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The name Scarlett somehow automatically reminds of Rhett Butler, cotton plantations near Atlanta and Yankees trying to knock about the Confederates. But when putting the ten Oscars awarded tome “Gone with the Wind” against a musical background, then Rhett disappears, Atlanta becomes Berlin and the cotton plantations transform into the Watergate. Though, a Scarlett remains, decently knocking our confederates of the nightlife socks off: Gone with the Beat »»

To announce it the Idols way: after casting, recall and finale 13 pictures made it again to delight a critical Fuller-free jury. The new economind calendar for 2009 had just been printed and guarantees a better half life than any “super star” coronated by Idols »»

It must have been one of those days, which could have given inspiration to Guns N’ Roses’ when composing “November Rain”. Hence, an ideal climatic condition to fight autumn melancholy by spending the night in front of a fireplace of crackling electronic beats »»

The most interesting photos are still those providing a new perspective of already known elements. Here is a new view of Brandenburger Gate along with the Pariser Platz square and the towers at Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz square »»

Photos of 59th Forum Pariser Platz (Phoenix TV), a political discussion between U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker, Vice Premier of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn and others, moderated by Annette Riedel »»

A short excursion into the depths of the present photo market… »»

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Often it is not easy for successors. For example Sister Act; first part was amusing, but the second part of that 90-minute Whoopie Goldberg word stream was something for the garbage. For festivals this piece of wisdom applies as well. Honestly, subconscious expectations were high when hearing the first news about Audioriver 2008. This year’s logo of Audioriver was the opposite of all things happened; really no one was eager to hang up his ballet shoes. Dancing was the maxim, come hell or Vistula’s high water… »»

“Elves, Hákarl and boiling Earth” – That’s how Hollywood could have headlined and promoted my Icelandic road movie. At the end of a journey leading almost all around the island, I travelled more than 3800 kilometres through landscapes that nowadays still appear like at the time of God’s creation. For some people Iceland automatically means something like an artically cold island with all-season mulled wine service but it’s so much more. I was lucky to have weather, spring and the midnight sun on my side; two major ingredients to put the following photo documentary of a worldwide unique place, located at the interface of American and Eurasian continental plate as well as Atlantic and Artic Ocean, in the perspective of God’s eternal creation »»