Today's Highlights:
Sunday, June 11, 2006
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The Tony Source |
Spotlight: It's Tony Awards night tonight at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. Leading the way in nominations is The Drowsy Chaperone with 13. Oprah's The Color Purple, based on the Alice Walker novel, garnered 11 nominations. Best play nominees include The History Boys by Alan Bennett, The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh, Shining City by Conor McPherson and
Quote: "Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to Broadway."
Word of the day: kudos: praise for outstanding achievement; kudos goes to anyone nominated for a Tony Award. Today's News:
- Palestinian Authority: president Mahmoud Abbas calls for July 26 referendum on statehood (story)
- Rhode Island: requires that cat owners spay or neuter their pets (story)
- 2003 YN107: Earth co-orbital satellite bids us farewell for now, heads for deep space (story)
Today's History:
- Great Barrier Reef: British captain James Cook found the world's largest coral reef off Australia's coast (1770)
- sugar: US rationing ended after 5 bitter years (1947)
- ET: The Extra-Terrestrial: opened; heartwarming, it is now considered one of the top films ever made (1982)
Today's Birthdays:
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau: French oceanographer who invented the scuba with Emile Gagnan (1910-1997)
- Gene Wilder: comic star of Blazing Saddles (73)
- Joe Montana:
49ers quarterback and NFL MVP (50)
