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- Exercise in vanity: Display of magazine’s iconic images comes to…
- A trip to the Czech Republic’s first shop for left-handers
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- Steve Miller releases Ravinia concert in HD
Exercise in vanity: Display of magazine’s iconic images comes to…
Edinburgh Evening News – May 20, 2008
For this could be the most important photo of their lives. This is the one that will say they are a face to watch a person of future power in Hollywood. And all because the picture will go on the front cover of Vanity Fair. Such is the respect inADVERTISEMENT which this US magazine is held that to turn down the chance of being front page news would be career suicide for any actor. After all it has been hailed as the “acknowledged arbiter of modern society power and personality”… From the magazine’s first incarnation (it was published by Condé Nast from 1913 to 1936 when it was shelved for being too frivolous during the Depression) there are portraits of Albert Einstein Charlie Chaplin Jean Harlow and Louis Armstrong. Then more recently (it was brought back to life in the 1980s) the pictures range from those of celebrities such as Sean Connery Michael Caine Helen Mirren and Julianne Moore to more powerful images such as that by Jonas Karlsson of the firefighters who tackled the aftermath of the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. James Holloway director of the Portrait Gallery believes the exhibition is “incredibly beautiful” and will be one of the highlights of the summer season. Editor Graydon Carter adds: “It’s only fitting that the august Scottish National Portrait Gallery will present the first exhibition of Vanity Fair’s iconic portraits. To have all of the works displayed together will serve as a remarkable photographic history. “• Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913 ? 2008 is on at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1 Queen Street from June 14 to September 21.
A trip to the Czech Republic’s first shop for left-handers
radio.cz – May 20, 2008
Vilém Nacher helps run the store:?The most popular products here are scissors as well as pens andpencils. And things for children sell well. ?You?ve got some pictures up on the wall here ? a photo gallery ? canyou tell me who?s there and why??Well all of these people are left-handers. And we can see here forexample ex-president Bill Clinton the tennis-player Rafael Nadal AlbertEinstein and Leonardo da Vinci. ?And any famous Czech left-handers??Yes there?s Martina Navrátilová the most famous Czech tennisstar.
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Cinematical – May 20, 2008
In doing so they provide an invaluable window into a world that remains unknown to most foreigners. ” The DVD from First Run Features includes an audio commentary filmmaker Q&A biographies and a photo gallery. Olivier Meyrou’s documentary.
Steve Miller releases Ravinia concert in HD
Northwest Herald – May 20, 2008
The end result has now been released in a 3-disc multipak "Steve Miller Live From Chicago" which contains his first live concert DVD a DVD documentary with photo gallery and a 12-song live companion CD. The project is a benchmark in digital production utilizing 17 High Definition cameras and engineered for home theater systems with separate 5. 1 surround and DTS soundtracks. "We were thrilled to work with the Steve Miller Band and his team to film the band’s first-ever live DVD at Ravinia last season" said Amy SchrageRavinia’s associate director of communications. "It’s such a joy for us to feel that live concert experience while watching the backdrop filled with the beauty of the park in every shot.