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Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore

GW Editorial Staff — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:43:39 +0000

Ashton Kutcher tweeted: “Thank you Austria for your amazing hospitality and generosity. @mrskutcher and I had a wonderful visit.”
The busy couple went from GQ’s Gentlemen’s Ball in New York City to the photo call for their Charity Gala at PlusCity on October 29, 2010 in Pasching near Linz, Austria and then on to Russia.

With the Austrian Oprah Vera Russwurm

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David Hasselhoff in Austria

GW Editorial Staff — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:44 +0000

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 most seen TV-star ever, will dance on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. Maybe he should petition to have Austria and Germany vote too, then his chances to win the coveted mirror ball trophy might really good.

Check David Hasselhoff out at Austrian Broadcasting Corporations Musikantenstadl.

And on ZDF in 1989:

He came back to Austria in July 2010 for a booksigning in Villach at the bookstore chain Thalia.

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New York Film Festival wählt “Räuber”

Andreas Fuchs — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:15:30 +0000

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“ ist.

Unter den 28 Filmen aus 14 Ländern im Hauptprogramm befinden sich noch zwei weitere mit Deutschland koproduzierten Filme. „Post Mortem“ von Pablo Larrain entstand mit Chile und Mexiko und „My Joy“ („Schastye moe“) von Sergei Loznitsa in Zusammenarbeit mit der Ukraine. Als Sonderpräsentation wählten die Organisatoren die restaurierte Fassung von „Nuremberg“ aus, einer Dokumentation über den ersten Kriegsverbrecherprozess (mehr Informationen in englischer Sprache). Laut IMDB wurde der Film unter dem Titel „Nürnberg und seine Lehre“ ab 1948 in Deutschland weitläufig gezeigt, jedoch nicht in den Vereinigten Staaten.

Die Schweiz ist beim NYFF mit „Film Socialisme“ von Jean-Luc Godard vertreten. Weitere Altmeister im Programm sind Abbas Kiarostami (“Certified Copy/Copie conformé“), Mike Leigh (“Another Year”), Manoel de Oliveira („The Strange Case of Angelica/O estranho caso de Angélica”), Raul Ruiz („Mysteries of Lisbon/Misterios de Lisboa“) und Clint Eastwood. Als offizielle Abschlußpräsentation zum 10. Oktober platziert, markiert „Hereafter“ den vierten Eastwood-Titel im Programm nach „The Changeling“ (Centerpiece 2008), „Mystic River“ (Eröffnungsfilm 2003) und „Bird“ (1988). Richard Peña, Auswahlkomiteevorsitzender und Programmdirektor der veranstaltenden Film Society of Lincoln Center, erklärte, „Hereafter“ stelle unter Beweis, daß Eastwood auch weiterhin die gewagtesten und provokativsten Filme in Amerika mache. Warner Bros. startet den übersinnlichen Thriller dann am 22. Oktober landesweit in den USA.

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Kaisers Geburtstag – Emperor Franz Joseph

GW Editorial Staff — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:32:38 +0000

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 sun never sets.
Many things were named after the Emperor, also Russia’s Franz Josef Land Archipelago. See some impressive pictures

Listen to the hymn with lyrics below. Sounds familiar? Well, nowadays Austrias old “Kaiserhymne” is Germany’s hymn.

Vienna Philharmonic plays two Emperor Marches We are used to hearing the legendary Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,...

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Russell Crowe and the Austrian mountains

GW Editorial Staff — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:35:46 +0000

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 spread like wildfire and even became a trending Google topic. Until it was laid to rest by legitimate media like Time Magazine, which in turn put Crowe on their list of celebrity death hoaxes.

As readers we should all remember to not be easily let, that he just died and then tweeted is about as plausible as last years rumor, that he liked to knit, yes, Russell Crowe likes knitting, seriously? Crazy what daubers come up with just to get into the news.

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BP declines help from Austrian company

GW Editorial Staff — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:23:08 +0000

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

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World Premiere of ENCOUNTERS by Austrian Composer

GW Editorial Staff — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:36:05 +0000

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 Duos” (selections), Francois Couperin’s “Duo for 2 Bass Instruments in G Major” and Tom Johnson’s “Failing – A very difficult piece for solo Double Bass” will round out the concert program.
This set will be followed by a performance by opera singer Rachel Staples and hang drum musician Bruce Cana Fox.

John Henken from the The Los Angeles Times called it:
” … a striking piano quartet by Gernot Wolfgang … His compelling solutions in Metamorphosis sounded neither forced nor artificial. At its core, the piece is a wild minor swing with Balkan Gypsy gestures and rhetoric.”

Nis Kildegaard from the Vineyard Gazette (Martha’s Vineyard) wrote:
” … a strikingly muscular and momentum-filled piece of music … for many the highlight of a wonderful musical evening … surprising, sometimes jarring – but never incoherent and never unmusical.”

And Andreas Felber from JazzZeit

” Metamorphosis fuer Streichtrio und Klavier gefaellt durch ein expressives, ideenreiche Wandlungen durchlaufendes Violin-Thema … “

World Premiere of ENCOUNTERS by Wolfgang Gernot
The doors will open at 7 pm.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
7:45pm – 10:00pm
The Loft at Liz’s
453 S. La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA

Admission:
$15 at the door or
$10 if you bring a dish or beverage to share

Parking:
After 7pm on La Brea or 6th Street.
No parking on the side streets WEST of La Brea, EAST of La Brea ok.
No parking in the alley.

The Loft at Liz’s is part of Liz’s Antique Hardware at the same address. For questions call (323) 939-4403 ext. 6, or email jason@theloftatlizs.com

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Paris Hilton buys Austrian Prosecco shares

GW Editorial Staff — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:13:04 +0000

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 is run.

The company’s stock is traded in Frankfurt and sold in over 33 countries.

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Switzerland wins first Gold Medal of the Olympics, Austria takes Bronze

GW Editorial Staff — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:32:43 +0000

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 it did during the last Games in Torino. The final list gives pride of place to the skiers, led by two-time Torino medallist Marlies Schild, the reigning world champion in combined Kathrin Zettel and Benjamin Raich, two-time Olympic champion in 2006 and current leader in the overall World Cup standings.

Complete list of

AUSTRIAN ATHLETES

GERMAN ATHLETES

SWISS ATHLETES

And let’s not forget about a favorite of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austria’s Special Olympics’ Committee Honorary President, THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS

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Grammys for 3 Austrians

Sonia Laszlo — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:52:08 +0000

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 him to spell it for me. My life was changed after that. – Joe Zawinul

Stefan Sagmeister, from the Austrian State of Vorarlberg, received a Grammy for “Best Recording Package” for “Everything That Will Happen Today” (avid Byrne & Brian Eno). The artist was born 1962 in Bregenz, Austria, and is a New York-based graphic designer and typographer currently living in Bali, Indonesia. He has his own design firm, Sagmeister., Inc in New York City. He has designed album covers for Lou Reed, OK Go, The Rolling Stones, David Byrne, Aerosmith, and Pat Metheny.

Sagmeister studied graphic design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He later received a Fulbright scholarship to study at the Pratt Institute in New York.

He began his design career at the age of 15 at “Alphorn”, an Austrian Youth magazine, which is named after the traditional Alpine musical instrument. Read More

AKG, the manufacturer of microphones, headphones and audio electronics headquartered in Austria, was honored for contributions to audio recording at the 2010 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles’ Staples Center with the Technical Grammy Award. They are in good company, recent recipients include: Universal Audio, Yamaha, Bell Labs, Apple and Sony/Philips.
This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy’s National Trustees to individuals and/or companies who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.

German Press Release:

Am Samstag, den 30. Januar 2010 bekommt ein berühmtes österreichisches Unternehmen eine Auszeichnung, die sonst nur Größen wie Aerosmith, Joe Cocker, Peter Gabriel, Quincy Jones oder Rod Stewart in Empfang nehmen dürfen. AKG wird für seine herausragenden technischen Leistungen im Musik- und Studio-Bereich mit dem TECHNICAL GRAMMY® Award 2010 ausgezeichnet. Damit wandert die begehrte Trophäe in Form einer Grammophonskulptur in teils goldglänzendem Design ins AKG Headquarter nach Wien. Die genannten Künstler sind nur einige von vielen prominenten Musikern, die bereits erfolgreich mit den weltberühmten AKG Mikrofonen und Kopfhörern gearbeitet haben.

„Der TECHNICAL GRAMMY® ist eine einzigartige Auszeichnung für unser Unternehmen. Es ist eine große Ehre, dass unsere Produkte und Technologien diese prestigeträchtige Anerkennung erhalten“, freut sich AKG Geschäftsführer Stefan Gubi. „AKG sieht den GRAMMY® für seine technologische Führerschaft und seine Innovationskraft als klaren Auftrag für die Zukunft: Wir werden auch weiterhin daran arbeiten, bahnbrechendes Equipment für Tour und Studio zu entwickeln, um den Größen des Musikgeschäfts den besten Sound zu garantieren.“

Innovation für internationale Musikgrößen
Dieser AKG Sound wird von den ganz Großen der Musikbranche geschätzt: Musiklegenden wie Peter Gabriel, Joe Cocker, Quincy Jones oder Rod Stewart und auch Superstars wie Aerosmith, Alejandro Sanz, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Sepultura oder Candy Dulfer haben seit Jahren AKG-Equipment im Einsatz. Aber auch österreichische Musikgrößen wie Falco Christina Stürmer oder Russkaja schworen bzw. schwören auf den innovativen Sound des Akustikspezialisten.

Der Preisträger für den Technical GRAMMY® Award wird in einer geheimen Wahl bestimmt. Wahlberechtigt sind das Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing Advisory Council und dessen Komitees sowie Bevollmächtigte der Academy. Der Award wird an Einzelpersonen oder Unternehmen vergeben, die einen herausragenden technischen Beitrag von besonderer Bedeutung für den Recording Bereich erbracht haben. Die Verleihung erfolgt während der GRAMMY Woche am Samstag, den 30. Januar 2010 und wird auch während der Fernsehübertragung der 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards genannt.

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