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Did you know that…./ Vedeli jste, ze…… July 8, 2008

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google circus imageSo I learned something new! As we walked around town to see the 4th of July celebrations we stopped by a big stage where a large orchestra was playing the classic circus song of all times (click here to listen to it). Our friend, knowing that I am Czech, mentioned that the song had a Czech origin. “Really???” I couldn’t believe the fact that I didn’t know that! Such a famous song! Even some obscure tribe in the forests of Africa would recognize that tune. (more…)

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43. Annual Film Festival In Karlovy Vary is on / 43. rocnik Filmoveho festivalu V Karlovych Varech je v plnem provozu July 7, 2008

Filed under: Czech news — Tanja @ 4:53 pm
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Robert de Niro google imageThe 43th Annual Film Festival in Karlovy Vary just started (where did that year go??). The Festival will show over 220 films and 60 premiers - all in 8 days (!!). And what celebrity is granting its presence to this year’s celebration? Last year we had Dany de Vito and Renee Zellweger and this year it is Robert De Niro himself! This will be his second visit to Karlovy Vary as he visited this town 18 years ago. (more…)

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Bob Dylan doesn’t trust Czech food / Bob Dylan neveri ceskym kucharum June 6, 2008

Filed under: Czech news — Tanja @ 4:13 pm
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Bob Dylan google imageThe legendary musician Bob Dylan is coming to perform to Ostrava in a couple of days (June 9th) and that will be his only concert in the Czech Republic this year (probably got sick of Prague..). His requests to create a comfortable, Dylan-like environment are not that bad. His dressing room has to have following items in it:

 
 

Czech movie ready to take over America? / Cesky film zatrese Amerikou? June 2, 2008

Filed under: Czech happenings around America — Tanja @ 4:10 pm
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movie google imageThe Czech movie called “Kraska v nesnazich” (”Beauty in trouble”) is definitely NOT in trouble. Starting June 13th it will be shown in a number of movie theaters all over US, starting in New York (Angelika in Greenwich Village) and the Landmark Theatre in Washington. Depending on the success (or no success) the story will receive there it will travel to other places in the United States. The reason why is this movie already so close to the American viewers’ hearts is because of two reasons: 1/ the movie did great at the 2 prominent US Film Festivals - one in Denver (CO) and the other one in Santa Barbara (CA) and 2/ the American public is already in love with Ana Gaislerova from the former role in yet another great Czech movie Zelary. (more…)

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Eurovision Song contest 2008: Kerndlova is going home / Kerndlova se neumistila v Eurovision Song Contest 2008 May 23, 2008

Filed under: Czech happening around non-America — Tanja @ 4:14 pm
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Tereza Kerndlova / www.ceskenoviny.cz imageTereza Kerndlova, the 21-year old daughter of a famous Czech jazz musician Ladislav Kerndl, did not make it into the Eurovision 2008 finals. The performing song called “Have some fun” have gotten her far enough mostly for her looks then the actual singing (see the YouTube video bellow). Teresa and her dancer crew even received a nickname from her fellow contestants - the Czech Beuties! Out of the 43 competing European countries only Serbia, France, Great Britain and Spain made to the semi-finals. (more…)

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Where would the world be without the Czechs?? / Kde by byl svet bez Cechu?? May 6, 2008

Filed under: Czech news — Tanja @ 4:25 pm

sheet music google imageI am really starting to think that without Czechs people would be still living in caves. True, I may be a little biased since I am Czech myself, but still…Here is yet another proof: It turned out that the all-mighty Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi wrote yet another opera which had been missing for quite some time. (more…)

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Singer Karel Gott performs in Canada / Karel Gott se chysta do Kanady April 22, 2008

Filed under: Czech happenings around America — Tanja @ 4:00 pm
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Karel Gott www.ceskenoviny.cz imageAn ageless pop-star Karel Gott is scheduled to tour Canada for the first time. In May of this year he is going to bless 3 cities with his devine visit: Toronto, Vancouver and Edmont. Since the audience in Canada knows him mostly from the former years of his career Gott is planning to sing the classics but not only in Czech but in Slovak, Russian, German, English and Italian! (more…)

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List of famous Czechs and Slovaks living abroad / List slavnych Cechu a Slovaku zijicich v zahranici April 14, 2008

Filed under: Famous Czechs & Slovaks /Czech-Americans — Tanja @ 3:48 am
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My life-long project is finally completed! Here is a pretty cool list of famous Czechs and Slovaks (full-blooded or partial) living abroad. Some of those names were quite the surprise! Did you know for example that there are currently 5 Czech Victoria Secret models? Most of these people live in America but that is where my Google search ended up leading me. What I am trying to say is that this list is far from including ALL of the celebrities but it is the best one out there. So enjoy it! And let me know if you can think of any other additions….Paul Newman google imageMOVIES

  1. George Voskovec (actor)
  2. Lucky Vanous (actor)
  3. Jon Voight (his grandfather, Mr. Voytka, came to the US from Kosice) (more…)

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So her name will be Prague Hilton?? / Jak ze se bude jmenovat? Praha Hiltonova??? March 28, 2008

Filed under: Czech news — Tanja @ 3:42 pm
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Paris google imageThe notorious party celebrity,Paris Hilton, is arriving to Prague on Sunday. No, the purpose of her visit is not to check on the Prague-based Hilton hotel and see if all of the toilet paper is well stocked in the bathrooms. She is actually coming as a groupie! She is escorting her current boyfriend, Benjim Madden, whose band the Good Charlotte is going to be performing in Prague on Monday. That is not all, however. According to the very “trusted” source, the German gossip magazine Bild, Paris wants to conceive her first child with this guy AND on this tour. AND(!!) he (or she) is supposed to be named after the city the child was born in. (more…)

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Prague is practically Rihanna’s 2nd home / Praha je prakticky Rihannin druhy domov March 24, 2008

Filed under: Czech news — Tanja @ 4:41 pm
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Rihanna google imageThe new Queen of Pop, Rihanna, is going to be performing in Prague this Thursday, and it is supposed to be quite the show. This is not her first time visiting Prague. To put it straight, Prague is pretty much Rihanna’s second home. Do you want a proof?