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Backstage Report: Gasping Over Jennifer and Angelina, Saluting Heath
Kate Winslet got unapologetically Kate Winslet-y. Sean Penn held his fire. Heath Ledger's family kept it together. Penélope Cruz lost it. The Slumdog Millionaire winners raised a glass. And Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston? Well, they sucked the air right out of the room.
The night's backstage doings—and sayings—at the 81st Annual Academy Awards:
5:51 p.m. PT: Well, I snagged a choice seat assignment. It just so happens I'm next to a Spanish radio reporter who translated the end of Cruz's speech for me. Cruz, she said, dedicated her Oscar to her fellow actors and citizens in Spain and thanked them for sharing in her happiness.
• I kinda wish I was sitting next to a burly longshoreman, too, on the off-chance I need a Mickey Rourke acceptance speech translated.
• I just put a call into Nate Silver, the FiveThirtyEight.com guy who called the 2008 presidential election with unerring accuracy and last week said his computer told him Taraji P. Henson had the best shot at winning Best Supporting Actress. Haven't heard back from him yet. Maybe he's arguing with a spreadsheet.
• I have never, ever heard as big a gasp in the press room as when the TV telecast cut to a reaction shot of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt during Jennifer Aniston's presenting gig. At first, I thought Aniston fell out of her dress. Or Jack Black fell into it.
• Silver called back. "I can't say I'm surprised," he says of Cruz's win, which was expected by most people—and things—save for his computer. "I kinda had an asterisk on it. We had Penélope as a pretty good shot ." As for the art of calling the Oscars? Silver admits it's no electoral college: "We're still working out the kinks."
• Dustin Lance Black, the Original Screenplay winner for Milk, was emotional on stage, so I'm not going to flatter myself and say he choked up back here because I'm the all-new Barbara Walters. All I asked him was whether he knew what he was going to say if and when he got to make an acceptance speech. "I had an idea. For me the whole thing was always to pay it forward. Harvey [Milk] gave me his story," Black says, before pausing and tearing up. "Harvey gave me his story, and it saved my life…I just wanted to tell those kids out there it'll be all right."
• Is there a Japanese speaker in the house? This request goes out from an Academy flack who tells us the winner of Animated Short, Kunio Kato, has lost his translator.
• I better start looking for that longshoreman pronto…
• I'm sitting so far in the back of the room that I can't tell if Penélope Cruz or Sophia Loren is with us now.
AP Photo / Mark Terrill
• OK, it's Cruz, projecting some serious old-school glamour, and talking about Loren, with whom she appears in the upcoming musical, Nine: "Sophia is incredible…She's a woman with a gold of heart. What did I just say?"
• Did I mention Cruz seems to be having a slight out-of-body experience?
• I tell Cruz that all the actresses in her category looked like emotional wrecks when, per the telecast's new format, former winners paid personal tribute to each of the nominees. She didn't disagree. "It was amazing to see all those women up there, and [hear] the beautiful things they said up there...And when it happens [when you win], it was a magical moment, and I [didn't] know if I was going to survive it."
• Count Cruz among the actresses who've fallen under the spell of the wily Woody Allen. "I call Woody sometimes just to say hello," she say of her Vicky Cristina Barcelona writer-director. "I adore him. I think he's so funny."
6:45 p.m.: If the pinchably cute kids from Slumdog Millionaire look like they're having a blast at the show, it's because they are. "It was absolutely the right thing to bring them over [from India] because they're having a lot of fun," Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog's Adapted Screenplay winner tells us.
• WALL-E writer-director Andrew Stanton, winner for Animated Feature, is outlining his theories on disconnectiveness and technology. No offense to Stanton or his film, but Bolt was way easier to follow.
• Hearing people congratulate Heath Ledger's eerily composed family is eerie in itself.
• Heath's sister Kate Ledger expands on her telecast anecdote about how the family knew an Oscar was in the star's future: "When he came home from Christmas a year ago, he had been sending me shots and bits and pieces from [The Dark Knight]…And I said to him, I have the feeling this is it for you, you're going to get a nomination from the Academy."
Michael Yada/AMPAS
• On the telecast, the Ledger clan said the Best Supporting Actor Oscar was for Matilda, Heath Ledger's 3-year-old daughter with Michelle Williams, but it's actually not as simple as handing the trophy over to the girl. Since 1951, an Academy rep tells me, winners have been obliged to sign to so-called winners' agreements. The agreements say if they or their heirs ever decide to part ways with their Oscars, they must offer to sell the awards back to the Academy for $1 each. Because she's a minor, Matilda can't legally sign this agreement. So, until she reaches 18, the Academy says, echoing what Ledger's father, Kim Ledger, told us, the award will be placed in a trust with Williams.
• The Ledger family has nothing but praise for Williams, with whom they said they had not yet spoken tonight. "Michelle keeps Matilda closeted in a nice way," Kim Ledger says. "I don't think she'll know much of the fuss [of tonight's show], which I think is a good thing." Sister Kate Ledger confirms: "We're very close with Michelle. She is doing an amazing job with Matilida."
• Mother Sally Bell says she thinks her son, who died in January 2008 at age 28, would have been "quietly pleased" with his win. "He enjoyed the performance, he did. He was very proud of what he did. Heath was never one to be over the top with anything," she says in her own understated way.
• Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Jerry Lewis, who has never been accused of being shy, will not be doing a press conference, an Academy flack announces. In other news, pigs have been spotted flying over the Kodak Theatre.
8:34 p.m.: You can't believe Waltz With Bashir didn't win Foreign Language Film. Your Oscar pool card can't believe it. Yojiro Takita, who won for Japan's Departures, can't either. In fact, he said so. "I don't believe it," Takita said. (Told you so.)
• At the exact moment Kate Winslet's film, The Reader, was going down to Best Picture defeat to Slumdog Millionaire, the Best Actress winner was being blinded by a million flashing camera lights next door in the photography room. She had no idea.
• There are no flashbulbs in the interview room, but the dazed Winslet still has no idea. Awaiting the first question, she takes deep, supposedly soothing breaths. "It's only starting to dawn on me now," she says a bit later, looking down at her Oscar. "Oh. My. God."
• Considering Winslet's won many, many awards this award season, can she really be so unnerved she won tonight? Yup. You see, Winslet, Winslet reminds, has lost at the Oscars many, many times. "Winning is really a lot better than losing," she reveals. "Really a lot better."
• A reporter informs Winslet she's been criticized in her native Britain for being a hyperventilating, crying, perspiring mess at recent award shows. "I really don't care," she says, her wind now restored. "Quite honestly, it makes me sad the country can't be happy for success of their own kind."
• A second reporter informs Winslet that email reaction from Britain is currently running in her favor. "Thank God for that!" she cries.
• A third reporter stands, and now Winslet gets really Winslet-y. She runs from the stage, and wraps the reporter—a reporter!—in a hug. U.K.-based gossip columnist Baz Bamigboye later tells me that while he and Winslet aren't what you'd call chums, he has had a professional relationship with the actress since she was an up-and-comer of 17. "We get on well," he says.
• Sensible Britain will be happy to know Winslet had a very sensible reason for choosing her "gunmetal gray" Yves Saint Laurent gown: "I thought my mom would think it's really pretty."
Jason Merritt/Getty Images
• Now Sean Penn—Sean Penn!—is acting all Winslet-y, walking over to the offstage Winslet to offer her a congratulatory hug and kiss.
• Penn's Winslet moment has passed, and he again is "Mr. Penn," as the Oscar flack calls him. I have no idea if Mr. Penn is happy, sad or vaguely disinterested to have won the Best Actor Oscar for Milk. Clint Eastwood's onscreen squint has nothing on Mr. Penn's offscreen one.
• About those protest signs Penn mentioned in his Oscar speech: It sounds as if they were the handiwork of the infamously antigay Westboro Baptist Church, which announced plans on its website to picket the show. Backstage, Penn has no response to one of the Kansas-based group's more hateful signs, "Heath in Hell," which it debuted at the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards just days after Ledger's death. Says Penn: "It's just meaningless jibberish."
• If Penn's not going to engage the protesters tonight, then he's not going to criticize President Obama tonight, either, for not embracing gay marriage (even as Obama denounced California's Proposition 8). "The day is going to come," Penn says of gay marriage, "and it's going to come quickly."
• I'll give Penn this: He admits to having known, admired and liked Mickey Rourke for more than 25 years. "He's an excellent bridge-burner at times," Penn says of Rourke without a bit of self-reverential humor.
• Slumdog's Danny Boyle won the Best Director Oscar, but all he's got in his hand right now is a champagne glass. When you're the night's big winner, I guess, you don't have to flaunt it.
Steve Granitz/Getty Images
• Boyle says the Slumdog team debated long and hard whether to include the film's young Indian actors in the show's awards-season run. "We were very concerned about it distorting their lives," he tells us. "They're young. They should stay in school…But then somebody said to us, look, they will put it in their own memory bank…and they will find a place for it in their own memory bank, and you should not deny it to them."
• Boyle has no idea what the Slumdog kids are inputting in their memory banks right now, as he has no idea where the Slumdog kids are right now. "I guess they've gone to the Governors Ball," he says, and I trust that's a good guess, and we won't need to issue an Amber Alert.
• A reporter identifies herself to Boyle as a correspondent for Rotten Tomatoes. Shouts the excited Boyle: "95!" (A fact check suggests Boyle really must be an dedicated follower of the review site. Slumdog's Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer reading is 94 percent.)
• Slumdog was lyrical, and so is Boyle, who resorts to citing a poem about "putting jukeboxes on the moon" to help sum up his film's Oscar triumph. "That's what tonight feels like," Boyle says. "Just amazing."
The night's backstage doings—and sayings—at the 81st Annual Academy Awards:
5:51 p.m. PT: Well, I snagged a choice seat assignment. It just so happens I'm next to a Spanish radio reporter who translated the end of Cruz's speech for me. Cruz, she said, dedicated her Oscar to her fellow actors and citizens in Spain and thanked them for sharing in her happiness.
• I kinda wish I was sitting next to a burly longshoreman, too, on the off-chance I need a Mickey Rourke acceptance speech translated.
• I just put a call into Nate Silver, the FiveThirtyEight.com guy who called the 2008 presidential election with unerring accuracy and last week said his computer told him Taraji P. Henson had the best shot at winning Best Supporting Actress. Haven't heard back from him yet. Maybe he's arguing with a spreadsheet.
• I have never, ever heard as big a gasp in the press room as when the TV telecast cut to a reaction shot of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt during Jennifer Aniston's presenting gig. At first, I thought Aniston fell out of her dress. Or Jack Black fell into it.
• Silver called back. "I can't say I'm surprised," he says of Cruz's win, which was expected by most people—and things—save for his computer. "I kinda had an asterisk on it. We had Penélope as a pretty good shot ." As for the art of calling the Oscars? Silver admits it's no electoral college: "We're still working out the kinks."
• Dustin Lance Black, the Original Screenplay winner for Milk, was emotional on stage, so I'm not going to flatter myself and say he choked up back here because I'm the all-new Barbara Walters. All I asked him was whether he knew what he was going to say if and when he got to make an acceptance speech. "I had an idea. For me the whole thing was always to pay it forward. Harvey [Milk] gave me his story," Black says, before pausing and tearing up. "Harvey gave me his story, and it saved my life…I just wanted to tell those kids out there it'll be all right."
• Is there a Japanese speaker in the house? This request goes out from an Academy flack who tells us the winner of Animated Short, Kunio Kato, has lost his translator.
• I better start looking for that longshoreman pronto…
• I'm sitting so far in the back of the room that I can't tell if Penélope Cruz or Sophia Loren is with us now.
AP Photo / Mark Terrill
• OK, it's Cruz, projecting some serious old-school glamour, and talking about Loren, with whom she appears in the upcoming musical, Nine: "Sophia is incredible…She's a woman with a gold of heart. What did I just say?"
• Did I mention Cruz seems to be having a slight out-of-body experience?
• I tell Cruz that all the actresses in her category looked like emotional wrecks when, per the telecast's new format, former winners paid personal tribute to each of the nominees. She didn't disagree. "It was amazing to see all those women up there, and [hear] the beautiful things they said up there...And when it happens [when you win], it was a magical moment, and I [didn't] know if I was going to survive it."
• Count Cruz among the actresses who've fallen under the spell of the wily Woody Allen. "I call Woody sometimes just to say hello," she say of her Vicky Cristina Barcelona writer-director. "I adore him. I think he's so funny."
6:45 p.m.: If the pinchably cute kids from Slumdog Millionaire look like they're having a blast at the show, it's because they are. "It was absolutely the right thing to bring them over [from India] because they're having a lot of fun," Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog's Adapted Screenplay winner tells us.
• WALL-E writer-director Andrew Stanton, winner for Animated Feature, is outlining his theories on disconnectiveness and technology. No offense to Stanton or his film, but Bolt was way easier to follow.
• Hearing people congratulate Heath Ledger's eerily composed family is eerie in itself.
• Heath's sister Kate Ledger expands on her telecast anecdote about how the family knew an Oscar was in the star's future: "When he came home from Christmas a year ago, he had been sending me shots and bits and pieces from [The Dark Knight]…And I said to him, I have the feeling this is it for you, you're going to get a nomination from the Academy."
Michael Yada/AMPAS
• On the telecast, the Ledger clan said the Best Supporting Actor Oscar was for Matilda, Heath Ledger's 3-year-old daughter with Michelle Williams, but it's actually not as simple as handing the trophy over to the girl. Since 1951, an Academy rep tells me, winners have been obliged to sign to so-called winners' agreements. The agreements say if they or their heirs ever decide to part ways with their Oscars, they must offer to sell the awards back to the Academy for $1 each. Because she's a minor, Matilda can't legally sign this agreement. So, until she reaches 18, the Academy says, echoing what Ledger's father, Kim Ledger, told us, the award will be placed in a trust with Williams.
• The Ledger family has nothing but praise for Williams, with whom they said they had not yet spoken tonight. "Michelle keeps Matilda closeted in a nice way," Kim Ledger says. "I don't think she'll know much of the fuss [of tonight's show], which I think is a good thing." Sister Kate Ledger confirms: "We're very close with Michelle. She is doing an amazing job with Matilida."
• Mother Sally Bell says she thinks her son, who died in January 2008 at age 28, would have been "quietly pleased" with his win. "He enjoyed the performance, he did. He was very proud of what he did. Heath was never one to be over the top with anything," she says in her own understated way.
• Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Jerry Lewis, who has never been accused of being shy, will not be doing a press conference, an Academy flack announces. In other news, pigs have been spotted flying over the Kodak Theatre.
8:34 p.m.: You can't believe Waltz With Bashir didn't win Foreign Language Film. Your Oscar pool card can't believe it. Yojiro Takita, who won for Japan's Departures, can't either. In fact, he said so. "I don't believe it," Takita said. (Told you so.)
• At the exact moment Kate Winslet's film, The Reader, was going down to Best Picture defeat to Slumdog Millionaire, the Best Actress winner was being blinded by a million flashing camera lights next door in the photography room. She had no idea.
• There are no flashbulbs in the interview room, but the dazed Winslet still has no idea. Awaiting the first question, she takes deep, supposedly soothing breaths. "It's only starting to dawn on me now," she says a bit later, looking down at her Oscar. "Oh. My. God."
• Considering Winslet's won many, many awards this award season, can she really be so unnerved she won tonight? Yup. You see, Winslet, Winslet reminds, has lost at the Oscars many, many times. "Winning is really a lot better than losing," she reveals. "Really a lot better."
• A reporter informs Winslet she's been criticized in her native Britain for being a hyperventilating, crying, perspiring mess at recent award shows. "I really don't care," she says, her wind now restored. "Quite honestly, it makes me sad the country can't be happy for success of their own kind."
• A second reporter informs Winslet that email reaction from Britain is currently running in her favor. "Thank God for that!" she cries.
• A third reporter stands, and now Winslet gets really Winslet-y. She runs from the stage, and wraps the reporter—a reporter!—in a hug. U.K.-based gossip columnist Baz Bamigboye later tells me that while he and Winslet aren't what you'd call chums, he has had a professional relationship with the actress since she was an up-and-comer of 17. "We get on well," he says.
• Sensible Britain will be happy to know Winslet had a very sensible reason for choosing her "gunmetal gray" Yves Saint Laurent gown: "I thought my mom would think it's really pretty."
Jason Merritt/Getty Images
• Now Sean Penn—Sean Penn!—is acting all Winslet-y, walking over to the offstage Winslet to offer her a congratulatory hug and kiss.
• Penn's Winslet moment has passed, and he again is "Mr. Penn," as the Oscar flack calls him. I have no idea if Mr. Penn is happy, sad or vaguely disinterested to have won the Best Actor Oscar for Milk. Clint Eastwood's onscreen squint has nothing on Mr. Penn's offscreen one.
• About those protest signs Penn mentioned in his Oscar speech: It sounds as if they were the handiwork of the infamously antigay Westboro Baptist Church, which announced plans on its website to picket the show. Backstage, Penn has no response to one of the Kansas-based group's more hateful signs, "Heath in Hell," which it debuted at the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards just days after Ledger's death. Says Penn: "It's just meaningless jibberish."
• If Penn's not going to engage the protesters tonight, then he's not going to criticize President Obama tonight, either, for not embracing gay marriage (even as Obama denounced California's Proposition 8). "The day is going to come," Penn says of gay marriage, "and it's going to come quickly."
• I'll give Penn this: He admits to having known, admired and liked Mickey Rourke for more than 25 years. "He's an excellent bridge-burner at times," Penn says of Rourke without a bit of self-reverential humor.
• Slumdog's Danny Boyle won the Best Director Oscar, but all he's got in his hand right now is a champagne glass. When you're the night's big winner, I guess, you don't have to flaunt it.
Steve Granitz/Getty Images
• Boyle says the Slumdog team debated long and hard whether to include the film's young Indian actors in the show's awards-season run. "We were very concerned about it distorting their lives," he tells us. "They're young. They should stay in school…But then somebody said to us, look, they will put it in their own memory bank…and they will find a place for it in their own memory bank, and you should not deny it to them."
• Boyle has no idea what the Slumdog kids are inputting in their memory banks right now, as he has no idea where the Slumdog kids are right now. "I guess they've gone to the Governors Ball," he says, and I trust that's a good guess, and we won't need to issue an Amber Alert.
• A reporter identifies herself to Boyle as a correspondent for Rotten Tomatoes. Shouts the excited Boyle: "95!" (A fact check suggests Boyle really must be an dedicated follower of the review site. Slumdog's Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer reading is 94 percent.)
• Slumdog was lyrical, and so is Boyle, who resorts to citing a poem about "putting jukeboxes on the moon" to help sum up his film's Oscar triumph. "That's what tonight feels like," Boyle says. "Just amazing."
Promotional Model
Promotional Model
The model is the consumer's frontline connection to the product or service. The model must know the product or service inside out and be able to present information about it to the customer in a friendly, upbeat, and professional manner with the hope of gaining the customer's product loyalty. Promotions are how many models actually make a living. Modeling ranges from being hired to hand out free samples of products to staffing trade show booths in large convention halls. This is a category that rarely involves being photographed and is very much about your personality and ability to interact with people. Being a model in this catagory means that you are a brand ambassador for a certain company. Many companies hire temporary employees who they consider to be promotional models, for any given period of time.
Mariella Burani Fashion Group to Produce, Distribute La Perla
Mariella Burani Fashion Modeling Group SpA, the Italian luxury-goods maker founded in 1960, signed a license agreement to produce and distribute lingerie company La Perla’s ready-to-wear range.The collection will be produced in Italy and distributed through the La Perla and Burani networks, according to an e- mailed statement by Cavriago-based Mariella Burani.La Perla is owned by San-Francisco based private equity fund JH Partners LLC.
Katie Green calls Jourdan Dunn a poster girl Fashion Model for anorexia
English model Katie Green has launched a scathing attack on fashion model Jourdan Dunn, calling her a poster girl for anorexia.Green, who had once been told to lose weight if she wanted a promotional modelling career but refused, was angry at the decision made by the British Fashion Council in naming 18-year-old Dunn as Model of the Year at a glitzy London bash.I think it is disgusting that Jourdan won, the Sun quoted her as
saying.What kind of message does this send out to young girls, aspiring model and even us normal women.Jourdan is seriously underweight. I was looking at pictures of her and she looks like a bag of bones. Her legs are like two twigs. I was horrified.At a size 12 and 5ft 10in I am at the bottom of a healthy body mass index, so if I had lost any weight when asked I would have become medically underweight.But this girl is 10 times smaller than me so would therefore be seriously unhealthy and underweight.I think its thoughtless that the British Fashion Council would “crown” a stick-thin rake as their fashion models of the Year.Its almost like they are asking for young girls to have eating disorders.I want to march Jourdan down to her local restaurant and shovel some food down her throat.Men just don”t find this attractive and neither do any of us real women.Ultimo would never consider hiring a girl of her size. Its a shame other companies cannot follow suit.I”d prefer to not be named Editorial Model of the year if it means being this unhealthily thin, she added.Article Source:http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/katie-green-calls-jourdan-dunn-a-poster-girl-for-anorexia_100130530.html
saying.What kind of message does this send out to young girls, aspiring model and even us normal women.Jourdan is seriously underweight. I was looking at pictures of her and she looks like a bag of bones. Her legs are like two twigs. I was horrified.At a size 12 and 5ft 10in I am at the bottom of a healthy body mass index, so if I had lost any weight when asked I would have become medically underweight.But this girl is 10 times smaller than me so would therefore be seriously unhealthy and underweight.I think its thoughtless that the British Fashion Council would “crown” a stick-thin rake as their fashion models of the Year.Its almost like they are asking for young girls to have eating disorders.I want to march Jourdan down to her local restaurant and shovel some food down her throat.Men just don”t find this attractive and neither do any of us real women.Ultimo would never consider hiring a girl of her size. Its a shame other companies cannot follow suit.I”d prefer to not be named Editorial Model of the year if it means being this unhealthily thin, she added.Article Source:http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/katie-green-calls-jourdan-dunn-a-poster-girl-for-anorexia_100130530.html
Miss Italia nel Mondo Pageant to be held in Feb 2009
Miss Italia nel Mondo Pageant, to be held in Northeast OhioSunday, February 22, 2009 at Executive Caterers at Landerhaven, Mayfield Heights, Ohio where selecting the regional candidate to Miss Italia nel Mondo will take place.Following a preliminary review, candidates who best represent the captivating qualities of Italian womanhood as a fashion model will be selected. 
The winner of our Semi-Final in Ohio will be participating in the Final Competition which will be held on a Cruise from March 21 thru March 28, 2009 where "Miss Italy USA 2009" will be selected. Miss Italy USA will then participate in the 19th Annual Competition of Miss Italia nel Mondo in Jesolo (Venice), Italy in June 2009 whose main sponsor is SASCH (Firenze - Italia).Single or married female contestants may enter and all candidates must be of Italian ancestry. The final competition is organized and managed by MIREN in collaboration with the Italian Broadcasting Corporation - Italian RADIOTELEVISIONE SPA.The Second Edition of Miss Italy in the Editorial Modeling World in the Italian Consular District of Detroit covers the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, and is organized in collaboration with the Italian Community of Akron, Inc. "Le Radici" and the COMITES (Committee representing the Italian citizens abroad) and under the auspice of the Consulate of Italy in Detroit.
The winner of our Semi-Final in Ohio will be participating in the Final Competition which will be held on a Cruise from March 21 thru March 28, 2009 where "Miss Italy USA 2009" will be selected. Miss Italy USA will then participate in the 19th Annual Competition of Miss Italia nel Mondo in Jesolo (Venice), Italy in June 2009 whose main sponsor is SASCH (Firenze - Italia).Single or married female contestants may enter and all candidates must be of Italian ancestry. The final competition is organized and managed by MIREN in collaboration with the Italian Broadcasting Corporation - Italian RADIOTELEVISIONE SPA.The Second Edition of Miss Italy in the Editorial Modeling World in the Italian Consular District of Detroit covers the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, and is organized in collaboration with the Italian Community of Akron, Inc. "Le Radici" and the COMITES (Committee representing the Italian citizens abroad) and under the auspice of the Consulate of Italy in Detroit.
2009 BAFTA Awards in London
Angelina Jolie Is Stunning at the 2009 BAFTA Awards in London
Oscar winner Angelina Jolie looks stunning on the red carpet of the 2009 BAFTA Awards at the Royal Opera House in London Feb. 8.
Jolie, 33, sizzled in a black Armani Privé dress with a flirty yellow detail sporting black Christian Louboutin pumps. As always, Angie was accompanied by her handsome partner, Brad Pitt, 45.
Angelina and Brad smiled for photographers and waved to fans as they headed into the 2009 British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards. Pitt is up for best actor for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button while Jolie is nominated for best actress for the Changeling.
This is the first time Angelina and Brad have attended the BAFTAs, which are the British equivalent of the Academy Awards. The dramas Slumdog Millionaire and Frost/Nixon are expected to be big winners at BAFTA this year.
The jet-setting Brangelina clan recently visited Tokyo, where the couple promoted their films. There, the duo debuted their adorable six-month-old twins, Knox and Vivienne, when paparazzi snapped the beautiful babies at the Narita International Airport.Jolie recently gushed about Brad, with whom she is raising six young children. "He is the man that made all my dreams come true, and making him and my little kids happy everyday is my No. 1 priority," she says.
Angie and Brad have been inseparable since 2005, when they met on the set of the blockbuster Mr. and Mrs. Smith. "To wake up and see [Brad] with our kids, taking care of us or to wake up in his arms and look in his eyes makes me the proudest woman in the world," she says.
The Jolie-Pitt clan will soon set up camp in Long Island, N.Y., where they have rented out a sprawling waterfront estate to live in when Angie begins filming the spy thriller Edwin A. Salt.
Meanwhile, Angelina and Brad are both nominated for Academy Awards, with Button leading the pack this year with 13 nominations. Brad is nominated for best actor, while Angie is up for best actress. The Oscars air on ABC on Sunday, Feb. 22.
2009 Oscar Winners
2009 Oscar Winners
Here are the Major Oscars for the 2009 Academy Awards.For a complete list, go here.
PICTURE: "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, producer
ACTOR: Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)
ACTRESS: Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Dustin Lance Black for "Milk" (Focus Features)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Simon Beaufoy for "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight)
'Slumdog's' Golden Oscar Moment Lifts Bollywood
'Slumdog's' Golden Oscar Moment Lifts Bollywood
By TheImproper.com
Bollywood emerged triumphant from the Oscars last night (Feb. 22), if not an equal to Hollywood, a very close second after "Slumdog Millionaire" took top honors. The against-all-odds love story about a ragtag group of Indian orphans who struggled to rise above their fetid conditions won best picture.
As expected Kate Winslet won best actress and Sean Penn out did Mickey Rourke for best actor. Penn’s performance in “Milk” was worthy in every respect.
As much as the Academy Awards is a American event, Slumdog and the night’s other foreign winners gave it a truly international flavor. The British film brought the teeming slums of Mumbai to the big screen for a rare and unusual look at life, love and hope when all else is seems impossible. It won eight Oscars in all.
It was a fitting end to the night when jubilant members of the "Slumdog" cast and crew, swarmed onto the stage, including several school children who were plucked from Mumbai's shantytowns to appear in the movie.
British filmmaker Danny Boyle was named best director for the movie. "It is a love story but is heavily disguised," he said. "The spine appears to be the game show but ... there's another story underneath, which is the love story,"
In a night of firsts, Penelope Cruz became the first Spanish actress to win Oscar for her supporting role in the Woody Allen romance "Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”
And for only the second time in Oscar history, Australian actor Heath Ledger, who died last year from an accidental drug overdose, was named best supporting actor posthumously. He won for his role as the Joker in the Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight." Actor Peter Finch is the only other figure to win an Oscar in death for his role in the ‘70s film ”Network.”
Winslet won for her riveting portrayal of a former Nazi prison guard who has an affair with a younger man and is forced to come to terms with her past. Penn played slain San Francisco gay rights leader Harvey Milk in the political drama "Milk.”
Winslet struggled with tears during her acceptance speech. "I would be lying if I said I haven't made a version of this speech before. I think I was probably 8-years-old and staring into the bathroom mirror," she said.
Penn, who won best actor five years ago for his role as a grieving father in "Mystic River," injected some politics into the ceremony, which has often been a stage for Hollywood causes. He condemned passage of California's recent anti-gay marriage statute as a "great shame" during his acceptance speech.
"Slumdog" was filmed for a mere $15 million, and languished without a distributor after financier Warner Independent Pictures, a division of Warner Bros. dropped the film. But Fox Searchlight Pictures picked it up and released it in November. It has grossed nearly $100 million domestically to date.
Angelina Jolie Rules Red Carpet at 2009 Oscars
Angelina Jolie Rules Red Carpet at 2009 Oscars
Academy Award winner is elegant in a strapless Elie Saab gown
By Samantha Chang
Oscar winner Angelina Jolie ruled the red carpet at the 2009 Academy Awards in Los Angeles Feb. 22.
Jolie, 33, sizzled in a strapless black Elie Saab evening gown sporting emerald drop earrings and matching ring by Lorraine Schwartz. As usual, the mother of six was accompanied by partner Brad Pitt, 45, who himself looked dashing in a black Tom Ford tuxedo.
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Proenza Schouler A road trip to Donald Judd's Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas, inspired Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez. That and making paper airplanes en route in the car. The folds were translated into the Fall show's opening series of dresses, luscious jewel-tone shifts in silk twill that doubled and redoubled back on themselves like so many enormous ruffles. Jackets, too, were given the accordion treatment and, like the dresses, worn with contrast-color stockings and brightly hued suede pumps, or super-slouchy trousers.Construction and the inner workings of a garment became the designers' fascination. A charcoal double-faced wool melton coat looked as if it had been put on inside out. From there they went to extremes, cutting away the back of a silk tweed jacket to expose the lining and all the seams, and piecing together a shearling as if it were a puzzle, so the shag was seen in parts—the arms, for instance—while elsewhere the wool was spliced to reveal the shiny interfacing.This collection had gorgeous colors and enough sequined cocktail dresses for all of the duo's socialite pals, but it was by no means their easiest to grasp, and it may turn off some of their less conceptually minded customers. That's of little consequence to McCollough and Hernandez. After all the kisses and congratulations backstage, they said the best thing about having new(-ish) backers is that it allows them to make two collections: one that's commercial (for that, visit the showroom) and one that's editorial. It's not tough to guess which they prefer.
Platinum Shines at Inhorgenta Europe 2009
"Platinum Forum" presents new collections by top global manufacturers / trend poll promises extravagant creations.Photos courtesy of inhorgenta
The globally growing platinum segment continues to gain importanc
e at inhorgenta europe. Next year, from February 20th to 23rd, 2009, the leading trade fair for watches, jewelry, gemstones, pearls, and technology in the EU will once again attract the industry's best and most famous manufacturers and designers to the Munich-based event. The goal is to provide a wide-ranging spectrum of the exclusive precious metal at the "Platinum Forum". The selection will also take into account the special requirements of professionals involved in platinum. Jurgen Maerz, Technical Director of the Platinum Guild International (PGI), offers a workshop with tips and tricks on working with the formidable metal requiring special techniques. PGI Germany will also hold a new competition prior to the event: a jury will evaluate an extensive exhibition at the PGI Germany booth.In its role as a global marketing organization PGI Germany is one of the industry's most important players. The organization initiated the Platinum Forum in cooperation with Messe München GmbH. Gertrud Gross-Stahl, General Manager of the Platinum Guild International (Germany) GmbH, is pleased with the continuing successful collaboration with Messe München GmbH: "In the last few years inhorgenta europe has proved itself as an excellent platform. The Platinum Forum benefits from the many highly qualified visitors to the show. This is why we, or better, the Platinum Forum exhibitors expect strong results at the upcoming inhorgenta europe 2009."The premium exhibitors in this segment, such as Henrich & Denzel, Georg Spreng, Helene M. Apitzsch, Gebrüder Schaffrath, or Hans D. Krieger Fine Jewellery, will exhibit their new designs to the visiting professionals. Right next to the Platinum Forum the high-caliber selection will continue with renowned exhibitors such
as Atelier Bunz und Meister. Whether the latest in wedding ring design or tomorrow's jewelry trends - the spectrum of the exhibited platinum treasures at the upcoming inhorgenta europe will be tremendous. According to Platinum Guild International the year 2009 will be dominated by the following trends: platinum jewelry plays a central role; meaning opulent, large, and eye-catching designs. Inspired by nature, everyday and wedding ring designs gain powerful, bold structures and formats. Wide bracelets and cocktail rings with colored stones from purple, mustard yellow, to emerald green and rusty red will be on display. The contrast is provided by rather cool creations in blue and gray tones. The platinum wedding ring segment - no other precious metal lasts longer in jewelry - continues to gain importance among jewelers. We also expect to see new interpretations with solitaires.
e at inhorgenta europe. Next year, from February 20th to 23rd, 2009, the leading trade fair for watches, jewelry, gemstones, pearls, and technology in the EU will once again attract the industry's best and most famous manufacturers and designers to the Munich-based event. The goal is to provide a wide-ranging spectrum of the exclusive precious metal at the "Platinum Forum". The selection will also take into account the special requirements of professionals involved in platinum. Jurgen Maerz, Technical Director of the Platinum Guild International (PGI), offers a workshop with tips and tricks on working with the formidable metal requiring special techniques. PGI Germany will also hold a new competition prior to the event: a jury will evaluate an extensive exhibition at the PGI Germany booth.In its role as a global marketing organization PGI Germany is one of the industry's most important players. The organization initiated the Platinum Forum in cooperation with Messe München GmbH. Gertrud Gross-Stahl, General Manager of the Platinum Guild International (Germany) GmbH, is pleased with the continuing successful collaboration with Messe München GmbH: "In the last few years inhorgenta europe has proved itself as an excellent platform. The Platinum Forum benefits from the many highly qualified visitors to the show. This is why we, or better, the Platinum Forum exhibitors expect strong results at the upcoming inhorgenta europe 2009."The premium exhibitors in this segment, such as Henrich & Denzel, Georg Spreng, Helene M. Apitzsch, Gebrüder Schaffrath, or Hans D. Krieger Fine Jewellery, will exhibit their new designs to the visiting professionals. Right next to the Platinum Forum the high-caliber selection will continue with renowned exhibitors such
as Atelier Bunz und Meister. Whether the latest in wedding ring design or tomorrow's jewelry trends - the spectrum of the exhibited platinum treasures at the upcoming inhorgenta europe will be tremendous. According to Platinum Guild International the year 2009 will be dominated by the following trends: platinum jewelry plays a central role; meaning opulent, large, and eye-catching designs. Inspired by nature, everyday and wedding ring designs gain powerful, bold structures and formats. Wide bracelets and cocktail rings with colored stones from purple, mustard yellow, to emerald green and rusty red will be on display. The contrast is provided by rather cool creations in blue and gray tones. The platinum wedding ring segment - no other precious metal lasts longer in jewelry - continues to gain importance among jewelers. We also expect to see new interpretations with solitaires. World’s Most Expensive Magazine Costs $10,000
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ITP Lifestyle magazine goes to its bejeweled cover page featuring Katrina Kaif captured by celebrity photographer Avinash Gowariker! Targeting Asian women, the face of the magazine comes dipped in 91 grams of gold and festooned with 622 diamonds. Thanks to the alliance with an established UAE-based jeweler Damas that the magazine is valued at more than $10,000 and is anticipated to undergo auction for the Rashid Pediatric Therapy Centre in October 2008. The gold-slapped cover of Kohl respects Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif, who was voted the Sexiest Woman by a famous international magazine.Total 86 hours were invested by Damas craftsmen to hand-apply layers of gold leaf to a specially-treated gold-edition of the exclusive magazine. If you are unaware then the glitzy front cover of the world’s most costly magazine issue preserves all of its unique content, assuring its idyllic exhibit appealor one-off gift for either a compassionate or dedicated aficionada of Kaif. After all the gold-creation designed for a noble cause throws an opportunity for fashionistas to express their love for Kaif and earn some noveltytop top actresses
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Jennifer Lopez, the multi-talented superstar, actress and singer, who hails from New York City's Castle Hill section of the Bronx, has busted onto the scene in a manner that has left a lot of folks speechless. Getting her break when she was chosen to play the lead role in Selena , the 1997 big screen biopic of the slain Tejano singer, Lopez earned more film credits in the 1997 summer thriller Anaconda, Oliver Stone's U Turn, Jack , with George Clooney in Out of Sight and The Cell . Recently she finished filming The Wedding Planner with Matthew McConaughey. learn more
Khloe and Kim Kardashian: Fashionably Kool or Kriminal?
Khloe and Kim Kardashian: Fashionably Kool or Kriminal?
Khloe Kardashian and Kim Kardashian kreated quite a stir at New York Fashion Week a few days ago.The sisters kouldn't help but draw attention to themselves by donning similar, single-strapped dresses as they saunted down city sidewalks.Our staff is known for despising this style even more than the concept of choosing names for your kids than begin with the same letter. Do you agree?Chime in on Khloe and Kim's outfits below:
Khloe Kardashian and Kim Kardashian kreated quite a stir at New York Fashion Week a few days ago.The sisters kouldn't help but draw attention to themselves by donning similar, single-strapped dresses as they saunted down city sidewalks.Our staff is known for despising this style even more than the concept of choosing names for your kids than begin with the same letter. Do you agree?Chime in on Khloe and Kim's outfits below:
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