Over the past couple years, Netflix has consistently netted award show nominations (and some wins) for its original content like House of Cards and Orange Is The New Black. And though the Emmys, Golden Globes, and the like have smiled…
IRS Whistleblowers Paid $53 Million In 2013
According to the annual report of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to Congress, the IRS paid whistleblowers a total of $53 million in 2013 for turning in people who cheated on their taxes. The report titled “Fiscal Year 2013 Report…
Taylor Swift to Receive Pinnacle Award at CMAs
It is no secret that Taylor Swift is a country music super star, but now she is to be awarded one of the most prestigious awards in country music history: the Pinnacle Award. Swift will accept the award on November…
Edward Snowden Receives Sam Adams Award, Speaks On Camera For The First Time In Months
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor that leaked details of the agency’s surveillance programs to newspapers around the world, is still hiding out somewhere in Russia. That didn’t stop the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence from delivering their…
Mel Brooks Given AFI Life Achievement Award
The American Film Institute (AFI) this week announced that film director Mel Brooks received the organization’s Life Achievement Award at a gala tribute on Thursday. The award was presented by veteran film director Martin Scorsese. The presentation will air on…
Virginia Tech Verdict Gives Peace To Families Of Slain
A verdict reached by a jury yesterday in a wrongful death case against Virginia Tech has awarded two victims’ families four million dollars each, but the money is not what matters, say the parents. Jurors sided with the Peterson and…
Dad’s App for Daughter Wins “Best App Ever Awards 2011”
Jeffrey Austin White developed the Flash Card Maker Pro app for Android in 2010 to help his six-year-old daughter learn her first grade sight words. Since then, the app has been expanded to assist users of all ages in a…
Steven Spielberg Is Pretty Amazing
Steven Spielberg. The name will inevitably bring to mind many movies the man has been involved with over his long career. Recently, Spielberg received the 2012 David O. Selznick Achievement Award from the Producers Guild of America. To commemorate the…