The late Senator Ted Kennedy was honored by the Boston Red Sox at their game on Wednesday night.
Kennedy, a lifelong fan of the Red Sox, threw out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day earlier this year. Last night, the U.S. flag flew at half-staff at Fenway Park as an Air Force bugler played "Taps" -- a tradition usually reserved for playoffs and opening day. The National Anthem was sung by the group...
Kennedy, a lifelong fan of the Red Sox, threw out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day earlier this year. Last night, the U.S. flag flew at half-staff at Fenway Park as an Air Force bugler played "Taps" -- a tradition usually reserved for playoffs and opening day. The National Anthem was sung by the group...
- 8/27/2009
- Extra
By Josef Adalian
Michael Jackson isn't the only public figure worthy of multiple primetime specials this summer.
ABC and CBS said Wednesday they would air hourlong specials this evening paying tribute to Sen. Edward Kennedy, who died late Tuesday. The network specials will supplement the saturation coverage of Kennedy's passing currently dominating cable news.
NBC has opted against honoring Kennedy and will stick with its previously planned lineup of "America's Got Talent" and "Law & Order: Svu." "Talent" is NBC's top-rated summer s...
Michael Jackson isn't the only public figure worthy of multiple primetime specials this summer.
ABC and CBS said Wednesday they would air hourlong specials this evening paying tribute to Sen. Edward Kennedy, who died late Tuesday. The network specials will supplement the saturation coverage of Kennedy's passing currently dominating cable news.
NBC has opted against honoring Kennedy and will stick with its previously planned lineup of "America's Got Talent" and "Law & Order: Svu." "Talent" is NBC's top-rated summer s...
- 8/26/2009
- by Adalian
- The Wrap
Currently on vacation on Martha's Vineyard - not all that far from "Kennedy Country" in Massachusetts, where the Kennedy family has a compound in Hyannis Port - President Barack Obama released a statement regarding the state's esteemed Senator, Edward M. Kennedy, who died Tuesday. From Blue Heron Farm, in Chilmark, Mass., the president, who said he "spoke earlier this morning to Senator Kennedy's beloved wife, Vicki," and who also sent everyone's "thoughts and prayers [to] his children Kara, Edward, and Patrick; his stepchildren Curran and Caroline; the entire Kennedy family; decades' worth of his staff; the people of Massachusetts; and all Americans who,...
- 8/26/2009
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Regardless of how you view Senator Ted Kennedy, a saint, sinner or no opinion, if you are of a certain age range, say 38-68, the footage that was compiled of the Kennedys and archived American newscasts in this documentary, most of which I had never seen before, will resonate powerfully with you. The news of Sen. Ted Kennedy.s brain tumor inspired HBO.s head of documentaries, Sheila Nevins, to carefully paste together a fascinating look at the patrician powerful family of humble Irish immigrant roots, who became powerbrokers and scofflaws, and became wealthy and politically powerful during a time when the press didn.t dig too deep, nor embarrass or expose known personal imbroglios for fear of being blacklisted. Born...
- 7/12/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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