Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva cries at the contract signing ceremony after Rio De Janeiro won the vote to stage the 2016 Olympic Games at the Bella Centre on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. After eliminating Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid, International Olympic Committee members selected the Brazilian city as site of the 2016 Summer Games. This will be the first time the Olympics will be held in South America.
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Best Dressed at 2009 Emmy Awards
The 66th Venice Film Festival
The 66th Venice International Film Festival is organized by the Venice Biennale. The first “Esposizione d’Arte Cinematografica” came into being in 1932 as part of the 18th Venice Biennale.
The very first film to be shown in the history of the Festival was Rouben Mamoulian’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, screened on 6 August 1932.
The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote all the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance.
Actor Colin Firth holds his Best Actor award while attending the Closing Ceremony at the Sala Grande
Premiere for the film A Single Man. Pictured: Director Tom Ford and actress Julianne Moore.
2009 Teen Choice Awards
The awards ceremony, which honours celebrities in TV, film, music, sports and fashion, was held at Universal Studios’ Gibson Amphitheatre in California.
Twilight won 11 awards with Kirsten Stewart and Robert Pattinson both won for best actors in a drama. Pattinson also won best male hottie award which is in the form of a surfboard. Co-stars Ashley Greene and Taylor Lautner won for fresh face female and male.
Miley Cyrus, sang her newest single Party in the U.S.A. Cyrus took home six awards including best comedy TV actress and best comedy TV show for her series Hannah Montana.










