Today morning Barack Obama visited the German chancellor Angela Merkel. Only one small select press might come. I have tried to accredit myself to the Obama team for the evening event.
We will see, whether it means: ” yes, we can ” or ” no, we can not “.

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Tonight Vivienne Westwood was the last designer, who presented her fashion-collection spring-summer 2009.. Westwood”s second line “Anglomania” was very coloured (also Unrath & Strano was very coloured and presented a fantastic fashion-show) and the models had very good mood on the catwalk.

VIPS: Vivienne Westwood sat in the audience, Kim Cattrall ( sex and the city ), Eva Padberg
and on this photo:
Jennifer Hof ( winner of Germany`s next topmodel ) and Peyman Amin ( model-booker )

Germany and Spain are in the final.
Spanish fans celebrate the victory against Russia.

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Joachim Löw is the coach of the German national football team.
The german fans call him “JOGI”.

He starts his career at the 2006 FIFA World Cup ( together with Klinsmann ) with a third place and the best playing football team.
The success gave Löw ( JOGI ) iconic status in Germany.

He declared that his aim is to triumph at the Football European championship 2008.
Other favorites during the tournament are Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands.

photo:
JOGI is glad after a goal against Poland. ( in Klagenfurt / Austria )
Germany has won this match 2:0 at the European championship 2008.

Joachim Löw:

Fishing4 / Thorge Huter

Today in Cannes the 61. International film festival opens.
Sean Penn leads the chairmanship about the jury. Alexandra Maria Lara and Natalie Portman are also in the jury.
Out of competition Woody Allen presents his new stripe “Vicky Christina Barcelona” with Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson.

Sean Penn

Last year it has strongly been raining and only 700,000 people came. This week-end appears the sun. So tomorrow, Sunday 11.May, 1.3 million people are expected to the big move.

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last year 2007:
Forget the carneval in Rio de Janeiro.
The best carneval of the world takes place in Berlin.
Today 700.000 people visited the carneval of cultures and celebrated the procession with 96 groups from 70 different nations.
Many groups are mixed and carry out integration.
Here are Polynesian people:

visitors:

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According to the organizer approx. 1.4 million visitors will visit the 4-day street party all around the Blücher place from the 25th to the 28th of May and the carnival procession on Sunday.
About 4,500 actors from more than 70 nations will take part in the move.

As during the past years the carnival procession also begins this year again on the Hermann’s place. The distance leads on the 27th May about Hasenheide and Gneisenaustreet to Yorckstreet. That’s why it comes to extensive traffic interferences in this area. All around the street party on the Blücher place the traffic on Blücherstreet, the Zossener street and the Waterlooufer is limited. Already on the 26th May from 13 o’clock 30 children with her parents assemble in the area of the Mariannen place and organise a carnival procession to the Görlitzer park.

impression of last year:

starts today. *****

Today Kurt Beck ( leader of the socially democratic party and maybe the chancellor-candidate 2009 ) spoke to the press. He founded the problems in his party (SPD) with the magic word: strategical re-orientation
Maybe Beck thinks: “Dear God, help me !”

Till Sunday the fashionweek take place in Paris .
Here models wait backstage for their catwalk-action.

Monday John Galliano ( Dior ) presented his models in fashion and style of the the 60s.
They looked like dolls.
Also Irina Lazareanu was to be seen on the catwalk.

Tilda Swinton ( 2 weeks ago in Berlin )

and Marion Cotillard ( February 2007 in Berlin )

Who would like to get an Oscar, the film-festival Berlinale should visit first.
It did Tilda Swinton and Daniel Day-Lewis two weeks ago. And Marion Cotillard celebrated the première of the film “La Vie En Rose” also in Berlin in February, 2007.
George Clooney didnt come to Berlin this year and so he didnt get an Oscar.

Peaceful demonstrators, film-fans, photographers, Hollywood-Stars like Natalie Portman, or any other are Berlin.

Natalie Portman: