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He founded the National Dance Institute in 1976 and knew first-hand "the joy and transformative power that the arts can bring to the lives of children." Jacques d'Amboise, the premier New York City Ballet dancer who displayed his energy and athleticism on the big screen in the musicals Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Carousel , has died. He was 86. D'Amboise died Sunday in his Manhattan home of complications from a stroke, his daughter, actress-dancer Charlotte d'Amboise, told The New York Times . He spent the past four-plus decades providing free classes to schoolchildren at his New York-based National Dance Institute. D'Amboise portrayed Ephraim Pontipee (eventual husband of Virginia Gibson 's Liza) in MGM's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and played a Starlight Carnival barker alongside Susan Luckey's Louise in Fox's Carousel (1956). He also participated in a steamy duet in another Fox musical released in 1956, Michael Curtiz’s The Best Things in … [Read more...] about Jacques d’Amboise, Ballet Legend Who Danced in ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ and ‘Carousel,’ Dies at 86

The bride made sure that she got all the attention at the wedding. When Dutch model and actress Emma Leth, 27, decided to get married, she roped in her friends to ensure that her wedding look would go down in history. Dressed in a see-through lace floor-length dress, with a long train, the bride left little to the imagination, revealing her lilac bikini underneath. She completed the look with polka-dotted heels and minimal jewellery. While most brides settle for tiaras, Emma chose to cover her head with the most outrageous hat. As she walked down the aisle, beaming with delight, she made sure all eyes were on her. Priced at $590 (approximately ₹), the hat is part of by French designer Simon Porte Jacque, 28. Titled Le Grand Chapeau Bomba Hat, it has been crafted from woven straw and its brim is around 18 cm. Emma, who married artist Tal Rosenzweig in Paris, had a fairy tale outdoor wedding -- one which will be remembered in fashion history. … [Read more...] about This model got married in a bikini and an outrageous hat

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Although “The Sweetest Girl” is set in Haiti, it was shot in just four days in South Florida in the middle of the pandemic last summer. Most of the cast and crew were locals. Haitian-born Yanatha Desouvre, who lives in Miami, is co-writer of the screenplay and the film’s producer. READ MORE: COVID In Florida: 3,841 New Cases, 29 Additional Deaths Reported Sunday “On the second day of shooting, the late Chadwick Boseman passed away,” Desouvre said. “And I cried like a baby because it felt like he was passing the baton to us, to pass it to the future of filmmakers by telling authentic and compelling stories.” At just 23 minutes, the short film deals with love and redemption and tackles the trending topic #FreeHaiti. Desouvre came to the U.S. from Haiti as a small child and experienced hate here early on. “At the age of 5 I experience xenophobia in the United States. They told me, ‘Haitian, go back to your nation.’ Then on the news all I saw about being … [Read more...] about ‘The Sweetest Girl’: A Forbidden Love Story That Tackles #FreeHaiti Movement

Advertising industry kingpin Sir Martin Sorrell has hit back at the company he founded, WPP, after it announced it would not be paying him share incentive awards dating back up to five years. In its annual report, published on Thursday, WPP - which Sir Martin co-founded in 1985 and ran until 2018 - said its compensation committee had "exercised its discretion" to make 'malus' adjustments. These have become commonplace in British boardrooms during the last decade and effectively work in the opposite way to a bonus - with incentive awards being adjusted lower before they become payable if a company deems a current or former executive to have caused it reputational damage, to have been guilty of misconduct, or to have misreported financial results. WPP added: "The compensation committee… determined that the 2016 and 2017 Executive Performance Share Plan awards granted to Sir Martin Sorrell, the former group chief executive, will lapse as a result of Sir Martin Sorrell's … [Read more...] about Sorrell eyes WPP legal fight as it blocks share awards on ‘leak’ grounds

KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun re-deploying hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccines to other African nations which it says it won't be able to administer before they expire at the end of June, its health minister said on Thursday (Apr 29). On Thursday afternoon a plane from Angola picked up almost half a million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which had been supplied to Congo through the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility on Mar 2. Congo delayed its rollout after several European countries suspended use of the AstraZeneca shot in response to reports of rare blood clots. Ghana, Togo, Central African Republic and Madagascar will also receive some of the 1.3 million doses Congo is reallocating, health minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani told Reuters. "It is a sign of solidarity that the Congo is giving to its brother countries," Mbungani said. Congo will recover those doses via the COVAX scheme at a later date, he said. "It's important to redeploy, that's the … [Read more...] about Congo starts re-deployment of expiring COVID-19 vaccines to other African countries