The 66th Annual Golden Globes winners

The 66th Annual Golden Globes event was packed with talented stars. But there is no doubt that the big winners of the night were 'Slumdog Millionaire,' Kate Winslet, Tina Fey, and the late Heath Ledger.

'Slumdog Millionaire' won all four of the categories is was nominated for, most notably for Best Motion Picture - Drama. Danny Boyle won Best Director, Simon Beaufoy won best screen writing, and A. R. Rahman won for best original score.

From l. to r.: Producer Christian Colson, actor Dev Patel, actor Anil Kapoor, actress Frida Pinto, director Danny Boyle, composer A.R. Rahman, and writer Simon Beaufoy.

Kate Winslet finally won not just one, but two Globes. One for Best Supporting Actress in 'The Reader' and one for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for her extraordinary work in 'Revolutionary Road.' Winslet thanked her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio in tears. "“I’ve loved you for 13 years and your performance in this film is nothing short of spectacular," she said to him as he teared up, as well.

Partners in funny Alec Baldwin, left, and Tina Fey, won best actor in a television series - comedy and best actress in a television series - comedy (respectively) for their work in '30 Rock.'

Fey also won best television series, comedy or musical for "30 Rock."

L. to r.: Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Tina Fey, Jack McBrayer and Tracy Morgan

The late Heath Ledger posthumously won Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for 'Dark Knight.' Director Christopher Nolan accepted for him. “After Heath [died], a hole was ripped in the future of cinema,” Nolan said to a standing and clapping audience.

Actress Sally Hawkins poses with her Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for 'Happy-Go-Lucky.'

Actor Colin Farrell won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy award for "In Bruges."

Anna Paquin won Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama award for newcomer 'True Blood.'

Gabriel Byrne, who was not present, won Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series- Drama for 'In Treatment.'

Series creator Matthew Weiner, center holds the trophy with the cast of "Mad Men" as they pose backstage after winning best television series - drama.

Director Andrew Stanton (2nd R) with his Best Animated Feature Film for "Wall-E" poses with presenters Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers.

Director Ari Folman won best foreign language film award for the Israeli film “Waltz with Bashir.”

Actor Mickey Rourke and singer/songwriter pose with their awards. Rourke won Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for his role in 'The Wrestler' and Springsteen won for best song for 'The Wrestler.'

Director Steven Spielberg was the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Entertainment Field. He said that, at 62-years-old, he was "old enough."

Producers Stephen (l. to r.) Tenenbaum, Letty Aronson and Gareth Wiley pose with their award for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."

2008 Nobel Prize Winners

Martti Ahtisaari, peace broker and former President of Finland, in Berlin. Mr Ahtisaari was awarded the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.

The award came 24 hours after French author Jean-Marie Le Clézio won the 2008 Nobel Literature Prize.

Yoichiro Nambu, the University of Chicago physics professor, at his home in Chicago after learning he had won the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics.


Japanese scientists Makoto Kobayashi, right, and Toshihide Maskawa, in Tokyo on Friday. The two shared the physics prize with Yoichiro Nambu.

Cancer researcher Harald zur Hausen displaying pictures of viruses in his laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany. He was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine.

French scientists Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi after meeting President Sarkozy in Paris. They received the 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine for their discovery of the HIV virus in 1983.

Martin Chalfie, of Columbia University, after winning the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He shared the award with Roger Tsien for their work on the green fluorescent protein first found in jellyfish.

Roger Tsien answers congratulatory emails in his office at the University of California, San Diego, after learning that he was sharing the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Osamu Shimomura, a Japanese researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, was also awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

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The Sound of Music

The 7 Children in The Sound of Music

... after 40 years

The Sound of Music is a 1965 film. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1965 and is one of the most popular musicals ever produced.

Still remember the 7 children of The Trapp Family?

They were having a reunion after 40 years and all were looking healthy and amazingly well.....

The hills are alive with the sound of music
With songs they have sung for a thousand years
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music
My heart wants to sing every song it hears

My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds
that rise from the lake to the trees
My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies
from a church on a breeze
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over
stones on its way
To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray

I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
And I'll sing once more

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music

http://www.reelclassics.com/Musicals/SoundMusic/soundmusic.htm

7 Wonders of the World (New)

The New 7 Wonders of the World were announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07.

Even the announcement has past for almost a year, but I believes, its still worth a review and see again once in a while...

THE WINNERS

Great Wall of China: The 4,160-mile barricade running from east to west is the world's longest man-made structure. The construction of the wall took place over hundreds of years, beginning in the seventh century B.C.

Petra, Jordan: This ancient city in southwestern Jordan, built on a terrace around Wadi Musa, or Valley of Moses, was the capital of the Arab kingdom of the Nabateans. The city is famous for water tunnels and stone structures carved in the rock.

Christ Redeemer Statue, Brazil: The outstretched arms of the 125-foot statue of the Christ the Redeemer overlooks Rio de Janeiro from atop 2,343-foot Mount Corcovado.

Machu Picchu, Peru: Built by the Incan Empire in the 15th century, Machu Picchu's walls, palaces, temples and dwellings are perched in the clouds at 8,000 feet above sea level in the Andes.

Pyramid at Chichen Itza, Mexico: This pyramid was part of a sacred site in an important Mayan center on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Built according to the solar calendar, shadows at the fall and spring equinoxes are said to look like a snake crawling down the steps, similar to the carved serpent at the top.

Colosseum, Italy: The 50,000-seat amphitheater in Rome was inaugurated in A.D. 80 and served as the backdrop for thousands of gladiators who dueled to the death.

Taj Mahal, India: The white marble-domed mausoleum in Agra combines Indian, Persian and Islamic styles and was built by a 17th century Mogul emperor for his favorite wife, who died in childbirth.

THE 14 FINALIST

Pyramids of Giza, Egypt: These three pyramids, built as tombs for pharaohs 4,500 years ago, are the only surviving structures of the ancient seven wonders. No longer standing today, the other original wonders were: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos lighthouse off Alexandria.

Acropolis, Greece: This set-in-stone wonder attracts millions of visitors each year to its famed Parthenon and statues of Greek gods and goddesses.

Alhambra, Spain: The palace and citadel - once the residence of the Moorish caliphs who governed southern Spain - feature mosaics, arabesques and mocarabe, or honeycomb work.

Angkor, Cambodia: The archaeological site in Siem Reap was the capital of the Khmer (Cambodian) empire from the ninth to 15th centuries. The 12th century ruins include Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom.

Easter Island, Chile: Hundreds of massive stone busts, or Moais, are all that remains from the prehistoric culture that crafted them between 400 and 1,000 years ago as an homage to deceased ancestors.

Eiffel Tower, France: The 985-foot tower, built in 1889 for the International Exposition, symbolizes Paris. The open-lattice iron icon is the City of Light's tallest structure.

Hagia Sophia, Turkey: Also called the Church of Holy Wisdom, the soaring cathedral was built in 537 A.D. at Constantinople, today's Istanbul. In 1453, Constantinople fell to the Ottomans and the church became a mosque. Not until the landmark became a museum in 1935 were the Christian mosaics revealed.

Kiyomizu Temple, Japan: Kyoto's Kiyomizu-dera, which means Clear Water Temple, was founded by a Buddhist sect in 798 and rebuilt in 1633 after a fire. A drink from its waterfall is believed to confer health, longevity and success.

Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral, Russia: Domes with golden cupolas surrounded by red brick walls are at the heart of Moscow's Kremlin. The Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed on adjacent Red Square features nine towers of different colors.

Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany: The inspiration for the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, Neuschwanstein is a creation of 'Mad King' Ludwig II of Bavaria. Perched on a peak in the Alps, the gray granite castle rises to towers, turrets and pinnacles.

Statue of Liberty, New York: A gift of the French government, the 305-foot statue in New York Harbor has welcomed immigrants and symbolized freedom since 1886.

Stonehenge, Britain: How and why this circular monument of massive rocks was created between 3,000 and 1,600 B.C. is unknown, but some experts say the stones were aligned as part of a sun-worshipping culture or astronomical calendar.

Sydney Opera House, Australia: With a roof resembling a ship in full sail, the opera house is situated on Bennelong Point reaching into Sydney's harbor. It was designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon and opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1973.

Timbuktu, Mali: Two of West Africa's oldest mosques, the Djingareyber, or Great Mosque, and the Sankore mosque built during the 14th and early 15th centuries can still be seen here in the northern Sahara Desert. Founded about A.D. 1,100, Timbuktu was a flourishing caravan center and a leading spiritual and intellectual center.