LEONARD COHEN | HALLS OF FAME

[Roy]

Here is the website

http://www.pen-ne.org/

PEN New England is now at MIT
PEN New England
MIT
77 Massachusetts Avenue
14N-221A
Cambridge, MA 02139
617.324.1729
pen-newengland@mit.edu

Chuck Berry & Leonard Cohen
to receive 2012 Awards for
SONG LYRICS OF LITERARY EXCELLENCE
Awards Committee: Bono, Rosanne Cash, Elvis Costello, Paul Muldoon, Smokey Robinson, Salman Rushdie, and Paul Simon. Bill Flanagan Committee Chair
Sunday, 3:00 p.m. February 26, 2012

You can watch a live webcast by clicking here

http://www.jfklibrary.org/Events-and-Awards/Forums.aspx

Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence
February 26, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PMPEN New England and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum cordially invite you to the 2012 Awards for Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence presented to Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen.Seats are limited to two per person. Doors open one hour before the program begins. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Once the main hall is full, the event will be streamed live in an overflow theater.
Please add this to your calendar for an automatic reminder to view the webcast.

[Roy]

LEONARDCOHEN.COM added the Leonard Cohen | Halls of Fame site to their links page. This was a surprise to me.

This is how they described it:

LEONARD COHEN | HALLS OF FAME
Dedicated to the documentation of the Hall of Fame awards and other honors Leonard Cohen has received throughout his career.
Visit the Site » http://www.leonardcohenhallsoffame.com/

http://www.leonardcohen.com/ca/friends/links

[Roy]

Since some of the bios for the awards are really short, or no bios at all, I have added the induction speeches of Salman Rushdie, Lou Reed, and Adrienne Clarkson, as well as all of Leonard Cohen's acceptance speeches in written form to the Halls of Fame site. More photos too. I have also added an extra post which combines all of the awards bios into one post so they will all appear on the same page because there are too many of them now.

http://www.leonardcohenhallsoffame.com

[Roy]

http://www.canadafaq.ca/famous-canadians.php
http://canadafaq.ca/
http://www.canadafaq.ca/Famous_Canadians.pdf

[Roy]

The only Canadian to receive a Kennedy Center Honor so far is Actor Hume Cronyn in 1986 (born July 18, 1911, London, Canada; died June 15, 2003) husband of Jessica Tandy, who also received the honor the same year.

http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/ ... rce_type=A
http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/ ... rce_type=A

A lot of New Yorkers and Russians http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/ ... /home.html

[Roy]

http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/ ... istory.cfm - Kennedy Center Past Honorees - NEW LINK

[Roy]

You have to be alive to receive the Kennedy Center Honor. Once you're dead, you can never get it.

[Tchocolatl]

LEONARDCOHEN.COM added the Leonard Cohen | Halls of Fame site to their links page. This was a surprise to me.

I remember the PM that you sent me about this project when you started it. Your passion for this is intact. I rejoice with you!

[Roy]

It's that time of the year again! Nominate Leonard Cohen for Canada's Walk of Fame

http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/nomina ... nomination

[Roy]

http://www.walkoffame.com/pages/nominations

Nomination Process
Hollywood Walk Of Fame Committee Now Accepting Nominations for 2014
Deadline: Hardcopy of Nomination required by Friday, May 31, 2013 at 12 Noon.
No previous formats of the Nomination Application will be accepted.

Nominations for the Hollywood Walk of Fame are now being accepted by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Deadline for submission is Friday, May 31, 2013 at 12 noon. Hardcopy is required. All nominations will be considered at the annual Walk of Fame Committee meeting to be held in June. The committee will make selections for the year 2013.

Click here to download the Hollywood Walk of Fame Nomination Form for 2014 Selection.

http://www.walkoffame.com/media/walkoff ... nation.pdf

No previous formats will be accepted.
Complete the nomination application online, save on your computer and then email to stargirl@hollywoodchamber.net
Make sure to mail a hardcopy to be received (not postmarked) no later Friday, May 31st, 2013 by 12 Noon

Or, you can also obtain Nomination Application 2013 by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:

Walk of Fame Committee
c/o Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
7018 Hollywood Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Hollywood, CA 90028

IMPORTANT: The Hollywood Walk of Fame considers all nomination applications once a year in June. Please read carefully the guidelines and process to submit an application. The Hollywood Walk of Fame does not accept, encourage or support any other effort - letter writing, online petitions or signature gathering - to nominate a star.

The Walk of Fame categories include Motion Pictures, Television, Radio, Recording and Live Performance/Theatre. The committee will select approximately 12-15 names for insertion into the Walk. When nominating an individual or group, the sponsor must submit a photo, a bio and the nominee’s qualifications as well as a list of contributions to the community and civic-oriented participation. A letter of agreement from the nominee or his/her management must be included with the application.

[Roy]

http://www.leonardcohenhallsoffame.com is currently down due to google blogger's change in payment methods. The problem is being worked on. In the meantime you can still view the site at http://www.leonardcohenhallsoffame.blogspot.com

[Roy]

THE 2014 HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED: NO LEONARD COHEN!

Holland-Dozier-Holland
Jeff Lynne
Mana
Ray Parker Jr.
Katy Perry
Rick Springfield
Tupac Shakur

Motion Pictures: Orlando Bloom, Ray Dolby, Sally Field, Jack H. Harris, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Liam Neeson, Paul Mazursky, and Tom Sherak

Television: Dabney Coleman, Kaley Cuoco, Claire Danes, Giancarlo Esposito, Deidre Hall, Cheryl Hines, Don Mischer , Tavis Smiley and Phil Hartman (posthumous)

Radio: Renan Almendarez Coello (El Cucuy)

[Roy]

I've been having technical problems with google blogger/blogspot and payment for Leonard Cohen | Halls of Fame due to google's change in payment set-ups and third party involvements. As a result, someone else has bought http://www.leonardcohenhallsoffame.com. I don't want to deal with it anymore. I'm not that computer savvy.

This will be the permanent address from now on (the old address), which I don't ever have to pay for. FREE FOR LIFE AND THE SITE WILL BE UP EVEN AFTER I DIE

LEONARD COHEN | HALLS OF FAME

http://www.leonardcohenhallsoffame.blogspot.com

[SeventhSon]

I've just been listening to Leonard's induction speech into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2008). In his speech, he quotes John Landau's famous statement "I have seen the future of Rock and Roll and it is...". Now I know that Landau made this statement and was talking about Bruce Springsteen. Was Leonard just joking or did Landau really once said "...and it is not Leonard Cohen"?

I was just wondering, maybe someone could enlighten me.

[Roy]

Leonard was joking.