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Tag Archives: Awards

29Jan/18

S. Africa’s Sowetans pay tribute to jazz legend Hugh Masekela

January 29, 2018MusicAwards, Beatin' Aroun de Bush, Bring Him Back Home, Entertainment/Culture, Friends, Hugh Masekela, Human Interest, Jabu Khanyile, Live at the BBC, Mandela, Masekela, Music, Music in the movement against apartheid, Musicians, Nathi Mthethwa, Nelson Mandela, Playing @ Work, Sal, South Africa, South African people, Soweto, Soweto Blues, Universal Music Group, War/Conflictsmbale

SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA (JANUARY 28, 2018) (REUTERS) – Hundreds of South Africans from Soweto gathered on Sunday (January 28) for a memorial event paying tribute to the “father of South African jazz”, Hugh Masekela who died from prostate cancer last week at the age of 78. Continue reading →

24Oct/17

Swell by Ripple Brings the Future to Toronto

October 24, 2017FinanceAwards, Ben Bernanke, Blockchain, City: Toronto, Company: Ripple Labs, Computing, Cryptocurrencies, Economy, Entertainment/Culture, Finance, Money, Ripple, Ripple Labs, Technology, Tim Berners-Lee, Torontosmbale

Last week, Ripple hosted Swell in Toronto which provided a forum for leaders in banking and blockchain to meet, network and hear from the likes of Dr. Ben Bernanke and Sir Tim Berners Lee. In case you missed the livestream, recorded sessions can be viewed here.

09Sep/17

U.S. celebrities fall for Germany’s First Lady: The Merkel effect

September 9, 2017CelebrityActors, Amal Alamuddin Clooney, Amal Clooney, American people of German descent, Angela Merkel, Awards, Barack Obama, Berlin, Chancellor, Country: Germany, Country: United States, Donald Trump, Entertainment/Culture, Foreign policy of the Angela Merkel government, George Clooney, German Lutherans, Germany, Government, Human Interest, Martin Schulz, Merkel, Munich, Oktoberfest, Politics of Germany, president, Richard Gere, Robert Redford, the Berlinale film festival, United Statessmbale

BERLIN, GERMANY (REUTERS) – Hollywood stars and a former U.S president offer Germany’s incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel their backing for the September 24 elections even as the chancellor faces persistent heckling on the home front.
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16Aug/17

Obama breaks twitter record with Charlottesville tweet

August 16, 2017SocialAfrican-American people, American writers, Awards, Barack Obama, Charlottesville, Communication, Computing, Digital media, Freemen of the City of London, Honorary Queen's Counsel, Michelle Obama, Nelson Mandela, New media, Saboteurs, social media, Software, South Africa, Tweet, Twitter, Web 2.0, Xhosa peoplesmbale

INTERNET (RECENT-AUGUST 12, 2017) (SOCIAL MEDIA) – A tweet by former President Barack Obama soon after the outbreak of violence at nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday (August 12) garnered 2.8 million “likes” to become the most liked Twitter message ever by Tuesday (August 15), the social media network said. Continue reading →

17May/17

Solange and Women’s March organizers honored at Webby Awards

May 17, 2017EntertainmentActors, Awards, Bob Bland, Carmen Perez, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Linda Sarsour, Louis C.K, New media art festivals, New York, Solange, Steve Buscemi, United States, Webby, Webby Awards, Women's Marchsmbale

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (MAY 15, 2017) (THE WEBBY AWARDS) – Singer Solange and actors Gillian Anderson and Steve Buscemi were honored at the 21st annual Webby awards in New York on Monday (May 15).
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10Dec/16

2016 Nobel Prize winners awarded in Sweden

December 10, 2016WorldAlfred Nobel, Awards, Bob Dylan, Book:Nobel Prize, Gavino Garay, Human Interest, Nobel family, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Patti Smith, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Science and technology, Science and technology awards, Science in society, Stockholm, Sweden, The Prizesmbale

This year’s Nobel Prize winners in the field of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and economics receive their awards at a royal ceremony in Stockholm. Gavino Garay reports. Continue reading →

22Nov/16

U.S. presidential election fresh in mind of International Emmy attendees

November 22, 2016Television19th International Emmy Awards, 22nd International Emmy Awards, 4th International Emmy Awards, Alan Cumming, American people of German descent, Awards, Brazil, Business, Businesspeople, Comedy, Country: United States, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, David Hasselhoff, Desmond Tutu, Documentary, Donald Trump, Donald Trump presidential campaign, Emmy Award, Entertainment/Culture, Germany, hilton hotel, Human Interest, International Emmy Award, Japan, Maria, Maria Rørbye Rønn, Mickey, Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York City, New York Hilton Midtown, Presidents of the United States, Shonda Rhimes, Sweden, The Apprentice, the hilton, United Kingdom, United States, WWE Hall of Famesmbale

Germany and the UK each win three International Emmy Awards ceremony held at the Hilton Midtown hotel in New York that served the victory party site of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

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25Aug/16

wreckage of the DC6B plane carrying Dag Hammarskjold in a forest near Ndola, Zambia

U.N. chief wants review of any new details on crash that killed Hammarskjold

August 25, 2016PoliticsAwards, Ban, Ban Ki, Ban Ki-moon, Belgium, Dag, Dag Hammarskjöld, Democratic Republic of Congo, Disaster/Accident, Hammarskjold, Nobel laureates, Orders, decorations, and medals, Secretary-General of the United Nations, South Africa, Swedish nobility, United Kingdom, United Nations, United Nations Secretariat, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwesmbale

UNITED NATIONS Aug 24 (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended on Wednesday that the world body appoint an eminent person to review any new information uncovered about a 1961 plane crash that killed then U.N. chief Dag Hammarskjold.
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23Jan/16

British actress Charlotte Rampling

Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling calls awards boycott racist

January 23, 2016Films45 Years, Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Actors, Awards, BBC Radio, Berlin, Charlotte Rampling, Discrimination, FACEBOOK INC., Germany, Hannah, Hannah and Her Sisters, Idris Elba, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Caine, Racism, Rampling, Southern California, Spike Leesmbale

Charlotte Rampling says the boycott of the Oscars protesting the absence of black actors and directors is racist toward whites.
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13Jan/16

Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson)

‘Fifty Shades’ and ‘Pixels’ among Razzies ‘worst film’ nominees

January 13, 2016Films20th Golden Raspberry Awards, 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards, 36th Golden Raspberry Awards, Adam Sandler, American culture, Awards, Cinema of the United States, Eddie Redmayne, Fifty Shades of Grey, first Golden Globe, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, Golden Raspberry Awards, Oscar, Paul Blart, Perennial Razzie, Pixels, Razzies, Razzies Awards, Rocky Balboa, Rooney Mara, Sylvester Stallone, The Razzie Redeemer Award, the Razzies, worst actorsmbale

“Fifty Shades of Grey” and “Pixels” are among the top nominees for the year’s worst films.

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