Meet the Oscars®, Chicago

January 14, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Tarrah Curtis – (310) 247-3090
tcurtis@oscars.org

Meet the Oscars®, Chicago

Beverly Hills, CA — For the first time, Oscar® fans in Chicago will be able to hold an actual Oscar statuette and have their photo taken at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Meet the Oscars, Chicago.” The one-of-a-kind exhibition will open Friday, February 13, at The Shops at North Bridge on Michigan Avenue, and run through Sunday, February 22, the night of the 81st Academy Awards® presentation. Hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. Chicago is the only city to host a “Meet the Oscars” exhibition this year.

“Meet the Oscars, Chicago” features a display of Oscars in various stages of completion, as they undergo their intricate, weeks-long manufacturing process. Chicago’s own R.S. Owens & Company has manufactured the statuettes each year since 1982. Six of the Oscars on display will be presented at next year’s Academy Awards ceremony.

Also on display will be the historic statuette that actor Clark Gable won for his performance in “It Happened One Night” (1934). In 1996 an anonymous buyer purchased this Oscar at auction for $607,500. Later that year, the Oscar was returned to the Academy, and the buyer was revealed to be Steven Spielberg.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
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About the Academy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards – in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners – the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.


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Jennifer Hudson Identified Nephew's Body

Jennifer Hudson Identified Nephew's Body

October 28, 2008



(Chicago, IL) Hudson's nephew was found murdered today ending a frantic 3-day search. It was a crushing blow after her mother and brother were found murdered Friday and Jennifer Hudson has the grim task of identifying the bodies. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.

The Best Graduate Schools in America

28 Mar 2008 14:00 Africa/Lagos


U.S.News & World Report Announces the 2009 Publication of America's Best Graduate Schools

19th-Annual Grad School Rankings Most Extensive Edition to Date

WASHINGTON, March 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

U.S.News & World Report today announced the publication of the 2009 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools, available at http://www.usnews.com/grad and on newsstands Monday, March 31, 2008. Examining more graduate programs than ever before, this year's edition of America's Best Graduate Schools is the most comprehensive guide to graduate schools across the country. The guide contains the exclusive rankings of over 1,500 graduate school programs in categories such as business, education, engineering, law, and medicine. (See listings below of the top 10 schools in each of these disciplines.)


The complete rankings in all disciplines will be available online at http://www.usnews.com/grad beginning at 12:01 AM ET on Friday, March 28. The Premium Online Edition of America's Best Graduate Schools features the most comprehensive set of rankings data available and is searchable based on user criteria (including location, specialty area, and more).


Notable highlights for 2009 include the following:
-- New rankings of health programs in audiology, clinical psychology,
occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, social work, and
speech-language pathology
-- New rankings of master of public affairs and public policy and master
of fine arts programs
-- Updated rankings of Ph.D. programs in computer science, mathematics,
and physics



"With graduate school enrollment on the rise, U.S. News's America's Best Graduate Schools provides timely information for selecting and applying to the right programs," said Brian Kelly, executive editor of U.S.News & World Report. "The rankings and other tools -- including our online Career Center (http://www.usnews.com/grad) -- help students with both academic and professional development."


This year's edition of America's Best Graduate Schools also includes articles on the following:


-- Get Your Boss to Pay for It -- Half of all workers today are eligible
for tuition benefits, up from 38 percent in 2000. U.S. News offers
advice on how to capitalize on such benefits from employers and the
government.
-- Back to School, for Adults -- One quarter of all grad students start at
age 36 or older, and nearly half of all grad students enroll between
the ages of 24 and 35. For these non-traditional students, grad school
is a delicate balance of study time and family time.
-- Your Body, Your Medicine -- Dr. Bernadine Healy explains how the rise
of "personalized medicine" -- treatments tailored to a specific
patient's genetic makeup-is changing the way medical schools teach.
-- Two for One -- More law schools are offering business school classes
and joint business degrees. This move to include more specialized and
practical training helps aspiring attorneys meld their professional
goals with their clients' needs.



For information about Best Graduate School badges, please E-mail badges@usnews.com. To request reprints of U.S. News content, E-mail permissions@usnews.com. For interview requests, please E-mail Liz Putze at eputze@usnews.com.


2009 Graduate School Rankings

Schools of Business
1. Harvard University (MA)
Stanford University (CA)
3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
University of Chicago
7. Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)
University of California-Berkeley (Haas)
9. Columbia University (NY)
10. New York University (Stern)

Schools of Education
1. Stanford University (CA)
2. Vanderbilt University (Peabody) (TN)
3. University of California-Los Angeles
4. Teachers College, Columbia University (NY)
5. University of Oregon
6. Harvard University (MA)
7. University of California-Berkeley
University of Washington
9. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
10. University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas-Austin

Schools of Engineering
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Stanford University (CA)
3. University of California-Berkeley
4. Georgia Institute of Technology
5. University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
6. California Institute of Technology
7. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
8. University of Southern California (Viterbi)
9. Cornell University (NY)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Schools of Law
1. Yale University (CT)
2. Harvard University (MA)
Stanford University (CA)
4. Columbia University (NY)
5. New York University
6. University of California-Berkeley
7. University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
9. Northwestern University (IL)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Virginia

Schools of Medicine (Research)
1. Harvard University (MA)
2. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
3. Washington University in St. Louis
4. University of Pennsylvania
5. University of California-San Francisco
6. Duke University (NC)
University of Washington
8. Stanford University (CA)
9. University of California-Los Angeles (Geffen)
Yale University (CT)

Source: U.S.News & World Report

CONTACT: Liz Putze of U.S.News & World Report, +1-202-955-2136,
eputze@usnews.com


Web site: http://www.usnews.com/
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