Sandra Bullock gives one of best speeches ever

Sandra Bullock, who the day before accepted her Razzie Award, see her speech for yourself below, gave one of the best speeches ever. Moving, personal, acknowledging the other nominees, the role she won for and in an emotional moment her German mother Helga. She made us thoughtful, she made us cry and she made us [...]

“Kaiserwetter” for the Oscars

After yesterdays rainy and gloomy weather, it was feared that the red carpet would be a pretty wet affair, but with so much Austrian and German influence on this year’s Oscars…
Most importantly the  Nominees  - Read more
The stage sparkles with Swarovski Crystals – Read more about the curtain
Austrian Wolfgang Puck cooks at the Governor’s Ball – [...]

US and German Scientists honored

Washington, DC, February 25, 2010 – Complementary approaches to Alzheimer’s research were recognized as four scientists received the prestigious MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease in Washington, D.C. during a scientific briefing and luncheon. Edward H. Koo, M.D., professor of neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, [...]

Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon

Austrian Actor and Best Supporting Actor front runner Christoph Waltz
Read about other German and Austrian Nominees
Waltz in Time Magazine

German American Sandra Bullock

Metropolis – Brandenburg Gate

Screening of Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’ at the Brandenburg Gate as part of the 60th Berlinale International Film Festival on February 12, 2010 in Berlin, Germany.
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Switzerland wins first Gold Medal of the Olympics, Austria takes Bronze

Simon Ammann of Switzerland has won the first gold medal of the Vancouver Winter Olympics on the normal hill in men’s ski jump, Austria’s Gregor Schlierenzauer won the bronze medal.
Austria has 81 athletes at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, including its biggest ski stars, in a bid to dominate the Alpine events as [...]

Three Swiss women in top positions

2010 will go down in Swiss history books, as three women take on the three top leadership positions in Switzerland’s democratic government. Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard, who heads the Department of Economic Affairs, will hold the position of President of the Swiss Confederation. (In Switzerland, the presidency is rotated annually among the seven elected members [...]

Oscar Nominations 2010

Nominations:
Christoph Waltz – Best Supporting Actor
Sandra Bullock – Best Actress
The White Ribbon – Best Foreign Language Film
Christian Berger – Cinematography
Following an American Society of Cinematographers nomination for “Das Weisse Band – The White Ribbon”, the Oscar nomination for Austrian Christian Berger might not be that surprising, however the Academy Awards are still the crown [...]

Grammys for 3 Austrians

A Grammy, was posthumously awarded to Austrian jazz legend Joe Zawinul for his album “75″ in the category “Best Contemporary Jazz Album”.
One day I heard a pianist play `Honeysuckle Rose,’ … and I was hooked. I said, `What is that?’ He said, `jazz,’ which was a word I had never heard, and I asked [...]

Angela Merkel feature in Time

“In East Germany,” she says, “we always ran into boundaries before we were able to discover our own personal boundaries.”

Angela Merkel’s Moment
By CATHERINE MAYER / BERLIN
Diminutive in the imposing vastness of her office, Angela Merkel appears surprisingly frail for someone who’s spent the past 20 years upending political norms. Now 55, Merkel, Germany’s first [...]

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