NEWS LITE : ROCKER NASH DONATES STEICHEN PHOTOS TO GETTY.Graham Nash has donated two works by American photographer Edward Steichen to the J. Paul Getty Jean Paul Getty (December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company. Biography Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into a family already in the petroleum business, he was one of the first people in the world with a Museum in Los Angeles. Nash, one-third of the group Crosby, Stills and Nash, gave the museum a 1904 photo called ``Wedding Self-Portrait,'' one of only three known prints from the negative, and an untitled 1930 picture of Steichen's grandchildren, the museum announced Saturday. Nash and his wife, Susan, are photography enthusiasts. MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. nominees all over the map The Academy Awards may have ignored ``There's Something About Mary,'' but MTV didn't. The comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller captured eight nominations Monday for the MTV Movie Awards, including best movie. Roberto Benigni won't be hopping on the back of chairs at the MTV awards show to air June 10. Oscar's best actor winner wasn't nominated. Adam Sandler was nominated for ``best male'' for his performance in ``The Waterboy.'' Stiller and Diaz were nominated for best on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. duo and best kiss, and they'll compete against each other in the category of best comedic performance. Among the other nominees for best kiss: Jeremy Irons and Dominique Swain in ``Lolita'' and Matt Dillon, Denise Richards and Neve Campbell in ``Wild Things.'' Also nominated for best movie were Oscar winner ``Shakespeare in Love,'' ``Saving Private Ryan,'' ``Armageddon'' and ``The Truman Show.'' Final `Mad' shows how it all turns out Cross Helen Hunt with Paul Reiser and you get - Janeane Garofalo? The comedian will appear as a grown-up grown-up adj. 1. Of, characteristic of, or intended for adults: grown-up movies; a grown-up discussion. 2. version of Jamie and Paul Buchman's daughter, Mabel, on the final episode of ``Mad About You.'' Hunt, who plays Jamie, will direct the one-hour May 24 finale. After seven seasons on the show, Hunt tells the April 24 edition of TV Guide, ``I wanted to be actively involved in the end rather than let it happen to me.'' Song of Springer on telly in the U.K. With flowers for his co-host, Jerry Springer got off to a good start Monday during a two-day stint on a British morning TV show. Springer presented flowers and sang ``Are You Lonesome lone·some adj. 1. a. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone. b. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar. 2. Tonight'' to Judy Finnegan. The American talk show host is sitting in for Finnegan's co-host and husband, Richard Madeley. ``It gets better from here, I swear,'' Springer reassured viewers after he finished his song and presented Finnegan with flowers. ``I cannot fill Richard's shoes - but his chair I can. He's not a big guy.'' Drama Desk lists stage nominations Kevin Spacey's critically praised portrayal of a garrulous gar·ru·lous adj. 1. Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative. 2. Wordy and rambling: a garrulous speech. barfly bar·fly n. pl. bar·flies Slang One who frequents drinking establishments. in the Broadway revival of ``The Iceman Iceman Body of a man found sealed in a glacier in the Tirolean Ötztal Alps in 1991 and dated to 3300 BC. It has revealed significant details of everyday life during the Neolithic Period. Cometh'' was snubbed Monday by the Drama Desk as the journalist organization announced its nominations for best of the 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 theater season. Also snubbed was Nicole Kidman for ``The Blue Room.'' Spacey spac·ey adj. Slang Variant of spacy. Adj. 1. spacey - stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug spaced-out, spacy unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" was shut out of the crowded acting category. Nominated for best actor in a play were: Brian Dennehy for ``Death of a Salesman''; Scott Glenn for ``Killer Joe''; Finbar Lynch and Corin Redgrave, both for ``Not About Nightingales''; Toby Stephens for ``Ring Round the Moon''; and Patrick Stewart for ``The Ride Down Mount Morgan.'' Honored journalist quits CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. CNN has parted ways with Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who dropped out of sight after a report charging the U.S. military used nerve gas nerve gas, any of several poison gases intended for military use, e.g., tabun, sarin, soman, and VX. Nerve gases were first developed by Germany during World War II but were not used at that time. on American defectors during the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. . CNN and Arnett issued a terse statement Monday saying Arnett was leaving after 18 years, effective immediately. ``We are grateful for Peter's contributions to CNN and we wish him the very best in the future,'' said CNN Chairman Tom Johnson. In a statement issued Monday, Arnett said ``I've had a long and wonderful relationship with CNN and have been proud to be part of this great news organization.'' The June 1998 ``Tailwind'' report retracted after an internal investigation found the charges unsubstantiated. CNN fired two producers of the rephoort, and others resigned or offered to quit. Arnett was reprimanded but kept his job after telling management that he had little to do with the reporting. Lucas hopes the Force will inspire young viewers dlim George Lucas says he wants his new ``Star Wars'' movie to do more than entertain - he wants ``Episode 1: The Phantom Menace'' to help make kids think about God. ``I put the Force into the movie to try to awaken a certain kind of spirituality in young people - more a belief in God than a belief in any particular religious system,'' Lucas told Time magazine. ``I wanted to make it so that young people would begin to ask questions about the mystery. Not having enough interest in the mysteries of life to ask the question, Is there a God or is there not a God? - that for me is the worst that can happen.'' ``Episode 1,'' which stars Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman and Jake Lloyd, will open May 19. News Lite is from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 3 photos PHOTO (1) Kitty in the window Not satisfied with the indoor view, and ignoring a rather famous adage about curiosity, a house cat peeks out at the world through Venetian blinds Monday in Loveland, Colo. Douglas Van Reeth/Loveland Daily Reporter Herald (2) ARNETT (3) DIAZ |
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