Tag Archives: 1977

Oscars: 1977 Oscars- Fay Dunaway: Wins Best Actress For Network

Posted on January 7, 2015 by

“Faye Dunaway wins the Best Actress Oscar for Network at the 49th Academy Awards. Presented by Louise Fletcher.” Watch Fay Dunaway’s speech here Oscars Faye Dunaway plays perhaps the best ever corporate tough as nails, well bitch in Network. She’s shooting … Continue reading →

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Oscars: Network (1976) ‘Win Original Screenplay: 1977 Oscars’

Posted on December 13, 2014 by

Paddy Chayefsky, accepting an Oscar for Network (1976) in 1977. “Paddy Chavefsky wins the Oscar for Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen–based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced) for Network at the 49th … Continue reading →

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Gerard Carrington: Video: NBC’s The Richard Pryor Show: Richard Pryor the First African-American President?

Posted on November 10, 2014 by

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger I’ve never been to Fantasy Island, but now I think I know what it looks like. An African-American President of the United States, not the Federal Republic of … Continue reading →

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CBS News: Video: CBS Evening News 3/17/77: Foreign News and Freedom of the Press

Posted on September 14, 2014 by

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger The CBS Evening News looking at foreign news, which is what I wish network news did more of today. An actual sports story on a national nightly newscast involving … Continue reading →

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CBS News: Video: CBS Evening News: St. Patrick’s Day 1977

Posted on September 11, 2014 by

I was well sixteen months old on St. Patrick’s Day 1977. So to state the obvious, I don’t remember it. My memory starts really in the summer of 1978 when I’m three years old and right before I started nursery … Continue reading →

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CBS News: Video: CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite, 3/17/77: A Look at Foreign Affairs and Energy Policy

Posted on September 10, 2014 by

This was right before President Jimmy Carter gave his famous foreign policy and human rights speech at Notre Dame in the spring of 1977. The first United States President to ever at least during the Cold War to make human … Continue reading →

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