David Snell (journalist) Wild" was fired upon by Soviet Yak-3 fighters. Snell's "Atlanta Constitution" article speculates that the plane was forced down to prevent its crew from spotting a Japanese atomic bomb facility in what is now Hŭngnam, now the third largest city in North Korea. His discovery of the atom bomb story had been outside his official line of duty and was not any part of his official assignment. Snell became the "Life" assistant editor on February 1, 1955. Late in 1956, he was assigned to the Paris bureau. In 1967, Snell reviewed the Warren Beatty-Faye Dunaway film "Bonnie and Clyde". As
Ned Beatty 1975. Beatty received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor category for the acclaimed film "Network" (1976), portraying a television network's bombastic but shrewd chairman of the board who convinces the mad Howard Beale character (portrayed by Peter Finch) that corporation-led global dehumanization is not only inevitable, but is also a good thing. Neither Beatty nor William Holden, who shared the lead role with Finch, won an Oscar. The other three acting awards besides best supporting actor were swept by "Network" performers: Best Actor for Peter Finch, Best Actress for Faye Dunaway, and Best Supporting Actress for Beatrice