Category Archives: Current Events

Brazil to Host 2016 Olympic Games

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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.

IOC 2016 Olympic Venue Announcement - Day Two

Best Dressed at 2009 Emmy Awards

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Rose Byrne in Valentino:

61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals

Heidi Klum in Marchesa:

61st Primetime Emmy Awards arrivals

Blake Lively in Versace:

The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Arrivals in Los Angeles

The 66th Venice Film Festival

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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.

Closing Ceremony Inside - 66th Venice Film Festival

Actor Colin Firth holds his Best Actor award while attending the Closing Ceremony at the Sala Grande

Celebrities at the premiere of A Single Man at the Venice International Film Festival 2009, Italy

Premiere for the film A Single Man. Pictured: Director Tom Ford and actress Julianne Moore.

2009 Teen Choice Awards

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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.

2009 Teen Choice Awards

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.

Miley Cyrus  presented the ultimate choice award to pop star Britney Spears.
Britney Spears attends the Teen Choice 2009 Awards in Los Angeles

American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling released from N. Korea

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Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee arrive home to their families at Hangar 25 on August 5, 2009 in Burbank, California after being released by North Korean authorities yesterday.
American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling greeted by family in Burbank
Ling and Lee, of San Francisco based Current TV, were both arrested by North Korea in March for illegally entering the country on the Chinese border.
Yesterday they were pardoned by President Kim Jong-Il after a meeting with former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Ling and Lee had been sentenced to 12 years in prison in June.
Laura Ling And Euna Lee Arrive Home At Hangar 25

Michael Jackson- King of Pop Has Died

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Millions around the world mourn the sudden death of Michael Jackson, the king of pop.

Michael Jackson Live Archive

Michael Jackson Announces Plans For Summer Residency At The O2 Arena

Michael Jackson Dies In Los Angeles