Memorial Day movie classics: WWII films pay tribute to women - Los Angeles Times
28 May 2012, 7:25 am
Not every war film produced by Hollywood during World War II revolved around the men who served in combat. There were also films that focused on the vital role women were playing during the global conflict, including dramas about military nurses ...

tribute to Clash singer Strummer - Lancashire Evening Post
28 May 2012, 3:50 am
A tribute event in Notting Hill will mark the 10th anniversary of the last London show played by music legend Joe Strummer, which marked a key stage in a national strike by firefighters. The former Clash singer's performance at Acton Town Hall was held to ...

tribute to India river death Briton - Sheffield Telegraph
28 May 2012, 3:43 am
tributes have been paid to a British man who died during a trip on a crocodile-infested river in India which also left a friend missing. Ian Turton, from York, died after disappearing during an excursion on the Cauvery River near Bangalore. Another man ...

Prince William's tribute to Queen - Skynews.com
27 May 2012, 9:53 pm
Britain's Prince William says his grandmother Queen Elizabeth is an 'incredible role model'. The 29-year-old prince paid tribute to the monarch as he selected a photograph from his 2006 passing out ceremony at the Sandhurst military academy - in which he ...

Bafta winners pay tribute to Leach - Belfast Telegraph
27 May 2012, 5:35 pm
TV Bafta winners Dominic West and Emily Watson have paid tribute to the woman who gave the title to their acclaimed ITV drama Appropriate Adult. After picking up the leading actor gong, Dominic spoke about Janet Leach who was the appropriate adult in ...

Family's tribute to shooting victim - The Guardian
27 May 2012, 4:30 pm
Relatives of 23-year-old Mark Short, who was shot in a Greater Manchester pub by a lone gunman on Friday, also branded his killers "cowards". Three other men were also injured when a masked man opened fire on a group of people stood around a pool table in ...

Obama, GOP pay tribute to fallen and serving troops - CNN
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
(CNN) - President Barack Obama and Rep. Lynn Jenkins marked the Memorial Day weekend by paying tribute to American service members during their weekly addresses Saturday. "Memorial Day is more than a three-day weekend," Obama said. "In town ...

Beyonce pays tribute to Whitney Houston, puts a spell on Jay-Z in Atlantic City - Examiner
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
On May 25, Beyonce returned to the stage in New Jersey and charmed the crowd more than ever before with her stage show at a new hotel called Revel.  Half way through her first concert since giving birth to baby Blue Ivy, the accomplished singer ...

Yes' Chris Squire on tribute Singer's Exit, Broadway Reunion Talks - Rolling Stone
25 May 2012, 11:18 am
Just four years ago, Benoît David seemed like the perfect solution to Yes' problems. The prog-rock giants were in the midst of a four-year hiatus from the road as lead singer Jon Anderson recovered from a respiratory ailment, and they'd grown ...

Musical tribute for Calgary doyenne of arts - Calgary Herald
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
CALGARY — Frances Miller was a toddler when she contracted polio, a disease that left her right arm and both legs partially paralyzed. She was a child of the Great Depression, her father eking out a living in the mines of the Crowsnest Pass. But Miller ...