"The Oscars and Celluloid Crime" Special Feature From APBnews.com.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 23, 2000 Online Resource for Crime and Justice-Related Issues Affecting the Academy Awards, Past and Present Forget the investigation of the missing statues This is a list of the most famous statues worldwide, past and present. Australia
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. APBnews.com (http://www.APBnews.com). The leading news organization devoted exclusively to issues of crime, justice and safety takes a novel - if "criminal" -- approach to the Academy Awards with an in-depth, comprehensive online package, "The Oscars and Celluloid celluloid [from cellulose], transparent, colorless synthetic plastic made by treating cellulose nitrate with camphor and alcohol. Celluloid was the first important synthetic plastic and was widely used as a substitute for more expensive substances, such as Crime" (http://www.APBnews.com/media/celebnews/oscar/index.html). The multimedia package explores the many intersections between criminal justice and the Academy Awards: -- An overview of this year's crime and justice-related nominees, such as "The Hurricane" and "Boys Don't Cry," which dramatize real-life crime-related events. -- Video reports and film clips. -- An in-depth review of the crime-related Oscar-nominated documentaries on this year's ballot. -- The criminal records and once-secret government files of Oscar-winning celebrities. APBnews.com's "G-File" on Charlie Chaplin, posted this week, reveals the FBI's decades of investigation on concerns of "white slavery" allegations and his Communist leanings. Links to other "G-Files" and "Celebrity Mug Shot Gallery" include Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, George Burns and Walt Disney. "The Oscars and Celluloid Crime" also provides an historical look at the popularity of crime films in Oscar's past. From 1967's Best Picture, "In The Heat of The Night," to 1991's "The Silence of the Lambs," the special provides a database on the movies, actors, actresses and directors that made these features Academy Award-winners. Asking APBnews.com readers to voice their opinions, the package includes three online polls where Hollywood fans can vote for their number one crime films, actors and actresses. Another interactive highlight is an online forum, where moviegoers can debate their picks. APBnews.com plans to post additional news stories with ties to the Oscars leading up to the ceremonies. Links to APBnews.com's previous stories on "The Hurricane" and other Oscar films will also be available. Material is available for use by other news organizations with appropriate credit. Reporters and editors are also available for interviews. About APBnews.com Founded in 1998, APBnews.com is the principal operating division of APB APB See Accounting Principles Board (APB). Online, Inc., a privately held communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. based in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . APBnews.com is the first news-centered network of programs exclusively devoted to every audience for crime, justice and safety issues -- an eight-channel/26-program web site covering the most intensively followed genre in media. APBnews.com features a New York newsroom staffed by more than 50 veteran newspaper and television journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize Any of a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. Fellowships are also awarded. winner, as well as more than 150 freelancers nationwide under contract, and an advisory board composed of well-known criminal-justice and media professionals. Among its professional awards are the first Scripps Howard Foundation The Scripps Howard Foundation is the corporate foundation of the E. W. Scripps Company, an American media conglomerate which owns newspapers, television stations, cable television networks, and other media outlets. National Journalism Award for Web Reporting and the first Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award The Sigma Delta Chi Awards are presented annually by the Society of Professional Journalists for excellence in journalism. History The Awards, according the SPJ, began in 1932 when the society chose six individuals for their contributions to journalism. for Excellence in Online Journalism Online journalism is defined as the reporting of facts produced and distributed via the Internet. An early leader was The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina. Deadline Reporting. APBnews.com is dedicated to the public's right to know, providing accurate, expert, contextual, fair and responsible coverage of crime, justice and safety. |
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