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Actor Michael Douglas and his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, are the recipients of the Christopher Reeve Foundation's Spirit of Courage award at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on Nov. 17, 2005, in New York. Visionary leadership awards went to Robert Halmi Jr., CEO of Hallmark Entertainment, and Sheila Johnson, CEO of Salamander Hospitality.
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Dana Reeve, wife of the late actor Christopher Reeve, smiles as she holds a tag with the Superman logo. She tells the audience at the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation's gala in New York on Nov. 17, 2005, that it represents her belief that Reeve's vision of a cure will go forward. Dana Reeve, 44, who announced three months ago that she has lung cancer, says her tumor is "shrinking and shrinking and shrinking."
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Actress Meryl Streep arrives at the Christopher Reeve Foundation's A Magical Evening gala, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, in New York. The Christopher Reeve Foundation is committed to finding treatments and cures for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other neurological disorders.
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Actress Glenn Close arrives at the Christopher Reeve Foundation's A Magical Evening gala Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, in New York. The Foundation's Spirit of Courage and Visionary Leadership awards were presented at the ceremony.
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Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and her husband, Michael Douglas, pose on the red carpet at the Christopher Reeve Foundation's A Magical Evening Gala on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, in New York. Zeta-Jones and Douglas received the Christopher Reeve Spirit of Courage award from the foundation.
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Actor Robin Williams arrives at The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation's A Magical Evening gala on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, in New York. The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation is committed to finding treatments and cures for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other neurological disorders.
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Dana Reeve, widow of actor Christopher Reeve, speaks at The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation's A Magical Evening gala Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, in New York.
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Actor Michael Douglas listens during an interview at The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation's A Magical Evening Gala on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, in New York. Douglas and his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, received the Christopher Reeve Spirit of Courage award from the foundation.
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Miss USA Chelsea Cooley poses for photographers at The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation's A Magical Evening gala on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, in New York.
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Television personality Diane Sawyer attends the Christopher Reeve Foundation's Spirit of Courage awards at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on Nov. 17, 2005, in New York.
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Actor Michael Douglas and his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, pose together at the Christopher Reeve Foundation's Spirit of Courage awards at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on Nov. 17, 2005, in New York.
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Actress Joan Collins and her husband, Percy Gibson, attends the Christopher Reeve Foundation's Spirit of Courage awards at the Marriott Marquis Hotel Nov. 17, 2005, in New York.
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Robin Williams and his wife, Marsha Garces Williams, arrive at The Christopher Reeve Foundation's A Magical Evening gala Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, in New York. The Christopher Reeve Foundation is committed to finding treatments and cures for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other neurological disorders.