NEWS LITE NAMES IN THE NEWS.Miss America gala moves to VegasIt's official - Miss America is leaving behind the famed boardwalk of Atlantic City where the pageant began in 1921 for the glitz of the Las Vegas strip The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is a 4 mi (6.7 km) section of Las Vegas Boulevard South, most of which has been designated an All-American Road. . The beauty and scholarship contest that had been suffering from steadily declining ratings on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. over the past few years is being given another chance with a live Jan. 21 telecast on country-oriented cable channel CMT CMT Certified Medical Transcriptionist. CMT abbr. Certified Medical Transcriptionist CMT California mastitis test. from the Aladdin Resort & Casino. The shift from its customary September date to January while the pageant's future was being resolved means the reigning Miss America, Alabama's Diedre Downs, holds onto her 2004 crown for an additional four months. - Valerie Kuklenski Denise is hottest mom in Hollywood Somebody alert Charlie Sheen: Denise Richards is the hottest mom in Hollywood, according to a reader poll by In Touch magazine. If that doesn't get the divorced parents of two back together, what will? The remainder of the top 10, in order: Reese Witherspoon, Angelina Jolie, Kate Hudson, Britney Spears, Kelly Ripa, Heidi Klum, Courteney Cox, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sarah Jessica Parker. - Valerie Kuklenski AFI AFI American Film Institute AFI Awaiting Further Instructions AFI Armed Forces Insurance AFI A Fire Inside (band) AFI Air Force Instruction AFI Australian Film Institute AFI Agencia Federal de Investigación : 1939's films are most hopeful The American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase says its next ``100 Years'' movie countdown will be ``100 Cheers,'' celebrating America's most inspiring movies. Among the contenders to be ranked by film-industry insiders are ``Apollo 13,'' ``Erin Brockovich,'' ``It's a Wonderful Life,'' ``Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,'' ``Norma Rae,'' ``National Velvet,'' ``Rocky'' and ``Seabiscuit.'' AFI says more than a third of the movies on the ballot are based on real people and events, and 1939 - when the United States was mired mire n. 1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog. 2. Deep slimy soil or mud. 3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty. v. in the Great Depression and World War II was raging in Europe - is the most represented year, with 12 hope-inspiring titles. - Valerie Kuklenski Hopkins will get Globes' DeMille Anthony Hopkins will be honored at the 63rd annual Golden Globes on Jan. 16 with the Cecil B. DeMille Noun 1. Cecil B. DeMille - United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881-1959) Cecil Blount DeMille, DeMille Award for lifetime achievement. Hopkins, 67, has been nominated six times for Golden Globes, most recently for 1997's ``Amistad.'' He won the best actor Oscar in 1991 for ``The Silence of the Lambs.'' The Hollywood Foreign Press Association also announced a first: a second-generation Miss Golden Globe Miss Golden Globe (also Mr. Golden Globe) is an annual title awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The honoree, traditionally the daughter (or son) of a celebrity, assists in the Association's Golden Globe Awards. . The beauty assisting presenters with awards will be 16-year-old Dakota Johnson, daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. Griffith, daughter of actress Tippi Hedren, was Miss Golden Globe 1975. - Valerie Kuklenski CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) no caption (Miss America, Las Vegas sign) Photo Illustration (2 -- color) JOHNSON |
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