David Hasselhoff in Austria

In case you are not following David Hasselhoff on Twitter, you might have missed that he went to Austria and Germany. The two countries, where he is popular with a certain viewership, that showed him and his singing career more love than others.
The 58-year old. who according to the Guiness Book of Records is the [...]

New York Film Festival wählt “Räuber”

Die deutsch-österreichische Koproduktion „Der Räuber” (“The Robber”) von Benjamin Heisenberg wurde für die kommende 48. Ausgabe des New York Film Festival (NYFF) ausgewählt. Die Kommission erklärte, der Film sei genauso präzise und konzentriert wie der Titelheld. Im Zentrum stünde die „brilliant kalibrierte Darstellung“ von Andreas Lust, die mal „physisch explosiv“ und dann wieder „eng angespannt“ [...]

Kaisers Geburtstag – Emperor Franz Joseph

Born on August 18th 1830 in Schönbrunn Palace, Emperor Franz Joseph would have been 180 years today.  He reigned during difficult times and his passionate marriage to Empress Elisabeth filled countless books and inspired movies.
Lesser known facts:  His brother Archduke Maximilian was Maximilian I of Mexico and Austria turned into a empire in which the [...]

Russell Crowe and the Austrian mountains

Australian actor Russell Crowe tweeted: “Unable to answer tweets fell off a mountain in Austria,all over red rover. Don’t know how i got there, but the media are never wrong.G’Bye.”
The internet rumor that the star fell 50 feet from a mountain in the hip skiing town of Kitzbühel, Austria, was created on a radio show [...]

BP declines help from Austrian company

As a remedy to the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico the federal government decided to use underwater oil dissolvers. All more or less biologically sound. The Austrian product Bioversal, which dissolves oil organically offered BP its help, but the oil giant declined.
See how oil gets dissolved organically on their website (German only)
http://www.bioversal-austria.at/bioframeset.html

World Premiere of ENCOUNTERS by Austrian Composer

Austrian Composer Gernot Wolfgang’s ENCOUNTERS will celebrate its world premiere this Wednesday, March 10th 2010.
Violinist Sara Parkins and bassoonist Judith Farmer will perform the world premiere of ENCOUNTERS.
Also on the program will be Wolfgang Gernot’s piece for bassoon & contrabass, LOW AGENDA, which will be performed by Judith Farmer and contrabassist Nico Abondolo.
Bela Bartok’s “44 [...]

Paris Hilton buys Austrian Prosecco shares

Paris Hilton bought shares of the company she used to promote: Rich Prosecco.
Based in the Austrian region of Tyrol owner Günther Aloys confirmed that the billionaire hotel heiress Paris Hilton will buy a stake in his sparkling wine firm.
She will buy a considerable amount of stock, but won’t have a say in how the company [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Gustav Mahler Celebration in Vienna

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) is celebrated as a fin de siècle genius and one of the great pioneers of 20th century music. The composer’s 150th birthday celebrations will take place in 2010, followed by the 100th anniversary of his death a year later. Mahler headed the Vienna State Opera for 10 years.
Gustav Mahler [...]

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