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Austria Got Talent
Fashion Design from the Alpine State Make Its Mark in the U.S. By Sonia Laszlo Austrian crystals by Swarovski have become a staple in the fashion world. Yet the Alpine country has so much more […]
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A new Wunderkind from Austria
Kevin Schwarzwald Performing Live with Country Music Star Keith Urban Although the term “Wunderkind” should not be used lightly, it came immediately to mind when I heard a violin performance by Kevin Schwarzwald, a 17-year […]
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Trader Joe’s – A German-American Success Story
Trader Joe’s is one of the grocery chains that help Germans keep in touch with their basic culinary roots. TJ’s is the store of choice when it comes to get Westphalian smoked ham if you […]
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German Network Deutsche Welle
CABLEVISION EXPANDS iO INTERNATIONAL THROUGH LAUNCH OF GERMAN NETWORK DEUTSCHE WELLE, THE 16th INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING CATEGORY FOR iO TV CUSTOMERS Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) announced the addition of German network Deutsche Welle to its […]
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German Oscar Entry
83rd Academy Awards® – Official German Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film When We Leave (Die Fremde) A film by FEO ALADAG with SIBEL KEKILLI (star of HEAD-ON) TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2010: BEST FILM, World Narrative […]
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Tony Curtis is dead
Tony Curtis was born June 3rd 1925 in New York City as Bernard Schwartz to German speaking immigrants from the little Hungarian town Mátészalka He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1958 for “The […]
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German author Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke, born in West Germany, moved to the US in 2005 and still writes in German. The successful author of the “Inkworld” trilogy returns with a new book and a new creative partner. Read […]
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Pac Man Swiss Style
It took more than four hours and 111 people to record this special game. The human PAC-MAN Stop Motion Performance was played by real human-beings sitting in a cinema in Baden, Switzerland. It was the […]
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Fame: Daniel Kehlmann
Fame: Daniel Kehlmann in Conversation with Carol Brown Janeway Daniel Kehlmann talks about FAME on September 23 in NYC The month of September 2010 will be “German-American Friendship Month” in the city of New York. […]
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The Life of Hildegard von Bingen
We are excited about this new film version about Hildegard von Bingen. A woman, who over the ages fascinated audiences and readers. German director Margarethe von Trotta directed the movie that was in the official […]