In an ‘Order’ly fashion

MJFDB Webmaster | July 1, 2010

From All Headline News Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canadian actor Michael J. Fox was among the 74 Canadians who were appointed Wednesday by Governor General Michaelle Jean to the Order of Canada. The order, the highest honor given to a civilian, is in recognition for the lifetime achievement of the appointee. Fox was cited [...]

MJF News Roundup

MJFDB Webmaster | March 22, 2010

In ‘Foxes’ and ‘Light of Day,’ the real Cherie Currie and Joan Jett revealed more about themselves than ‘The Runaways’ does…by Owen Gleiberman :: This has a short but perceptive review of the film Light of Day Crispin Glover talks about why he did not return for the Back to the Future sequels…READ MORE Learning [...]

More about MJF’s new Honorary Degree

MJFDB Webmaster | March 12, 2010

Last Friday, Michael J. Fox received an honorary doctorate degree of Medicine from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. At the ceremony in New York, Fox had this to say: “I’m grateful to the Board of Research and to the Karolinska Institute for this tremendous honor,” Fox said. “It is especially meaningful because our Foundation [...]

Another Doctorate

MJFDB Webmaster | March 5, 2010

Michael J. Fox named honorary doctor in Sweden…SOURCE (AP) – 2 hours ago STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s Karolinska institute says it will give an honorary degree of medicine to Canadian-American actor Michael J. Fox for his work to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson’s disease. The institute, which awards the annual Nobel Prize in medicine, says [...]

Another trophy for the case

MJFDB Webmaster | January 31, 2010

Michael J. Fox has won the Grammy for Best Spoken Word album, beating out Jonathan Winters, Richard Dreyfuss & David Straithairn, Various Artists including Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh, Edward Herrmann and Others, Jimmy Carter and Carrie Fisher. Congratulations to MJF!

Doggone it, people like him!

MJFDB Webmaster | January 26, 2010

Michael J. Fox has ranked third in Forbes’ ‘Most Trusted Celebrities’ list. Who beat him? James Earl Jones and Tom Hanks. I dunno…can you really trust someone who is the voice or Darth Vader?…READ MORE NOTE: Thanks to May for pointing out my misspelling of ‘Vader.’ As a self-proclaimed geek, I’m very embarrassed.

MJF Nominated for a Grammy!

MJFDB Webmaster | December 3, 2009

It was announced today that Michael J. Fox is a nominee for the ‘Best Spoken Word Album’ Grammy for the 52nd Annual Grammy awards. Here’s a list of all those nominated in his category: Best Spoken Word Album, which includes Poetry, Audio Books and Story Telling Always Looking Up Michael J. Fox [Hyperion Audio] A [...]

News break…

MJFDB Webmaster | November 24, 2009

It’s time for one of my rare postings….I’m such a bad webmaster. NAB to honor Michael J. Fox A five-time Emmy and Golden Globe winner is to be honoured at the 2010 NAB Show. Michael J. Fox, actor, author and devoted advocate for increased funding for Parkinson’s disease research, will receive the NAB distinguished service [...]

MJF Wins Another Emmy

MJFDB Webmaster | September 13, 2009

Michael J. Fox won the Emmy for his guest appearance on “Rescue Me.” Congrats!

Bad, bad webmaster

MJFDB Webmaster | July 26, 2009

So – Michael J. Fox was nominated for another Emmy and I failed to report it. I have been such a slacker in regards to this website for a long time now. So, for those of you who don’t know, Michael J. Fox was nominated for an Emmy for best supporting actor for his work [...]