Actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise, who is most famously known for his portrayal of Lt. Dan Taylor in the landmark film Forrest Gump, was announced today as the 2018 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal.
Sinise will ride in the 129th Rose Parade presented by Honda, themed “Making A Difference” and participate in the pre-game celebration of the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual. Both are held on January 1, 2018.
Tournament of Roses President, Lance Tibbet, made the announcement at Tournament House in Pasadena. In his remarks, Tibbet referred to Sinise as someone making a difference in his community through his work with veterans.
“The 2018 theme, ‘Making A Difference,’ is a way to honor and celebrate all of the people in our communities, who quietly and without desire for reward or recognition, act in selfless, generous and kind ways to aid or benefit others. Gary Sinise...
Sinise will ride in the 129th Rose Parade presented by Honda, themed “Making A Difference” and participate in the pre-game celebration of the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual. Both are held on January 1, 2018.
Tournament of Roses President, Lance Tibbet, made the announcement at Tournament House in Pasadena. In his remarks, Tibbet referred to Sinise as someone making a difference in his community through his work with veterans.
“The 2018 theme, ‘Making A Difference,’ is a way to honor and celebrate all of the people in our communities, who quietly and without desire for reward or recognition, act in selfless, generous and kind ways to aid or benefit others. Gary Sinise...
- 11/2/2017
- Look to the Stars
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (Vvmf) is commemorating the 35th anniversary of The Wall in 2017 and an esteemed group of Americans, led by The Honorable Chuck Hagel, 24th Secretary of Defense and Vietnam veteran, have come together to form the 35th Anniversary of The Wall committee to help commemorate this milestone.
Vvmf will host a series of events in Washington, D.C. in the week leading up to Veterans Day in November to honor and remember the service and sacrifice of those who served in Vietnam and their families.
“The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is the perfect tribute and a fitting reminder of that divisive war and its enormous human cost to our country,” said American entrepreneur, philanthropist and Vietnam veteran Bob Parsons. “Many of us who served in Vietnam and made it back received either a rude or no reception. Be that as it may, our 58,000 plus brothers and sisters...
Vvmf will host a series of events in Washington, D.C. in the week leading up to Veterans Day in November to honor and remember the service and sacrifice of those who served in Vietnam and their families.
“The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is the perfect tribute and a fitting reminder of that divisive war and its enormous human cost to our country,” said American entrepreneur, philanthropist and Vietnam veteran Bob Parsons. “Many of us who served in Vietnam and made it back received either a rude or no reception. Be that as it may, our 58,000 plus brothers and sisters...
- 10/6/2017
- Look to the Stars
For the last 13 years, Joe Mantegna, star on CBS's Criminal Minds, has hosted PBS’s National Memorial Day Concert which honors all Americans who served this country in the armed forces. “It is to honor Memorial Day which I feel is the most important holiday the country has, because without Memorial Day, we would have no other holiday,” Mantegna told uInterview.
The concert is not only for the armed forces, but for their families who also bear a heavy burden, specifically if their loved ones are not among those who return. Mantegna joined American Gold Star Mothers' Ruth Stonesifer, whose son was the first casualty of the Afghanistan War, to discuss Memorial Day and the meaning of the concert. “The concert is a wonderful performance that is dedicated to the service that the men of the armed forces do," Stonessifer told uInterview. "It is a tribute to them for their...
The concert is not only for the armed forces, but for their families who also bear a heavy burden, specifically if their loved ones are not among those who return. Mantegna joined American Gold Star Mothers' Ruth Stonesifer, whose son was the first casualty of the Afghanistan War, to discuss Memorial Day and the meaning of the concert. “The concert is a wonderful performance that is dedicated to the service that the men of the armed forces do," Stonessifer told uInterview. "It is a tribute to them for their...
- 5/23/2014
- Uinterview
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PBS plans to air a country music documentary from Ken Burns, a five-part documentary called “Earth: A New Wild,” and a second season of “Last Tango in Halifax,” the network announced Monday. The network also announced programs to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day, including its 25th live broadcast of the “National Memorial Day Concert,” co-hosted by Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise. Also read: Why ‘Downton Abbey’ Will Keep Airing in January in the U.S. “Country Music” will air in 2018, PBS said at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. The film will be directed and produced by Burns and written.
- 1/20/2014
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Press Release: PBS announced today its slate of Winter/Spring 2014 programs, including the long-awaited return of Masterpiece “Sherlock, Season 3” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the legendary British sleuth, on Sunday, January 19 at 10 p.m. Et. The highly acclaimed “Sherlock” follows Season 4 of “Downton Abbey,” which debuts with eight new episodes January 5 on Masterpiece. The two shows bolster Sunday night as a hallmark of British drama on PBS, whose ratings that night have grown 26 percent (8-11 pm, 2011-12 season: 9/19/2011-9/23/2012 to 2012-13 season: 9/24/2012-9/22/2013) season over season. The schedule also reinforces PBS’ move into 10 p.m. programming on several key nights.
PBS also announced a number of new programs, including the real-life adventure series Chasing Shackleton, the broadcast premieres of biopics “Salinger” on American Masters (about the reclusive Catcher in the Rye author) and Hawking, an intimate portrait of physicist Stephen Hawking’s extraordinary life and career, along with a roster of...
PBS also announced a number of new programs, including the real-life adventure series Chasing Shackleton, the broadcast premieres of biopics “Salinger” on American Masters (about the reclusive Catcher in the Rye author) and Hawking, an intimate portrait of physicist Stephen Hawking’s extraordinary life and career, along with a roster of...
- 10/23/2013
- by theTVaddict
- The TV Addict
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