EMMY ROSSUM
EMMY ROSSUM
Emmanuelle Grey “Emmy” Rossum (born September 12, 1986) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She has starred in films such as The Day After Tomorrow along side Jake Gyllenhaal who plays her secret admirer, Poseidon, The Phantom of the Opera and Dragonball Evolution.
Rossum is a 1996 graduate of the Spence School, a private school in Manhattan. She received her high school diploma at 15 years old via online extension courses offered by Stanford University’s Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY). She currently attends Columbia University.
Rossum is a YouthAIDS ambassador. She is also the official spokesperson for “PiNKiTUDE” – a campaign to help raise breast cancer awareness.
Rossum is gluten-intolerant. She revealed to MTV News that she is allergic to wheat after MTV News gave her a cupcake on-camera to celebrate her 22nd birthday; she was only able to eat the frosting.
MAKSIM MRVICA
MAKSIM MRVICA
Maksim Mrvica (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈmaksim ˈmr.ʋitsa]; born May 3, 1975) is a popular pianist from Croatia. In 2003, Maksim released one of his first albums, The Piano Player.
Mrvica took up piano lessons from the age of nine from Marija Sekso and gave his first public performance in the same year. Just three years later he gave his first concert performance of Haydn’s Piano Concerto in C major. When war broke out in 1991, both Mrvica and his professor were determined that this would not disrupt his music studies. In spite of the war and surrounding turbulence, Mrvica entered in, and won, his first major competition in Zagreb in 1993.
Mrvica went on to study at the Music Academy in Zagreb where he spent five years under Professor Vladimir Krpan, who himself was a pupil of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. He then spent a year at the Franz Liszt Conservatoire in Budapest and during this year he won first prize at the Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition. In 2000, he moved to Paris to study with Igor Lazko and gained first prize in the Pontoise Piano Competition in 2001.
When he returned to Croatia he found himself to be the focus of intense media interest and he made frequent television appearances as well as giving a great number of interviews. He soon found himself recording his first CD, Gestures, an album of contemporary Croatian piano pieces. Gestures became one of the fastest-selling classical recordings to be released in Croatia, and Mrvica was even invited to officiate the Porin award ceremony, an honour not usually granted to a classical artist.
http://ecards.emiclassics.co.uk/maksim2/index.htm
* I am so glad to have being blessed with the gift and passion for good Music and Art.
DODA MIRANDA
DODA MIRANDA
Álvaro Affonso de Miranda Neto (born 5 February 1973) is a Brazilian show jumper and equestrian who participated for Brazil at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Known as Doda de Miranda, he also participated at the 2003 Pan American Games.Doda Miranda’s main sponsor was Visa in the past. His current main sponsor is Audi.
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Equestrian | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Team jumping |
| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | Team jumping |
Doda Miranda and Onassis were married on December 3, 2005, after which it is believed that she assumed a hybrid version of the Onassis and Miranda names, thus apparently dropping the Roussel name. The bride’s father and stepmother were not at the ceremony, though her half-sister Sandrine Roussel was invited.
Some anecdotes of the wedding refer to the consumption of 1000 bottles of champagne (around one per person). Most witnesses were Brazilian horse-riders. Athina and Doda decided not to publish photos of the wedding (as they were going to do) after a television report some days before the wedding about the death of Athina’s mother. The couple reportedly asked for no presents and asked their guests to donate the money intended for presents to charity.
Doda Miranda and Onassis has one stepchild, Viviane de Miranda e Dorsa.
More recently, Miranda and Onassis has been trying to reach out to the Greek trustees of the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation in her bid to become President of the Foundation. She has expressed an interest in learning Greek and has renewed her Greek passport. She also hopes to be on the Greek equestrian team at the next Olympics.
Their plans were to stay in São Paulo, which caused Nelson Pessoa, the captain of the Brazilian Equestrian Team, to regret publicly that Doda Miranda has forsaken his international career, and (informally) call upon the shipping heiress’s influence on him, to persuade her then-fiancé to return to Europe and compete there. Lately, as her interest in competing in the 2008 Summer Olympics grew, the couple announced that they would return to Belgium to train following their honeymoon.
The Miranda”s have since been training with Nelson Pessoa in Belgium, where they have many horses and where Doda Miranda’s daughter, Viviane, is enrolled in a private school in Brussels.
BEZERRA DE MENEZES
BEZERRA DE MENEZES
Adolfo Bezerra de Menezes Cavalcanti was born in the old neighborhood of Freguesia do Riacho de Sangue (Stream of Blood), today Solonopole, in Ceara, Brazil, on August 29.
In the year of 1838, Adolfo Bezerra de Menezes Cavalcanti, started studying at the public school of the Friar’s Villa, where in only ten months he sufficiently prepared himself to reach the degree of knowledge of his master, who was responsible to guide his first educational phase. At a very early age, he revealed to be extremely intelligent. When he was eleven years old, he was able to commence the course on Humanities. At thirteen, he knew Latin so well that he not only gave classes to his colleagues, but also was called to replace his teacher every time he had to be absent.
His father, Antonio Bezerra de Menezes, was captain of the old militias and lieutenant – colonel of the National Guard; he was a stern man, extremely honest and of irreproachable character. His wealth was derived from his cattle’s farm. He spent large sums of money in politics and in the assistance of friends and relatives, because of his good-natured heart. Those people, however, only looked for him in order to exploit his charitable feelings, and he ended up compromising his fortune. Upon realizing that his debts equaled his possessions, he expressed to his creditors his intention of giving them everything that he owned, in order to pay off the debt. The creditors, being his friend, refused to accept such a proposal, replying that he could pay them when and how he wanted.
In spite of the insistence of the elderly honest man, his creditors didn’t change their minds. Mr. Antonio Bezerra de Menezes proposed them to remain as the administrator of what one-day was his fortune, only using from it the strictly necessary for the maintenance of his family, who changed from a previous comfortable condition to a life of privations.
Encouraged by the firm purpose of being guided by his father’s honest character, Bezerra de Menezes, with a reduced amount of money, given to him by his relatives, was taken by the firm purpose of overcoming all obstacles and headed to Rio de Janeiro in order to follow the career that his vocation inspired him to pursue: Medicine.
In November of 1852, he entered as intern resident at the Mercy Hospital. He graduated from the College of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro, in 1856, presenting a doctorate thesis about: “Diagnosis of Cancer.” It was when he started to sign only Adolfo Bezerra de Menezes. On April 27 the Imperial Academy of Medicine, presenting the work: “Some Considerations on Cancer under its treatment perspective.” The designated reporter, Academic José Pereira Rego, read the result on May 11 same year, and he assumed the position in June 1 substitute, in the Area of Surgery in the College of Medicine. Due to the recommendation
Given by his teacher Manoel Feliciano Pereira de Carvalho, at the time Chief Surgeon of the Army, Bezerra de Menezes was named his assistant, assuming the position of Surgeon – Lieutenant, 1831. He died in Rio de Janeiro, on April 11th, 1900.th, 1857, he applied for a position of titular member of, 1857, and the election took place on May 18th.In 1858 he applied to a position, as substitute, in the Area of Surgery in the College of Medicine. Due to the recommendation given by his teacher Manoel Feliciano Pereira de Carvalho, at the time Chief Surgeon of the Army, Bezerra de Menezes was named his assistant, assuming the position of Surgeon – Lieutenant.
http://www.sgny.org/main/documents/BezerradeMenezes.pdf
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezerra_de_Menezes
ADRIANA SASSOON CANCER SURVIVOR
ADRIANA SASSOON CANCER SURVIVOR
Walt Disney
*Não se acostume com o que não a faz feliz, revolte-se quando julgar necessário. Alague seu coração de esperancas,mas não deixe que ele se afogue nelas. Se achar que p…recisa voltar, volte! Se perceber que precisa seguir, siga! Se estiver tudo errado, comece novamente.Cada letra, cada palavra isso serve como uma luva! ESTOU QUASE CHEGANDO LA.
NIKK SIXX
NIKK SIXX
“Formats are going to change because this is what the people want. It’s not what the labels want.”
Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx (born December 11, 1958) is an American bassist, author, photographer, and the main songwriter for the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. He has also played bass for glam metal band London, the experimental band 58, the hard rock band Brides of Destruction and more recently, Sixx:A.M.
Sixx was born on December 11, 1958 in San Jose, California.He was partially raised by his single mother, Deana Richards, and by his grandparents after his father left the family. He moved in with his grandparents, while his mother toured with bands as a back-up singer. Sixx relocated several times while living with his grandparents.
While living in Jerome, Idaho, Sixx became a teenage vandal, breaking into neighbors’ homes, shoplifting, and being expelled from school for selling drugs. His grandparents sent him to live with his mother, who had moved to Seattle. He lived there for a short time, and learned how to play the bass guitar having bought his first instrument with money earned from selling a prior guitar he had stolen.
At the age of 17, he struck out on his own, moving to Los Angeles and working jobs at a liquor store and selling vacuums over the phone while he auditioned for bands. He unsuccessfully auditioned for the Randy Rhoads version of Quiet Riot, as well as the band Sister, with Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. before joining London, a local glam outfit whose lineup saw numerous changes and whose major claim to fame was that its singer, Nigel Benjamin, had sung with a late version of Mott the Hoople. Sixx soon left the band.
In 1981, Sixx founded Mötley Crüe with drummer Tommy Lee, later being joined by guitarist Mick Mars through an ad in the local newspaper he was reading, then by singer Vince Neil with whom Tommy had attended high school. The band decided to self-record their debut album, Too Fast for Love, which was subsequently released in November 1981 on the band’s own Leathür Records label. After signing with Elektra Records they re-released the album. The band then went on to record and release Shout at the Devil, raising the band to national fame.
In 1989, Sixx was a featured guest artist on the album Fire and Gasoline by Steve Jones, formerly of the Sex Pistols. Sixx co-wrote and performed on the song, “We’re No Saints”.
In 1991, Sixx played bass on “Feed My Frankenstein” on Alice Cooper’s Hey Stoopid album. Sixx also co-wrote the track “Die For You”, along with Cooper and Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars (who plays guitar on the song).
In 2006 Mötley Crüe completed a reunion tour featuring all four original members and embarked on a co-headlining tour with Aerosmith, called “The Route of All Evil”. On June 24, 2008, Mötley Crüe released their ninth studio album, Saints of Los Angeles, with Sixx credited as either writer or co-writer on all tracks.
LIVING AND LEARNING
“I forgive my mom for being a psycho and my dad for being a loser. “
Nikki Sixx
“I harbored a lot of resentment as a teenager and as a young adult. I still have a problem with authority, I’m trying to listen!”
Nikki Sixx
With the formation of Sixx:A.M. and the release of The Heroin Diaries, Nikki Sixx teamed up with an already existing charity known as the Covenant House and created his own branch called Running Wild in the Night . In addition to partially funding the services the Covenant House provides on its own, Sixx’s division also provides a creative arts and music program, allowing the beneficiaries of this program to discover an answer to their problems that is better than drugs. Because Sixx has been dealt an upper hand along with his success, he has been able to negotiate with people in his industry to provide the program with musical instruments and software . Sixx has arguably prevented thousands of potential drug users and rehabilitated teenage addicts from continuing to dabble in the world of drugs, as the Covenant House helped almost 78,000 youth at risk last year.
Sixx didn’t just establish the program. A portion of the profits from Sixx:A.M.’s album The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack is donated to help the Covenant House. Sixx also continues to auction off personal items to fund Running Wild in the Night. As of April 2009, he had raised over $100,000. In addition to monetary contributions, Sixx has made personal and emotional ones. George Lozano, the director of Covenant House California, said that Sixx is “passionate about the cause; he can relate to the youth in our program and they can relate to him. He’s a great role model for these kids.”
Nikki Sixx has conquered the rock world and now the literary world. Sure, it’s just a diary, but the honesty displayed is unmatched by anyone. Real life has never been captured so well as in Heroin Diaries and even those not familiar with Sixx’s musical record will be entranced with his tales of debauchery and hopes for redemption. Heroin Diaries is not recommended book, but a must read for any and all music fans. This book takes biographies to a new plateau and sets a standard I think few will be able to match.
*Life is Beautiful Nikk.
” Live your Life , Love your Life………Carpe Diem…….” Adriana Sassoon
FASHION SCANDAL
FASHION SCANDAL
“Ladies marked like Cattle” by Adriana Sassoon
Have you being Marked?Can you see yourself? Which one is you?
A little while ago I posted an article about “DELUXE” a book by Dana Thomas.Well I just decided to make this new post and spread the knowledge out there! How can we address this issue?Please post your comments. Maybe we could even start a debate about this bubject.
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Hans Christian Andersen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈhanˀs ˈkʰʁæʂd̥jan ˈɑnɐsn̩]}) (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet was noted for his children’s stories, including “The Steadfast Tin Soldier“, “The Snow Queen“, “The Little Mermaid“, “Thumbelina“, “The Little Match Girl“, “The Ugly Duckling” and “The Red Shoes“. During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide and was feted by royalty. His poetry and stories, translated into more than 150 languages and still issued in great printing runs, have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films.
Andersen’s Fairy Tales
It was during 1835 that Andersen published the first installment of his immortal Fairy Tales (Danish: Eventyr). More stories, completing the first volume, were published in 1836 and 1837. The quality of these stories was not immediately recognised, and they sold poorly. At the same time, Andersen enjoyed more success with two novels: O.T. (1836) and Only a Fiddler. His Specialty book that is still known today was the Ugly Duckling (1837).
Meetings with Dickens
In June 1847, Andersen paid his first visit to England and enjoyed a triumphal social success during the summer. The Countess of Blessington invited him to her parties where intellectual and famous people could meet, and it was at one party that he met Charles Dickens for the first time. They shook hands and walked to the veranda which was of much joy to Andersen. He wrote in his diary “We had come to the veranda, I was so happy to see and speak to England’s now living writer, whom I love the most.”
Ten years later, Andersen visited England, primarily to visit Dickens. He stayed at Dickens’ home for five weeks, oblivious to Dickens’ increasingly blatant hints for him to leave. Dickens’ daughter said of Andersen, “He was a bony bore, and stayed on and on. Shortly after Andersen left, Dickens published David Copperfield, featuring the obsequious Uriah Heep, who is said to have been modeled on Andersen. Andersen himself greatly enjoyed the visit, and never understood why Dickens stopped answering his letters.
www.fairytalearchive.com/hans_christian_andersen.html
www.tititudorancea.com/z/the_butterfly_hans_cristian_andersen.htm
THE LITTLE MERMAID by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
“The Little Mermaid” (Danish: Den lille havfrue) is a fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince. The tale was first published in 1837 and has been adapted to various media including musical theater and animated film.
www.tititudorancea.com/z/the_mermaid_hans_cristian_andersen.htm
THE SNOW QUEEN by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
The tale of The Snow Queen is one of the best known children’s fairytales written by the outstanding Danish storyteller, Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). The Snow Queen was first published in 1845. Like all of Andersen’s fairy stories, the story of the Snow Queen teaches children good moral values through the triumph of good over evil, proving that love conquers all. This magical adventure is about two poor children, a boy and a girl, who are best friends until the bitter Snow Queen takes Kay away to her palace, and turns his heart to ice. Gerda, determined to find him, is challenged by many obstacles as she embarks on an unforgettable journey to rescue her kidnapped friend.
Illustraded by Vladyslav Yerko
www.snowqueen.us/slideshow.html
www.tititudorancea.com/z/the_snow_queen_hans_christian_andersen.htm
www.variety.com/review/VE1117927777.html?categoryid=33&cs=1
FILM
My life as a Fairy Tale. The lifestory of Hans. I got it from Netflix many years ago. I am thinking of renting it again.It is beautiful.The content is great the Photograpy, the Set Design, the Costume Design. ***** For all ages. A keeper.
TWIGGY: A LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPHS
TWIGGY: A LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPHS
A new display at the National Portrait Gallery will celebrate Twiggy’s 60th birthday and the publication of a new photographic biography of her life. One of the best-known and most respected models of all time Twiggy has worked with many of the world’s leading photographers and a selection of the most iconic and important of these portraits will be on show at the Gallery.
Twiggy by Barry Lategan in 1966 – the picture which made her career
Twiggy by Cecil Beaton
Twiggy by Richard Avedon
Launched with a famous haircut by Leonard and photographs by Barry Lategan in 1966, Twiggy was the world’s first supermodel. It was Lategan’s studies of her in the Daily Express that launched her as ‘the Face of 1966.’ For the next three years Twiggy helped define swinging London and she remains today an internationally recognised name and face. Appearing in all the leading magazines she has been photographed by Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon, Melvin Sokolsky, Ronald Traeger, Bert Stern and Norman Parkinson amongst others.
In 1970 Twiggy embarked on her theatrical career. She played the lead in Ken Russell’s film of Sandy Wilson’s musical The Boyfriend (1971), for which she was awarded two Golden Globes -Most Promising Newcomer and Best Actress in a Musical. She went on to star in the Broadway musical My One and Only (1983-4), for which she was nominated for a Tony award. Twiggy continues to make regular appearances in print and on television and has more recently modelled for portraits by leading contemporary photographers including Bryan Adams, John Swannell, Mary McCartney, Steven Meisel and Sølve Sundsbo. This display of over 20 photographs will encompass the Twiggy’s life in portraits, from early shots by Lategan to the present day.
Twiggy by Ronald Traeger for Vogue
To accompany the display, the National Portrait Gallery will publish a hard-back book Twiggy: A Life in Photographs in September. A range of portraits from the Gallery’s Collection will be included in the book along with insights by Twiggy and an introduction by Terence Pepper, Curator of Photographs. An illustrated chronology – including Twiggy’s private collection of photographs, snapshots, cuttings and memorabilia – will explore her extraordinary life in front of the camera. The book (RRP £20) will contain over 100 illustrations, and a current retrospective of the portraits in Twiggy’s own words.
Recent: Solve Sundsbo’s shot last year (left) and Bryan Adams’s in 2000
TWIGGY: A LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPHS
From 19 September 2009 – 24 March 2010
Room 33A
Admission Free
For further press information and image requests please contact:
Eleanor Macnair , Press Office, National Portrait Gallery
Tel: 020 7321 6620 (not for publication)
Email: emacnair@npg.org.uk;
To download images: www.npg.org.uk/press
BEAUTY FAIR SAO PAULO 2009
BEAUTY FAIR SAO PAULO 2009
The Strength of Beauty in the largest and most complete Professional Beauty Trade Show in Latin America.
Show Dates: August 29th – September 1st 2009
Venue: Expo Center Norte- SP
Beauty Fair. The power of beauty for a better world
The Strength of Beauty in the largest and most complete Professional Beauty Trade Show in Latin America.
Show Dates: August 29th – September 1st 2009
Venue: Expo Center Norte- SP
Beauty Fair
“The power of beauty for a better world”
There are many ways of making the world a better place, but none of them is as strong as making a person feel happy about oneself.
This is the reason the beauty industry is different from others. Not more important; simply different. Besides its economic strength, it exists because people want to be and become more beautiful.
Any segment or any industry can make the world a better place; however, the beauty industry can contribute far beyond as every item in every category is meant to boost self esteem and well being of everyone.
After all, beauty is a state of mind. That is why our industry is economically strong, regardless of the economic situation. It does not matter how rich or poor one is, getting beautiful will always be important.
This is what makes a difference in the beauty industry. And this is what makes the world a better place.
New Products – Trends – Education – Services – Conferences – Workshops
Summer Collection
Celebrating contemporary beauty
Showcasing: Trends, Information, Setting fashion.
Beauty Fair Summer Collection
This great Show of trends and information highlights the combination of Hair and Fashion. It is organized by Creative Director, Roberto Blaskes.
A much awaited spectacle, in which fashion and beauty trends are shown, through the perspective of the largest beauty product manufacturers from Brazil and abroad presented by well known Main Stage artists.
More than 60 Brazilian and international hairstylists
The 14th edition of this event, will bring 60 professionals from different parts of Brazil and abroad to give special presentations. Creative Color International is didactic in approach, providing information through a series of shows, workshops and contests. The complete programming for the event may be accessed on the website www.bsg-creativecolor.com. Entrance charged for event.
Workshops for Professionals Professional qualification and market trends
This area is intended to offer beauty professionals contact with expressive names of the industry. At this venue the professional can become knowledgeable about trends and the market`s latest news besides refreshing education through conferences and technical workshops.
4rd Latin American Aesthetics Scientific Congress
Quality information for professionals
Always innovating and bringing knowledge about health and wellness.
4rd Latin America Scientific Esthetics Congress
Showcases the latest information and techniques in treatments, products, equipments, facial and body technologies presented by Brazilian and international speakers, cosmetic surgeons, dermatologists, and estheticians through theoretical and practical demonstrations.
Workshops for Professionals
Venue where the most modern techniques in medical esthetics are presented.
Here, the professional participates in conferences and workshops with renowned doctors and estheticians to find out about the latest news in the industry.
Beauty Fair 2009
WBSA – Joining Forces Globally.
In 2008, through a Beauty Fair initiative WBSA (World Beauty Show Alliance) was created.
A powerful exchange alliance to bring together the largest Professional Beauty Trade Shows in the world. It was developed to shorten the distances between markets, to generate business and maximize opportunities.
- Premiere Orlando (USA);
- Expo Beauty Show – EBS (Mexico);
- Salon Look (Spain);
- Expo Cosmetica ( Portugal);
- Expobelleza (Equador
At the WBSA booth you can speak directly to these international Show representatives and learn in-depth market information and strategies of how to participate in these countries. A great venue to make international connections.
Beauty Fair
Where the beauty professionals meet
Plan your visit.
Organization: Beauty Fair Eventos e Promoções Ltda.
Tel.: (XX–55-11) 3373-4633
E-mail: atendimento@beautyfair.com.br
Visit our portal: www.beautyfair.com.br
Contacts: luis@beautyfair.com.br
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