Gösteri dünyasının belli bir yaşa gelen ünlüleri, hayatlarının uzun süre gözlerden uzak tuttukları bazı gerçeklerini oturup kitap haline getiriyor kimi zaman. Bunun çarpıcı örneklerinden birini kısa süre önce Paris Hilton sergiledi. Paris: A Memoir adlı kitabında, yıllarca magazin gündeminde ilk sıralarda yer alan birçok olayın ayrıntılarını gözler önüne serdi. Son günlerde başka bir ünlü de tıpkı Hilton gibi hayatının gizli kalmış yönlerini anlattığı kitabıyla konuşuluyor.
#Minka KellyAmerikan Sinema Sanatları ve Bilimleri Akademisi'nin verdiği Oscar Ödülleri'nin 95'incisi bu yıl gerçekleşecek. Sinema sanatının en çok merak uyandıran ödülleri olarak bilinen Oscar Ödülleri'nin (Akademi Ödülleri) adayları açıklandı. Bu yılki adayları Riz Ahmed ve Allison Williams açıkladı.
#Oscar Ödülleri16 Eylül’de pop müziğinin son senelerde en sansasyonel seslerinden olan Lady Gaga İTÜ Stadyumu’nda konser vermeye hazırlanıyor. Seveni kadar sevmeyeni de bol olan Gaga, kim ne derse desin son yılların tartışmasız en iddialı şarkıcılarından. Her yaptığı ile olay olmayı başaran Amerikalı sanatçı şimdi Türkiye’deki Monster’ları için şarkılarını seslendirecek.
Efes Pilsen tarafından düzenlenen ve 9 yıldır dünyaca ünlü grup ve sanatçıları müzikseverlerle buluşturan One Love Festival, 10. yılında da müziğin efsanelerini ağırlamaya hazırlanıyor. Santralistanbul'da gerçekleşecek One Love Festival’de bu yıl Suede, Editors, Cake ve Nneka’nın yanı sıra, önümüzdeki günlerde netleşecek sürpriz isimler de sahne alacak.
ISTANBUL - For three years now, the television sets in many village teahouses in Anatolia are tuned into Yaban TV. The staff of the channel believes only people who live in nature can protect it. They say they mobilize people who live in villages to be environmentally aware. They say they are nature’s soldiers not hunters.
ISTANBUL - Emre Dörter stayed on in Italy to get some real-life experience in photography after completing his master’s degree at the Accademia Italia before returning home. He says over time he has developed an affinity to shoot still-life pictures, as he does now. ’For everything, there has to be a separate preparation, structure, equipment, eye and approach. To find opportunities to work in different styles is very attractive, in spite of it being stressful for a careful professional,’ he says.
ISTANBUL - Through her camera lens Italian native Delizia Flaccavento explores the plight of Iraqi immigrants who have fled to Turkey. In a project this winter the photojournalist took over 6,000 photos of the Chaldean Christian Iraqi community in Turkey raising awareness on the 'other victims' of the Iraqi War.
BRUSSELS - I’m writing this article from Brussels. The European Commission invited a group of journalists to Brussels and Berlin. The timing is important because last week there were elections in the European Parliament. The result of these elections will influence Turkey’s already slow-moving relations with the EU.
ISTANBUL - A historian and social anthropologist by training who has spent a quarter of her life as an expat, Sema Alpayta is this year's only Turkish participant in NASA's Aerospace Institute taking place later this month. She hopes to use her experience to help enrich the lives of the expatriate teenagers she teaches in Istanbul as well as the community.
SOFIA - During Nazım Hikmet’s years in exile, the most bitter moments are spent close to home on visits to Bulgaria. The similarities of the place drive him crazy: the smells, the food, the Turkish spoken by the minority. On the 46th anniversary of his death, one cannot help but salute his poetry.
Ergenekon is one of the most important cases in the history of the Turkish judiciary. For the first time since the establishment of the Republic, we have encountered a trial regarding those who are planning or paving the way for a coup. Up until now coups were justified endeavors that were directed toward the benefit of the country or the survival of democracy.
ISTANBUL-One word: Approachable. US President Barack Obama speaks with Turkish university students and answers their questions in an intimate town hall-style meeting during his second day in Istanbul. ’This attitude is something a Turk is not used to,’ one student says
ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s anger lately has been focused on Hürriyet columnist Bekir Coşkun, who is known as Turkey’s greatest opposition writer. Not surprisingly, Coşkun has not been intimidated and has been criticizing what he sees as the government's wrongdoings . Through humor and his skill with words, Coşkun has held his ground firmly and has provided his readers with many fun-to-read articles.
Baghdad- The visit of the president of the Republic of Turkey is being perceived by the Iraqis as very important. The plan for the withdrawal of the Americans has been put into effect, new elections have taken place and the new administration has begun its work.
ISTANBUL - In 45 years on the job, veteran Turkish journalist, TV producer, columnist and writer Mehmet Ali Birand has interviewed some of the world’s leading personalities. In person, he is a calm gentleman, who loves writing books and being a news reporter