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She became known during the 1990s, after a series of roles in several well-received independent films. Referred to as, "The Queen of the Indies," Parker Posey played Tess Shelby on As The World Turns from 1991 to 1992.

Brooklyn native, Marisa Tomei was attending Boston University, when she was cast in the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns; she subsequently left school and played the teenager Marcy Thompson on the show from 1983 to 1985. She made her feature film debut in 1984 in The Flamingo Kid, starring Matt Dillon. After leaving As the World Turns, she appeared in Off-Broadway productions like Daughters (1985) before moving to Los Angeles. In 1987, she landed a role as a roommate of Lisa Bonet's character during the first season of the sitcom A Different World, a short-lived spinoff of The Cosby Show. Golden Globe-nominated American comedienne, Phyllis Diller, considered to be one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy, guests as Tomei's fairy godmother.

Long before her Miseducation, Grammy Award-winning singer, rapper, musician, songwriter, producer, and film actress, Lauryn Hill, appeared on As The World Turns. While still in high school in Maplewood, New Jersey, Hill played a recurring role on the Daytime Drama as the troubled runaway, Kira (1991).

On the occasion of Ken Burn's Lifetime Achievement honor at the 29th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards (2008), this special video tribute was produced and premiered. In his thirty years as a documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns has produced over 20 films, among them some of the most accomplished historical documentaries of our time. He is perhaps best known for his 1990 film The Civil War, the highest rated series in the history of Public Television. Other important films include Baseball, an 18-hour documentary on the history of Americas national pastime; Jazz, a ten-part film that explores the roots and evolution of this quintessentially American art form; and most recently, the seven-part documentary about World War II, The War, which uses the personal accounts of men and women from around the United States to explore the human dimension of one of the most momentous events in recent world history. Ken Burns films have won dozens of major awards, including seven Emmys, two duPont-Columbia Awards, and three Peabodies. In 2002, Real Screen Magazine named him one of the two most influential filmmakers of all time.

On the occasion of his receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at the 29th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards (2008), Ken Burns spoke to Steve Rogers.

Academy Award nominated actress Julianne Moore appears in this clip from As The World Turns. Moore played the dual roles of Frannie Hughes and Sabrina Hughes on the drama, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1988; she played the roles from 1985 to 1988. Queens born actor, Steven Weber, appeared on As The World Turns from 1985 to 1986. His best-known role was as Brian Hackett, a skirt-chasing airplane pilot on the NBC sitcom Wings. Academy Award winning actress Marisa Tomei appears at the close of the clip. She appeared on As The World Turns from 1983 to 1987.

Meg Ryan appeared on the CBS Daytime Drama, As The World Turns from 1982 to 1984. Her first full-blown hit in a leading film role was the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally... (1989) which paired her with comedic leading man Billy Crystal. Her portrayal of Sally Albright, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination, is memorable for her depiction of a theatrical faked orgasm in a Manhattan delicatessen. "I'll have what she's having."

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Academy Award nominated actress Julianne Moore appears in this clip from As The World Turns. Moore played the dual roles of Frannie Hughes and Sabrina Hughes on the drama, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1988; she played the roles from 1985 to 1988. Brooklyn native, Marisa Tomei was attending Boston University, when she was cast in the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns; she subsequently left school and played the teenager Marcy Thompson on the show from 1983 to 1985. She made her feature film debut in 1984 in The Flamingo Kid, starring Matt Dillon. After leaving As the World Turns, she appeared in Off-Broadway productions like Daughters (1985) before moving to Los Angeles. In 1987, she landed a role as a roommate of Lisa Bonet's character during the first season of the sitcom A Different World, a short-lived spinoff of The Cosby Show.

Tim Russert joined NBC News in 1984; the beginning of a 24 year run that brought him national acclaim and the admiration of his colleagues at NBC and elsewhere. It also gave American television viewers a tenacious interviewer famous for confronting the mighty with statements they once made and might now regret. From 1991 until his death this in June of 2008 he moderated Meet the Press, Americas most-watched Sunday morning interview program. Surviving a Tim Russert interrogation was considered an essential challenge for many an aspiring national politician, what Newsweek correspondent Howard Fineman coined the Tim Russet test. Russert also anchored a weekly interview show on CNBC, The Tim Russert Show, and served as Senior Vice-President and Washington Bureau Chief of NBC News. Russert authored two best-selling books—Big Russ and Me (2004) and Wisdom of Our Fathers (2006), and received numerous honors over the course of his career. This video was created for the 29th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Following the video tribute, Russert's wife and son accepted a special recognition from the National Academy.