Cascading Swarovski Curtain makes an encore at the Oscars

The Swarovski Crystal Curtain with its proscenium arch framing the stage in sparkling clear, topaz and smoky brown hues the Austrian Crystal company makes an encore at the 2010 Oscars. The colors match designer David Rockwell’s color scheme white, platinum, bronze and gold.
“It has been fantastic to work on the Oscars again, particularly because we [...]

Austrian designer Emil Gampe wins Bravo’s “Launch my Line”

Austrian Designer Emil Gampe won Bravo’s “Launch my Line”.
Emil first fell in love with fashion when he was five-years-old, while watching his grandmother as she crafted dresses. Passionate, and filled with the desire to design, he made the move to London from his native Austria after finishing his education as a textile engineer. He secured [...]

Emil Gampe gewinnt US Reality TV Serie

Der österreichischer Modeschöpfer Emil Gampe schlug sich erfolgreich durch neun Folgen der TV Show “Launch my Line”. Millionen von Zusehern sahen die abschliessende Modeschau. Die Jury verglich Herrn Gampe mit Valentino und kührte ihn gemeinsam mit seiner Partnerin Kathy Rose zum Sieger. BRAVO TV (NBC) entwickelte diese neue Mode Show und knüpft damit an [...]

Alles Walzer at the Original Viennese Opera Ball 2010

Alles Walzer at this year’s Ball Season final high note, Viennese Opera Ball. Comparable to the Academy Awards the Viennese Opera Ball ends the season with a comfortably predictable bang.
Excentric 77 year old Austrian business man Richard Lugner invites a Hollywood starlet every year, this year his daugher got to pick, she wanted Lindsay Lohan [...]

Wonderlust at the new W in Hollywood

“Wonderlust”
- as the W Hotels printed on their CDs located in every guest room and on some banners at the newly designed building – has reached vibrant,
glitzy Hollywood in the process of redefining itself.
The impressive complex comprised of the W Hotels and the W Residences, apart from pretty much any hotel service you can think of, features [...]

Mit Blaulicht zur Grenze

Exklusivinterview mit Rüdiger Lentz, ehemaliger Studioleiter Deutsche Welle in Washington D.C.
Seit 1976 arbeitet Rüdiger Lentz als Journalist und gehört seit über 25 Jahren zu den prominentesten and angesehensten deutschen Fernsehreportern. Lentz war unter anderem als Chefredakteur bei RIAS-TV in Berlin und als Studioleiter von Deutsche Welle Radio in Brüssel tätig. Außerdem arbeitete er als [...]

A Life on the Fast Track

Exclusive Interview with Rüdiger Lentz, former Bureau Chief of Deutsche Welle in DC
Rüdiger Lentz has worked as a journalist since 1976 and, for more than 25 years, has been one of the most prominent and renowned German television journalists. He was able to observe all US presidents up close and interviewed numerous politicians and prominent [...]

“LA is like a Big Bang Soup”

Interview with former Goethe Institut Director Bernd Desinger
At the end of June 2009 a prominent member of the German community bid farewell to Los Angeles: Goethe Institut director Bernd Desinger.
The dynamic director in his mid-40s headed the German cultural center for more than four years and with such passionate dedication that one expected Bernd [...]

Miep Gies Austrian who hid Anne Frank and saved her diary

“I am not a hero, but did what seemed necessary at the time”
“Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero? I was not. I was just an ordinary [...]

Advent und Weihnachten in Wien

Advent in Wien ist immer eine ganz bezaubernde Zeit. Die ehemalige Reichshauptstadt versprüht besonders in diesen Tagen ihren weltbekannten Wiener Charme.
Christkindlmarkt und Adventzeit
Nicht verpassen sollte man den Besuch bei einem Christkindlmarkt.
Der größte und bekannteste Christkindlmarkt ist vor dem Wiener Rathaus, bemerkenswert ist das wunderbar beleuchtete Rathaus in dessen Fenstern ein Adventkalender zu sehen ist. Sehr [...]

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