PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday, February 17, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday, February 17, 2005

Ebert and Roeper Reveal Their Academy Award Choices

On February 27th the world will watch to see who walks away with the coveted Oscar trophies. This weekend, America's leading film critics reveal their selections for the five major categories of Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Best Picture during "Ebert and Roeper's" annual special "If We Picked The Winners."

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Roeper's pick -- Virginia Madsen, "Sideways"
Ebert's pick -- Virginia Madsen, "Sideways"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Roeper's pick -- Alan Alda, "The Aviator"
Ebert's pick -- Morgan Freeman, "Million Dollar Baby"

BEST ACTRESS
Roeper's pick -- Kate Winslet, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
Ebert's pick -- Hilary Swank, "Million Dollar Baby"

BEST ACTOR
Roeper's Pick -- Don Cheadle, "Hotel Rwanda"
Ebert's pick -- Don Cheadle, "Hotel Rwanda"

BEST PICTURE
Roeper's pick -- "The Aviator"
Ebert's pick -- "Million Dollar Baby"



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New Asthma Capitals Rankings Announced Today: Knoxville, Tenn at Number 1; Washington, D.C. Jumps to Number 5

The blooming of the cherry blossoms is still a few weeks away, but their arrival will mark a peak in the pollen count that may leave those suffering from allergic asthma in our nation's capital short of breath. According to the second annual U-S Asthma Capitals rankings released by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Knoxville, Tennessee remains the top Asthma Capital while Washington, D-C jumped from 50th place last year to the number five position in this year's ranking of the 100 most challenging places to live for people with asthma. Washington and Knoxville join Memphis, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky and Toledo, Ohio as the top five cities on the list this year.

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Hyperion To Publish Comedy Legend Bob Newhart's Memoir

Hyperion has announced plans to publish a memoir by Bob Newhart. The book, the comedy legend's first, is scheduled for publication in fall 2006.

A book of humor, the tome will be organized thematically and will include stories and anecdotes from throughout Bob Newhart's life and career, as well thoughts and observations on a multitude of topics.

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Which George W. Would Americans Elect?

Nation's First President Wins By 20 Points In New National Survey Yet, Poll Shows Young Americans Know Very Little About Founding Father

If George Washington returned from the dead and attempted to recapture the presidency of the United States, he would beat incumbent President George W Bush by nearly 20 percentage points, 55 percent to 36 percent. That's according to a new national poll conducted for Washington College by the public affairs research firm of Schulman, Ronca and Bucuvalas. Asked to choose between George Washington and George W Bush, Republicans supported Bush by a margin of more than two to one, while Democrats and independents overwhelmingly favored Washington. However, the survey -- commissioned to honor the first president's birthday on February 22 and the inauguration of a major new history book prize co-sponsored by Washington College -- found that by some measures, Washington's status as a national icon is slipping. Only 46 percent of the 800 adult Americans surveyed could identify him as the general who led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War. When asked who they thought was America's greatest president, only six percent named George Washington, ranking him seventh, behind Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Franklin D Roosevelt, John F Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and George W Bush.

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iTunes Download of Grammy Performance of Rock Classic 'Across The Universe' Will Benefit UNICEF's Tsunami Relief Efforts

In collaboration with the 47th annual Grammy Awards and C-B-S, The iTunes Music Store is donating to the U-S. Fund for UNICEF the proceeds from the sale of downloads of the live performance by high profile musicians singing, "Across the Universe."

During the Grammy Awards program, musicians including Bono, Stevie Wonder, Slash, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Velvet Revolver, Tim McGraw, Brian Wilson, Alison Krauss, Billy Joe Armstrong and Steven Tyler performed "Across the Universe" for this fund-raising campaign. iTunes has made a download of the track available for 99 cents, all of which will go to UNICEF. Those looking to download the song can do so via iTunes.com.

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PRNewswire -- Feb. 17


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