| 57th annual Miss Universe pageant to be held in Vietnam (L-R) Miss El Salvador 2008 Rebeca Moreno, Miss Indonesia 2007 Putri Raemawasti and Miss Thailand 2008 Gavintra Photijak pose for a photograph upon their arrival ... english.people.com.cn |
Fraser leads Jamaican sweep in women's 100m Sehlly-Ann Fraser became the world's fastest woman as she led Jamaica to a cleansweep of the medals in the 100 meters final at the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday. &$ &$Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica celebrates afer winning women's 100m final at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, during Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 17, 2008. Shelly-Ann Fraser claimed the title of the event.(Xinhua Ph ... english.people.com.cn |
Man of a Thousand Faces “I have no pictures from my childhood,” the artist Samuel Fosso recalled. We were standing in the Jean Marc Patras / Galerie in Paris; surrounding us were large black-and-white photographs of what appeared to be leaders in the American civil rights and African independence movements, heroic symbols of liberation: Martin Luther King Jr. preaching to the crowds at the March on Washington; Malcolm X in profile, his leather fedora tipped rakishly forward; Aimé Césaire, the great poet of negritude a... nytimes.com |
Bringing Big Smiles to iPhone Shutterbugs A look at 15 of the roughly 2,000 camera apps that can help you capture, edit, enhance and share your images. nytimes.com |
Tribeca Film Group Tries to Build a Distribution Brand of Its Own The Tribeca Film Festival is set to become associated with a new venture to distribute films digitally and in theaters under the Tribeca name. nytimes.com |