The White House finally identified the in-house nominee — Richard Berner, a counselor to the Treasury secretary who was formerly chief United States economist for Morgan Stanley — in a little-noticed news release late on a Friday in December.
The White House finally unveiled the in-house nominee — Richard Berner, a counselor to the Treasury secretary who was formerly the chief United States economist for Morgan Stanley — in a little-noticed news release late on a Friday in December.
4. Simon Amstell Best known for his roles as the former co-host of Popworld, former host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks and co-writer and star of the sitcom Grandma's House, the BAFTA nominee who was dubbed a young Woody Allen by The New York Times brings his dark humour to Latitude for the first time.
I know this because that was the year I directed my original real estate musical film Open House, starring Oscar nominee Sally Kellerman and Rent star Anthony Rapp (and like Lez Miz, we also had the actors sing live on set with piano accompaniment).
His letter came as a response to one sent by Sotheby's to its shareholders saying that Third Point has been misleading them and that the auction house's board nominees are a better choice.
The choice of films was smaller than on Emirates, but Singapore included far more art house choices, including Oscar nominees like "The Constant Gardener" and French and Italian offerings.
Grantland's Mark Harris reminded everyone, via a tweet, that "unless the AMPAS board of governors goes to a non-nominee's house, wakes him and spit at him, 'Oscar Snub' is not a real thing," but in the season of grievance and proxy offence-taking that is the Oscar race, such sweet reason counts for little.
WASHINGTON — Members of the Senate banking committee on Tuesday urged President Obama's nominee as housing secretary, Shaun Donovan, to be more aggressive than his predecessors in fighting home foreclosures and more prominent in shaping responses toward the broader economic crisis.
In an hour-and-a-half debate on an economy still shell-shocked by the housing crisis, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's sole critique of President Barack Obama's policy was that regulators are taking too long to write new mortgage guidelines, and that this is holding back a full recovery of the market.
