The Oscars 2011

Incredible how they decided to put the amazing Anne Hathaway together with James Franco to host the Oscars. Hathaway, in my opinion, stole the show, whilst Franco stood there watching. Anyhow…

The outfits were amazing, yet again. There were alot of high necks and sleeves- but also classic cuts- like always- and then there was Helena Bonham Carter, who looked amazing and flashed a union jack flag that was tied to her leg on the red carpet.

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I loved Mila Kunis’ dress, it was stunning!

It was strange to compare Anne Hathaway and Sandra Bullock in their similar red dresses, however I think Hathaway definitely stole the show.

I am glad they had a time on the speeches this year, I mean, its about time. It only means they make their 10 minute speeches succint and makes me actually want to listen to what they say, because I know they wont go on for hours.

That’s about all I have to say about the Oscars- except Colin Firth was amazing in The Kings Speech, so good on him!

Facebook

Al-Ahram newspaper in Egypt has reported on the birth of a baby. The extraordinary feature to this article is that the baby was named ‘Facebook’.

Apparently, the parents decided on this name to show their appreciation for the youth of Egypt, after the uprising. During what is now known as The Facebook Revolution, the youth of Egypt created events advertising protests, and kept the outside world in touch with the happenings inside the country.

This got me thinking… What other strange names have people called their children?

In New Zealand, parents were forced to change the name of their child when they called her ‘Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii’.

New Zealand has also banned these names: Fish and Chips (for twins), Keenan got Lucy and Sex Fruit.

In Sweden, a couple tried to name their son, get ready… ‘Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116′.

Sweden has also banned these names: IKEA, Veranda and Metallica.

Malaysia banned parents from naming their child Chow Tow, which means smelly head.

In Japan, Akuna, which translates to Devil, was banned.

Back to the recent Egyptian revolution, the countries media was not encouraged (put lighty) to report on the protests by the Egyptian Government and state media outlets so the outside world would not see what was happening. Al Jazeera offices in Egypt  were raided and although no journalists were harmed in that, they had to create temporary spaces to keep reporting.

Photo by Ramy Raoof