THE BUZZ.`Titanic' recognition: James Cameron's epic ``Titanic,'' the late-1996 release ``Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist turned social activist and devout member of the Catholic Church. She became known for her social justice campaigns in defense of the poor, forsaken, hungry and homeless. Story'' and the Fox television series ``Party of Five'' each received three awards from the Academy of Family Films and Family Television. The honors, which were announced by Donald Reed, founder of the 17-year-old organization, are presented to film and television projects in recognition of merit in family entertainment. Covering mid-1996 through 1997, this is the Los Angeles-based group's 12th installment of the awards. The academy has 200 voting members. ``Anastasia,'' released by 20th Century Fox, was named best family film - the academy's top award. In television, ``Party of Five'' garnered the best family TV program accolade. Other awards for ``Party of Five'' were best family TV actress (Neve Campbell) and best family TV actor (Matthew Fox Matthew Fox may be:
Cameron was named best family director, and Gloria Stuart took the best family supporting actress supporting actress n → attrice f non protagonista prize for their work on the 20th Century Fox/Paramount Pictures co-production ``Titanic.'' Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor who garnered world wide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic. (``Titanic'') tied with Brad Pitt (``Seven Years in Tibet'') for best family actor. Moira Kelly Moira Kelly (March 6, 1968 in Queens, New York) is an American actress. She is the third of six children. Her father, Peter, was trained as a concert violinist. Her mother, Anne, is a nurse. Both are Irish immigrants. Moira was raised in Ronkonkoma, NY. , who played the Depression-era human rights activist Dorothy Day in the biopic bi·o·pic n. A film or television biography, often with fictionalized episodes. biopic Noun Informal a film based on the life of a famous person [bio(graphical) + pic(ture)] ``Entertaining Angels,'' was honored as best family actress, and Martin Sheen, who plays Day's French-Canadian mentor Peter Maurin Peter Maurin (May 9, 1877 – May 15, 1949 born in Oultet, France) was a Catholic activist who co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement with Dorothy Day in 1933. Maurin was born into a poor farming family in southern France, where he was the oldest of 21 siblings. , was named best family supporting actor. Paulist Pictures was bestowed with a special award for its courage and wisdom in producing ``Entertaining Angels.'' `Gypsys' revisited: Jimi Hendrix's ``Band of Gypsys,'' the last album approved by the legendary guitarist, will be re-released Jan. 13 with the first-time blessing of the Hendrix family. An EMI-Capitol Entertainment Properties release, the album is also the first CD version remastered digitally from the original two-track master tapes by Hendrix's longtime engineer, Eddie Kramer. Hendrix died in 1970. Featuring the album's original artwork and a new 24-page booklet with liner notes and photographs, ``Band of Gypsys'' joins authorized re-releases of other Hendrix albums on MCA Records. Following the breakup of the Jimi Hendrix Experience in mid-1969, Hendrix enlisted bassist Billy Cox as part of a larger band that headlined Woodstock that summer. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: FOX |
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