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May 30, 2018

World’s Top 100 Most Prestigious Universities in 2018

Photo: Flowery trees, Balliol College. Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, England, United Kingdom. Image credit: Piers Nye.

London, May 30, 2018 — The most valuable asset in a crowded market is reputation. Times Higher Education (THE) today announced the World Reputation Rankings 2018 comprising the world’s top 100 most prestigious universities.

According to Times Higher Education, its World Reputation Rankings are created using the world’s largest invitation-only academic opinion survey, a unique piece of research.

“The Academic Reputation Survey, available in 15 languages, uses United Nations data as a guide to ensure that the response coverage is as representative of world scholarship as possible. It is also evenly spread across academic disciplines,” THE elucidates.

The reputation table ranks institutions according to an overall measure of their esteem that combines data on their reputation for research and teaching.

World’s Top 100 Most Prestigious Universities in 2018

RANK — INSTITUTION — COUNTRY

1. Harvard University — United States
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology — United States
3. Stanford University — United States
4. University of Cambridge — United Kingdom
5. University of Oxford — United Kingdom
6. University of California, Berkeley — United States
7. Princeton University — United States
8. Yale University — United States
9. University of California, Los Angeles — United States
10. University of Chicago — United States
11. California Institute of Technology — United States
12. Columbia University — United States
13. The University of Tokyo — Japan
14. Tsinghua University — China
15. University of Michigan — United States
16. University of Pennsylvania — United States
17. Peking University — China
18. Cornell University — United States
19. UCL — United Kingdom
20. Imperial College London — United Kingdom
21. Johns Hopkins University — United States
22. ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich — Switzerland
23. University of Toronto — Canada
24. National University of Singapore — Singapore
25. London School of Economics and Political Science — United Kingdom
26. New York University — United States
27. Kyoto University — Japan
28. University of Washington — United States
29. Duke University — United States
30. Carnegie Mellon University — United States
31. University of California, San Diego — United States
32. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — United States
33. Lomonosov Moscow State University — Russian Federation
34. University of Wisconsin-Madison — United States
35. University of Edinburgh — United Kingdom
36. University of Texas at Austin — United States
37. Northwestern University — United States
38. University of British Columbia — Canada
39. Paris Sciences & Lettres - PSL University — France
40. University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong
41. McGill University — Canada
42. King’s College London — United Kingdom
43. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne — Switzerland
44. University of California, San Francisco — United States
45. Georgia Institute of Technology — United States
46. Seoul National University — South Korea
47. University of California, Davis — United States
48. University of Melbourne — Australia
49. LMU Munich — Germany
50. Pennsylvania State University — United States

51-60

• Delft University of Technology — Netherlands
• KU Leuven — Belgium
• Heidelberg University — Germany
• University of Manchester — United Kingdom
• University of Minnesota — United States
• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore — Singapore
• National Taiwan University — Taiwan
• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — United States
• Purdue University — United States
• Sorbonne University — France

61-70

• University of Amsterdam — Netherlands
• Australian National University — Australia
• University of California, Santa Barbara — United States
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology — Hong Kong
• Humboldt University of Berlin — Germany
• Karolinska Institute — Sweden
• Michigan State University — United States
• Ohio State University — United States
• University of Southern California — United States
• Technical University of Munich — Germany

71-80

• Brown University — United States
• Chinese University of Hong Kong — Hong Kong
• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) — South Korea
• Leiden University — Netherlands
• University of Maryland, College Park — United States
• Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) — South Korea
• University of Sydney — Australia
• Texas A&M University — United States
• Tokyo Institute of Technology — Japan
• Zhejiang University — China

81-90

• Arizona State University — United States
• Free University of Berlin — Germany
• Fudan University — China
• Indiana University — United States
• Osaka University — Japan
• University of Science and Technology of China — China
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University — China
• Tohoku University — Japan
• Utrecht University — Netherlands
• University of Warwick — United Kingdom
• Washington University in St Louis — United States

91-100

• Boston University — United States
• University of Colorado Boulder — United States
• University of Copenhagen — Denmark
• École Polytechnique — France
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem — Israel
• University of Helsinki — Finland
• Indian Institute of Science — India
• Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology — Russian Federation
• University of Pittsburgh — United States
• Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey — United States
• RWTH Aachen University — Germany
• Uppsala University — Sweden
• Wageningen University & Research — Netherlands
• University of Zurich — Switzerland

The World Reputation Rankings are based on an invitation-only opinion survey of senior, published academics, who were asked to name no more than 15 universities that they believed were the best for research and teaching in their field.

From India, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru has made it to the list in the 91-100 band. The last time it was featured was in 2011.

Commenting on IISc Bengaluru’s accomplishment, Phil Baty, editorial director of Global Rankings for THE, said, “Only 100 institutions in the world make it to this annual list of the most powerful university brands. So it is a highly significant achievement to be included. And it is fantastic to see an Indian presence this year.”

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May 27, 2018

Round the World Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018

The 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race is the 13th edition of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. It started in Alicante, Spain, and will conclude in The Hague, Netherlands.

Photo: Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018. Leg 7, from Auckland to Itajai. Image provided by & copyright © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race.

Photo: Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018. Leg 3, Cape Town to Melbourne. Image provided by & copyright © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race.

Photo: Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018. Arrivals from Lisbon to Cape Town. Image provided by & copyright © Pedro Martinez/Volvo Ocean Race.

Photo: Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018. Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon. Image provided by & copyright © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race.

Photo: Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018. Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon. Image provided by & copyright © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race.

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May 21, 2018

Who will become the next Miss USA?

Photo: The newly crowned Miss USA 2018, Sarah Rose Summers, with Paula Shugart, President of the Miss Universe Organization, at a press conference after the MISS USA Competition at George’s Pond, Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport, LA, on Monday, May 21, 2018. The new winner will move to New York City where she will live during her reign and become a spokesperson for various causes alongside The Miss Universe Organization. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization. Photographer: Benjamin Askinas.

Photo: Carolina Urrea, Miss Nevada USA 2018, on stage for her final look as a Top 3 finalist during the MISS USA Competition at George’s Pond, Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana, on Monday, May 21, 2018. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization. Photographer: Brittany Elizabeth Strickland.

Photo: Narine Ishhanov, Miss Utah USA 2018, gets makeup done by an artist with The Perfect Face cosmetics upon arriving at the Margaritaville Resort and Casino in Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana on May 11, 2018. The Miss USA contestants have spent the last week touring, filming, rehearsing and preparing to compete for the Miss USA crown in Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana. Tune in to the 2018 MISS USA Competition at 8:00 PM ET on Monday, May 21, live on FOX from Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana to see who will become the next Miss USA. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization. Photographer: Benjamin Askinas.

Photo: Marianny Egurrola, Miss Georgia USA 2018, at the Miss USA Welcome Event hosted at the Silver Star Smokehouse on Sunday, May 13, 2018. The Miss USA contestants have spent the last week touring, filming, rehearsing and preparing to compete for the Miss USA crown in Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana. Tune in to the 2018 MISS USA Competition at 8:00 PM ET on Monday, May 21, live on FOX from Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana to see who will become the next Miss USA. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization. Photographer: Benjamin Askinas.

Photo: Alexa Noone, Miss New Jersey USA 2018, during a photo shoot at the Shreveport Water Works Museum on May 15, 2018. The Miss USA contestants have spent the last week touring, filming, rehearsing and preparing to compete for the Miss USA crown in Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana. Tune in to the 2018 MISS USA Competition at 8:00 PM ET on Monday, May 21, live on FOX from Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana to see who will become the next Miss USA. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization. Photographer: Benjamin Askinas.

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May 20, 2018

Festival de Cannes 2018 Awards Announced

Photo: Film Poster of EVERYBODY KNOWS (TODOS LO SABEN), a film by Asghar Farhadi. Festival de Cannes 2018 opened with a screening of this film. Image Credit: Memento Films.

The curtain has come down on the 71st Festival de Cannes, which for the last 12 days has featured artists and films from all four corners of the globe on its screens. Onstage at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, the Master of Ceremonies, Edouard Baer, welcomed the Feature Film Jury presided over by Cate Blanchett, for the announcement of the 2018 winners.

The event culminated on the Red Carpet, where the prizewinners and jury were treated to a live musical surprise by Sting and Shaggy.

FEATURE FILMS

• PALME D’OR

MANBIKI KAZOKU (Shoplifters), directed by KORE-EDA Hirokazu

Cate Blanchett awarded the PALME D’OR.

• GRAND PRIX

BLACKKKLANSMAN (Black Klansman), directed by Spike LEE

Benicio Del Toro and Chang Chen awarded the GRAND PRIX.

• JURY PRIZE

CAPHARNAÃœM, directed by Nadine LABAKI

Gary Oldman and Léa Seydoux awarded the JURY PRIZE.

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Marcello FONTE in DOGMAN, directed by Matteo GARRONE

Khadja Nin and Roberto Benigni awarded the BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR Prize.

• BEST DIRECTOR PRIZE

ZIMNA WOJNA (Cold War), directed by Pawel PAWLIKOWSKI

Abderrahmane Sissako, Kristen Stewart, and Denis Villeneuve awarded the BEST DIRECTOR PRIZE.

• BEST SCREENPLAY PRIZES

Alice ROHRWACHER for LAZZARO FELICE (Happy as Lazzaro)

Jafar PANAHI for SE ROKH (3 Faces) directed by Jafar PANAHI

Robert Guédiguian and Chiara Mastroianni awarded the BEST SCREENPLAY PRIZES.

• BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Samal YESLYAMOVA in AYKA directed by Sergey DVORTSEVOY

Ava Duvernay and Asia Argento awarded the BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS Prize.

• SPECIAL PALME D’OR

LE LIVRE D’IMAGE (Image Book) directed by Jean-Luc GODARD

Cate Blanchett awarded the SPECIAL PALME D’OR.

SHORT FILMS - COMPETITION

• PALME D’OR

ALL THESE CREATURES directed by Charles WILLIAMS

• SPECIAL DISTINCTION BY THE JURY

YAN BIAN SHAO NIAN (On the Border) directed by WEI Shujun

The President of the Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury, Bertrand Bonello, awarded the Palme d’Or and the Jury Special Mention for Shorts Films.

UN CERTAIN REGARD

• UN CERTAIN REGARD PRIZE

GRÄNS by Ali ABBASI

• PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY

SOFIA by Meryem BENM’BAREK

• PRIZE FOR BEST PERFORMANCE

Victor POLSTER for GIRL by Lukas DHONT

• PRIZE FOR BEST DIRECTOR

Sergei LOZNITSA for DONBASS

• JURY SPECIAL PRIZE

CHUVA É CANTORIA NA ALDEIA DOS MORTOS (The Dead and the Others) by João SALAVIZA and Renée NADER MESSORA

• CAMÉRA d’Or

GIRL directed by Lukas DHONT presented as part of UN CERTAIN REGARD

Ursula Meier, President of the Caméra d’Or Jury, awarded the CAMÉRA d’Or Prize.

CINÉFONDATION

The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury awarded the 2018 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre. Bertrand Bonello headed the jury.

The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 17 student films, chosen out of 2,426 entries coming from 512 film schools around the world.

• FIRST PRIZE

EL VERANO DEL LEÓN ELÉCTRICO (The Summer of the Electric Lion), directed by Diego CÉSPEDES

Universidad de Chile (University of Chile) - ICEI, Chile

• JOINT SECOND PRIZE

KALENDAR (Calendar) directed by Igor POPLAUHIN

Moscow School of New Cinema, Moscow, Russia

DONG WU XIONG MENG (The Storms in Our Blood) directed by SHEN Di

Shanghai Theater Academy, Shanghai, China

• THIRD PRIZE

INANIMATE directed by Lucia BULGHERONI

NFTS (The National Film and Television School), United Kingdom

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May 19, 2018

Hailey Colborn crowned Miss Teen USA 2018

Photo: Hailey Colborn, Miss Kansas Teen USA 2018, is crowned the new Miss Teen USA, by Miss USA 2017, Kára McCullough, and Miss Teen USA 2017, Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff at George’s Pond, Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport-Bossier, LA, on Friday, May 18, 2018. The new winner will become a spokesperson for various causes alongside The Miss Universe Organization. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization. Photographer: Patrick Prather.

Photo: Hailey Colborn, Miss Kansas Teen USA 2018, is crowned the new Miss Teen USA at the conclusion of the Miss Teen USA contest held at George’s Pond, Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport-Bossier, LA, on Friday, May 18, 2018. The new winner will become a spokesperson for various causes alongside The Miss Universe Organization. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization. Photographer: Patrick Prather.

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May 16, 2018

L'Oréal Paris Announces Amber Heard As New Global Spokesperson

Photo: Hollywood actress and L’Oréal Paris Spokesperson, Amber Heard. Image provided by & copyright © L’Oréal Paris.

Paris: Amber Heard is the new global spokesperson for L’Oréal Paris. “Fearless, witty and smart, defying definition and rejecting convention, meet the Hollywood actress and committed woman making her voice heard,” the brand announced.

A Texas native who grew up training horses, Heard is the first to admit that she never really imagined herself in the world of beauty, though she did dream of beauty pageants as a young girl.

“I have always loved the fun of beauty and the power of transformation,” Amber Heard said. “To become a spokesperson for this dynamic, world-loved beauty brand that has been telling women they were of worth since before I was born, and to join the L’Oréal Paris family of changemakers is such an honor. I feel like these women, my fellow ambassadors, who represent a voice, a power, a movement, and an opinion.”

“Over the years I’ve always thought not just to be an actor, but to use my voice as a platform for making the world a slightly better place and for empowering women in the best way that I can,” Heard elaborated.

Pierre-Emmanuel Angeloglou, L’Oréal Paris Global President, remarked, “Amber Heard is one of a new generation of actresses rewriting the script when it comes to having a voice in the world. The energy Amber Heard brings to her philanthropy, to her advocacy, and to her performances, make her a powerful ambassador for L’Oréal Paris as we take ‘Because I’m Worth It’ beauty into 2018.”

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May 13, 2018

Celebrities Walk the Red Carpet at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

Photo: Dutch model, Romee Strijd, walks the red carpet at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. May 8, 2018. Romee looked charming with de GRISOGONO necklace in white gold paired with a high Jewellery ring in white gold. Image provided by & copyright © de GRISOGONO.

Photo: Brasilian model, Raica Oliveira, walks the red carpet at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. May 12, 2018. Raica was wearing de GRISOGONO GYPSY earrings with an ALLEGRA ring, all in pink gold set with brown diamonds. Image provided by & copyright © de GRISOGONO.

Photo: Indian actress, Aishwarya Rai, walks the red carpet at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. May 12, 2018. Aishwarya was wearing a de GRISOGONO DOPPIA ring (see above) in pink gold set with white diamonds and amethysts. Image provided by & copyright © de GRISOGONO.

Photo: Half-Swedish, half-Thai actress and model, Praya Lundberg, walks the red carpet at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. May 12, 2018. Praya was wearing a de GRISOGONO VENTAGLIO set composed of earrings and a ring in white gold set with white and icy diamonds paired with a VENTAGLIO bracelet in white gold set with white diamonds. Image provided by & copyright © de GRISOGONO.

Photo: Indian actress, Kangana Ranaut, walks the red carpet at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. May 11, 2018. Kangana was wearing de GRISOGONO ONDE earrings (see above), all in white gold set with white diamonds. Image provided by & copyright © de GRISOGONO.

Photo: Brazilian model, Alessandra Ambrosio, walks the red carpet at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. May 14, 2018. Alessandra was wearing a high jewelry set (see above) composed of a necklace and a ring in white gold set with emeralds, onyx and white diamonds. Images provided by & copyright © de GRISOGONO.

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On her way to the red carpet, we captured the luminous Rose Bertram at the Hotel Martinez.
.#meetyouinCannes#degrisogono#daringcreativity#Cannes2018
.@fashiontomax pic.twitter.com/NAeW77yobH

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Adorned with our new Toi&Moi collection, Lala Rudge spontaneous Joie de Vivre lifted our minds and reminded us why we love what we do and do what we love#meetyouinCannes #deGRISOGONO #daringcreativity #Cannes2018 pic.twitter.com/szhzXFPo8Y

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May 9, 2018

Mumbai among World's Best Student Cities for 2018, London Tops the Ranking

Photo: Tower Bridge, London. Image Credit: Tuomo Lindfors.

Photo: Gateway of India, Mumbai. Image Credit: Wessel Venter.

Photo: College Student. Image Credit: CollegeDegrees360.

LONDON, May 8, 2018: London is the world’s best student city. The fifth edition of the QS Best Student Cities Ranking, released today, sees London replace Canada’s Montreal as the world-leader.

London rises to the first position primarily as a result of increasingly positive responses to QS’s student survey, which asks students about the quality of experience in a city, and their willingness to remain there after graduating.

Ben Sowter, Research Director at QS, said: “The 2018 ranking highlights the enduring quality of the student experience available in London. The city benefits from outstanding employment prospects, more world-class universities than any other city, and excellent lifestyle opportunities. These factors mean that the capital remains a great place to study despite eye-watering costs - as more than 50,000 student respondents to QS’s survey have made clear.”

The QS Best Student Cities index, published annually, showcases the best urban destinations for international students. The index assesses cities for its University Rankings, Student Mix, Desirability, Employer Activity, Affordability, and Student View.

Key Observations:

• Tokyo reaches 2nd, its highest-ever position.
• Melbourne rises from the 5th to the 3rd position.
• No US city achieves a top-10 rank.
• US cities see declines in their ranks for Affordability, Employer Activity, and Student Mix.
• Zurich (8th) enters the top ten, rising five places.
• Germany and Australia both achieve two top-ten ranks.
• Latin America’s best student city is Buenos Aires, which rises from the 42nd to the 25th position.
• In total, QS rank the world’s top 100 cities.

Methodology

QS use six indicator groups to compile the ranking, each analyzing a different aspect of concern to prospective students.

1. Rankings
2. Student Mix
3. Desirability
4. Employer Activity
5. Affordability
6. Student View

QS BEST STUDENT CITIES 2018

RANK — CITY — COUNTRY

1. London — United Kingdom
2. Tokyo — Japan
3. Melbourne — Australia
4. Montreal — Canada
5. Paris — France
6. Munich — Germany
7. Berlin — Germany
8. Zurich — Switzerland
9. Sydney — Australia
10. Seoul — South Korea
11. Vienna — Austria
12. Hong Kong — Hong Kong
13. Boston — United States
14. Toronto — Canada
15. Singapore — Singapore
16. Edinburgh — United Kingdom
17. Vancouver — Canada
18. New York — United States
19. Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe — Japan
20. Taipei — Taiwan
21. Brisbane — Australia
22. Canberra — Australia
23. Auckland — New Zealand
24. Manchester — United Kingdom
25. Buenos Aires — Argentina
26. Beijing — China
27. Amsterdam — Netherlands
28. Moscow — Russia
29. Shanghai — China
30. Prague — Czech Republic
31. Barcelona — Spain
32. Madrid — Spain
33. Stockholm — Sweden
34. Dublin — Ireland
35. Los Angeles — United States
36. Milan — Italy
37. Kuala Lumpur — Malaysia
38. San Francisco — United States
39. Perth — Australia
40. Chicago — United States
41. Adelaide — Australia
42. Lyon — France
43. Glasgow — United Kingdom
44. Coventry — United Kingdom
45. Copenhagen — Denmark
46. Ottawa — Canada
47. Nottingham — United Kingdom
48. Brussels — Belgium
49. Budapest — Hungary
50. Lisbon — Portugal
51. Birmingham — United Kingdom
52. Mexico City — Mexico
53. Warsaw — Poland
54. Bangkok — Thailand
55. Aberdeen — United Kingdom
56. Newcastle Upon Tyne — United Kingdom
57. Gothenburg — Sweden
58. Philadelphia — United States
59. Stuttgart — Germany
60. Washington DC — United States
61. Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman — United Arab Emirates
62. Atlanta — United States
63. Brno — Czech Republic
64. Santiago — Chile
65. Oslo — Norway
66. Rome — Italy
67. Istanbul — Turkey
68. Pittsburgh — United States
69. Christchurch — New Zealand
70. Sao Paulo — Brazil
71. Cape Town — South Africa
72. Riyadh — Saudi Arabia
73. Hsinchu — Taiwan
74. Tomsk — Russia
75. Helsinki — Finland
76. Athens — Greece
77. St. Petersburg — Russia
78. Toulouse — France
79. Johannesburg — South Africa
80. San Diego — United States
81. Bogota — Colombia
82. Ankara — Turkey
83. Monterrey — Mexico
84. Vilnius — Lithuania
85. Graz — Austria
86. Daejeon — South Korea
87. Gold Coast — Australia
88. Nanjing — China
89. Quebec — Canada
90. Balti — United States
91. Valencia — Spain
92. Brighton — United Kingdom
93. Nagoya — Japan
94. Cairo — Egypt
95. Manila — Philippines
96. Novosibirsk — Russia
97. Houston — United States
98. Montpellier — France
99. Mumbai — India
100. Miami — United States
101. Rio de Janeiro — Brazil

Mumbai (99th) represents India in the QS top 100 student cities for 2018. Located on the west coast at the site of a deep natural harbor, Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is India’s commercial, financial and entertainment capital. It is home to the Bollywood film industry and the highest number of millionaires in India.

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Ahead of Tokyo and Melbourne. Read more: https://t.co/FdFFyb1zYe pic.twitter.com/LSIBbCCpjm

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May 8, 2018

Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala in New York: Deepika Padukone in Attendance

Photo: Indian model and actress, Deepika Padukone, attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018, in New York City. Photo by Getty Images. Copyright © 2018 Getty Images. Image provided by TASAKI.

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May 5, 2018

When Women Speak Up at the Cannes Film Festival 2018: Welcome to the Worth It Show by L'Oréal Paris

Photo: Deepika Padukone at Cannes in 2017. Image provided by & Copyright © de GRISOGONO.

PARIS, May 3, 2018: L’Oréal Paris, the official makeup partner to the Cannes Film festival, is creating The Worth It Show, its first talk-show inspired by the brand’s iconic slogan.

Ophélie Meunier, the new star of French television, will conduct this talk-show to honor women’s empowerment in cinema, beauty, and beyond. The show would be open to the public, from May 8th to May 14th, every night, at 8:30 P.M. It would be an entertainment-packed half-hour starring L’Oréal actress ambassadors and other personalities present at Cannes.

‘WORTH IT’ — THE SHOW TO EMPOWER WOMEN

According to L’Oréal Paris, while it has been making beauty to empower women for over 40 years, it is now creating a public-facing talk-show beyond the glamorous red carpet images. It would be “A platform to share the real people and stories behind the picture-perfection and inspire women everywhere to triumph in self-worth,” the brand explained.

TONIGHT, ON THE WORTH IT SHOW!

Join Ophélie Meunier for the Worth It Show! After her meteoric rise, Ophélie Meunier, the current face of French television, is a committed woman defending today’s societal causes. Every night, this intrepid presenter would reveal the real women behind the stars of the festival.

PROGRAM:

Ophélie Meunier meets L’Oréal Paris’ actress and actor ambassadors to discuss their careers, upcoming projects, and much more.

• May 8th — Isabelle Adjani - the rebel French screen icon who has just joined the L’Oréal Paris family.

• May 9th — Julianne Moore & Leila Behkti - the Academy Award-winning actress will join the French cinema sweetheart.

• May 10th — Deepika Padukone - the Bollywood superstar.

• May 11th — Aja Naomi King - the influential young rising actress.

• May 12th — Aishwarya Rai & Helen Mirren - the ultimate Indian goddess will join the unconditional queen.

• May 13th — Nicolaj Coster-Waldau - the discrete but irresistible new hero.

• May 14th — Jane Fonda - the screen icon.

Find out each show’s lineup of guests and entertainment day-by-day during the festival. The Worth It Show by L’Oréal Paris, live from Cannes. From May 8th to May 14th. At 8.30 pm. Martinez Hotel Beach. Open to the public.

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United Nations celebrates World Press Freedom Day

Photo: Scene at a special event entitled “Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice, and the Rule of Law” at the United Nations headquarters in New York on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of World Press Freedom Day. 03 May 2018. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Manuel Elias.

Photo: On the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, Nicole Stremlau, head of the program in Comparative Media Law and Policy at the University of Oxford, addresses a special conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The event was titled Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice, and the Rule of Law. 03 May 2018. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Manuel Elias.

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