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38-509: In Britain, the term 'correspondent' usually refers to someone with a specific specialist area, such as health correspondent. A 'reporter' is usually someone without such expertise who is allocated stories by the newsdesk on any story in the news. A 'correspondent' can sometimes have direct executive powers, for example a 'Local Correspondent' (voluntary) of the Open Spaces Society (founded 1865) has some delegated powers to speak for

76-524: A barbershop and secretarial services. The New York Times ' report stressed the routine nature of the trip, with no special procedures being followed and no extra efforts being made to break records. It said that there "was no excitement along the way," and quoted a railroad official's claim: "it is a perfectly practical run and will be continued." Engineer William Gates said, "This schedule can be made without any difficulty. I can do it every time, barring accidents." The schedule cut two more hours off

114-633: A centralized news reporting agency. The producers of the show schedule time with the correspondent, who then appears "live" to file a report and chat with the hosts. The reporter will go and do a number of similar reports for other stations. Many viewers may be unaware that the reporter does not work directly for the news show. This is also a popular way to report the weather. For example, AccuWeather does not just supply data, they also supply on-air meteorologists from television studios at their headquarters. [REDACTED] Media related to Correspondents at Wikimedia Commons Red carpet A red carpet

152-587: A glimpse of stars like Clark Gable , Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly . In 1961, the red carpet was introduced at the Academy Awards at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium . In 1964, the broadcasters of the ceremony opted to film outside the venue, showing the arrival of guests as they stepped out of their limousines. From this point forward, the red carpet became a globally acknowledged focal point for actors and actresses to make

190-488: A grand entrance and showcase themselves at the Oscars. A red carpet is also used in gala celebrity events such as the Academy Awards , Golden Globe Awards , Grammy Awards , Met Gala , and BAFTAs . While the awards take place inside, much of the publicity and excitement takes place outside with journalists discussing the red carpet fashions , what designers are being worn by which stars and photographers taking pictures in

228-730: A red path to walk upon: Now, dearest husband, come, step from your chariot. But do not set to earth, my lord, the conquering foot That trod down Troy. Servants, do as you have been bidden; Make haste, carpet his way with crimson tapestries, Spread silk before your master’s feet; Justice herself Shall lead him to a home he never hoped to see. Agamemnon, knowing that only gods walk on such luxury, responds with trepidation: I count it dangerous, being mortal, to set foot On rich embroidered silks. I would be reverenced As man, not god. The praise of fame rings clear without These frills and fancy foot-rugs; Renaissance paintings often show rugs and carpets in oriental patterns , with red often

266-508: A route similar to the 20th Century's , except west of Whiting, Indiana (near Chicago), where it switches to the former Pennsylvania Railroad 's Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway . On August   26, 1999, the United States Postal Service issued 33-cent All Aboard! 20th Century American Trains commemorative stamps featuring five celebrated American passenger trains from the 1930s and 1940s. One of

304-635: A series of airport lounges at major airports that were formerly known as " Red Carpet Clubs ". 20th Century Limited The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train on the New York Central Railroad (NYC) from 1902 to 1967. The train traveled between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago , Illinois , along the railroad's "Water Level Route". NYC inaugurated

342-502: A setting for major scenes in both Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest and George Roy Hill's The Sting (which incorrectly had the train arrive in Chicago at night, not in the morning as it did in reality). While doing research for her novel Atlas Shrugged , Ayn Rand learned the operation of the train and subsequently devised a fictional company   – the "Twentieth Century Motor Company"   – which would be important to

380-473: A sponsored event, the sponsor's logo colors, such as the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards , which uses an orange carpet to match the network's primary imaging color; The MTV Video Music Awards have similarly varied, with some editions having used black ( 2022 ), white ( 2016 ), and blue ( 2017 ) carpets. In 2019, the premiere of the film Detective Pikachu (2019) used a yellow carpet to match

418-428: Is traditionally used to mark the route taken by heads of state on ceremonial and formal occasions, and has in recent decades been extended to use by VIPs and celebrities at formal events. The earliest known reference to walking a red carpet in literature is in the play Agamemnon by Aeschylus , written in 458 BC. When the title character returns from Troy, he is greeted by his wife Clytemnestra who offers him

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456-490: The 20th Century Limited as competition to the Pennsylvania Railroad , aimed at upper-class and business travelers. It made few station stops along the way and used track pans to take water at speed. On June   15, 1938, streamlined train sets designed by Henry Dreyfuss were added to the route. Widely considered to be one of the greatest American passenger trains of all time, the 20th Century Limited

494-762: The Manhattan Project General Leslie Groves invited J. Robert Oppenheimer to join himself, James C. Marshall and Kenneth Nichols on their return trip to New York. After dinner on the train they discussed the project while squeezed into Nichol’s one-person roomette (of about 40" by 80" or 1m by 2m). Shortly afterwards Oppenheimer was appointed to head the Los Alamos Laboratory . Regular passengers included Theodore Roosevelt , William Jennings Bryan , Lillian Russell , "Diamond Jim" Brady , J. P. Morgan , Enrico Caruso and Nellie Melba . The 20th Century Limited

532-585: The locomotive and passenger cars rendered in blues and grays (the colors of NYC). The streamlined sets were inaugurated on June 15, 1938. His design was probably the most famous American passenger train. The first new 20th Century Limited train left New York City at 18:00 Eastern Time and arrived at Chicago's La Salle Street Station the following morning at 09:00 Central Time, traveling the 960.7 miles (1,546 km) at an average 60 miles per hour (97 km/h). The eastbound train left La Salle Street Station in Chicago at 15:00 and arrived at Grand Central Terminal

570-404: The press line . This is now a spectacular international product placement arena of great importance to the fashion industry. Red carpets are often coupled with publicity backdrops which contain brand logos or emblems for photography purposes. Carpeting in other colors may replace red in some instances to honor a certain cause, such as a "green carpet" to promote environmental awareness; or, for

608-480: The red carpet of an entertainment or media event, such as a premiere , award ceremony or festival . A foreign correspondent is any individual who reports from primarily foreign locations. A war correspondent is a foreign correspondent who covers stories first-hand from a war zone. A foreign bureau is a news bureau set up to support a news gathering operation in a foreign country. Cost of living correspondents have been employed by several news agencies in

646-483: The Society on path and commons matters in their area including representing the Society at Public Inquiries. A capitol correspondent is a correspondent who reports from headquarters of government. A legal or justice correspondent reports on issues involving legal or criminal justice topics, and may often report from the vicinity of a courthouse. A red carpet correspondent is an entertainment reporter who reports from

684-459: The color of its title character Pikachu . The premiere of Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) used a blue carpet to match its namesake character . At the 95th Academy Awards in 2023, the organizers chose a different champagne color for the first time since the red carpet was introduced, as part of an attempt to better reflect a "day event into the night". The Jeopardy! Honors event, which

722-555: The five stamps features an image of a streamlined J-3a steam locomotive leading the 20th Century Limited out of the Chicago railyards on its way to New York, with the Board of Trade Building in the background. Several 20th Century Limited traincars and its red carpet were included in the Grand Central Centennial Parade of Trains, part of the terminal centennial celebration in 2013. For 2023, two of

760-515: The following morning at 08:00. For a few years after World War II, the eastward schedule was shortened to 15½ hours. In 1945, EMD diesel-electrics replaced steam, and two new diesel-electric-powered trainsets were commissioned. The replacement was inaugurated by General Dwight D. Eisenhower in September, 1948. This set was featured in postwar films such as North by Northwest and The Band Wagon . Like many express passenger trains through

798-535: The last time. As always, carnations were given to men and perfume and flowers to women boarding the train. The next day, it arrived at LaSalle Street Station in Chicago 9   hours 50   minutes late due to a freight derailment near Conneaut, Ohio , which forced a slow rerouting over the parallel Nickel Plate railroad freight line. Amtrak now operates the Lake Shore Limited between New York Penn Station and Chicago Union Station . It follows

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836-428: The lavish Art Deco details of the time period as well innovative staging to open up what could be cramped quarters inside a train car. The musical was based on the 1932 Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur stage play of the same subject, which in 1934 they adapted as a film entitled Twentieth Century , directed by Howard Hawks , with Carole Lombard and John Barrymore in the lead roles. The train also figured prominently as

874-479: The light of the "cost of living" crisis in the United Kingdom from 2021 onwards. In TV news, a "live on-the-scene" reporter reports from the field during a "live shot". This has become an extremely popular format with the advent of Eyewitness News . A recent cost-saving measure is for local TV news to dispense with out-of-town reporters and replace them with syndicated correspondents, usually supplied by

912-410: The main background colour, laid on the steps to a throne, or on a dais where rulers or sacred figures are placed. A red carpet was rolled out to a river to welcome the arrival of United States president James Monroe in 1821. In 1902, the New York Central Railroad began using plush crimson carpets to direct people as they boarded their 20th Century Limited passenger train. This is believed to be

950-614: The mid-1960s, the 20th Century Limited carried an East Division (E.D.) Railway Post Office (R.P.O.) car operated by the Railway Mail Service (RMS) of the United States Post Office Department which was staffed by USPOD clerks as a "fast mail" on each of its daily runs. The mails received by, postmarked, processed, sorted and dispatched from the 20th Century Limited 's RPOs were either canceled or backstamped (as appropriate) during

988-473: The novel's plot. The 20th Century Limited is frequently referenced as a main means of train transportation of the fictional Van Dorn detective Isaac Bell in several Clive Cussler period books featuring the early 1900s detective. The Wrecker (Clive Cussler with Justin Scott) is the second in the long-running series and has Bell with other Van Dorn detectives riding the 20th Century Limited often as they pursue

1026-526: The origin of the phrase "red-carpet treatment". By the late 1920s the red carpet had become synonymous with Hollywood and film premieres . A crimson-hued carpet was used for the first ever Hollywood premiere, the 1922 premiere of Robin Hood , starring Douglas Fairbanks , in front of the Egyptian Theatre . For the following decades, the red carpet was one of the few places the public could catch

1064-598: The peak year, the train earned revenue of $ 10   million and was believed to be the most profitable train in the world. The cars of the 20th Century Limited were lit with fluorescent lamps soon after their introduction, which coincided with the introduction of the new Art Deco train sets on June   15, 1938. In 1938, industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss was commissioned by the New York Central to design streamlined train sets in Art Deco style, with

1102-532: The phrase "the red-carpet treatment ". "Transportation historians", said the writers of The Art of the Streamliner , "consistently rate the 1938   edition of the Century to be the world's ultimate passenger conveyance—at least on the ground". In 1926, Lucille Ball made her first trip to California from New York on the 20th Century Limited . On 15 October 1942 after a meeting in Chicago on

1140-779: The restored traincars, Hickory Creek and Tavern-Lounge No. 43, are being offered for Spring and Fall day trip excursions between New York City and Albany, New York while attached to the rear of an Amtrak Empire Service train. In September, a special trip from New York to Chicago and back will be offered. All 2023 tickets were sold, but there is a waiting list. Eastbound train #38— Advance 20th Century Limited , on February 7, 1930; Sampled at Chicago . Westbound train #25— 20th Century Limited , on March 17, 1938; Sampled at New York City Eastbound train #26— 20th Century Limited , on September 6, 1943; departing Chicago . Westbound train #25— 20th Century Limited , on March 30, 1965, sampled at Cleveland, Ohio The 20th Century Limited

1178-537: The run in June 1905, and, on the 21st of that month, the train was intentionally derailed on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway line at Mentor, Ohio , killing 21 passengers. It reverted to 20 hours in 1912 and was unchanged until 1932. In 1935, it dropped to 16   hours, 30   minutes; then to 16   hours on June   15, 1938, when lightweight cars were implemented. The engine change point

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1216-438: The trip by hand-applied circular date stamps (CDS) reading "N.Y. & CHI. R.P.O. E.D. 20TH CEN.LTD." and the train's number: "25" (NY–CHI) or "26" (CHI–NY). For much of its history before 1957, the all-Pullman train made station stops only at Grand Central Terminal and Harmon for New York–area passengers and LaSalle Street Station and Englewood for Chicago-area passengers. These traveled in as many as seven sections (each

1254-564: Was a separate, complete train), of which the first was named the Advance 20th Century Limited . In 1957, the 20th Century Limited schedule added more station stops to the original four (two terminals and two suburban stops). In the 1960s, the NYC added slumbercoaches to the roster of sleeping cars. By the late 1960s, the train was in decline. On December   2, 1967 at 18:00, the half-full train left Grand Central Terminal's Track   34 for

1292-521: Was advertised as "The Most Famous Train in the World". In the year of its last run, The New York Times said that it "...was known to railroad buffs for 65 years as the world's greatest train". Its style was described as "spectacularly understated ... suggesting exclusivity and sophistication". Passengers walked to the train in New York and Chicago on a specially designed crimson carpet, giving rise to

1330-579: Was held annually since Season 39 on the eve of the Tournament of Champions , featured a blue carpet, in order to match the color of its background used during clues and dollar amounts shown on the clue board, from inside the Alex Trebek Stage at Sony Pictures Studios . More generally, "red carpet treatment" and "rolling out the red carpet" usually refer to any special efforts made in the interests of hospitality . United Airlines operates

1368-531: Was moved to Croton–Harmon station in 1913, when the NYC line was electrified south of that point. In the 1920s, the New York-Chicago fare was $ 32.70 plus the extra fare of $ 9.60, plus the Pullman charge (e.g. $ 9 for a lower berth), for a total of $ 51.30, equal to $ 891.28 today. This fare entitled a passenger to a bed closed off from the aisle by curtains; a compartment to oneself cost more. In 1928,

1406-722: Was the flagship train of the New York Central and was advertised as "The Most Famous Train in the World". It was described in The New York Times as having been "[...] known to railroad buffs for 65 years as the world's greatest train", and its style was described as "spectacularly understated". The phrase " red-carpet treatment" is derived from passengers' walking to the train on a specially-designed crimson carpet. The 20th Century Limited first ran on June   15, 1902. It completed its run from New York to Chicago in 20   hours, four hours less than previous trains, and arrived three minutes ahead of schedule. It offered

1444-482: Was the setting for a Broadway musical composed by Cy Coleman and written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green entitled On the Twentieth Century , about the romantic complications of a beautiful actress and an egocentric producer/director. Madeline Kahn and John Cullum starred in the award-winning production (five Tony Awards out of nine nominations), whose spectacular production design featured both

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