Vienna zoo wins three Giant Panda Zoo Awards

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Schönbrunn Zoo in the capital Vienna has picked up three awards at the first ever Giant Panda Awards voted for by panda fans from over 130 countries. Around 28,000 panda fans and experts took part in the online vote – with the result that Schönbrunn zoo won three awards out of the available ten. Fu […]

Austrian pop legends accused of faking it

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Culture

US election news takes second place in Austria today after the shock revelation that the country’s most loved folk music stars have for decades not really been performing the music at all – and have been using stand ins. Folk music involving accordions, various brass wind instruments, lots of yodelling and lederhosen is an art […]

‘Uninteresting person’ Swank on back doors and awards

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Hollywood superstar Hilary Swank has claimed she is an “uninteresting person” as paparazzi are showing comparably little interest in her.”Yeah, I’m not interesting. I mean, what are they supposed to want from me? There have been two men in my life so far. (…) Apart from that, I know where the back doors are to […]

Howard Shore to get gong at Vienna film music gala

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Canadian composer Howard Shore will be honoured in Vienna later this year as the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO) is set to perform some of his most famous melodies in an upcoming gala.The famed composer will receive the Max Steiner Award – named after the late Viennese Hollywood score composer (“King Kong”, “Casablanca”) – as […]

Charlie Chaplin’s granddaughter to attend Vienna fashion event

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British model Kiera Sunshine Chaplin will attend the event on 15 March at Vienna’s Museum Quarter at which the Vienna Awards for Fashion & Lifestyle will be announced, it emerged yesterday (Weds).Chaplin, the granddaughter of late actor Charlie Chaplin, will receive a Special Lifestyle Icon award at the event.Marjan Firouz, who is handling public relations […]