ELLEN BURSTYN RECEIVES OSCAR NOMINATION FOR BEST ACTRESS
WAX2001031401 - 14 MARCH 2001 - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA: Ellen Burstyn earned her sixth Oscar nomination for her performance in "Requiem for a Dream" as Sara Goldfarb, a housewife whose life spirals out of control when she becomes addicted o pills. Burstyn won the Oscar for best actress for Martin Scorsese's 1974 movie, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." She was born Edna Rae Gilhooley on Dec. 7, 1932. (To go with bc-us-oscars-burstyn by Pat Nason) cc/File Photo/Ezio Peterson UPI
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LONDON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Ellen Burstyn is to make her West End debut in "The Children's Hour," a stage drama starring Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss, the BBC said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Hollywood actress Ellen Burstyn has an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony award but she says she feels the collection won't be complete until she wins a Grammy, as well.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Michael J. Fox, Ellen Burstyn and Bob Newhart have been added to the list of presenters for Sunday's 61st Prime Time Emmy Awards show in Los Angeles, CBS said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Scores of celebrities plan to attend, while others want to perform at U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's upcoming inauguration, the New York Daily News said.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 9 (UPI) -- Lionsgate announced Friday that it has acquired the distribution rights to "W," Oliver Stone's upcoming film about U.S. President George W. Bush.
LOS ANGELES, March 27 (UPI) -- Oliver Stone has tapped James Cromwell and Ellen Burstyn to play former U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush and his wife Barbara in the new film "W."
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LOS ANGELES, July 16 (UPI) -- Hollywood actors Michael Imperioli and Ellen Burstyn have signed on to star in a small-screen adaptation of Mitch Albom's book, "For One More Day."
LOS ANGELES, March 16 (UPI) -- A cameo appearance, no matter how compelling, will no longer be good enough to win an Emmy, the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles decided.
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