Bill Clinton – 4 presentations U.S. President George W. Bush – 16 presentations U.S. President Barack Obama – 0 presentations U.S. President Donald Trump – 0 presentations Currently, 28 astronauts have been honored with the award; 17 of which were awarded posthumously for"
"Orleans received the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and a Meritorious Unit Commendation for Somalia related operations from 18 October 1993 to 1 February 1994.[3] ""New Orleans"" next sailed onto the movie screen in November 1994 when astronaut Captain Jim Lovell, USN, director Ron Howard, and actors Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton came aboard to film several portions of the Oscar-winning film ""Apollo 13"". She portrayed the then-decommissioned USS ""Iwo Jima"", one of her sister ships. June 1995 saw ""New Orleans"" underway again for WESTPAC operations. She was present to support the Marine raid on the Al Hamra Facility"
"cover of ""We Will Rock You"" was a minor hit on the ""Billboard"" 200, peaking at #83. The soundtrack also contained the last appearance by the rap group, 3rd Bass. Jerry Goldsmith's unused score was released by Intrada Records in 2013, but none of Brad Fiedel's retained score appears on the 1992 album. Gladiator (1992 film) Gladiator is a 1992 American sports drama film directed by Rowdy Herrington, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., James Marshall, Brian Dennehy, and Robert Loggia. The film tells the story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to"
"on December 6, 1973, when Gerald Ford was sworn in. First, the Speaker of the House certified that both houses had confirmed his nomination, and then Chief Justice Warren Burger gave him the oath of office. He was then introduced to both houses by the Speaker and gave his inaugural address. Six times in the first years of the Space Age, Congress jointly met to be addressed by astronauts after their trips in space. Nine times, Congress has jointly met to hold a memorial service for a deceased president or former president. Congress has also met to memorialize Vice President"
"held in 1990 and had last hosted the 72nd ceremony held in 2000. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, California held on February 14, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jennifer Garner. """" won all eleven awards it was nominated for, tying the Academy Awards record for most awards won (alongside ""Ben-Hur"" and ""Titanic""), including Best Director for Peter Jackson and Best Picture. Other winners included """" and ""Mystic River"" with two awards and ""The Barbarian Invasions"", ""Chernobyl Heart"", ""Cold Mountain"", ""Finding Nemo"", ""The Fog of War:"
"two films which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. First, as the gunfighter ""English Bob"" in the Western ""Unforgiven"" (1992); second, as the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Ridley Scott's ""Gladiator"" (2000). He also played a lead role alongside James Earl Jones in the Darrell Roodt film adaptation of ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" (1995). In 1999, Harris starred in the film ""To Walk with Lions"". After ""Gladiator"", Harris played the supporting role of Albus Dumbledore in the first two of the ""Harry Potter"" films, and as Abbé Faria in Kevin Reynolds' film adaptation of ""The Count of Monte Cristo"""
"– ""Forrest Gump"" 1995: Nicolas Cage as Ben Sanderson – ""Leaving Las Vegas"" 1996: Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott – ""Shine"" 1997: Peter Fonda as Ulysses ""Ulee"" Jackson – ""Ulee's Gold"" 1998: Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank – ""The Truman Show"" 1999: Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham – ""American Beauty"" 2000: Russell Crowe – ""Gladiator"" as Maximus Decimus Meridius 2001: Russell Crowe – ""A Beautiful Mind"" as John Nash 2002: Jack Nicholson – ""About Schmidt"" as Warren Schmidt 2003: Sean Penn – ""Mystic River"" as Jimmy Markum 2004: Paul Giamatti – ""Sideways"" as Miles Raymond 2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman –"
"John Glenn in 1962 and Gemini astronaut Richard Gordon in 1966. He later brought astronauts from Gemini X, Apollo XII, XVI, and XVII missions to Seattle. Dr. George Nelson, a mission specialist on the space shuttle program was a special guest at the Restaurant Association's 1986 Pacific Int'l Hospitality Show. Foreign dignitaries welcomed by Seattle's Official Greeter included Ethiopian Emperor Haille Selassie, Japanese Crown Prince Akihito, (now the Japanese Emperor), the President of Western Republic of Germany, People's Republic of China Premier Deng, the President of Iceland, Swedish King and Queen, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip of Great Britain. As"
"1991 - K. Eric Drexler [Space Development] 1990 - Orbital Sciences Corporation [Business/Corporate] 1990 - Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology [Business/Entrepreneur] 1990 - Rep. Ron Packard [Government Service (Legislative)] 1990 - Lyman Spitzer, Jr. [Scientist/Engineer] 1989 - 3M Corporation [Business/Corporate] 1989 - James Bennett [Business/Entrepreneur] 1989 - Pat Rawlings [Compelling Art] 1989 - The Challenger Center [Education] 1989 - Sen. Jake Garn [Government Service (Legislative)] 1989 - Wendell Mendell [Scientist/Engineer] 1988 - Gilbert W. Keyes, Boeing [Business/Corporate] 1988 - Byron Lichtenberg [Business/Entrepreneur] 1988 - Dermot Burke and the Princeton Ballet for “A Tribute” [Compelling Art] 1988 - Kamil Naguib, World"
"Awards, including Best Science Fiction Film and Best Direction. The film became a cult classic and was followed by a sequel, ""Escape from L.A."" (1996), which was also directed and written by Carpenter and starred Russell but was much less favorably received. In 1988, following a 400% increase in crime, the United States government has turned Manhattan into a giant maximum-security prison. A containment wall surrounds the island, and routes out of Manhattan have been dismantled or mined, while armed helicopters patrol the rivers, and all prisoners there are sentenced to life, with no means of leaving. In 1997, NATO"
"Comets, The Kingston Trio, Martin and Lewis, and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Political Events: 1948, Swedish Prince Bertil. 1964, Barry Goldwater. 1968, George Wallace. 2014, Michelle Obama. 1959 Miss Illinois Pageant. Sports: World Wrestling Federation (WWA) and American Wrestling Association (AWA)and other Professional Wrestling events were held regularly from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. 1950, Wrestler Gorgeous George. Boxers: 1931, Max Schmeling and Jack Dempsey. 1950, Joe Louis. 1991, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair Wharton Field House Wharton Field House is a historic arena located at 1800 20th Avenue in Moline, Illinois. It opened in 1928. It has"
"Gladiator (novel) Gladiator is a science fiction novel by American author Philip Wylie, first published in 1930. The story concerns a scientist who invents an ""alkaline free-radical"" serum to ""improve"" humankind by granting the proportionate strength of an ant and the leaping ability of the grasshopper. The scientist injects his pregnant wife with the serum and his son Hugo Danner is born with superhuman strength, speed, and bulletproof skin. Hugo spends much of the novel hiding his powers, rarely getting a chance to openly use them. The novel is widely assumed to have been an inspiration for Superman due to"
"held in 1990, and he had hosted the previous year's gala. Nearly a month earlier in an event held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on February 28, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Ashley Judd. ""Titanic"" won a record-tying eleven awards including Best Director for James Cameron and Best Picture. Other winners included ""As Good as It Gets"", ""Good Will Hunting"" and ""L.A. Confidential"" with two awards, and ""The Full Monty"", ""Geri's Game"", ""Karakter"", ""The Long Way Home"", ""Visas and Virtue"", ""Men in Black"" and ""A Story of Healing"" with one."
"Evelyn Byrd 1929, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. 1934, Eddie Rickenbacker 1944, and Douglas MacArthur 1963. Three of the 28 Congressional Space Medal of Honor recipients have received the Silver Buffalo: John Glenn 1965, Neil Armstrong 1970, and Jim Lovell 1992. Five father/son pairs have earned the Silver Buffalo, Mortimer L. Schiff 1926 and John M. Schiff 1943, John Randolph Donnell 1958 and John R. Donnell Jr. 1990, J. Willard Marriott 1980 and J.W. Marriott Jr. 1994, George H.W. Bush 1990 and George W. Bush 2002 and R. Lawry Hunsaker 2004 and Russ Hunsaker 2013. Additionally, five husband/wife pairs have earned the"
"""Los Angeles Times"" Mericos Hector Whittier, oil industry pioneer; land developer William Wrigley Jr., chewing gum magnate A.P. Giannini, founder of Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) Edgar Rice Burroughs, adventure and science fiction author Robert A. Millikan, experimental physicist; recipient of the Nobel Prize; longtime president of California Institute of Technology Admiral C.C. Bloch, commander of 14th Naval District during Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor George Pepperdine, founded Western Auto Supply; philanthropist; endowed George Pepperdine College (later Pepperdine University) Jesse Louis Lasky, created first permanent feature film company in what would become Hollywood; a founder of"
"to Greatness"" and focused on President Lyndon B. Johnson's ""Great Society"" proposals. The main show in the multimillion-dollar pavilion was a 15-minute ride through a filmed presentation of American history. Visitors seated in moving grandstands rode past movie screens that slid in, out and over the path of the traveling audience. Elsewhere, there were tributes to President John F. Kennedy, who had broken ground for the pavilion in December 1962 but had been assassinated in November 1963 before the fair opened. A United States Space Park was sponsored by NASA, the Department of Defense and the fair. Exhibits included a"
"Actor in a Supporting Role for ""Traffic"", and Julie Walters won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ""Billy Elliot"". Jamie Bell – ""Billy Elliot"" Julia Roberts – ""Erin Brockovich"" Gladiator Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Ang Lee – ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"" Gladiator Gladiator Billy Elliot Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas"" – Rick Baker and Gail Rowell-Ryan ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"" – Tan Dun Gladiator ""Traffic"" – Stephen Gaghan ""Almost Famous"" – Cameron Crowe Almost Famous Benicio del Toro –"
"and reopened in 1983 as the St. Anthony Inter-Continental San Antonio. It completed renovations and joined The Luxury Collection division of Starwood Hotels on November 19, 2015. The St. Anthony Hotel has hosted a number of famous people. These include President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Douglas MacArthur, Vice President John Nance Garner, and humorist Will Rogers. Lyndon B. Johnson spent his honeymoon there. The Newton Gang often resided there in the winter. The hotel was also home to the cast of the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, ""Wings"". Stars of the"
"Martin Scorsese. He was acclaimed for his performances in the political war thriller ""Blood Diamond"", the neo-noir crime drama ""The Departed"" (both 2006), the espionage thriller ""Body of Lies"" (2008), the drama ""Revolutionary Road"" (2008), the psychological thriller ""Shutter Island"" (2010), the science fiction thriller ""Inception"" (2010), the biographical film ""J. Edgar"" (2011), the western ""Django Unchained"" (2012), and the period drama ""The Great Gatsby"" (2013). DiCaprio's portrayals of Howard Hughes in ""The Aviator"" (2004) and Hugh Glass in ""The Revenant"" (2015) won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. His performance as Jordan Belfort"
"13th Satellite Awards The 13th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2008, were given on December 14, 2008. Auteur Award – Baz Luhrmann Mary Pickford Award – Louis Gossett Jr. Nikola Tesla Award – Rick Baker Outstanding New Talent – Brandon Walters Richard Jenkins – ""The Visitor"" Ricky Gervais – ""Ghost Town"" Angelina Jolie – ""Changeling"" Sally Hawkins – ""Happy-Go-Lucky"" WALL-E Australia Australia The Duchess Danny Boyle – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" "" (TIE) Man on Wire"" (TIE) Iron Man Slumdog Millionaire Happy-Go-Lucky ""Gomorrah (Gomorra)"" • Italy ""Slumdog Millionaire"" – A. R. Rahman ""Another Way to Die"" –"
"of Goo NHL 09 ""WarGames"" Winners: Losers: Winners: Losers: 13th Satellite Awards The 13th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2008, were given on December 14, 2008. Auteur Award – Baz Luhrmann Mary Pickford Award – Louis Gossett Jr. Nikola Tesla Award – Rick Baker Outstanding New Talent – Brandon Walters Richard Jenkins – ""The Visitor"" Ricky Gervais – ""Ghost Town"" Angelina Jolie – ""Changeling"" Sally Hawkins – ""Happy-Go-Lucky"" WALL-E Australia Australia The Duchess Danny Boyle – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" "" (TIE) Man on Wire"" (TIE) Iron Man Slumdog Millionaire Happy-Go-Lucky ""Gomorrah (Gomorra)"" • Italy ""Slumdog Millionaire"""
"California; Tom Brokaw, American journalist, author of ""The Greatest Generation"" (1998); John Lewis, ""Big Six"" leader of the Civil Rights Movement; Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Emmy Award-winning filmmaker; Hugh Thompson Jr., United States Army officer who ended the My Lai Massacre. Distinguished faculty: Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States; Sir Salman Rushdie, Booker Prize-winning novelist; Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama; Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize recipient; William Foege, 10th Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director; Nathan McCall, New York Times bestselling author; James T. Laney, 17th President of Emory University, United States Ambassador to Korea from"