just. the most traditional find at any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state on d w dot com. greetings from frosty berlin and a warm welcome to our latest edition and we are all warmed up and ready to go with the following topics. pretty woman find out what it takes to become a visitor many. academy awards this year's nominees for the best original score oscar. and city sites out and

about in go along out of italy. well we start off with beauty and normally here in germany beauty pageants are still dominated by the classic northern european good looks fair a face and with a tumbling mane of long hair which is why this year's judges were in for a bit of a surprise miss lower saxony also known as. showed up with a crew cut a first for a missed germany pageant opinions over the seventeen year old's daring look were divided to say the least and there was some serious buzz on social media but it begs the question whether this could be a first step towards more diverse ideals of. twenty two contestants vying for the crown at this year's miss germany pageant. backstage hairstylists have their work cut out juggling carlos' styling one's head dryas on multiple heads of

long. one contestant though can relax because her head style is always picture perfect you want to is the reigning miss lower saxony and her hairstyle isn't just making waves backstage a candidate with a crew cut is a first here but she's not getting any special treatment in the run up to the pageant she got on fine with her fellow competitors. this is just tear my hair is just a short it's no big deal our personalities just clicked and that's what counts. it's. three weeks you want to use packing her bags for the miss germany adventure she hasn't been sporting a close call for a long. recently she looked like this but then you look gave her self-esteem a boost to the beauty pageant in her home city of but didn't really take it that seriously and then she won. i wasn't hoping and praying to the winner and i think i

just took part to try out something new to gain new experiences and just have some fun response to. the competition awaken to ambition even though until then she'd been more interested in dance and modeling her mentor is all rounder and his studio is her home away from home after clinching the miss lower saxony title you wanna faced a barrage of criticism even abuse on social media just because of her hairstyle she was called ugly boyish sickly but the experience made her stronger. and it's ok i think it's ok if people have their own opinion your bank's for sharing but so what it's not my problem what it's all. good i was a little sixteen is heavy going for sixteen to seventeen year old. it's not easy you grin and bear it but we're here with the dances the parents are your best

friends you can do more. but like all of our fellow contestants in the run up to the pageant she was on her own the canary island of puerto ventura for fitness and media training. and also professional photo sessions the candidates got in everything they could want and the seventeen year old schoolgirl from hanover was transformed. this election for the finalists was just a few minutes away janice competitors with luscious logs like her but did they think she stood a chance. against the taliban short hair she something really special she stands out of media to look at all the girls and then bam there she wanna i think she'll definitely end up in the final how everything you think you see is the way she tells her story that she was bullied and then people said such awful things about her mentality not there's really special personality there to have his initial thoughts i had a short hair long hairs doesn't matter. whether the judges would see it that way

remains to be seen here however the ideal of beauty seem to be narrowly defined as each basic proportions are important what's called the golden mean the eyes have to be the right distance apart in the angle of the nose and chin has about one hundred ten degrees. size be maximum six with no say light. the school girl from hanover looked stunning evening gown even with a short tap you on it was determined to stay relaxed no matter what. but it was time for the swimsuit competition she already had to accept disappointment on the first evening when she failed to be selected for the group of finalists. someone else was destined to end up wearing the crown a student from twenty three year old out of a fine would be chosen as misjudge me twenty eighty.

five and i think it's going to to probably open lots of doors for me and i've already met so many people in just the last three weeks whom i would never have met otherwise i've had so many experiences that otherwise simply wouldn't have been possible it has to be the man. backstage you want i was overcome with emotion to the tears were flowing because many congratulated her poise and courage. elsewhere kids would of course on monday i'll be back in school back to every day life but right now i can do what i like what i enjoy and i just see where life takes me. became serious. is germany twenty eighteen already has a shared tool for the coming year and besides wearing the crown with short hair would have been quite a feat after all but this time it's have to pin it to. a courageous move nevertheless there is a lot of pinning up that goes on at a typical fashion show of course but when his collection hits the runway italian

designer jo jo out of money make sure everything is perfect he's up next with more in today's express. fashion week is underway again in milan on sunday giorgio armani presented his new ladies' collection for his employee oh armani line the italian fashion czar has mixed and matched cowboy boots mini skirts and flouncy jackets for his twenty eighteen autumn winter designs a day earlier he'd already unveiled the main collection which is dominated by flowing fabric and subdued colors with punchy red and my lack accents fashion week comes to milan four times every year twice for men seven twice for women's fact. it's. minus ten celsius it's perfect weather for blazing at least for the seventy three hearty souls from the russian explained of kaliningrad this weekend they took a dip in an icy pool the youngest remote was eleven the oldest seventy swimming in

bone chilling water is popular in russia there are even sports clubs that are dedicated to taking the high sea plunge. an exhibition on gurkhas fouls opened in munich this weekend it shows the impact his tragedy had on the arts painting and sculpture but also fashion and photography . if we want to introduce god has found it as a great current significance and rather than as a classic from way back where this drama brings together two great themes of global literature and dance towards osama and three other films to seen by many as the most significant work of literature in the german language the first part of the tragedy dates back to eighteen zero eight.

lin's own international film festival the band the nano was barely done and dusted at the weekend when talk turned to the next big film event the ninetieth edition of the oscars happening this coming sunday in los angeles and so all of this week in our series we're featuring oscar nominees from europe and we start off with the category best original score of the musical compositions that accompany a movie are as important as things like camera and location with the music creating an atmosphere and hence in the storytelling this year five big names in the film music business are nominated for best original score and three of them are european . oscar winner is something of a name brand with hollywood productions. currently for music award and i became a film composer because the first i love stories like this one and second longest

because i always get stage fright when finding my friends told me not to hide behind the fear so he had to do first the. same as been nominated in the category of best original school for the film dunkirk by christopher nolan. the story is about the successful rescue operation of allied troops trapped on the beaches of downtown during world war two the school is considered the most powerful of the collaboration between that and some a. they've worked together on several major films including interest and the dark knight franchise. player. plays there's a whole generation of young film composers who grew up on the word speired by so i

think it's justified that we hear about them a lot and that he's constantly he's constantly out there it's causing with a new big film with another oscar nomination and so on and so on some people are getting tired of him but he says impact on the on the film composing is undeniable . breakthrough instruments create came in nine hundred eighty eight with the film music to the blockbuster rain man. later in ninety ninety five he won an oscar for his film school to disney's the lion king he also composed the music for the pirates of the caribbean film series. league. so his closest rival in the category is french composer alexandre desplat. he's already taken home the back to war for the music to the fantasy drama the shape of .

the movie centers around eliza a mute who works in a high security government authority when she discovers and falls in love with a mysterious creature. the shape of water is just beautiful and haunting and he does a weird thing with the with the a when section which is all flutes which is sort of his sound of water what he imagines water sounds like. let's compare. this op against the american john williams for his epic stumbles the last jet i film school. american compares a concept that well you composed and compiled the soundtrack to three billboards outside adding missouri starring frances mcdormand. and english rock n roll late johnny greenwood for phantom thread greenwood again stepped out of his normal element to create a classical movie school. greenwood who's

better known as a member of a radio ad of the pop band radiohead he is well known for his sort of a let use of a product but in this this soundtrack in phantom thread he does something very interesting he mixes the soundtrack has his music original music and then uses a lot of classical music as well beethoven. and he's able to move in between those go in and out with his soundtrack using classical themes mixing them with his sort of electronic mental muslim i think it's very impressive. i think probably. just because the academy loves multiple oscar nominees one once and it probably will be his year this year. done kate has also been nominated in seven other categories this year might just be the year for both the film and

its composer. a great suspense leading up to oscar night of course and now i'm wondering if you have ever won a prize at some point in your life or perhaps you came out on top at sporting tournaments or even a music contest and if so feel free to send us a picture of yourself with your trophy or maybe your certificate and thanks for your feedback one lucky viewer will receive your remarks wristwatch so best of luck to you. all right now and my. children are certainly adamant that we are never too old to play with lego two young men from dresden in eastern germany would no doubt agree and as the plastic bricks from denmark are an endless source of enjoyment and inspiration but they go one step further and use lego figurines to stage some pretty dramatic photographs turning child's play into decidedly group fun. donald trump is surfing toward the statue of liberty on a wrecking ball. just as with already is in saxony are blind to illegal neo nazi

activities and a bad banana peel stocks the person who slipped on it the world of lego is alive at least four zero zero zero zero zero find they've created a whimsical world of adventure and misadventure where lego figures are always the stars of the show their works are strange humorous and thought provoking. humans by the miter man. he's afraid because there's a real spider chasing you. and so he hides in a corner with an invincible superhero no longer. needing to face these fears a hamster wheel the figures are all held on by magnets alternately that's to show that life is just chasing money and wealth more and more of it yeah. this is the pop rocket and it's a smoke cloud which was made by painstakingly sticking bits of corn together this is the form. they begin by putting their idea on paper then they

refine it until image and message are one their latest concept features a hidden object plus as a stem enough to listen much about inform and i think we use natural materials soil . a bit of moss to create a contrast between the plastic people and these beautiful materials. the kids can look on but that's about it. from your son now and then. sometimes. if the artist can find what they need to they head for the play room where there's always something at hand. they look for the right character place it and then adjust the position again and again it can take hours until everything is in just the right place and they can start taking pictures the name of this trendy genre is.

find works the marketing and knows how to use a camera image with a hidden object is almost done just a few finishing touches are needed to make it perfect. enjoy getting it looking behind the scenes they love it when we reveal our secrets . or say that really spoiled it for us deploy. their creations can be found in exhibitions and on social media channels they're turning down commissions now because they don't want people dictating to them or the pressure that's not their thing for them the game is having fun with lego figures and that's how they wanted to stay. great stuff for this makes your max extra tour were granting a travel request from jose i have but i did it who comes from mendoza in argentina and he wrote in and ordered to know more about

a certain city in northern italy and that is like so many italians it is bologna is a cultural treasure trove and over the centuries that has also acquired a number of nicknames such as the educated the fat and lateral the red and we'll tell you why that isn't the character of the place in the finer smaller details. elec and talk a line the main square in belong near the piazza majority and all thirty eight kilometers of volcanoes extend across the city protecting pedestrians from the rain and the sun. the first settlements were established here over two thousand years ago in the middle ages wealthy families here each built their own tower the two most famous ones of the ninety seven meta hi tony as a nanny and it shorter neighbor tony guy send roberto's as a romi has worked here for many years. usually with the authority of the keeper

of the as an early child which along with sister char is the symbol of blood on your. heels large collar also work hero and i'm a first citizen of the lawn you're to have been born in the tower and not just in its shadow. been thought of but it still. counts as santo stefano is also fascinating this square is actually triangular the basilica of st stephen is a complex of seven roman asked buildings the oldest part state from the fifth century. the news often called the red city. georgia to be me has started his city's architecture she's in charge of the tourism . but only it came out that levels a bit lonely is known as the red city that i thought that goes through that's because most of its buildings are made of terra cotta. that i don't know but knowing it he could be out of there is lots of clay in the region that we've been

in it's a very pure kind of clay that makes the best and toughest terra cotta that. it was used for the facade of the fifteenth century oratory o'donnell spinny thompson. only it is also called the fats one. because of all its fabulous food for today is one loaf. speciality. but i'm out of the. major shoulder of pork and pork fat is very finely cooked and stuffed into a natural casing. of course polonaise sauce is known the world over carrots onions celery french rosemary pole belly red wine tomato puree ground beef. water all that it gets done after three three and a half hours or four hours to grinding out how much that you're not. present that

out that they got. the source is never served with spaghetti but only with tell you tell you. the famous restaurant on the tele serves this tradition. original recipe is camped at the chamber of commerce. and a prototype in gold of the perfect time yet ten. below nya is not only the red city but also the learned one and the doctor it's university was founded in ten eighty eight it's the oldest in the western world and you can mean that it feel any imus batted back at first classes were held in various parts of the city in churches and in the homes of the professors that would change then in the mid sixteenth century pope pius the fourth came to govern in below nya and he built this building of the arche geneseo as the first permanent home of the university not only people from below new or from italy studied here

but lots of foreigners germans spaniards french film and the ceilings are painted with the coats of arms of those students in the east of the. cities churches a full of amazing works of os someone now captain polonius being a protector on national gallery. reading this all to be spite your target dates from the thirteenth articles. you call press covers tell stories from the bible. just as the ecstasy of sense of syria by raphael the polian stole it and sent it to paris now it is back in the city where it was commissioned. belong and has dozens of uses but the city itself is one shooting living museum with its old plant scene evoking centuries past. oh maybe only decades past this time but another era is currently being evoked in poland and more

precisely in the capital city warsaw already back in the communist days it was popular to use neon script for shop signage to add a little bit of light and color to the one drum grey well this kind of retro aesthetic is back in vogue and we looked into the background of an artistic trend with staying power. perfecting the retro look a neon sign is supposed to give this new bakery a bit of nostalgia claire neons making a comeback in the polish capital warsaw. taking me on is really quite expensive. but it's got its own charm and character that gives places a certain appeal of their own. if you don't the national people see the signs and get almost eldrick sent about the. winter nights begin early in the polish capital and neon helps brighten things up back in the days of the iron curtain they had the same idea of using light to drive out the gloom of the predominately grey communist

buildings the poles might not be nostalgic about communism but they are about neon . there are no yup i mean i remember the sixty's really well back then they were far more lifelike these little cement quality i like the colors structures and shapes they really are nature out. they bring back the past for those of us lost it over. the past is saved and spruced up at worst as neon a museum home to original science from the fifty's to the seventy's it depicts a chapter of polish history the warsaw mermaid is a symbol of the city government even subsidizes neon art in no other part of eastern europe was there as much neon as in poland. the coal they were intended to give an illusion or be a substitute for the western world and we didn't have a free market everything was centrally planned and if the city decided to give some

flash to a development or a street it did with all the shops called the neon sign a well it's a. after the fall of communism a lot ended up on the scrap heap. but now neon is back and it brightens up the night in warsaw. bringing unnecessary glimmer of warmth to the chill winter nights well that's all for this edition of yarmuk so until next time all the best from us here in berlin. next time only your imax. designer much he asked me to my creates edible watch soap operas. be instructed teachers fakers how to push their lips and climb up on a cake packed. and he uses liquid nitrogen for special effects. or sweet perfection next time on your i'm max.

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