Immigration officials in Australia have aforementioned they testament conduct further investigation into Snoop Dogg before allowing him back up into the country to tour there.
A ban was imposed on Snoop, whose real list is Calvin Broadus, later he was denied entrance to the country in April 2007 after he failed a character examine. Snoop had previously pled no competition to drugs and gun charges in the US, and Australia�??s Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews told Sydney's Macquarie Radio that the rapper was �??not the kind of bloke�?� they wanted in the country.
As a resultant of the ban, Snoop was then unable host the MTV Australian Video Music Awards.
The ban against Snoop was lifted last week, merely public complaints prompted the government to reassess the lift to more thoroughly investigate his character, reports Rolling Stone.
The rapper will be minded strict rules to digest by if he is permitted entry to the country.
--By our New York staff.
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Tuesday 19 August 2008
America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty" win ALMA Awards
PASADENA, Calif. �
"Ugly Betty" and its headliner, America Ferrera, took top honors at the 2008 ALMA Awards, which recognise achievements by Hispanic artists.
The ABC comedy series won awards for directing and best performance by a Latino-led tout ensemble cast. Ferrera, 24, was named Chevy Entertainer of the Year for her on-screen cultivate as Betty Suarez in "Ugly Betty" and her off-screen efforts to encourage young mass to get involved in the political process.
Shakira was also recognized for her offstage efforts, receiving the Humanitarian Award for her work in early puerility education.
A host of artists, including BeBe Winans, Wynonna Judd and Lucero, performed a protection to Linda Ronstadt, wHO received the Trailblazer Award for her contributions to American music.
The Black Eyed Peas, the Cheetah Girls, Sergio Mendes and Cheech and Chong also performed at the ceremony, hosted by Eva Longoria Parker at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Sunday.
Other acting-award winners included Charlie Sheen, Edward James Olmos, Roselyn Sanchez and Judy Reyes. Designer Narciso Rodriguez was honored for special accomplishment in fashion.
The National Council of La Raza, the country's largest Hispanic protagonism organization, created the ALMA Awards in 1995 to honor Hispanic performers and promote positive images of Hispanics in entertainment. ALMA stands for American Latino Media Arts and besides means "
Saturday 9 August 2008
Beauty industry gets face time in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Greta Garbo's beauty was legendary. It earned her the adoration of audiences and captivated even Adolf Hitler, world Health Organization allegedly implored her to go to Germany to become the mother of his Aryan race.
But the Swedish actress owed her luminous onscreen presence to more than her flawless skin and bone structure: Her secret weapon was Max Factor Silver Stone #2 makeup, which made her literally shimmer on film.
In a great deal the same way that Garbo pet to remain out of the spot, however, the working relationship between Hollywood and the beauty industriousness is subtler than i might bear.
"Many times (MAC Cosmetics) is there, and we crataegus laevigata get a credit at the end of the film, or we may be in the literature, but we're there very discreetly," says John Demsey, group president of the United States of Estee Lauder Companies, parent company of MAC. "We're not there in a very sponsorship variety of direction, because the relationship is very real and working."
Indeed, one isn't likely to hear about it, simply makeup artists relied heavily on MAC products for some of this summer's studio menu, including "Sex and the City," "The Love Guru" and "Get Smart."
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But such collaborations do sometimes make headlines, with products highly-developed for specific projects making it all the way to the retail market.
"Sometimes these things actually become promotional activities or tie-ins of the brand itself," Demsey says. "When (2001's 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch') was done, we hosted the opening political party in New York City and actually created an Angry Inch lipstick for Hedwig."�
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