Merkel named Time’s Person of the Year

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Time magazine today named German Chancellor Angela Merkel its "Person of the Year 2015", saying her deft leadership has helped preserve and promote an open, borderless Europe in the face of economic turmoil, ongoing refugee and the Ukraine crises. She beat some of the world's best-known politicians and leaders including Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President Vladimir Putin, ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump for the annual honour. "At a moment when much of the world is once more engaged in a furious debate about the balance between safety and freedom, the Chancellor is asking a great deal of the German people, and by their example, the rest of us as well. To be welcoming. To be unafraid. To believe that great civilizations build bridges, not walls, and that wars are won both on and off the battlefield," Time said. Time said Merkel was chosen as the person of the year because she is the "de facto leader" of a continent. — PTI. Source: Article

Read More........ → December 10, 2015

British Vogue to celebrate 100 years with documentary

Danielle Wightman-Stone, Monday, 24 August 2015, British Vogue is getting its own documentary after allowing the BBC ‘unprecedented access’ to the magazine to celebrate its centenary. Airing on BBC Two in 2016, the two-part series will be produced by Lightbox and Simon Chinn, who won Academy awards for acclaimed films Man on Wire and Searching for Sugar Man, and will go behind-the-scenes at Vogue, both in the magazine office and on location. Like ‘The September Issue,' the fly-on-the-wall documentary that showcased how US Vogue put together its important fashion issue, the programme will reveal how British Vogue puts together each magazine, culminating in its centenary issue, as well as follow the editors as they attend the international fashion weeks. Additionally, the documentary will also explore Vogue’s role and influence, as well as look at the role of fashion in the 21st century, along with the magazine’s ability to make careers and labels by spotting and showcasing new talent. "I am delighted to be working with Lightbox on a documentary to commemorate our centenary," said editor-in-chief Alexandra Shulman. "We have never previously agreed to allow the cameras into the magazine but 100 years seems a fitting time to demonstrate what a powerful and exciting force Vogue is.”  Lightbox’s Chinn added: “This is a fantastic and unprecedented opportunity to get to the heart of the UK’s fashion industry and look at its impact globally. There will be big characters, compelling storylines and plenty of glamour, but we also want to explore some important questions about the role fashion plays today in Britain and the world beyond.”Source: Article

Read More........ → September 01, 2015

Matt Damon for Esquire US August 2013

On Brad Pitt: “If you can control the celebrity side of celebrity, then it’s worth it. I look at Brad—and I have for years—and when I’m with him I see the intensity of that other side of it. And the paparazzi and the insane level of aggression they have and their willingness to break the law and invade his space—well, I wonder about that trade. I remember telling him that I walk my kids to school, and his face just fell. He was very kind, but he was like, ‘You b*stard.’ Because he should be able to do that, too. And he can’t.”  On keeping his married life private: “I got lucky, I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous
actress at that. Because then the attention doesn’t double—it grows exponentially. Because then suddenly everybody wants to be in your bedroom. But I don’t really give them anything. If I’m not jumping up and down on a bar, or lighting something on fire, or cheating on my wife, there’s not really any story to tell. They can try to stake me out, but they’re always going to get the same story—middle-aged married guy with four kids. So as long as that narrative doesn’t change too much, there’s no appetite for it.” On child actors:
“My mother thought it was child abuse. She literally did. She was a professor who specialized in early childhood development, and she thought putting a child onstage or in a commercial or in a movie was child abuse. So when I did Elysium with Jodie Foster, I asked her. I mean, she’s basically been acting since she was born. I figured, if anyone’s going to know, it should be her, right? So I asked her. And she sort of smiled and said, ‘It depends on the child.’ Courtesy of Esquire, Source: Smartologie

Read More........ → July 25, 2013