tony awards

2002 was the first full year of a post-9/11 America. The Department of Homeland Security was created. The Houston Texans are founded.

Here at home, Governor Bob Taft was re-elected in a landslide. Wendy's founder Dave Thomas passed away. Central Crossing High School opened in Grove City, the fourth high school of South-Western City Schools. Freshman running back phenom Maurice Clarett helps Ohio State to its first National Championship since 1968. The Bengals suffer their worst season in franchise history at 2-14.

SPORTS CHAMPIONS:
NBA: Los Angeles Lakers
Super Bowl XXXVI: New England Patriots (the first of the Belichick/Brady era)
World Series: Anaheim Angels
Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings
NCAA Men's Basketball: Maryland Terrapins
NCAA Women's Basketball: UConn Lady Huskies
College Football: THE Ohio State B*ckeyes
Heisman Trophy: Carson Palmer, Quarterback, University of Southern California
FIFA World Cup: Brazil
U.S. (Golf) Open: Tiger Woods

LOCAL SPORTS CHAMPIONS:
The Memorial - Jim Furyk
The Game - Ohio State won 14-9 in Columbus
Division II Boys' H.S. Basketball: Brookhaven Bearcats (first State Championship for Columbus City Schools since 1979)
Division II Football: Bishop Watterson Eagles

ACADEMY AWARDS (for 2001 Films):
Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind
Best Director: Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind
Best Actress: Halle Berry, Monster's Ball (first African-American winner in this category)
Best Actor: Denzel Washington, Training Day (second African-American winner, and first since 1964 in this category)
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind
Best Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent, Iris
Best Original Song: "If I Didn't Have You", Monsters, Inc., Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman (first-ever Oscar win for Newman)

GRAMMY AWARDS (for 2000-01 Music):
Album of the Year: Soundtrack from O, Brother, Where Art Thou?
Record of The Year: "Walk On" (U2)
Song of the Year: "Fallin" (Alicia Keys)

Tonight on the show, songs from past Grammy Award winners for Musical Theater Album, plus two of the 2019 nominees in this exact category. Songs from The Sound of Music, Funny Girl, Hair, Godspell, The Wiz, Wicked, The Producers, Hamilton, and other shows round out this program tonight.

Tonight on the show, the DJBC Happy Hour recaps the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, and breaks down the nominations for the 70th Annual Tony Awards. Hamilton leads ALL Broadway shows with a record 16 Nominations.

SELECT DAYTIME EMMY WINNERS:
Drama Series - General Hospital (ABC)
Actor - Tyler Christopher as Nikolas Cassidine, General Hospital (ABC)
Actress - Mary Beth Evans as Dr. Kayla Brady, Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Supporting Actor - Sean Blakemore as Shawn Butler, General Hospital (ABC)
Supporting Actress - Jessica Collins as Avery Bailey Clark, The Young and the Restless (CBS)
Younger Actor - Bryan Craig as Morgan Corinthos, General Hospital (ABC)
Younger Actress - True O'Brien as Paige Larson, Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Guest Performer - Obba Babatunde as Julius Avant, The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Writing Team - The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Directing Team - General Hospital (ABC)
Talk Show, Entertainment - The Talk (CBS)
Talk Show, Informative - The Chew (ABC)
Talk Show Host, Entertainment - Kelly Ripa & Michael Strahan, Live with Kelly and Michael (ABC/SYN)
Talk Show Host, Informative - Dr. Mehmet Oz, The Dr. Oz Show (Syndicated)
Game/Audience Participation Show - The Price is Right (CBS)
Game/Audience Participation Host - Craig Ferguson, Celebrity Name Game (SYN)
Morning Program - CBS Sunday Morning (CBS)
Entertainment News Program - Extra (Syndicated)
New Approaches (Online) Drama Series - The Bay (http://thebaytheseries.com)
Actress in a New Approaches Drama - Mary Beth Evans as Sara Garrett, The Bay
Actor in a New Approaches Drama - Kristos Andrews as Peter Garrett, The Bay

Tonight on the show, Summer Events in the Month of June are previewed, including:
- The Columbus Arts Festival (June 7-9; Downtown - http://www.columbusartsfestival.org)
- Columbus Pride (June 21-23; http://www.stonewallcolumbus.org)
- Comfest (June 28-30; Goodale Park - http://www.comfest.com)

The 67th Annual Tony Awards (June 9 from the Beacon Theatre in New York on CBS) and the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (June 16 from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on Headline News) are previewed.