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Islands Glorified by Movies

By: admin
Published: March 17th, 2009
Alex Bolton asked:


Famous movie which became popular in many countries or even all over the world can also bring popularity to the place where it was made. Usually such things happen to island where great movies are often made. For example recently it became known that Penelope Cruz came to Lanzarote for two weeks for film shooting. Of course this event attracted people’s attention to this event.

One more island which became well-known thanks to movie and Penelope Cruz is Greek island Kefalonia. It is a place where movie “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” was made with Nicholas Cage and Penelope Cruz.

Malta is already familiar with such experience, because as of today a lot of famous blockbusters were films on Malta. It is possible to say that landscapes and views of Malta were greatly shown in well-known movie “troy”, 2204 where main characters were played by Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom. The most part of film was made at Fort Ricasoli. This fort was created by Knights of Malta in 17th century. In 2004 one more film was made on Malta. It was called “Different loyalty” with Sharon Stone. It demonstrates scenes of Fort St. Elmo in Valletta.  Next movie which was made on Malta was “Alexander” with Collin Farrell, Angelina Jolie and Anthony Hopkins. There we can enjoy marvelous vies of Grand Harbor of Valletta. In 1995 pirate film “Cutthroat Island” was also made on Malta. It includes vies of Mdina, Fort St. Elmo, Dingli Cliffs. Night scenes of “Gladiator” with Russell Crowe were made outside Vittoriosa at Couvre Port.

So, it is very possible that soon Lanzarote will achieve the same level of fame and popularity as Malta has already done.



The Tattoos of Angelina Jolie

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Published: September 7th, 2008
Angelina Jolie
Aleks Kos asked:


Angelina Jolie tattoos

Angelina Jolie Brief Biography

Born June 4, 1975, as Angelina Jolie Voight to parents Marcheline Bertrand and Jon Voight, this Academy Award-winning actress (Best Supporting Actress, 1999, Girl, Interrupted) has also won three Golden Globes and two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards. Before getting into acting, Angelina made her living as a fashion model.

Angelina Jolie is a well-known humanitarian and philanthropist, supporting several causes across the globe, including working with refugees through UNHCR (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees).

Tattooed actress Angelina Jolie and her husband Pitt have two adopted children, Maddox and Zahara, and a biological child, Shiloh.

Jolie achieved international fame for her portrait of videogame heroine Lara Croft in 2001 and since then established herself as one of the best known and highest paid actresses in Hollywood. As Lara Croft in Tomb Raider or the female assassin half of Mr. and Mrs. Smith you won’t see a single tattoo. Her tattoos are covered with makeup for her movie roles. Multiple sources report that during the Tomb Raider shoot, the makeup applied wasn’t doing a good enough job of covering the large “Billy Bob” and black dragon on her left upper arm and a digital artist was hired to go frame by frame through the film and make sure no trace of skin art could be seen.Angelina Jolie’s tattoos are perhaps just as well known as her trademark pouty lips and her performances on the silver screen. Angelina Jolie is the “world’s most beautiful woman,” according to the “100 Most Beautiful” issue of People magazine in 2006, and a large part of that probably has to do with her tattoos.

Angelina Jolie has had several tattoos done over the years, and she continues to frequently add new ones or change existing ones. They are not there purely for cosmetic purposes either, as it is said that each tattoo has a special meaning behind it. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it does give you a bit of insight into the personality, thinking, and preferences of the popular actress. Angelina Jolie is one of the most photographed women in the world – and now one of the most tattooed.

Angelina Jolie and her famous tattoos.

• Billy Bob”, the name of her former husband Billy Bob Thornton, on her left arm.

• Coordinates representing the locations where she adopted Maddox and Zahara , on her left arm

• A dragon tattoo on her left arm can still be seen faintly on her left arm, though she has been getting it lasered for months.

• A dragon she got in Amsterdam

• A large black cross tattoo on her left hip.

• The Latin quote “ Quod me nutrit me destruit”.

• Gothic letter tattoo between her shoulder blades says “Know Your Rights”.

• Buddhist Pali incantation written in Khmer script. Position: Left shoulder.

• The letter H on her left wrist.

• Arabic phrase “Strength of will”.

• The 12-inch long Bengal tiger is situated on her lower back.

• The dragon under the tiger.

• The window on her lower back.

• Two pointy black tribals on the lower parts of her back.

• The Roman numeral 13 (XIII) on her left forearm.

• A Tennessee Williams quote – “A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages” – on her left forearm.

• On her left shoulder, she has had her tattoo with the Chinese character for death .

Pictures gallery on :http://angelina-jolie-tattoos.blogspot.com



Wedding Photojournalism – Much More Than Just Fashion

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Published: August 30th, 2008
celebrity gossip
Joe Cline asked:


Most people think wedding photojournalism is yet another fashion trend, and like most trends fade away, people will get over this trend as well. However, there are several other aspects to wedding photojournalism that people do not know much about; and perhaps these are the very aspects that have not allowed wedding photojournalism to die.

Wedding photojournalism is not only about taking pictures of celebrity weddings and have the pictures published all over the celebrity gossip sections in the newspapers. It is much more!

When you Look at the career of any wedding photojournalists through the materialistically or through the “money” point of view, it is only then you understand the kind of money that is involved in wedding photojournalism. Right from the amount of publicity a celebrity gets to have wedding pictures captured, and then sell the rights of these to a magazine to the having the pictured published online, there is a whole lot of money involved in the profession.

The Responsibility Wedding Photographers must bear

Other than the money factor, another factor that has been very important in the progress of wedding photojournalism is the emotional aspects of every person. It is true that all of us want to capture memorable moments of our lives so that we can cherish them for ever. Wedding photojournalists allow the bride and the groom to enjoy each moment of their wedding long after the wedding ceremony is over.

Thus, every wedding photojournalist should be sensitive towards the complete job. In fact it has been observed that the best wedding photographs have been captured by wedding photojournalists who had a friendly relationship with the bride and the groom rather than an extremely professional one. In fact, the responsibility that a wedding photojournalist has to fulfil are immense; especially because of the fact that today, wedding pictures are more about the bride and groom in the moment, than the moment itself. For instance, its not about capturing the cutting of the wedding cake, but capturing the smile on the brides face when she is cutting the cake.

Although, the difference hardly seems to be anything, in reality it is this sensibility of a wedding photographer that makes the wedding photographs look unique. This is very important, as whether photographers are wedding photographers in Seattle or in Chicago, they are always expected to captures images that are truly versatile. In fact, if as a wedding photographer, your work is no different from the pictures that Uncle Joe clicked for his niece’s wedding, then there is not reason enough for anybody to hire you.

Wedding photojournalism can be of great help to wedding fashion designers as well. Making a beautiful dress look like a spectacular piece of art on an elegant model is only possible if you have the sensitivity for such a job.

Thus, wedding photojournalism is much more than just a trend, after all who would not want to capture spectacular moments from their wedding day even if these were extremely whacky moments.



Filtering Through Celebrity Gossip Lies and Truth

By: admin
Published: August 14th, 2008
celebrity
Gen Wright asked:


new celebrity gossip stories hit the front pages of the entertainment sites but how does one separate the truth from fiction? Of the popular news media outlets some of the more established like People Magazine, tend to be more reliable sources, confirming stories as much as possible before publishing. This tends to make these outlets trusted sources but at the same time often slow to come out with controversial news that’s harder to confirm and that might cause backlash. After all if a story reflects poorly on a celebrity, they and their reps are not likely to confirm and may in fact blatantly deny until totally cornered. They may also be reluctant to co-operate with that media outlet in the future.

There are also many media outlets that are more daring and will go forward with publishing a story pretty readily if they believe it’s based on truth, even if the gossip is based on circumstantial evidence. These types of stories require the most detective work to weigh the validity of the story. New couple alerts are a good example. Celebrities are often spotted ‘looking cozy’ together all the time. Sometimes these types of stories have some supporting photo evidence, other times it’s based on hearsay third party witnesses. Many times these stories are just planted by reps. and the celebrities themselves for publicity purposes. Jennifer Aniston is forever being linked to every leading man she works with, especially since her splitting from Brad Pitt. Fans want to see Jen find love again and tabloids are anxious to deliver to sell magazines. Two thirds of those stories or more are false of course. When Jen was initially linked with John Mayer, frankly I was skeptical. The funny/sad thing was, when Jen broke up with Mayer, she was immediately linked with another hot new guy. This rumor which should have made anyone highly skeptical soon proved to be false but that’s the nature of this business. Without going into a whole manifesto here, another type of story example that’s usually hard to get confirmation on is celebrities stricken with health issues. It was ‘The National Enquirer’ that broke the news on the Patrick Swayze cancer story, which was confirmed by his rep. after the actor was ‘outed’. Meanwhile stories like, Paul Newman’s alleged battle with cancer has never been officially confirmed.

Many gossip news outlets fall into a third category. Seemingly under the gun to crank out new articles,they throw in a few ‘trash gossip’ stories in the mix of each publication. Most of these fiction based stories are not malicous, and based on some shred of truth, that I call ‘progression stories’. A celebrity dating the same person for a while, is reported to be, breaking up, cheating or planning their wedding. A celebrity known to drink, is going to rehab. A celebrity is photographed with a new ring, there engaged. A couple weeks before Jennifer Aniston split up with John Mayer she appeared on two magazine covers on the same week. One reporting she was planning her wedding, the second saying she was already making plans to have a baby.

My biggest pet peeves in the truth and lies game is twofold:

Media outlets and websites that deliberately publish malicious ‘false stories’ for the sake of publicity. Many of these stories capitalizing on celebrities misfortunes and are attention grabbing but often based on nothing more then conjecture or just imagination. A recent trash story, that had my blood boiling, claimed that Christina Applegate was going to put off treatment for breast cancer so she could have a baby! The tabloid picked up on the fact that: ‘Christina told an interviewer that she didn’t want to wait until her mid-forties to have a baby, and that her biological clock was ticking.’We learned 5 days later that Christina Applegate had already had a double mastectomy performed to remove the cancer.

Likewise media outlets that turn their back on certain types of stories because they don’t want to get their hands dirty or offend their audience. Recently the NY Post’s famous Page Six published under their ‘blind items’:

‘Which hunk in a summer movie is a violent, closeted homosexual? The heartthrob snuck into his ex’s apartment a few months ago and raped him so violently, the ex ended up in the hospital – and the actor paid him $500,000 to keep his mouth shut.’

Well I guess you can see why they might be a bit reluctant to name, names. It’s not unusual for one of these blind items, which are posted frequently to eventually be reported with names by more daring publishers.



A Gracious Cause to Celebrate Diwali

By: admin
Published: August 11th, 2008
celebrity
Denis tyler asked:


Whenever we talk about an environment full of light the first name that comes in every mind is diwali. Of course, diwali is the festival of lights that makes the dark no moon night glittering like sun. This festival of lights is celebrated on the no moon day of Ashwin. This festival is celebrated through out India therefore you can see many colors of it as every region celebrates it in a special way. In some places celebration of diwali starts from durga pooja and keeps on going till bhaiya dooj and goverdhan pooja.

Diwali or deepawali word is combination two different terms- deepa and wali. Deepa means lights and wali stands for string and when those two words combine they really make a string of light that enlightens the entire India. As it is one of the major festivals it comes with various reasons of happiness for everyone. For kids diwali means complete fun as they get a chance to play with crackers. Not only kids but also many adults eagerly wait for diwali as they also get some relaxing time to spend with family, friends and crackers. This is the time when people can really relax and enjoy the delight of being with nearest and dearest ones. Variety of mouth watering sweets and dishes that fascinate most of the foodie is the another reason for what diwali is awaited. People enjoy various sweets and dishes during the entire period of this festival. For people who love to keep them indulged in spiritual activities diwali is the best time as for them there is almost the entire week to sit in front of god. The entire environment of this festival is all about sweetness, lights and enjoyment most probably this is the reason why not only Hindus but also people from all religions love to celebrate diwali.

With businessman’s point of view diwali is the best time increase sales as people love to buy things for them and their house in this festival only. No section of market is untouched with the blessings of this festival either it is offline market of offline market. You can really find many surprising offers and schemes on numerous things thus businenesses do not leave any chance to attract their customer. From a customer’s standpoint you can get the best deal in everything you want to purchase. Discount on every service and product is the biggest market attraction of diwali. After all this is the festival for godess of wealth so everyone should be blesses with prosperity.

Diwali is the time to celebrate but do not ever lost in enjoyment only. Also take care of kids and people around you who are not able to celebrate this devout festival. You can help them in enlightening their world too so that your diwali may get some more light and blessing of those incapable people. By doing so you will definitely get a real and gracious cause to celebrate this festival of light therefore accompany them in celebrating diwali and get a lifetime reason for lightening candles.



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