POLITICS 11/29/2018 05:07 am ET “We should have gotten the Emmy for ‘The Apprentice,’ you know?” By Lee Moran President Donald Trump predicted he’ll “never” win a Nobel Peace Prize in an interview with the New York Post published Tuesday. He then immediately whined to the New York tabloid about losing out an Emmy Award for his former reality TV show “The Apprentice.” “Well, they’ll never give it to me,” Trump said about the Nobel prize, which he was rumored in some conservative circles to be a contender for with regard to his administration’s attempts at improving global relations with North Korea. “We should have gotten the Emmy for ‘The Apprentice,’ you know?” Trump tangentially added. “I had the No. 1 show, ‘The Apprentice.’ Arnold Schwarzenegger blew it. Big movie star. It was dead in two nights. I had it for 14 seasons.” Trump claimed … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Makes Nobel Peace Prize Prediction, Then Rants About Emmy Award Loss
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Chef Jose Andres nominated for 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
By The Washington Post | PUBLISHED: November 26, 2018 at 3:49 pm | UPDATED: November 26, 2018 at 3:50 pm By Tim Carman | Washington Post Ever since José Andrés and his small nonprofit group took it upon themselves to feed hungry Puerto Ricans following the near knockout punch of Hurricane Maria last year, the celebrity chef’s name has been whispered as a potential nominee for a Nobel Peace Prize. Today, Rep. John Delaney, D-Md., confirmed that he has nominated the restaurateur and humanitarian for the 2019 award. Delaney, who has already announced his presidential campaign for 2020, said he could not discuss any specifics of his nomination or what motivated it. The five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the annual prize, discourages nominators from making any public announcements. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 1, and the committee will announce the laureates next October. The Nobel Foundation did not immediately respond to an email about … [Read more...] about Chef Jose Andres nominated for 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
Parkland Shooting Survivors Win Children’s Peace Prize
The Parkland students who created an international movement to raise awareness for gun violence after a deadly school shooting were awarded the International Children's Peace Prize on Tuesday. During a ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu presented the award, calling the student organization March For Our Lives one of the most significant youth-led mass movements in living memory and its founders "true change-makers." "I am in awe of these children, whose powerful message is amplified by their youthful energy and an unshakable belief that children can — no, must — improve their own futures," Tutu said. In the moments after 17 of their classmates and teachers were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, David Hogg, Emma Gonzalez, Delaney Tarr, Ryan Deitsch and Jaclyn Corin and more than a dozen others sprang to action, doing countless media interviews, grilling lawmakers about gun reform during town halls, and sparking massive walkouts and … [Read more...] about Parkland Shooting Survivors Win Children’s Peace Prize
Parkland shooting survivors receive peace prize from Desmond Tutu
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland students who created an international movement to raise awareness for gun violence after a deadly school shooting were awarded the International Children's Peace Prize on Tuesday. During a ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu presented the award, calling the student organization March For Our Lives one of the most significant youth-led mass movements in living memory and its founders "true change-makers." … [Read more...] about Parkland shooting survivors receive peace prize from Desmond Tutu
Parkland shooting survivors awarded Children’s Peace Prize
David Hogg, center, a student who survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting walks with volunteers to a polling place on campus during a Vote for Our Lives event at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Fla. on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/John Raoux) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland students who created an international movement to raise awareness for gun violence after a deadly school shooting were awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize on Tuesday. During a ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu presented the award, calling the student organization March For Our Lives one of the most significant youth-led mass movements in living memory and its founders “true change-makers.” “I am in awe of these children, whose powerful message is amplified by their youthful energy and an unshakable belief that children can — no, must — improve their own futures,” Tutu said. In the moments … [Read more...] about Parkland shooting survivors awarded Children’s Peace Prize