Miss USA Olivia Culpo Wins Miss Universe 2012

The 2012 Miss Universe pageant night happened December 19 (December 20, MLA time) at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and Olivia Culpo from USA was crowned Miss Universe. Leila Lopes of Angola crowned her successor at the end of the event. Olivia Culpo bested 88 gorgeous ladies from different countries and territories around the globe. The Philippines completed the 3-peat in the Miss Universe with Janine's placement in the Top 5 and ending up as first runner up, a higher place finish than her predecessors, Venus Raj and Shamcey Supsup. Here is the list of winners of the Miss Universe 2012 pageant: Miss Universe 2012: USA, Olivia Culpo, 1st runner-up: Philippines, Janine Tugonon, 2nd runner-up: Venezuela, Irene Esser, 3rd runner-up: Australia, Renae Ayris, 4th runner-up: Brazil, Gabriela Markus. Special Awards: Miss Photogenic: Kosovo, Diana Avdiu, Miss Congeniality: Guatemala, Laura Godoy, Best in National Costume: China, Ji Dan Xu. Miss Universe 2012 Top 10: Russia, Elizabeth Golovanova, France, Marie Payet, Hungary, Agnes Konkoly, South Africa, Melinda Bam, Mexico, Karina González. Miss Universe 2012 Top 16: Turkey, Çağıl Özge Özkul, Peru, Nicole Faverón, Poland, Marcelina Zawadzka, Croatia, Elizabeta Burg, Kosovo, Diana Avdiu, India, Shilpa Singh, Watch the crowning moment of Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo in the video below: The

year 2012 has been a very good year for the Philippines when it comes to pageants. Our bets in Miss World and Miss International placed in the semifinals. Elaine Kay Moll grabbed a 3rd runner-up finish in Miss Supranational. Stephany Stefanowitz and Andrew Wolff were both 1st runner up in Miss Earth and Mister World, respectively while the country won the title of Miss International Queen 2012 (Kevin Balot) and Manhunt International 2012 (June Macasaet). This year, three grand slam pageants crowned the queens of the host country. Miss World which crowned Miss China was held in Inner Mongolia, China. Miss International held in Japan crowned Miss Japan while Miss Universe which was held in Las Vegas, USA crowned Miss USA.  Source: Bida Kapamilya

Read More........ → December 21, 2012

Venice, the world's oldest film festival

Here are some details about the Venice film festival, the world's oldest, which has its 69th edition from Wednesday to Sept. 8 on the Lido seafront. The first Esposizione d'Arte Cinematografica was in 1932. The first film to be shown was Rouben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, screened in August of that year. The second festival, held in August 1934, included the first competition. Nineteen countries took part with more than 300 accredited journalists. The Coppa Mussolini was also introduced for best foreign film and best Italian film. The festival was held three times during World War Two, from 1940 to 1942, but they are not counted in the total number of festivals. Participation was limited to countries in the Axis and their sympathisers. A short festival was held in 1946. The 1947 festival was held at the Ducal Palace. It saw the return of the Soviet Union and the new popular democracies including Czechoslovakia, which won first prize for Sirena by Karel Stekly. During the 1950s, the festival experienced a period of international expansion, with the inclusion of films from Japan and India. Japanese cinema became well known in the West largely thanks to the Golden Lion awarded to Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon in 1951, and through the Silver Lions won by Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) and Sansho Dayu (1954) by Kenji Mizoguchi. Taiwanese director Ang Lee's sexually explicit spy thriller Lust, Caution was a surprise winner of the top award at the 2007 festival, just two years after he won with Brokeback Mountain. * Russian director Alexander Sokurov's Faust, loosely based on Goethe's classic German text, won the Golden Lion for best picture in 2011. Deanie Ip won best actress for her appearance in A Simple Life (Hong Kong) and Michael Fassbender best actor for his role in Shame (Britain) Source: Screen India

Read More........ → November 13, 2012

Robert Pattinson spotted flirting with mystery woman

Kristen Stewart better take heed. Her ex beau, the very handsome Robert Pattinson was spotted flirting with a mystery blonde in a nightclub. 

Actor Robert Pattinson has reportedly been seen flirting with an unknown woman. He was spotted at a New York City nightclub with the unidentified blonde, reports tmz.com and the photographs obtained by the site show him flirting with her. The low-resolution images were reportedly taken Saturday night at the Electric Room in Manhattan. Sources inside the venue claimed that Pattinson was with the woman for hours, at one point putting his arm around her, reports digitalspy.co.uk. It has been reported that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have reconciled, following the revelation that she had cheated on him earlier this year with Snow White and The Huntsmandirector Rupert Sanders, who is married to model Liberty Ross. Despite rumours of a reconciliation between the two, an insider has claimed that they will work separately to promote the final "Twilight" movie The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2. The promotion entails Australia and Japan visit. Their "Twilight" co-star Taylor Lautner is expected to head to Brazil at the same time. Source: ApunKaChoice.com

Read More........ → October 31, 2012