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Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts had only 35 words to utter but the placement of one word tripped him up Tuesday. Roberts misplaced the word faithfully while administering the oath of office to Barack Obama when he was sworn in as the 44th president. And after a split second of hesitation, Obama followed his lead. The wording is: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve,...
A Florida woman who claims part of a knife was left inside her head after she was stabbed three years ago said she plans to sue the hospital that treated her. Chad Roberts, an attorney for Edith McQueen of Jacksonville, said his client went to the Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center in August 2005 after she was stabbed twice in the head during a random act of violence, WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, Fla., reported Wednesday. Somehow, someway, the knife was left in her head. She presented to the...
Tyler Hansbrough had 26 points and nine rebounds Saturday to lead top-ranked North Carolina to a 100-84 win over Oral Roberts. Deon Thompson scored 22 points and Ty Lawson had 18 points and seven assists for North Carolina (9-0), which topped the 100-point mark for the fourth time this season. Robert Jarvis scored 26 points for Oral Roberts (2-7), which has lost six of its last seven games. Kyron Stokes added 14 points and Marcus Lewis scored 13.
TIPPI HEDREN and DIANA SCARWID Co-Star in Thriller Based on THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 Best-Selling Novel LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Deadly family secrets unfold against the backdrop of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in Nora Roberts' Tribute, a Lifetime Original Movie starring Brittany Murphy (8 Mile, Clueless), Jason Lewis (Sex and the City, Brothers & Sisters), Tippi Hedren (The Birds, Marnie) and Diana Scarwid (Truman, Mommie Dearest). The last of four 2009 Nora Roberts' movies...
Brittany Murphy, Jason Lewis and Tippi Hedren have signed up for roles in the U.S. small-screen adaptation of Nora Roberts' thriller Tribute, Lifetime said. The film, in which deadly family secrets unfold against the backdrop of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, is slated to premiere next year as a Lifetime Original Movie, the network said in a news release. Murphy's film credits include 8 Mile, Girl, Interrupted and Clueless, Lewis has been seen in Sex and the City and Brothers & Sisters...
U.S. actress Emma Roberts and comic Norm McDonald have lent their voices to characters in an animated TV special The Flight Before Christmas, CBS said Monday. The show, about a young reindeer with ambitions of becoming an expert flier like his father, is to air Dec. 12, the network said. Roberts is best known for her roles in the movies Nancy Drew and Aquamarine. McDonald is a former Saturday Night Live cast member.
LeAnn Rimes, Eddie Cibrian and Rosanna Arquette have been hired to appear in the U.S. television movie "Nora Roberts' Northern Lights," Lifetime said. The movie is the third of four 2009 Nora Roberts' movies slated to begin production. Also headed for the small screen are "Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou,""Nora Roberts' Tribute" and "Nora Roberts' High Noon." Mandalay Television and Stephanie Germain Productions will produce "Northern Lights" with Peter Guber and Stephanie Germain serving as...
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Lifetime is joining forces once again with Mandalay Television and Stephanie Germain Productions to produce four new Lifetime Original Movies based on Nora Roberts' books to premiere in 2009. The order follows the success of the four previous Nora Roberts' movies that aired on Lifetime Television in 2007 that reached over 34 million viewers. "Nora Roberts' High Noon," starring Emilie de Ravin ("Lost,""Roswell"), Ivan Sergei ("Jack and Jill,""Crossing...
By John Beifuss I'm afraid that Hurricane Katrina ranks alongside the so-called War on Terror as a subject that weary Americans want to pretend to forget. But "Trouble the Water" shouldn't be missed. This documentary - inspired by the remarkable home-movie footage of Ninth Ward resident Kimberly Rivers Roberts, and partly shot in Memphis - is a tribute to human resilience and adaptability. The movie is certainly political (President Bush is shown muttering platitudes at the appropriately...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 18, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 11p.m. (ET) RTN Studios, in association with Equity Media Holdings Corporation, will present "DTV America Live". "DTV America Live" will answer viewer questions regarding the broadcast industry's transition to digital television next year and what it means for them. Along with taking viewer calls live on the air, demonstrations on the ways to receive digital signals will be featured. "DTV America Live" will...
