Sydney Pollack, Director and Actor, Dies at 73
May 27th, 2008 · Film director and actor Sydney Pollack died Monday. He was 73. Pollack is known for his many films including Out of Africa, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture.
May 27th, 2008 · Film director and actor Sydney Pollack died Monday. He was 73. Pollack is known for his many films including Out of Africa, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture.
May 27th, 2008 · Sydney Pollack died Monday of cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was best known for directing The Way We Were, Out of Africa, Tootsie and Three Days of the Condor, among many other movies. But he began his career as an actor.
May 26th, 2008 · Filmmaker Sydney Pollack has died of cancer. A family representative said Pollack passed away at his home in Los Angeles; he was 73. Having started out as an actor, Pollack is best known for his directing; he won an Academy Award for directing Out of Africa in 1985. Pollack also directed the comedy Tootsie in 1982.
Oct 25th, 2007 · Airbus A380 made its much-delayed, first journey from Singapore to Sydney. It's the quietest passenger jet ever built, and it can carry many more passengers than the industry standard, a Boeing 747.
Oct 5th, 2007 · Essayist John Hoberman, the author of Testosterone Dreams, comments on track star Marion Jones' admission that she used steroids before the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where she won five medals. Until now, Jones had strongly denied doping allegations against her.
Oct 4th, 2007 · Track superstar Marion Jones has admitted to using steroids, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post. In the letter, Jones says she took a steroid nicknamed "the clear" before the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where she won five medals.
Sep 8th, 2007 · At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Sydney, Australia, President Bush used a photo opportunity with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to react publicly to a new video featuring Osama bin Laden.
Sep 6th, 2007 · Cast members of an Australian TV comedy show drive through two security checkpoints near the Sydney, Australia, hotel where President Bush is staying. The stunt proves embarassing for Sydney police, who have imposed the tightest security in the city's history for the APEC summit.