2013 U.S. Presidential Inauguration Celebrates a President and a King

16 Jan 2013 18:32 Africa/Lagos

2013 U.S. Presidential Inauguration Celebrates a President and a King

Visitors to Washington, DC will celebrate two important African American leaders in one weekend with commemorative events, parades and community service

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For only the second time in U.S. history, the 2013 Presidential Inauguration will coincide with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Jan. 21. Since 1986 when the third Monday of January was designated as a federally recognized holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr., only President Bill Clinton's second term inauguration has landed on the same day.

The visitors expected to arrive in Washington, DC this weekend will have the opportunity to celebrate two significant African American leaders at once. As President Barack Obama, the first African American to hold the Oval Office, is sworn in for his second term and the nation commemorates the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., visitors to DC have a chance to participate in a number of historic and community service events, while exploring the city.

Visitors can pay tribute to both President Obama and Dr. King in a number of ways. See where the President lives with a stroll past the White House; have a photo taken with Barack and Michelle Obama's wax figures at the President's Gallery at Madame Tussauds; or sit in the "Oval Office" at White House Gifts - and pick up a few commemorative items while there. Visit the new Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial on the National Mall, the first ever dedicated to a non-president and an African American; walk down the Lincoln Memorial steps where Dr. King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, or stop by The Willard Intercontinental Hotel where he finished writing the speech the night prior.

The nation's capital will honor both men by hosting a variety of events, parades and community service projects throughout the weekend including:

Saturday, Jan. 19:

• Volunteers will participate in more than 1,300 service projects throughout Washington, DC's eight wards during Martin Luther King's Day of Service from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• This National Day of Service will kick off with a Service Summit on the National Mall featuring Honorary Chair Chelsea Clinton, Presidential Inaugural Committee Co-chair Eva Longoria, singer-songwriter Ben Folds, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, television personality Star Jones, actress Angela Bassett and many more.
• The 35^th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace and Freedom Walk will take place at three different sites – the Southwest, Southeast and Shepard Park – to symbolize King's march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.
• The Kids' Inaugural Concert, hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, will feature performances by Alicia Keys, Brad Paisley, Katy Perry, Usher and Stevie Wonder at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Sunday, Jan. 20:

• President Obama will participate in a small private swearing-in ceremony as mandated by law.
• The Kennedy Center and Georgetown University will host a musical celebration called "Let Freedom Ring" featuring Smokey Robinson and the Let Freedom Ring choir in a free Millennium Stage concert at 6 p.m.
• The Music Center at Strathmore will host a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Tribute and Celebration and will announce the recipients of the Children of the Dream Award, The Literary Arts Award and the Humanitarian Award at 3 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 21:

• Federal offices and many public and private businesses across the nation will close in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
• President Obama will participate in a public Swearing-in Ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Building at 11:30 a.m. EST.
• The 57^th Presidential Inaugural Parade will escort President Obama from the Capitol to the White House along Pennsylvania Avenue at 2:30 p.m. EST. Participants will include representatives from each of the five branches of the Armed Services, all 50 states and a variety of national groups.
• The Inaugural Ball, held across all 700,000 square feet of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center's five exhibit halls, is expected to draw more than 35,000 revelers including A-list performances by Smokey Robinson, Marc Anthony, John Legend, Nick Cannon and the cast of "Glee."
• The Commander In Chief's Ball will draw more than 4,000 active-duty and reserve military troops, Medal of Honor recipients and wounded warriors. This gala will take place at the third-floor ballroom of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Tuesday, Jan. 22:

• The Inaugural National Prayer Service will take place at 10:30 a.m. EST at the Washington National Cathedral with the President and Vice President. The private service will include prayer, readings and musical performances.

For more information, please visit www.washington.org.
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Sluggish Productivity Growth Holding Back World's Economies

17 Jan 2013 15:00 Africa/Lagos

Sluggish Productivity Growth Holding Back World's Economies
Slowdown in Productivity Felt Across the Globe in 2012, Little Improvement Projected for 2013

NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second straight year, productivity growth weakened substantially across the globe in 2012, according to a new report from The Conference Board. The 2013 Productivity Brief , based on data from The Conference Board Total Economy Database™ , reports that productivity grew by 1.8 percent worldwide in 2012, down from 2.3 percent in 2011 and 3.6 percent in 2010. With the exception of the 2008–9 recession, this represents the slowest productivity growth in a decade.

Labor productivity growth — that is, additional output per unit of labor — relates output growth to changes in the employment market. In 2012, world GDP growth fell to 3.1 percent from 3.8 percent in 2011, while employment growth fell only slightly from 1.4 to 1.3 percent. "What makes this year's Brief so unique is that poor productivity performance has been so widespread that there are very few countries or regions in 2012 that showed any productivity improvement at all," said The Conference Board Chief Economist Bart van Ark. "Facing slow global demand, companies are using labor and capital less efficiently, in turn forcing further cutbacks."

Productivity growth is expected to remain anemic — 1.9 percent — this year.

"In 2013 and beyond, productivity will be key to the performance of the global economy," van Ark said. "Even if labor markets recover more strongly than predicted, GDP growth is unlikely to accelerate past projections without a turnaround that makes jobs more productive, rather than simply more numerous. The situation is clearly resonant in The Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2013 , our recent global survey that found CEOs intensely focused on the internal capabilities of their organizations. For such business leaders, the urgency of the productivity challenge means investing in the training, innovation, and operational excellence necessary to shape a more efficient workforce."

Stagnant Output Undermining Productivity of Mature Economies

On average, the productivity slowdown across the advanced economies in 2012 was to a much greater extent attributable to declining output growth, rather than labor market performance.

In the United States , total hours worked grew 2 percent in 2012, doubling the previous year's 1 percent growth. This renewed traction in the labor market was offset, however, by GDP growth that only rose from 1.8 to 2.2 percent. As a result, labor productivity growth fell dramatically to 0.2 percent —one of the slowest growth rates observed in the post-World War II period. Output per hour grew slower than 2012's 0.2 percent just twice: in 1974 (-1.0 percent) and 1982 (-0.8 percent).

In the Euro Area, output and total hours worked both contracted in 2012. With the former decline outstripping the latter, growth in labor productivity in 2012 fell to 0.6 percent from 1.2 percent in 2011. At 2.3 percent, Spain posted the highest labor productivity growth within the currency bloc, driven by a large contraction (−3.7 percent) in hours worked. In Greece, at the other extreme, labor productivity fell at −1.3 percent. In Germany and France, the productivity growth rates also fell considerably in 2012. In Germany, output per hour increased 0.4 percent, down from 1.6 percent in 2011, and in France it dropped to −0.2 percent down from 1.4 percent in 2011.

Conditions in the wider European Union-27 largely mirrored those of the smaller 17-member bloc. Some Eastern and Central European economies were exceptions: Labor productivity in Poland grew 2.2 percent in 2012 and, with output per hour still just 38.7 percent that of the U.S., maintains substantial scope for improvement. In the United Kingdom, by contrast, a much larger than anticipated GDP contraction, coupled with stable increases in hours worked, turned labor productivity growth dramatically negative in 2012, at −1.3 percent. Output per hour worked in the U.K. now stands at just 80 percent of the U.S. level, some 10 percentage points lower than its French and German rivals.

In Japan , tepid recovery from the March 2011 tsunami — both GDP and total hours worked grew just 0.6 percent — left productivity growth stalled at 0 percent.

Silver Linings Harder to Find in Emerging Economies

In recent years, stagnant gains in the mature economies offered an opening for other economies to rapidly make up productivity gulfs that remains yawning in absolute terms. In 2012, however, emerging and developing economies — where labor productivity growth fell from 4.7 to 3.8 percent — contributed as much to the overall slowdown as their mature counterparts.

China still boasts among the largest productivity gains in the world. But after falling from 8.8 to 7.4 percent (largely on the basis of slowing GDP growth), labor productivity growth in 2012 was the lowest since 1999. As China maneuvers to climb the value chain, incremental efficiency gains will likely be harder to come by than the previous decade; the next leap will require investments in technology and innovation that take a significantly longer time to come to fruition. Likewise driven by slowing output growth as well as unique structural challenges, labor productivity in India grew at the slowest rate since 2002, falling to 3.7 percent in 2012 from 4.2 percent in 2011 (and 6.2 percent in 2010).

The only region in Asia — or, indeed, the world — to see widespread productivity acceleration in 2012 was the ASEAN countries in Southeast Asia , where strengthening domestic sectors offset the global slowdown in exports. Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam all saw labor productivity growth rates rise. Indonesia experienced a minor slowdown to 4.2 percent, still historically high.

A dramatic slowdown continued in Latin America , where labor productivity grew at just 1.2 percent in 2012, down from 2 percent in 2011 and 3.1 percent in 2010. Sputtering global demand has revealed serious underlying weaknesses in Brazil, where deteriorating output turned the productivity growth rate negative (−0.3 percent), compared to 4.1 percent in 2010. Mexico has held up much better; though its labor productivity growth fell to 0.7 percent in 2012, the decline was predicated on stable output growth and rapid expansion of employment.

Weakening oil prices and continued political unrest also slowed productivity growth in much of the Middle East . Meanwhile, labor productivity across Africa grew a modest 0.8 percent in 2012, tamped down by rapidly expanding workforces in many countries. In Russia , the growth rate fell slightly from 3.8 to 3.4 percent in 2012. Because employment only grew 0.3 percent, most of Russia's output growth last year was driven by productivity gains.

Searching for a More Productive 2013?

At 1.9 percent, the Productivity Brief projects labor productivity growth will be nearly unchanged overall in 2013 – but rest on a slightly reordered constellation of regional trends. U.S. labor productivity should rise slightly, from 0.2 to 0.6 percent, while the Euro Area moves in precisely the opposite direction, from 0.6 to 0.2 percent. Within Europe, last year's large discrepancies between countries are projected to narrow: Productivity will likely be flat in the U.K., with positive gains returning to France (0.2 percent) and ticking up in Germany (0.8 percent). But Spain's impressive productivity growth is expected to plummet to 0.4 percent in 2013, as continued GDP contraction meets a labor market already pared to the bone.

Meanwhile, productivity growth is poised to soften further in China and, especially, India — where gains in labor productivity may fall to just 2.9 percent. Brazil's situation remains fraught, but a modest strengthening of output combined with more cautious hiring plans should return Brazilian labor productivity to positive growth in 2013, at perhaps 1.2 percent. Likewise, the struggling Turkish economy is projected to see productivity growth improve from 1.0 to 1.6 percent, because of a labor market likely to decelerate even faster than GDP. Surprisingly, it may be Africa that offers the best hope in 2013 for substantial productivity gains driven by strong, accelerating output growth; several countries in the region — the world's least productive in absolute terms — are positioned for burgeoning exports to other emerging markets and a rising middle-class consumer segment at home.

See 2013 Productivity Brief: Key Findings for additional data and detailed analysis at http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/economics/TED2.pdf

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Call for Entries & Invitation To the 2013 Irepresent International Documentary Festival

CALL FOR ENTRIES & INVITATION TO THE 2013 IREPRESENT INTERNATIONAL
DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 21ST-24TH MARCH, 2013 IN LAGOS.

The I-REPRESENT INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FORUM cordially invites you to its the 2013 documentary fiesta holding on March 21st-March 24th 2012 at Terra Kulture, Victoria Island and Freedom Park, Broad Street, Lagos, Nigeria.

FESTIVAL THEME
The THEME of the IREPRESENT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2013 is conceptualized on the framework: AFRICA IN SELF CONVERSATION and it would explore the theme: “RECONNECTIONS”

Rationale:
In its years of existence, Africa has worn many faces and has assumed many identities most of them imposed by outsiders looking in. What then is the true definition of an African, what parameters can be used to define the African? Is it our values, cultures or our religion?

How do Africans at home and in the Diaspora see or think about themselves and their identity? What impact does western education, religious and economic value systems have on African socio-cultural life — for instance in creating in the African a conflict of identity?

The Festival will feature over 30 screenings of films addressing different aspects of its core theme from filmmakers from across the diapora. It will also feature panel discussions, a session on Project Pitching and a Producers Round-table.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
PROFESSOR AWAM AKPAM, Dean of African Studies New York University has graciously accepted our invitation to be the KEY NOTE SPEAKER at iREP 2013.

CALL FOR FILM ENTRIES
Entries for the 2013 edition of iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival is now OPEN. Please find attached to this email a NOTICE for film entries. We’ll be grateful if you would circulate same in your sphere of influence and amongst your colleagues who may wish to submit their films for entries into the screening schedule of the festival.

CRITERIA FOR DOCUMENTARY FILM ENTRIES:
• Films must reflect the African story or experience.
• Films not shot in Standard English language must be subtitled in English.
• There is no age limit for filmmakers.
• Copyright of films must belong to entrants.
• Entries can be submitted in miniDV, DVD, and Blu-ray disc format.
• Entries should be accompanied with synopsis, duration, and the filmmaker’s profile.

• Deadline for submission is March 5, 2013.
• Films submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

*Please note that the selection of films would be done by a body of jury, and iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Forum reserves the right to show a film or not based on the recommendation of the jury.

Entries should be submitted in a sealed envelope to:
iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Forum,
13, Oguntona Crescent, Gbagada Phase1, Lagos.
Tel: +234.8051702004, +234.8092927502, +234.8034251963,

We hope you will kindly save the dates of the Festival in your diary and that you make plans to participate. I look forward to an engaging and exciting celebration of African Documentaries and to your presence.

Kind regards,
Femi Odugbemi
Executive Director/Co-Founder
IREPRESENT INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FORUM LAGOS.
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Books For Africa and Little Free Library Form Partnership to Ship "Little Libraries" to Africa

16 Jan 2013 19:45 Africa/Lagos

Books For Africa and Little Free Library Form Partnership to Ship "Little Libraries" to Africa

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Books For Africa and Little Free Library, two area nonprofits, have formed a unique partnership to build and send more than 2,000 "Little Free Libraries" to Africa over the next several years.

The two groups ask local organizations, businesses, schools and individuals to help sponsor the effort. Each $1,000 covers the costs to build and ship a one-of-a-kind Little Free Library and $1,000 worth of books.

Little Free Library, based in Hudson, Wisconsin, will design and build the miniature book exchanges that look like small cottages or schoolhouses on a post. Thousands are already located in neighborhoods throughout the U.S., and the movement has spread to 36 countries around the world. Books For Africa, based in St. Paul, will supply the books.

A distributor for Little Free Libraries has already been established in Ghana, West Africa. Other Little Free Libraries will be distributed across Ghana, Nigeria and the rest of Africa using the network established by Books For Africa.

"We believe this is a terrific partnership between two groups whose mission is to spread education through books and reading," said Patrick Plonski, executive director of Books For Africa. "Making free books available will help both students and parents."

"Our goal is to ship more than 2,510 libraries to Africa, a total that would surpass the number of libraries sponsored by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie," said Todd Bol, co-founder and executive director of Little Free Library. "These libraries will belong to the people who use them, and sponsoring each one is a gift that can endure for years."

Little Free Library was started in 2009 by Bol and University of Wisconsin-Madison instructor Rick Brooks at Bol's yard in Hudson. Its mission is to promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide. To learn more and participate: http://www.littlefreelibrary.org/books-for-africa.html

Books For Africa, founded in 1988 by Tom Warth, has a simple goal: to end the book famine in Africa. Books For Africa remains the largest shipper of donated text and library books to Africa, shipping over 27 million books to 48 different countries since 1988. For more information: http://www.booksforafrica.org/success-stories/books-for-africa-and-little-free-library-form-partnership-to-ship-little-libraries-to-africa.html

Contact: Pat Plonski, Books For Africa, 651.291.2713 or 651.491.3391 (mobile)
Doug Stone, 651.336.9907 (mobile)
Todd Bol, Little Free Library, 715.338.2223 (mobile)

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A Crash Course in Piracy

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German Newspaper Mistakenly Reports former President George H. W. Bush Dead

Former President George H.W. Bush receiving a kiss from his beloved wife, former First Lady Barbara Bush. Photo Credit: Charles Krupa/AP.

German Newspaper Mistakenly Reports Former President George H. W. Bush Dead

A link on The Huffington Post, the popular American Internet newspaper quoted a source that said that German newspaper Der Spiegel mistakenly reported last week that former U.S. president George H.W. Bush died when in fact he has just been released Monday from a Houston hospital after almost two months of admission for bronchitis. But why would the highly esteemed Der Spiegel make such a terrible goof?
Achtung!
How do you say STUPID in German?

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Anna Karenina, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln and Skyfall Make ASC Nominations

Seamus McGarvey, ASC, BSC (Anna Karenina), Danny Cohen, BSC (Les Misérables), Claudio Miranda, ASC (Life of Pi), Janusz Kaminski (Lincoln) and Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (Skyfall) have been nominated in the feature film category of the 27th Annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards for Outstanding Achievement. The winner will be announced at the ASC Awards celebration on February 10 at the Hollywood & Highland Grand Ballroom.

“The films our members have nominated are visually distinctive, and very diverse: a theatrical epic, a grand musical, an imaginative 3-D fable, a sweeping biographical drama, and a stylish spy thriller,” notes ASC President Stephen Lighthill. “What they all have in common is that each project’s cinematographer contributed captivating visuals that enhanced and elevated the storytelling.”

This year’s nod brings Deakins’ total to 11. He won ASC Awards for The Shawshank Redemption (1995) and The Man Who Wasn’t There (2002). His other nominations were for Fargo (1997), Kundun (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2001), No Country for Old Men (2008), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2008), Revolutionary Road (2009), The Reader (2009) and True Grit (2011). He was also the recipient of the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.

This is Kaminski’s fifth nomination. His prior nominations were for Schindler’s List (1994), Amistad (1998), Saving Private Ryan (1999) and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2008). Cohen, McGarvey and Miranda have all been recognized once previously – Cohen for The King’s Speech (2011); McGarvey for Atonement (2008); and Miranda for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2009). The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) invites you to attend its Annual ASC Open House In attendance will be ASC Award Honorees, Nominees and Esteemed Members. Saturday, February 9, 2013 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. There will be no onsite or validated parking. Please use the lots at Hollywood and Highland. Tweet

Hollywood's Most Fashionable Leading Ladies Love Gold At The 2013 Golden Globes

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14 Jan 2013 07:35 Africa/Lagos

Hollywood's Most Fashionable Leading Ladies Love Gold At The 2013 Golden Globes
Golden Globe winner Julianne Moore, Golden Globe winner Adele, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Amanda Seyfried all chose gold jewelry for the 2013 Golden Globes

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gold was the unique choice amongst a select cadre of well -- dressed stars at the Golden Globes. Yellow gold proved to be the perfect accompaniment for standout frocks, and both vintage and modern gold jewelry shined.

Vintage gold glowed on the red carpet. Julianne Moore was chic in the iconic Bulgari Serpenti gold bracelet and gold and diamond earrings paired with her Tom Ford black and white dress, while Adele wore demure black and a stunning pair of Van Cleef & Arpels 1971 18 Karat gold and diamond estate earrings. Nicole Kidman and Amanda Seyfried both chose ultimate vintage jeweler Fred Leighton. Kidman wore 19th Century gold and enamel earrings, snake bangle, locket bangle and ring, while Seyfried chose 19th Century pounded gold and chalcedony earrings to compliment her Givenchy gown.

Modern gold jewelry also played a supporting role for Golden Globe looks. Kate Hudson chose a stack of gold Jennifer Meyer rings and gold earrings -- modern jewelry to match her gold embellished Alexander McQueen dress. Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner both chose modern geometric gold hoop earrings and gold bracelets.

Celebrities that wore gold jewelry to the Golden Globes this year include:

ADELE -- Van Cleef & Arpels 1971 "Estate" earrings featuring diamonds set in 18K yellow gold – from the Heritage Collection

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HALLE BERRY -- Gold geometric hoop earrings and gold bracelets.
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MICHELLE DOCKERY -- Bulgari emerald and diamond earrings in yellow gold, emerald ring in yellow gold, and yellow gold cuff.

FRANCESCA EASTWOOD -- Neil Lane Diamond and gold drop cluster earrings, Opal ruby diamond and gold butterfly broach in her hair, Diamond and gold flower cuff bracelet and a Diamond and gold ring

JENNIFER GARNER -- Gold and diamond hoop earrings and gold bracelets

KATE HUDSON -- Jennifer Meyer gold earrings and gold rings

NICOLE KIDMAN -- Fred Leighton 19th Century blue enamel, pearl, and diamond gold earrings, Antique blue enamel and gold snake bangle

JULIANNE MOORE -- Bulgari diamond earrings in yellow gold, vintage snake cuff in yellow gold with emeralds and diamonds, and 18k yellow gold emerald ring.

AMANDA SEYFRIED -- Fred Leighton 19th Century pounded gold and white chalcedony pendant earrings

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Golden Moments @ the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards

There are always unforgettable golden moments at the Golden Globes and the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards show at the Beverly Hilton did not fail to bring out the best of Hollywood in glitz and razzmatazz. TALK OF THE TOWN presents the list of all the winners and the video of the golden moments.

Jennifer Lawrence

Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Silver Linings Playbook

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Motion Picture, Drama: Argo
Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Les Misérables
Actor in Motion Picture, Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
 Actress in Motion Picture, Drama: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Actor in Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Supporting Actress in Motion Picture: Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Director, Motion Picture: Ben Affleck, Argo
Screenplay, Motion Picture: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Foreign Language Film: Amour (Austria)
Animated Feature Film: Brave
Original Score, Motion Picture: Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Original Song, Motion Picture: "Skyfall," Skyfall, Adele & Paul Epworth.


TV
TV Series, Drama: Homeland
TV Series, Comedy: Girls
TV Movie or Miniseries: Game Change
Actor in a TV Series, Drama: Damian Lewis, Homeland
Actress in a TV Series, Drama: Claire Danes, Homeland
Actor in a TV Series, Comedy: Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Actress in a TV Series, Comedy: Lena Dunham, Girls
Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Julianne Moore, Game Change
Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie: Ed Harris, Game Change
Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie: Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Cecil B. DeMille Award: Jodie Foster






Click here to see all the nominees and winners at the event as reported by E Online!.

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Eva Soap Treats Its Numerous Consumers to Free New Year Gifts

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EVA SOAP TREATS ITS NUMEROUS CONSUMERS TO FREE NEW YEAR GIFTS

Evans Industries ltd, manufacturers of Eva Complexion Care Soap, is splashing a vast bouquet of gifts on its numerous customers this New Year. Starting from December last year till February this year, every carton of the soap brand contains a free gift for the consumer. According to Engineer Dan Nwaiwu, General Manager of Evans industries Limited, the range and type of the gifts will remain a secret in order to create a pleasant surprise for the consumers.
Eva complexion care soap is a household name in Nigeria and obviously endeared to the teaming users because of its friendly price, superior quality and exiting variants. Perhaps one of the secrets of the success of the brand is the ability of its owners, to invest in research and determination to use top grade raw materials which makes her products not only to match but to match but to exceed consumers expectations.

Eva Soap was indigenously manufactured to fill the gap created by the absence of high grade beauty soap of international standard in the Nigerian market, occasioned by the ban on imported soap in the country.

The soap was manufactured with all the qualities to meet international standard and more. The soap comes in six exiting variants namely, Eva Classic, Eva Gold, Eva Ivory, Eva Herbal, Eva Pearl and Eva Forever.

Eva Classic is pink coloured, comes with Aquarelle perfume, and has vitamin E extract. It makes the skin look younger and helps it to heal faster. Eva Gold with silk protein moisturizes and conditions the skin. It is gold coloured, with lavender perfume and is enhanced with silk protein for smooth skin, Eva Ivory with milk and honey nourishes the skin and helps maintain elasticity. It is ash coloured with a customized ivory perfume and has milk and honey extracts, Eva Herbal with Aloe Vera helps reduce skin irritation and removes pimples. It is green coloured, with alpine perfume and has Aloe Vera extracts. Eva Pearl with sea minerals revitalizes the skin, by removing old cells. It is blue coloured, with white-gold perfume and comes with sea mineral extracts and Eva Forever with almonds is great treatment for dry skin. It is purple coloured, with pomegranate perfume and almond extract. For every woman, there’s Eva soap for her skin care and beauty to enhance her soft feminine laughter and allure. Pamper your family this season with the beautiful Eva Complexion Care Soap.


~ By Ingram Adichie Osigwe
MD/CEO Fullpage International Communications Limited.

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