In 2004, Crow appeared as a musical theater performer in the Cole Porter biopic De-Lovely.

Gardner has been portrayed by Marcia Gay Harden in the TV miniseries Sinatra, Deborah Kara Unger in HBO's The Rat Pack, Kate Beckinsale in the 2004 Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator and Anna Drijver in the 2012 Italian TV film Walter Chiari-Fino all ' ultima risata.

Forging a collaboration with Scorsese, the two paired again for a biopic of the eccentric and obsessive American film director and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes in The Aviator ( 2004 ).

The biopic Ray, released in October 2004, portrays his life and career between 1930 and 1979 and stars Jamie Foxx as Charles.

On the recommendation of Oscar Peterson, Tatum is portrayed by Johnny O ' Neal in Ray, a 2004 biopic about R & B artist Ray Charles.

* The Aviator ( 2004 ) — 1909 Bowdoin grad and U. S. Senator Owen Brewster plays a major role in this Howard Hughes biopic.

* Bettie Page: Dark Angel ( 2004 ), a biopic starring Paige Richards

More recently, Gwen Stefani briefly appeared as Harlow in Martin Scorsese's 2004 Howard Hughes biopic The Aviator.

* Tito was portrayed by Gerrick Winston in the 2004 film Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story, the biopic of Michael Jackson which first aired on VH1 and was satirized by comedian Aries Spears in an episode of MadTV that featured La Toya Jackson as she played in a skit attacking TV host Jay Leno for his constant jokes on her family.

In June 2004, based on the popularity of the " Rick James " sketch, it was announced that Chappelle was in talks to portray Rick James in a biopic from Paramount Pictures ( also owned by Viacom ).

In 2004, she produced the biopic The Mystery of Natalie Wood.

Reilly appeared in Martin Scorsese's 2004 Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator, as Hughes ' ( played by Leonardo DiCaprio ) trusted business partner, Noah Dietrich.

In 2004, Epps landed the role of drug-dealer-turned-prizefighter Luther Shaw, who falls under the tutelage of boxing promoter Jackie Kallen ( Meg Ryan ) in the biopic Against the Ropes.

In the 2004 film Ray, a biopic of Ray Charles, Fulson was portrayed by the blues musician Chris Thomas King.

His 2004 biopic BAADASSSSS!

De-Lovely is a 2004 musical biopic directed by Irwin Winkler.

* In June 2004, Variety reported that Warner Bros. and production company Plan B intend to develop a biopic about Chapelle starring Jennifer Aniston.

A central scene in the 2004 biopic Ray features the improvisation of the song performed by Jamie Foxx, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Charles.

" In 2004, Mario Van Peebles directed and starred as his father in BAADASSSSS !, a biopic about the making of Sweet Sweetback.

Receiving a healthy dose of critical praise, Winkler re-teamed with Kline for the follow-up De-Lovely ( 2004 ), casting the actor as the lead in his elegant and sophisticated biopic of American composer Cole Porter centered on his unique relationship with his wife and muse ( Ashley Judd ).

* Sheryl Crow performs the song in the biopic film about Cole Porter, De-Lovely ( 2004 ).

Armstrong was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Original Score in 2004 for the biopic Ray.

She played Katherine Jackson the mother of Michael Jackson in the 2004 biopic Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story.

* Cole Porter: Over the end titles of the 2004 biopic De-Lovely.

* Ray Moseley, Mussolini: The Last 600 Days of Il Duce ( Taylor Trade Publishing, Dallas, 2004 ) ISBN 1-58979-095-2

In the 2000s, biopics such as Ali ( 2001 ), Frida ( 2002 ), 8 Mile ( 2002 ), Ray ( 2004 ), Walk the Line ( 2005 ), and Milk ( 2008 ) have become popular among filmmakers.

His final film to date was Welcome to Mooseport ( 2004 ), a comedy with Ray Romano, in which Hackman portrayed a former President of the United States.

* 1962 – Ray Traylor, American wrestler ( d. 2004 )

* 1957 – Ray Fernandez, American wrestler ( d. 2004 )

Jewish variations of process theology are also presented in Harold Kushner's When Bad Things Happen to Good People ( New York: Anchor Books, 2004, ISBN 1-4000-3472-8 ) and Sandra B. Lubarsky and David Ray Griffin, eds., Jewish Theology and Process Thought ( Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995, ISBN 0-7914-2810-9 ).

* 1930 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor ( d. 2004 )

* May 2 – Ray Traylor, American professional wrestler (" Big Bossman ") ( d. 2004 )

** Ray Charles, American singer, musician, and actor ( d. 2004 )

In 2004, after over a decade of searching, Cassavetes scholar and Boston University professor Ray Carney announced his discovery of the only print of the original version of the film, found in a box on the subway before being bought with some other " lost and found " objects.

In 2004, the Army in the United States received a $ 1. 6 billion donation in the will of Joan B. Kroc, third wife of former McDonald's CEO Ray Kroc.

In 2004, the Hinds County sheriff, Malcolm MacMillan, called for re-opening of the case against Edgar Ray Killen, a suspect in the murder of three civil rights workers in 1964.

* Ray ( 2004 )

The others are Will Smith ( Best Actor, Ali, 2001, and Best Actor, The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006 ), and Jamie Foxx, ( Best Actor, Ray, 2004 ).

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

** 2004: Best Gospel Performance-" Heaven Help Us All " ( w / Ray Charles )

** 2004 Best Gospel Performance – " Heaven Help Us All " – Ray Charles & Gladys Knight.

The Ring Magazine in 2004 ranked Ketchel as the eighth greatest middleweight of all time, behind Harry Greb, Sugar Ray Robinson, Carlos Monzon, Marvin Hagler, Jake LaMotta, Charley Burley and Tiger Flowers.

A year later they evolved into The Octet which added Ray Paczkowski on keyboards and Russell Remington on tenor sax and flute ; and The Dectet in 2002 through 2004 explored complex arrangements and changes of some songs included on Trey Anastasio, and was an evolved version of the octet, now a ten-piece band with the addition of Peter Apfelbaum on barritone sax and percussion, and Cyro Baptista on percussion.

Leading contributors include Gunduz Caginalp ( Editor of the Journal of Behavioral Finance from 2001 – 2004 ) and collaborators including 2002 Nobelist Vernon Smith, David Porter, Don Balenovich, Vladimira Ilieva and Ahmet Duran, and Ray Sturm.

* Ray Stark ( 1915 – 2004 ), film producer