December 24, 2017
Indian Actress Sonam Kapoor attends IWC Filmmaker Award gala dinner at the 14th Dubai International Film Festival
Photos: Indian actress Sonam Kapoor attends the sixth IWC Filmmaker Award gala dinner at the 14th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) during which Swiss luxury watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen celebrated its long-standing passion for filmmaking at One And Only Royal Mirage on December 7, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photos by John Phillips, Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images. Images provided by IWC Schaffhausen.
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December 20, 2017
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December 15, 2017
Oscars: Academy Unveils Foreign Language Film Shortlist; 9 Foreign Language Films Advance in Oscar Race; India's entry "Newton" Snubbed
Photo: Mel Gibson, Oscar nominee, and Rosalind Ross arrive on the red carpet of The 89th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Photographer: Michael Yada. Image provided by and copyright © A.M.P.A.S.
Photos: Film Director Lazlo Nemes, Hungary, accepts the Oscar from the presenter Sofia Vergara for Best foreign language film, “Son of Saul” from Hungary, during the live ABC Telecast of The 88th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 28, 2016. Photographers: Mark Suban, Phil McCarten. Images provided by and copyright © A.M.P.A.S.
LOS ANGELES, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 90th Academy Awards. Ninety-two films had originally been considered in the category.
The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:
• Chile, “A Fantastic Woman,” Sebastián Lelio, director;
• Germany, “In the Fade,” Fatih Akin, director;
• Hungary, “On Body and Soul,” Ildikó Enyedi, director;
• Israel, “Foxtrot,” Samuel Maoz, director;
• Lebanon, “The Insult,” Ziad Doueiri, director;
• Russia, “Loveless,” Andrey Zvyagintsev, director;
• Senegal, “Félicité,” Alain Gomis, director;
• South Africa, “The Wound,” John Trengove, director;
• Sweden, “The Square,” Ruben Östlund, director.
Foreign Language Film nominations for 2017 are determined in two phases.
The Phase I committee, consisting of Los Angeles-based Academy members, screened the original submissions in the category between mid-October and December 11. The group’s top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist.
Academy members eligible to participate in the Nominations round of voting in New York, London, Los Angeles and, for the first time, the San Francisco Bay Area, will screen the nine shortlisted films in theaters over a three-day period from Friday, January 12, through Sunday, January 14, with three films screening each day. Additionally, international members will be invited to opt-in to stream the nine shortlisted films on the Academy’s member site. Members must see all nine films before casting their ballots.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Meanwhile, “Newton”, India’s official entry in the Best Foreign Language category for the 90th Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race. Featuring Rajkummar Rao and Pankaj Tripathi in key roles, the Hindi language film chronicles the foibles of democracy in the jungles of Chhattisgarh.
No Indian film has ever won an Oscar. The last Indian film that made it to the final five in the Best Foreign Film category list was Ashutosh Gowariker’s Lagaan in 2001.
Mother India (1958) and Salaam Bombay (1989) are the other two Indian movies to have made it to the top five.
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December 7, 2017
'We Must Be More Agile': How a Culture Shift is Powering Coke’s Innovation Agenda
Photo: The Headquarters building of The Coca-Cola Company is illuminated against the skyline of Atlanta as “Thank You” to the world in celebration of the company’s 125th anniversary. The visual display is the world’s largest single building illumination covering more than 210, 000 square feet. HO Photo Michael Pugh/Coca-Cola.
ATLANTA - Coca-Cola is speeding its transition to a total beverage company and has a renewed focus on innovation and growth, President and CEO James Quincey told more than 120 investors and financial analysts at the company’s global headquarters.
In Coke’s first major investor gathering since 2009, Quincey and other senior leaders explained how the company is expanding its consumer-centric product portfolio, quickly scaling wins from market to market, and embracing an experimental, test-and-learn approach.
“We must be more agile and get things to market quicker,” Quincey said. “We operate in 200-plus countries, so having a success in one country frankly doesn’t move the needle. The needle only really moves with a big success in more than one big country. So lifting and shifting… the best and most successful ideas around the world is absolutely critical to creating more billion-dollar brands in a diverse portfolio.”
For example, the company will launch soy-based beverage brand AdeS - a top performer in Latin America - in Europe early next year. Similarly, Honest Tea and smartwater recently made the jump across the pond from the U.S. to the U.K.
Over the last few years, Coca-Cola has been returning ownership of its bottling operations to independent companies around the world. This newly refranchised system returns the company to its core focus on building and nurturing brands and empowers a network of 250 bottling partners to bring the “total beverage company” vision to life in the marketplace.
“We’re driving a culture change in the way we operate, the way we engage with the bottling system, and the way we go to market collectively,” Quincey said.
• Growth is not an objective… it’s a discipline’
Chief Growth Officer Francisco Crespo introduced on a new concept for Coca-Cola: the discipline of growth. “Growth is not an objective… it’s a discipline,” he said. “When you practice that discipline, the outcome is growth.”
Taking a disciplined approach to growth includes building a portfolio of brands with what Crespo calls “quality leadership.” The end result: stronger profit margins than the competition.
“Rather than telling consumers what they should be drinking, we will humbly align our portfolio to follow their tastes, their needs,” Crespo said.
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December 4, 2017
Do Consumers Know Exactly How Much They Are Paying? New Research from Ivy League Columbia Business School shows the Impact of Hidden Fees on the Shopping Experience
• Researchers reviewed consumers’ purchasing trends when a product’s price is divided into a base price plus one or more mandatory surcharges
• Consumer transactions are more likely to involve an additional surcharge now than they were two decades ago
• Researchers, public policy makers, and marketing managers need to understand the psychological processes underlying consumer spending to effectively utilize partitioned pricing
NEW YORK, December 4, 2017 — Value-added tax (VAT), Goods and Services Tax (GST), Airline baggage fees, fuel surcharges, hotel resort fees, online shipping options and mobile phone service fees are just a few examples of discrete pricing elements that are now the “new normal” of our shopping experience. As the practice - called partitioned pricing (PP) - becomes more widespread, new research from Ivy League Columbia Business School sheds light on how consumers react when they encounter PP.
“From regulatory efforts to pricing strategies, policy makers, researchers and marketing managers need to better understand the way that consumers evaluate and feel about partitioned pricing,” said Eric Johnson, Norman Eig Professor of Business and director of the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School. “Our research identifies six different dimensions by which consumers experience partitioned pricing, and this framework can be instrumental as companies plot their competitive positioning and segmentation strategies.”
The research, entitled “The Price Does Not Include Additional Taxes, Fees, and Surcharges: A Review of Research on Partitioned Pricing”, introduces a framework that involves six interrelated stages:
Stage 1: Attention to different PP price components
If consumers don’t know of - and comprehend - the multiple pieces that compose total price, they are more likely to underestimate the total cost.
Stage 2: Attitude toward the use of PP for this product
From feelings about the fairness of surcharges to their perception of the seller, consumers come to the table with pre-conceived views about PP.
Stage 3: How consumers combine price components to form a perception of total cost
Whether people ignore surcharges or factor them into the total price, consumers arrive at an overall perception of a product’s total cost.
Stage 4: How consumers evaluate product benefits
When consumers evaluate a product, they may consider other attributes besides price, which may affect their perception of PP in overall cost.
Stage 5: How consumers competitively evaluate the overall product offer
This is the combination of stages three and four by which the consumer forms a full picture of the product.
Stage 6: Post purchase perceptions of the firm and buying experience
If consumers perceive PP to be unfair following a purchase, they will be more careful with future purchases that use PP.
The study has important practical implications for marketing managers, specifically those who seek to use PP to increase demand or reduce price sensitivity. By understanding which stages to focus on, they will want to intervene before - not after - consumers have formed perceptions on pricing.
Public policy makers, such as national and state governments, can use this framework to establish regulations to improve consumers’ understanding of PP, so long as they first understand at what stage the misunderstanding originates. Finally, consumer researchers who seek to study a certain effect of PP will want to know at what stage of the process that effect is likely to occur.
Columbia Business School is a world-class, Ivy League business school that delivers a learning experience where academic excellence meets with real-time exposure to the pulse of global business. Led by Dean Glenn Hubbard, the School’s transformative curriculum bridges academic theory with exposure to real-world business practice, equipping students with an entrepreneurial mindset that allows them to recognize, capture, and create opportunity in any business environment.
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November 30, 2017
Global Entrepreneurship Summit held in Hyderabad, India
Photos: Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Hyderabad, India. November 28-30, 2017. (From top) Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Ivanka Trump, Advisor to the President of the USA, at GES 2017; Ivanka Trump, Advisor to the President of the USA, attending GES 2017; Manushi Chhiller, the newly crowned Miss World 2017 from India, attending GES 2017. Images provided by & copyright © GES 2017.
The Global Entrepreneurship Summit was held for the first time in South Asia in Hyderabad, India, from November 28-30. It was co-hosted by the Governments of the United States and India. Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the summit along with Advisor to the President of the USA, Ivanka Trump, who lead the U.S. contingent to GES.
This was the eighth edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, the preeminent gathering of entrepreneurs, investors, and supporters from around the world. With the theme of “Women First, Prosperity for All,” this was the first GES in which women were in the majority.
More than 10 countries were represented by an all-female delegation, including from Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. A number of leading female voices, which included tennis champion Sania Mirza, spoke at various plenaries, breakout sessions, master classes, and workshops.
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November 27, 2017
Miss Universe South Africa 2017, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, is the new Miss Universe
Photo: Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, Miss Universe South Africa 2017, is crowned the new Miss Universe by Miss Universe 2016, Iris Mittenaere, at the conclusion of the three-hour special programming event airing on FOX live on Sunday, November 26th from the AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. 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. Photographer: Matt Petit. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization, New York.
Photo: Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, Miss Universe South Africa 2017, is announced as a top 10 finalist in Yamamay swimwear during The MISS UNIVERSE Competition airing on FOX live on Sunday, November 26th from the AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Photographer: Matt Petit. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization, New York.
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 27, 2017 — Last night, Miss Universe South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was crowned the new Miss Universe at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The three-hour special programming event aired live on FOX in the United States.
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters earned her degree in Business Management at North West University. Before college, Demi-Leigh excelled at her high school as president of student council.
Now in its 66th year, MISS UNIVERSE welcomed more contestants than ever before, representing 92 countries including Iraq, Laos, Malta, and Nepal. The top 16 finalists were selected from three regions of the world: Americas, Europe, Africa & Asia Pacific. Fans once again had a virtual seat at the judging table to help their favorite contestants advance with over 90 million votes tabulated from around the world leading up to the competition, and an additional 24 million submitted throughout the final event.
Emmy Award winner Steve Harvey hosted the competition with model, entrepreneur and body activist Ashley Graham as backstage host. TV personality and fashion expert Carson Kressley and supermodel and pageant expert Lu Sierra provided analysis and commentary throughout the telecast. Eight-time Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum solo artist Fergie performed along with multi-platinum, award-winning pop star Rachel Platten.
The judges who helped crown Miss Universe included:
- Wendy Fitzwilliam: Miss Universe 1998, Trinidadian lawyer, actress, model and TV host.
- Jay Manuel: TV Personality and CEO of Jay Manuel Beauty, creative director, renowned make-up artist and entrepreneur.
- Ross Mathews: TV personality, live event correspondent, author and judge on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
- Megan Olivi: UFC backstage correspondent and host of The Exchange with Megan Olivi on UFC Fight Pass; advocate of women in sports.
- Lele Pons: Venezuelan-American creator and one of digital entertainment’s most recognizable figures; named one of TIME magazine’s 2016 30 Most Influential People on the Internet and Forbes’ 2017 30 Under 30 Celebrities.
- Farouk Shami: Entrepreneur and founder of Farouk Systems, makers of CHI & Biosilk.
- Pia Wurtzbach: Miss Universe 2015, model, actress.
Final Results:
First Runner-Up: Miss Universe Colombia Laura González
Second Runner-Up: Miss Universe Jamaica Davina Bennett
Top Three: Miss Universe South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters; Miss Universe Colombia Laura González; Miss Universe Jamaica Davina Bennett
Top Five: Miss Universe South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters; Miss Universe Venezuela Keysi Sayago; Miss Universe Thailand Maria Poonlertlarp; Miss Universe Jamaica Davina Bennett; Miss Universe Colombia Laura González.
Top Ten: Miss Universe Venezuela Keysi Sayago; Miss USA Kára McCullough; Miss Universe Philippines Rachel Peters; Miss Universe Canada Lauren Howe; Miss Universe South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters; Miss Universe Spain Sofia del Prado; Miss Universe Brazil Monalysa Alcântara; Miss Universe Colombia Laura González; Miss Universe Thailand Maria Poonlertlarp; Miss Universe Jamaica Davina Bennett.
Top Sixteen: Miss Universe Thailand Maria Poonlertlarp; Miss Universe Sri Lanka Christina Peiris; Miss Universe Ghana Ruth Quarshie; Miss Universe South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters; Miss Universe Spain Sofia del Prado; Miss Universe Ireland CailÃn Ãine Nà ToibÃn; Miss Universe Croatia Shanaelle Petty; Miss Universe Great Britain Anna Burdzy; Miss Universe Colombia Laura González; Miss USA Kára McCullough; Miss Universe Brazil Monalysa Alcântara; Miss Universe Canada Lauren Howe; Miss Universe Philippines Rachel Peters; Miss Universe Venezuela Keysi Sayago; Miss Universe Jamaica Davina Bennett; Miss Universe China Roxette Qiu.
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Congratulations Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters !!
— Surender Hastir (@SurenderHastir) November 27, 2017
Miss Universe 2017 !!
Relive our new #MissUniverse's answer to the Final Word. pic.twitter.com/czO8vgSiuU
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#MissUniverse 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters started off her Media Tour in Times Square! Welcome to NYC 🎠pic.twitter.com/ymGtENuwHA
— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) November 28, 2017
"Girl…you don’t need a sash or crown to be a Miss Universe. You can be a leader in your community without having a title.” — 2017 @MissUniverse winner Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters offers advice to girls who hope to follow in her footsteps one day. pic.twitter.com/4sUjxFSShC
— Good Morning America (@GMA) November 28, 2017
Wonderful !!
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November 18, 2017
Miss Universe Contestants in Las Vegas
Photo: Miss Universe 2016, Iris Mittenaere, with the contestants during the welcome event at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Thursday, November 16th. The Miss Universe contestants are touring, filming, rehearsing and preparing to compete for the Miss Universe crown in Las Vegas. Tune in to the FOX telecast at 7:00 PM ET live on Sunday, November 26, live from the AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas to see who will become the next Miss Universe. Photographer: Patrick Prather. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization, New York.
Photo: Pinar Tartan, Miss Universe Turkey 2017, backstage during the National Costume Show at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on November 18, 2017. The National Costume Show is an international tradition where contestants display an authentic costume of choice that best represents the culture of their home country. Photographer: Benjamin Askinas. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization, New York.
Photo: Shraddha Shashidhar, Miss Universe India 2017, during a photoshoot at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, November 14th. Photographer: Benjamin Askinas. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization, New York.
Photo: Natividad Leivi, Miss Universe Chile 2017, during a photoshoot in the lobby of Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Monday, November 13th. The Miss Universe contestants are touring, filming, rehearsing and preparing to compete for the Miss Universe crown in Las Vegas. Photographer: Benjamin Askinas. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization, New York.
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November 12, 2017
THE 66TH MISS UNIVERSE COMPETITION TO AIR LIVE FROM THE AXIS AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT & CASINO IN LAS VEGAS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, ON FOX
Photo: Iris Mittenaere, the reigning Miss Universe. She will crown her successor on Sunday, November 26, 2017. Photographer: Benjamin Askinas. Image provided by & copyright © The Miss Universe Organization, New York.
New York, NY - The Miss Universe Organization has announced that the 66TH MISS UNIVERSE competition will take place live from The AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV, on Sunday, Nov. 26 on FOX.
Five-time Emmy Award winner Steve Harvey returns to the Miss Universe stage, marking the third time that the multi-talented personality will host the international competition.
Nearly 100 women from across the globe will travel to compete for the opportunity of becoming the next Miss Universe. Iris Mittenaere from France will crown her successor at the conclusion of the live three-hour event.
India will be represented by Shraddha Shashidhar from the city of Chennai.
Here is the list of the contestants:
COUNTRY — HOMETOWN — NAME
- Albania — Tirana — Blerta Leka
- Angola — Cabinda — Lauriela Martins
- Argentina — Buenos Aires — StefanÃa Incandela
- Aruba — Malmok — Alina Mansur
- Australia — Adelaide — Olivia Rogers
- Austria — Gänserndorf — Celine Schrenk
- Bahamas — Nassau — Yasmine Cooke
- Barbados — Bridgetown — Lesley Chapman-Andrews
- Belgium — Bassevelde — Liesbeth Claus
- Bolivia — Pando — Gleisy Noguer Hassen
- Brazil — Teresina - Piaui — Monalysa Alcântara
- British Virgin Islands — British Virgin Islands — Khephra Sylvester
- Bulgaria — Sofia — Nikoleta Todorova
- Cambodia — Phnom Penh — By Sotheary
- Canada — Toronto — Lauren Howe
- Cayman Islands — West Bay — Anika Conolly
- Chile — Santiago — Natividad Leivi
- China — Shenyang — Roxette Qiu
- Colombia — Cartagena de Indias — Laura González
- Costa Rica — Heredia — Elena Correa
- Croatia — Slavonski Brod — Shanaelle Petty
- Curaçao — Willemstad — Nashaira Balentien
- Czech republic — Zlin — Michaela Habáňová
- Domican Republic — Santiago De Los Caballeros — Carmen Muñoz
- Ecuador — Guayaquil — Daniela Cepeda
- Egypt — Cairo — Farah Sedky
- El Salvador — San Salvador — Alisson Abarca
- Ethiopia — Addis Ababa — Akinahome Zergaw
- Finland — Helsinki — Michaela Söderholm
- France — Paris — Alicia Aylies
- Georgia — Rustavi — Miriam Gogodze
- Germany — Halle — Sophia Koch
- Ghana — Ajumako Entumire — Ruth Quarshie
- Great Britain — Leicester — Anna Burdzy
- Guam — Tomuning — Myana Welch
- Guatemala — Ayutla, San Marcos — Isel Suñiga
- Guyana — Essequibo Coast — Rafieya Husain
- Haiti — Port-au-Prince — Cassandra Chery
- Honduras — Roatan — April Tobie
- Iceland — Kopavogur — Arna Ãr Jónsdóttir
- India — Chennai — Shraddha Shashidhar
- Indonesia — Jakarta — Bunga Jelitha
- Iraq — Baghdad — Sarah Idan
- Ireland — Cobh, County Cork — CailÃn Ãine NÃ ToibÃn
- Israel — Ashkelon — Adar Gandelsman
- Italy — Naples — Maria Polverino
- Jamaica — Mitchell Town, Clarendon — Davina Bennett
- Japan — Japan — Momoko Abe
- Kazakhstan — Almaty — Kamila Assilova
- Korea — Seoul — Cho SeWhee
- Laos — Vientiane — Souphaphone Somvichith
- Lebanon — Saida — Jana Sader
- Malaysia — Kuala Lumpur — Samantha James
- Malta — Attard — Tiffany Pisani
- Mauritius — Curepipe — Angie Callychurn
- México — Sinaloa — Denisse Franco
- Myanmar — Yangon — Zun Than Sin
- Namibia — Rehoboth — Suné January
- Nepal — Kathmandu — Nagma Shrestha
- Netherlands — Handel — Nicky Opheij
- New Zealand — Napier — Harlem-Cruz Atarangi Ihaia
- Nicaragua — El Rama — Berenice Quezada
- Nigeria — Neni — Stephanie Agbasi
- Norway — Kongsvinger — Kaja Kojan
- Panama — City of Panama — Laura de Sanctis
- Paraguay — Asuncion — Ariela Machado
- Perú — Piura — Prissila Howard
- Philippines — Camarines Sur — Rachel Peters
- Poland — WrocÅ‚aw — Katarzyna WÅ‚odarek
- Portugal — Setúbal — Matilde Lima
- Puerto Rico — San Juan — Danna Hernández
- Romania — Constanta — Ioana Mihalache
- Russia — Moscow — Kseniya Alexandrova
- Saint Lucia — Micoud — Louise Victor
- Sierra Leone — Freetown — Adama Kargbo
- Singapore — Singapore — Manuela Bruntraeger
- Slovak Republic — Bratislava — Vanessa Bottánová
- Slovenia — Ptuj — Emina Ekić
- South Africa — Sedgefield, Western Cape — Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
- Spain — Villarrobledo — Sofia del Prado
- Sri Lanka — Colombo — Christina Peiris
- Sweden — Gothenburg — Frida Fornander
- Tanzania — Dar Es Salaam — Lilian Ericaah Maraule
- Thailand — Bangkok — Maria Poonlertlarp
- Trinidad & Tobago — San Fernando — Yvonne Clarke
- Turkey — Izmir — Pinar Tartan
- Ukraine — Kiev — Yana Krasnikova
- Uruguay — Canelones — Marisol Acosta
- US Virgin Islands — Charlotte Amalie, St.Thomas — Esonica Veira
- USA — Washington D.C. — Kára McCullough
- Venezuela — Caracas — Keysi Sayago
- Vietnam — Thai Binh — Loan Nguyen
- Zambia — Chingola — Isabel Chikoti
The Miss Universe Organization (MUO) is a global community that empowers women to realize their goals through experiences that build self-confidence and create opportunities for success. MUO believes that every woman should be “Confidently Beautiful.”
The Miss Universe Organization and the brand is currently owned by IMG, a global leader in sports, events, media and fashion, operating in more than 30 countries.
Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX), a unit of 21st Century Fox, is home to some of the highest-rated and most acclaimed series on television, including EMPIRE, THE MICK, LETHAL WEAPON, LUCIFER, GOTHAM, THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, NEW GIRL, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, STAR, THE EXORCIST, THE SIMPSONS, FAMILY GUY, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.
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November 10, 2017
Style Magazine "GQ Gentlemen’s Quarterly" chooses the “GQ Men of the Year 2017”
Photo: Award winner “Influencer of the Year” Johannes Huebl poses backstage at the GQ Men of the Year Awards 2017 at Komische Oper on November 9, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for GQ. Copyright © 2017 Getty Images. Image provided by GQ.
Berlin, November 9, 2017. At the Comic Opera in Berlin this evening, the German “GQ Gentlemen’s Quarterly” style magazine handed out the 19th “GQ Men of the Year Awards.” At the festive gala, honors were awarded in ten categories to leading personalities.
Some 850 invited guests enjoyed the awards ceremony.
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October 28, 2017
International Press Institute (IPI) urges India Government to withdraw a Controversial Ordinance
Photo: Participants at an event to mark the World Press Freedom Day at Palais des Nations, United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland. United Nations, Geneva. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré.
Vienna, Austria, Oct 27, 2017 — The government of the Indian state of Rajasthan must reverse an ordinance, which, in the absence of a government-sanctioned criminal investigation, bars the media from covering allegations of wrongdoing involving public officials. This was stated today by the International Press Institute (IPI) in letters sent to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
The ordinance requires courts and law enforcement agencies to obtain government approval before investigating public officials, judges, and magistrates for alleged wrongdoing committed in the course of carrying out public duties.
Here are the excerpts from the letter —
Oct 27, 2017
Mr. Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India
South Block
New Delhi
India.
Dear Prime Minister,
The International Press Institute (IPI) is deeply concerned by the issuance of an ordinance under the Constitution of India by the Governor of the State of Rajasthan, amending the Criminal Laws Act of the State, on the advice of the Government of Rajasthan.
The ordinance, which claims to protect public servants, judges and magistrates facing “false” allegations of corruption and criminality, prohibits the media from publishing any report on such allegations, even when accompanied by evidence, until an appropriate authority of the Government has considered the complaints and given sanction for the initiation of prosecution proceedings.
The concerned authority has been given a time limit of six months to take a decision on whether to prosecute or not to prosecute. Until then, media outlets are completely prohibited from writing any details on the allegations ……………..
IPI strongly condemns the gagging of the press through this ordinance. The measure, signed by the Governor of Rajasthan on the advice of the Government of Rajasthan, violates Art. 19 of the Indian Constitution, which enshrines freedom of expression …………….
Eminent jurists, journalists and journalist organisations as well as senior political leaders have strongly opposed the ordinance and have called for its immediate withdrawal …………..
Mr. Prime Minister, you recounted recently how you had participated in the political struggle against the censorship of newspapers during the Emergency which was in force in India between 1975 and 1977. In this same spirit, IPI calls upon you to intervene with the Government of Rajasthan, and direct the state Government to immediately negate the ordinance through the Constitutional route, and withdraw the bill now under consideration by the State Assembly.
Such an action would demonstrate your commitment to freedom of the press, and would ensure that acts of corruption and criminality are not shielded behind the curtain of censorship.
Yours sincerely,
Barbara Trionfi
Executive Director
International Press Institute
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October 18, 2017
Diwali Greetings
Happy Diwali 2017 !!
May the festival of lights brighten up your days and bring you happiness, success, and good health.
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October 8, 2017
Canada’s Brooklyn Moors presented with the Longines Prize for Elegance at the 47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montréal
Photo: Montréal, Canada, October 6, 2017 — As the Official Partner and Timekeeper of the 47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships held in Montréal, Canada, Longines presented its Prize for Elegance to Canadian gymnast Brooklyn Moors for her outstanding grace and charisma displayed throughout the individual all-around competition. Image provided by & Copyright © Longines Watch Company.
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October 5, 2017
92 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR 2017 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OSCAR
Photo: Spencer Averick, Oscar nominee, and guest arrive on the red carpet of The 89th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Photographer: Mike Baker. Image provided by and copyright © A.M.P.A.S.
Photo: Olivia Culpo arrives on the red carpet at The 89th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Photographer: Michael Yada. Image provided by and copyright © A.M.P.A.S.
Photo: Priyanka Chopra arrives on the red carpet of The 89th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Photographer: Michael Yada. Image provided by and copyright © A.M.P.A.S.
LOS ANGELES, CA - A record 92 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 90th Academy Awards. Haiti, Honduras, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Senegal and Syria are first-time entrants.
The 2017 submissions are:
- Afghanistan, “A Letter to the President,” Roya Sadat, director;
- Albania, “Daybreak,” Gentian Koçi, director;
- Algeria, “Road to Istanbul,” Rachid Bouchareb, director;
- Argentina, “Zama,” Lucrecia Martel, director;
- Armenia, “Yeva,” Anahit Abad, director;
- Australia, “The Space Between,” Ruth Borgobello, director;
- Austria, “Happy End,” Michael Haneke, director;
- Azerbaijan, “Pomegranate Orchard,” Ilgar Najaf, director;
- Bangladesh, “The Cage,” Akram Khan, director;
- Belgium, “Racer and the Jailbird,” Michaël R. Roskam, director;
- Bolivia, “Dark Skull,” Kiro Russo, director;
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Men Don’t Cry,” Alen Drljević, director;
- Brazil, “Bingo - The King of the Mornings,” Daniel Rezende, director;
- Bulgaria, “Glory,” Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva, directors;
- Cambodia, “First They Killed My Father,” Angelina Jolie, director;
- Canada, “Hochelaga, Land of Souls,” François Girard, director;
- Chile, “A Fantastic Woman,” Sebastián Lelio, director;
- China, “Wolf Warrior 2,” Wu Jing, director;
- Colombia, “Guilty Men,” Iván D. Gaona, director;
- Costa Rica, “The Sound of Things,” Ariel Escalante, director;
- Croatia, “Quit Staring at My Plate,” Hana JuÅ¡ić, director;
- Czech Republic, “Ice Mother,” Bohdan Sláma, director;
- Denmark, “You Disappear,” Peter Schønau Fog, director;
- Dominican Republic, “Woodpeckers,” Jose Maria Cabral, director;
- Ecuador, “Alba,” Ana Cristina Barragán, director;
- Egypt, “Sheikh Jackson,” Amr Salama, director;
- Estonia, “November,” Rainer Sarnet, director;
- Finland, “Tom of Finland,” Dome Karukoski, director;
- France, “BPM (Beats Per Minute),” Robin Campillo, director;
- Georgia, “Scary Mother,” Ana Urushadze, director;
- Germany, “In the Fade,” Fatih Akin, director;
- Greece, “Amerika Square,” Yannis Sakaridis, director;
- Haiti, “Ayiti Mon Amour,” Guetty Felin, director;
- Honduras, “Morazán,” Hispano Durón, director;
- Hong Kong, “Mad World,” Wong Chun, director;
- Hungary, “On Body and Soul,” Ildikó Enyedi, director;
- Iceland, “Under the Tree,” Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, director;
- India, “Newton,” Amit V Masurkar, director;
- Indonesia, “Turah,” Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo, director;
- Iran, “Breath,” Narges Abyar, director;
- Iraq, “Reseba - The Dark Wind,” Hussein Hassan, director;
- Ireland, “Song of Granite,” Pat Collins, director;
- Israel, “Foxtrot,” Samuel Maoz, director;
- Italy, “A Ciambra,” Jonas Carpignano, director;
- Japan, “Her Love Boils Bathwater,” Ryota Nakano, director;
- Kazakhstan, “The Road to Mother,” Akhan Satayev, director;
- Kenya, “Kati Kati,” Mbithi Masya, director;
- Kosovo, “Unwanted,” Edon Rizvanolli, director;
- Kyrgyzstan, “Centaur,” Aktan Arym Kubat, director;
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic, “Dearest Sister,” Mattie Do, director;
- Latvia, “The Chronicles of Melanie,” Viestur Kairish, director;
- Lebanon, “The Insult,” Ziad Doueiri, director;
- Lithuania, “Frost,” Sharunas Bartas, director;
- Luxembourg, “Barrage,” Laura Schroeder, director;
- Mexico, “Tempestad,” Tatiana Huezo, director;
- Mongolia, “The Children of Genghis,” Zolbayar Dorj, director;
- Morocco, “Razzia,” Nabil Ayouch, director;
- Mozambique, “The Train of Salt and Sugar,” Licinio Azevedo, director;
- Nepal, “White Sun,” Deepak Rauniyar, director;
- Netherlands, “Layla M.,” Mijke de Jong, director;
- New Zealand, “One Thousand Ropes,” Tusi Tamasese, director;
- Norway, “Thelma,” Joachim Trier, director;
- Pakistan, “Saawan,” Farhan Alam, director;
- Palestine, “Wajib,” Annemarie Jacir, director;
- Panama, “Beyond Brotherhood,” Arianne Benedetti, director;
- Paraguay, “Los Buscadores,” Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schembori, directors;
- Peru, “Rosa Chumbe,” Jonatan Relayze, director;
- Philippines, “Birdshot,” Mikhail Red, director;
- Poland, “Spoor,” Agnieszka Holland, Kasia Adamik, directors;
- Portugal, “Saint George,” Marco Martins, director;
- Romania, “Fixeur,” Adrian Sitaru, director;
- Russia, “Loveless,” Andrey Zvyagintsev, director;
- Senegal, “Félicité,” Alain Gomis, director;
- Serbia, “Requiem for Mrs. J.,” Bojan Vuletic, director;
- Singapore, “Pop Aye,” Kirsten Tan, director;
- Slovakia, “The Line,” Peter Bebjak, director;
- Slovenia, “The Miner,” Hanna A. W. Slak, director;
- South Africa, “The Wound,” John Trengove, director;
- South Korea, “A Taxi Driver,” Jang Hoon, director;
- Spain, “Summer 1993,” Carla Simón, director;
- Sweden, “The Square,” Ruben Östlund, director;
- Switzerland, “The Divine Order,” Petra Volpe, director;
- Syria, “Little Gandhi,” Sam Kadi, director;
- Taiwan, “Small Talk,” Hui-Chen Huang, director;
- Thailand, “By the Time It Gets Dark,” Anocha Suwichakornpong, director;
- Tunisia, “The Last of Us,” Ala Eddine Slim, director;
- Turkey, “Ayla: The Daughter of War,” Can Ulkay, director;
- Ukraine, “Black Level,” Valentyn Vasyanovych, director;
- United Kingdom, “My Pure Land,” Sarmad Masud, director;
- Uruguay, “Another Story of the World,” Guillermo Casanova, director;
- Venezuela, “El Inca,” Ignacio Castillo Cottin, director;
- Vietnam, “Father and Son,” Luong Dinh Dung, director.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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October 1, 2017
OMEGA unveils Seamaster Diver 300M “Commander’s Watch” celebrating the Rank and Regalia of James Bond
At a special event in London, OMEGA unveiled the Seamaster Diver 300M “Commander’s Watch” Limited Edition, a new timepiece that celebrates the rank and regalia of James Bond.
“James Bond is a character with a lot of depth and intrigue. We were fascinated by his connection to the Royal Navy, which is an organisation that OMEGA also has history with, and we wanted to pay tribute to his rank as Commander,” OMEGA President and CEO Raynald Aeschlimann explained.
OMEGA has been the choice of James Bond since 1995, when the spy first wore a Seamaster watch in the film “GoldenEye”. Since then, the character and OMEGA have shared every on-screen adventure together.
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September 16, 2017
Ferrari on the Roof Terrace of Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy
Photos: Ferrari F12tdf. Images provided by & copyright © Ferrari S.p.A.
It was a sight to behold: a metallic yellow Ferrari F12tdf sparkling in the sunlight on the roof terrace of Milan’s trend-setting Galleria Sozzani at Corso Como 10. An unusual but intriguing picture. But how did the Ferrari get there and why? The F12tdf was hoisted onto the building’s roof terrace with a crane last Monday as part of an initiative by the Italian design association ADI (Associazione per il Design Industriale) to celebrate Ferrari’s F12 berlinetta, the winner of its prestigious Compasso d’Oro Award. Introduced last year in a limited series of 799, this high performance Ferrari with its bold muscular shape was sold out before it was even publicly announced.
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September 15, 2017
ACADEMY REVEALS 2017 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS
Photo: Aulii Cravalho, presenter, arrives on the red carpet of The 89th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Photographer: Michael Yada. Image provided by and copyright © A.M.P.A.S.
Photo: Oscar Producer, Michael De Luca, arrives with guests on the red carpet of The 89th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Photographer: Matt Petit. Image provided by and copyright © A.M.P.A.S.
Photo: Mel Gibson, Oscar nominee, and Rosalind Ross arrive on the red carpet of The 89th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Photographer: Michael Yada. Image provided by and copyright © A.M.P.A.S.
LOS ANGELES, CA - The Academy has voted 17 students as winners of the 44th Student Academy Awards competition. This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received a total of 1,587 entries from 267 domestic and 89 international colleges and universities - which were voted by a record number of Academy members.
The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title):
Alternative (Domestic Film Schools)
- “Opera of Cruelty,” Max R. A. Fedore, New York University
Animation (Domestic Film Schools)
- “Cradle,” Devon Manney, University of Southern California
- “E-delivery,” Young Gul Cho, School of Visual Arts
- “In a Heartbeat,” Beth David and Esteban Bravo, Ringling College of Art and Design
Documentary (Domestic Film Schools)
- “Hale,” Brad Bailey, University of California, Berkeley
- “On Pointe,” Priscilla Thompson and Joy Jihyun Jeong, Columbia University
- “One Way Home,” Qingzi Fan, New York University
Narrative (Domestic Film Schools)
- “Mammoth,” Ariel Heller, University of Southern California
- “My Newphew Emmett,” Kevin Wilson, Jr., New York University
- “Who’s Who in Mycology,” Marie Dvorakova, New York University
Narrative (International Film Schools)
- “Facing Mecca,” Jan-Eric Mack, Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland)
- “Watu Wote/All of Us,” Katja Benrath, Hamburg Media School (Germany)
- “When Grey is a Colour,” Marit Weerheijm, Netherlands Film Academy (Netherlands)
Animation (International Film Schools)
- “Life Smartphone,” Chenglin Xie, China Central Academy of Fine Arts (China)
Documentary (International Film Schools)
- “Galamsey,” Johannes Preuss, Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany)
All Student Academy Award-winning films are eligible to compete for 2017 Oscars in the Animated Short Film or Live Action Short Film category and 2018 Oscars in the Documentary Short Subject category. Past winners have gone on to receive 57 Oscar nominations and have won or shared 11 awards.
Students will arrive in Los Angeles for a week of industry activities that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Thursday, October 12, at 7:30 p.m., at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The medal placements - gold, silver and bronze - in the seven award categories will be announced at the ceremony.
The Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 to provide a platform for emerging global talent by creating opportunities within the industry to showcase their work.
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September 4, 2017
Viktor & Rolf Show - Bread & Butter by Zalando 2017
Photo: A model walks the runway at the Viktor & Rolf show during the Bread & Butter by Zalando at B&&B Stage, arena Berlin on September 3, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. © 2017 Getty Images. Photographer: Stefan Knauer. Image provided by Zalando.
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August 21, 2017
President of India presents President’s Colours to Ladakh Scouts Battalions
Photo: The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, presents the President’s Colours to Ladakh Scouts Battalions in Leh on August 21, 2017. Image provided by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
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August 17, 2017
Navika Sagar Parikrama - Circumnavigating The Globe on an Indian-Built Sail Boat INSV Tarini by Women Naval Officers
Photo: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the women officers of the Indian Navy who are due to circumnavigate the globe on the sailing vessel INSV Tarini, in New Delhi on August 16, 2017. The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba is also seen. Image provided by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
Photo: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting Lt. Commander P. Swathi of Navika Sagar Parikrama expedition, in New Delhi on August 16, 2017. Image provided by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
Navika Sagar Parikrama is a project wherein a team of women officers of the Indian Navy would circumnavigate the globe on an Indian-built sail boat INSV Tarini.
The all-women crew have trained extensively for the forthcoming voyage. They have sailed approximately 20,000 Nm onboard INSV Mhadei and Tarini as part of training, which includes two expeditions to Mauritius (in 2016 and 2017) and a voyage from Goa to Cape Town in Dec 16.
This is the first ever Indian circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women crew. The project is considered essential towards promoting Ocean Sailing activities in the Navy while depicting Government of India’s thrust for ‘Nari Shakti’ (Women Power).
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