Results tagged “waltercronkite”

• University of Texas getting Cronkite's papers and photographs
• Leslie's condition continues to improve; now at rehab hospital
• Underworld in shock as hitman quits Mafia and tells court he's gay

• Obama pushes on with health reform, Republicans push back
• US Military searches for captured Afghanistan soldier
• Six (more or less) out of 10 (approximately) economists say recession could be kinda sorta maybe easing... or not.

One of the cornerstone events put on by the Texas Cultural Trust -- which also runs the fledgling young professional arts group, StrataTX -- is the biannual Texas Medal of Arts Awards. Since 2001, the Medal of Arts have recognized "outstanding contributions" by standout Texans, notable past winners of which include Tommy Lee Jones (film), Willie Nelson (music), Phylicia Rashad (TV/theatre) and Joe and Teresa Long (for arts patronage). A slew of events are...

If you were at the past two UT football games, you might remember a couple of commercials that played throughout the game and received a lot of attention from the 80,000+ crowd. Those advertisements were only two out of nine created for The University of Texas last year as part of their latest ad campaign entitled, What Starts Here Changes The World. Legendary journalist and UT alum Walter Cronkite narrates the ads, the brainchild...

Are you an aspiring screenwriter, desperate for the attention of coked-up Hollywood producers? Think your visionary space opera, erotic gangster epic, or smarmy interspecies love story deserves to be aired in public? News flash, Walter Cronkite: they've been done.