act with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft at age 14 as the youngest soloist ever. In 1997 David performed with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta in Delhi and Mumbai in for the 50th anniversary of India’s Independence. On the occasion of the 60 years of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2009 he was invited by the chancellor Angela Merkel to attend the celebration. In 2011…
Fabio Jose Silva Coelho, president of Google operations in Brazil, has said the company will take down a controversial YouTube video that led to his brief detention on Wednesday. In a statement, Fabio Jose Silva Coelho said he was left with no choice after losing a final legal appeal. A regional judge had ruled that the material slandered a candidate running for mayor next month. One of the video…
…es posted another clip from the same fundraiser in which Mitt Romney disparages those who would vote for his Democratic rival, President Barack Obama. The Republican candidate is shown saying that the 47% of Americans who back the president do not pay income tax and would never vote for Mitt Romney. “There are 47% who are with him [Barack Obama], who are dependent upon government, who believ…
Karrueche Tran, Chris Brown’s former lover, is said to be livid about his recent video in which he claims he loves “two women at the same time”. A source close to Karrueche Tran has told TMZ that she is “pissed” at Chris Brown for dumping her in such a public way. Karrueche Tran, 23, is said to be disappointed in Chris Brown’s decision to broadcast his feelings on the internet and fee…
Jennifer Lopez was rushed to safety after gunshots were fired in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, near the place she was filming a music video. Security guards took JLo to a vehicle after hearing several gunshots about 400 yards from where she was filming on Sunday night in Fort Lauderdale. Security guards took JLo to a vehicle after hearing several gunshots about 400 yards from where she was filming i…
A funny video on YouTube shows a man attempt to grab a tomato attached by a string through the blades of a ceiling fan with predictably painful consequences. In the video, uploaded by “Stuntman 89”, the man first explains his trick and then climbs on a chair underneath the whirring blades. As he reaches up, the electric fan catches him on the forehead and sends him sprawling. The 21-year-old “stu…
North Korea released a bizarre video of military dogs attacking an effigy of South Korean defense minister Kim Kwan-Jin and again threatened to attack their South neighbors. The new propaganda clip was shown on state television on Sunday. The animals can also be seen jumping through a flaming hole as they are put through their paces in training. North Korea released a bizarre video of military d…
popular on video websites such as YouTube and Vimeo, but cats seem to be a perennial favorite. A one minute film of a cat “hugging” its kitten uploaded in May 2011 has been seen more than 50 million times on YouTube since it went viral after being posted on social news website Reddit. “I think [cats] are easier to anthropomorphize and harder to herd,” said Plymouth Univers…
Google’s brain-box researchers have managed to come up with a formula for working out which YouTube video clips are the funniest. Google researchers’ algorithm has declared that a video of a cat appearing to say “no” over and over again – called No No No Cat – is currently the funniest. This video only has just over 60,000 hits – which is small compared to the millions some clip…
The latest Gucci Photoshop disaster has appeared in its Explore the digital flagship campaign and has managed to make one of the model’s legs appear half the size of the other. The hilarious snap, posted on PS Disasters, sees a striking model posing in a hot pink suit with matching pink shirt and a huge snakeskin handbag. PS Disasters wrote of the fail: “If you’re going to slather your mode…
till taking lots of pain medication.” December 3rd 2011: Lauren Scruggs walks into an aeroplane propeller at Aero County Airport in McKinney, Texas. She is hospitalized with serious injuries. December 5th: Lauren Scruggs talks for the first time since the accident, saying her name and telling her family: “I love you.” December 7th: Lauren Scruggs takes her first steps, but is still bei…
Vanilla Chamu is a Japanese model who has undergone a startling physical transformation that has so far involved more than 30 cosmetic procedures at a cost of 10 million yen ($102,000) just to look like a French doll. Vanilla Chamu has said she intends to keep having surgeries until she has achieved her lifelong goal. Photos of Vanilla Chamu prior to her first procedures reveal a rather mousy Jap…
According to 56-year-old model Yasmina Rossi, the secret of looking good over 50 is cheaper – and easier – than any of us realized. All that’s needed, says the Miami-based M&S campaign star, is a healthy diet, minimal exercise and plenty of rapeseed oil for your hair and skin. “There is no big secret,” Yasmina Rossi told the Sunday Times’ Style magazine. “All I have ev…
YouTube user “rob19791”claims he has found proof that NASA is covering up evidence of aliens because the agency’s spacecraft that monitors the Sun went offline after he spotted a “UFO” on its video feed. On May 5, “rob19791” posted a YouTube video of a mysterious-looking “object” hovering near the sun. The footage was taken from video that the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory beamed back…
…before being used. Currently, it is estimated that about 60 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube worldwide every minute. YouTube owner Google has yet to comment on the ruling. The court case began in 2010 and came after talks between YouTube and Gema about royalties broke down. In 2009, the stalemate meant that videos from German recording firms were briefly blocked on the site. Gema has rung up…
Jennifer Lopez was seen on the set of her music video Follow The Leader yesterday in Mexico, alongside her male stunt double. The pair struck remarkable similarities with both their physiques clad in tight black leggings and matching black zip tops. The male extra even had his long brown hair braided at the side, just like Jennifer Lopez. The stunt double watched intently as Jennifer Lopez hopped…
and Robert Kardashian, opens with a collage of classic LA images, then cuts to Kris Jenner walking on her treadmill apparently wearing only a polo shirt and knickers and her hair in bunches. “November 5th and now I’m 30, rolling down the freeway with my friends at my side,” Kris Jenner sings. “I love my friends, my life wouldn’t be complete, they are my joy and pride.” For her 30th bi…
f this eccentric wannabe, she certainly has creative ways to get people talking. And for the skeptics who said it wouldn’t last, Courtney Stodden just celebrated her first wedding anniversary to 51-year-old husband Doug Hutchison. On Sunday Courtney Stodden tweeted: “Happy 1 year anniversary to my beautiful hubby It’s going to be a sexxxy day! I love u xoxoxoxo.” …
…er a month after the release of Diablo III, Kripparrian, a pro player, has managed to complete the game on its hardest setting The final fight against Diablo, the ultimate boss in the game, took about 25 minutes and Kripparrian was jubilant once it was done. The achievement was completed prior to the application of the latest patch for the game which makes monsters easier to kill. “With this…
stomach. Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa could have more than a baby on the way to celebrate depending on how this evening goes – the rapper is up for Best Pop Video for his collaboration with Maroon 5, Payphone. The pair is facing off against One Direction (What Makes You Beautiful), Fun. feat. Janelle Monae (We Are Young), Rihanna (We Found Love) and Justin Bieber (Boyfriend) in the category. &…
Beyoncé’s new video shows the 30-year-old singer slipping into a gorgeous white sequinned gown to perform her 2011 track I Was Here for World Humanitarian Day. Beyoncé’s new video was recorded as she performed the song at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York on 10 August. In the footage, Beyoncé is seen wearing a gorgeous gown, with her long hair pulled back into a hig…
…ads. She uses an image of a demonstrator in Egypt as an example of a potential use for the feature. According to YouTube, 60 hours of video are uploaded to their site every minute collecting more than 3 billion views a day. The international human rights organization WITNESS reports that “no video-sharing site or hardware manufacturer currently offers users the option to blue faces or protect iden…
The first world’s cats film festival will celebrate next month the internet phenomenon of sharing cute videos of viral felines . The Internet Cat Video Film Festival is set to take place on August 30 in Minneapolis, in the US. The event is described as a chance for people to come together and “LOL [laugh out loud] in the presence of others”. Organizer Katie Czarniecki Hill said…
A video, which has been released yesterday by the National Park Service, shows the panicked scenes at the top floor of the Washington Monument when the quake hit on August 23. Three security camera videos footages were taken 500 feet (150 meters) up and show how the US East Coast earthquake terrorized the tourists and shook pieces of the monument down from the top floor of the structure. The pani…
Iran has launched Mehr, a new website for citizens to share short videos. Mehr, which means affection in Farsi, is run by the state broadcaster IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting). Iran already has a popular local video channel called Aparat, which is run by the same company behind Iranian social network Cloob. YouTube, operated by Google, has been blocked in the country since 2009 but m…
Obama administration knew IRS was targeting conservative groups since June 2012Obama administration knew since June 2012 about an investigation into complaints from conservative tea party groups that they were being harassed by IRS, and the probe was…
Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in KarachiSenior Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's…
Rome: Thousands rally to oppose Italy's austerity measuresThousands of protesters, led by trade unionists, have rallied in Rome against the policies of Italy’s new coalition government. Wielding red flags and placards, they urged…
Pope Francis condemns money cult in his first major speech on financial crisisIn his first major speech on the financial crisis, Pope Francis has called on world leaders to end the "cult of money" and to do more for the poor. Free market economics had…
Steven T. Miller: Acting IRS commissioner resigns over targeting conservative groups for special scrutinyActing head of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Steven T. Miller has quit after it emerged his staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, President…
France enters its second recession in four years France has entered its second recession in four years after the economy shrank by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2013, according to official figures. The country’s economy…
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