Antwerp - In 2007, the number of overnight stays in European hotels has increased with 3,1 per cent in comparison with the previous year. The number of overnight stays of compatriots increased with 3,6 per cent and the overnight stays of tourists with 2,4 per cent.
The numbers become clear from Eurostat. Spain was the most popular, followed by Italy, Germany, France and Great Britain. Those 5 countries were good for 70 per cent of the overnight stays in Europe. Cyprus was the only country that did not well. Romania, Latvia, Malta and the Netherlands also saw an increase but not as much as the other countries.
The number of overnight stays in Europe this year are equally devided over tourists in their own country and foreign tourists. The largest number of foreign tourist were to find in Malta, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Greece, Austria and Bulgaria. Romania, Germany, Swedes and Finland couldnt count on their foreign tourists.
Dialogues des Carmélites, a new, based on a true story, opera play running in theatres in Antwerp en Gent from the 8th of March till April the 13th. The play, written by Francis Poulenc,takes place around that time of the French Revolution in an ancient convent. The story is about a young girl, called Blanche, who has an unknown fear from the world and decides to join the Carmelites. There she learns that she has to accept her fears but has to leave the religious order when she founds out that the violence of the French Revolution doesnt hold back for convent walls. In her journey throughout the war, the viewer can feel the reality bursting out of the actors and actresses. This play has been called one of the best operas of the second half of the twentieth century. Therefore, dont miss this fine piece of opera play in your nearest theatres. Written by Jennifer Nijssen
ANTWERP - The 14th February, auditions have taken place for the new Broadway musical 'In the Heights'. The premiere is putten on the agenda for the 9th of March at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on West 46th Street. New songs and scenes have been added.
'In the Heights', a musical inspired by the colourful streets of a Latina neighbourhood in Manhattan, begins a Broadway on the 9th March at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Some new songs and scenes were added to this hip-hop and merengue flavoured musical: 3 new songs have taken place in Act 2. Also newcomers Priscilla Lopez and Lin-Manuel Miranda will be refreshing the scenes: Lopez, a Tony award winner, as the mother of a college-student daughter and Miranda as Usnavi, a Dominican charmer holding a corner bodega, the leading part of the musical.
The musical talks about a close-knit community in upper Manhattan, following the lives, but especially the changes init of some warm-hearted characters, like Nina and Benny. During the story these two persons grow closer to one another.
Both the original musical and the Broadway version is directed by Thomas Kail. the dancing is choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler. As well the music and music arrangements are directed by Alex Lacamoire. Most members of the earlier Off-Broadway audition cast also make part of the Broadway cast.
Antwerp Tonight Sandrine and Paranoiacs made it to the semifinal of Eurosong 2008. The wildcard was for Tabitha with 'A Butterfly Mind'. This was the 4thand last for round for the Eurosong 2008 semifinal.
Sandrine made it to the semifinal of Eurosong 2008 with the song I feel the same way. In 2004 she finished 3rd in the competition Idols. She already got a TMF award and a Zamu award under her name. Also Paranoiacs made it with the song Shout it out. Paranoias is a rockgroup and was the ex-group of Axl Peleman.
This evening Francesco Palmeri started Eurosong. His song Vagabundo was discribed as a Radio 2-song and had the lowest votes. Paranoiacs obtained effortlessly the semifinal and the jury support. The 16-year old Elisa also didnt have enough votes. 'A butterfly mind' gained a wildcard and Sandrine finished the competition with the most votes. Next week the semifinal will start.
ANTWERP Many fashionshows take place in Antwerp, but non as hot as this one. First of all because there were a lot of celebrities and secondly because I was there too.
Sometimes, I work as a dresser at fashionshows in Antwerp, thanks to my friends sister. We help dressing the models and we change outfits during the show. Last Tuesday, I was lucky again and went to Anwerp to work a bit and party a lot!
Normally, you run into two, maybe three celebrities per night. Tuesday, the dance floor was full of them! I saw Guy van Sande, whos spotted a lot at fashionshows, hitting on other women, leaving his (much younger) girlfriend at home. Martine Prenen was there too, I knew she is gay, but the women I saw her with was the owner of my favourite shop in Antwerp! I didnt know she was gay too?! A colleague of hers, Jo Depoorter, gay also, showed up with three other gentlemen on his arm. I couldnt find out who is his boyfriend. Maybe all three? Also new arrivals in celeb-world Simon and Helena from the Belgian show Sarah were there. Although they look much better on television, they did their best to shine anyway.
I can go on like this for ages, talking about famous peoples public lives, but I wont. After all, also they are people like you and me, doing their jobs, going out with friends, drinking and dancing.
Oh! Maybe you still want to know why Joyce de Troch looked a bit depressed. Maybe because her boyfriend wasnt giving her less affection than other women
ANTWERP Rumors about Paula Patton and husband Thicke expecting a baby were confirmed.
Paula Patton has confirmed at the 2008 Fall Fashion of the Essence Magazine that her husband Robin Thicke and herself are expecting a baby. Essence Magazine reported that Mr. and Mrs Thicke will be welcoming their first child by this spring.
Before the official statement, the first rumors were spread when the Hollywood couple was spotted in Vegas at Jay-Zs 40/40 Club opening. It first seemed that Patton gained some wait, since she was already seen with a little baby bum a few months before the club opening at the Mtv Video Music Awards last September.
All the more the rumors became more clearly that there is a baby Thicke on the way when the young actress was present at the Miss Sixty Fashion Show in Bryant Park. Written by Laetitia Sabiti
In earlier giving information it showed that our beloved and most talked about soul-singing diva Amy Winehouse went too far with her drugabuse. In the meantime she decided to go to rehab again, under the watchful eye of her father.
Is this the second, third or fourth time already? With the support of her family we are hopeful that there is a light at the end of the tunnel says one of her doctors. Amy has to stay at the clinic at least three to four weeks and her family and friends are hoping she wont bale out again after two or three days, what was the case in her previous attempt to stay clean.
But there are also good things happening in the life of the singer. She has been chosen to sing the track of the new James Bond movie. And hopefully with a clean mind.147 Written by Jennifer Nijssen
ANTWERP - Heath Ledger died the 22nd of January because of an overdose of medication.
The 28-year old actor was found in his appartment in New York. Friends and family came together last week for a commemoration service in Los Angeles.
Heath Ledger(28) was a famous actor, you can see him in the oscar winning film, Brokeback Mountain, also 10 things I hate about you, The Brothers Grimm, Casanova and many more. He was born on the 4th of april 1979. His first acting job was a lowbudget film 'Blackrock' and when he was a young boy he played in the famous soap Home and Away. He and Michelle Williams, also known from Brokeback Mountain, have a 2-year old daughter together.
On the 22nd of January, Heath Ledger was found dead in his appartment. He took an overdose of medication among which sleep pills, pain-killers and appeasement pills. His death was a real shock for family and friends but also for a lot of fans. Nobody could believe he actually died. Just as James Dean hell be a legend to all of us.
Last saturday, friends, colleagues and family came together for a commemoration service. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Sienna Miller, Ellen DeGeneres and director Todd Haynes were there to honour him, so says the American magazine, People.
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