rosemary harris receives nc award

Rosemary Harris receives NC Award

Felicitations to Ms Harris, who is one of the recipients of this

year's North Carolina Award! News Observer gives the particulars:

Nine North Carolinians were recognized Tuesday with the North

Carolina Award, the state's highest civilian honor. More than 200

North Carolinians have been selected as recipients since the award

was first issued in 1964.

Ms Harris won in the 'Fine Arts' category. Here is what they had to

say about the triumphant Pink Lady:

[Harris] has supported the N.C. School of the Arts in Winston-Salem

since 1967, and she serves on its board of visitors. Born in Ashby,

Suffolk, England, [Harris] grew up in India and was educated in

England. [Harris] made her London debut in 1952 in "The Seven Year

Itch." Her stage career included roles opposite Richard Burton,

Peter O'Toole and Laurence Olivier. She received a Tony Award for

her role as Eleanor of Aquitaine in "The Lion in Winter," a Golden

Globe for her role in the television miniseries "Holocaust" and an

Emmy for her role in "Notorious Woman." Most recently, [Harris] has

enjoyed popular acclaim as Aunt May in three Spider-Man movies. She

is married to author John Ehle, a North Carolina Award winner in

literature. [...]

Citizen Times has the same story. Start placing your bets on how long

it will be before there is a third one of these awards in the family!

In other news, it is four days until the Dubai International Film

Festival opens in - you've guessed it - Dubai, at which one of Ms

Ehle's latest films Before the Rains will be screened. The DIFF

website now has a little page for the film and lists two show times

should you happen to be in the vicinity.

There are many reviews floating around regarding Ms Harris' film

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Examples include The Michigan

Daily, The Arizona Republic and the Free Times. Many make laudatory

comments; the Athens Exchange occupying what one might call the

extreme end of the spectrum:

[...] To whomever is shipping the Oscars: give regards to the

Academy and just send the box of trophies to the cast of Before the

Devil Knows You're Dead along with most of the Golden Globes, those

MTV popcorn things and a couple of Grammys just to be safe. [...]

In other reviews, one blogger has written a relatively lengthy piece

in Spanish about Possession, including one particular comment on Ms

Ehle - 'Jennifer Ehle es una actriz muy socorrida por su f�sico para

personajes de esta �poca'. If anyone's Spanish is less abysmal than

mine, help on this would be appreciated, especially in light of the

useful BabelFish translation: 'Jennifer Ehle is an actress very aided

by its physicist for personages of this time'. Something nice though,

presumably?!

Lastly, if you're interested, the Lincoln Center Theater's artistic

director Andre Bishop was the latest guest on the ATW's radio program

Downstage Center. There is little mention of Utopia but it is an

interesting discussion about the theatre, its productions past and

present, and how Mr Bishop used to work in the Delacorte's box office.