it's well premiere here in berlin. and arias after all is the cover girl of major fashion magazines at the age of $98.00. then known as the british grammys but choose the knightsbridge awards in london almost top the grammys for celebrities this year although most of the awards offer british musicians american artists turned up in force as well including the artist of the moment billie eilish let's have a look at some of the winners and some of the great performances starting with the one everybody was waiting for. billie eilish graced the brit awards with her 1st live performance of a new james bond song accompanied by composer hans zimmer and a full orchestra. the 18 year old was later named best international female artist monk i felt very hated

recently and when i was on the states and i saw you guys all smiling i. tell you they made me want to cry and i want to cry. i've scottish newcomer louis cataldie tops the winners of the night scooping up the award for best new artist and the award for song of the year for someone you love but. ali is getting close to the. rapper dave also won big with his album psychodrama taking home album of the year the london artist took full advantage of the spotlight adding new lyrics to his song black to take a swipe at british prime minister boris johnson is racist webre annoyed he was

racist the truth is all prime ministers are rude racists they say he should be required to be some racist. fellow rapper storms he was named the best british male artist leaving him almost speechless. but his performance with the gospel choir fireworks and indoor rain that made up for that quite a bit. about it. called a david leavitt's. joins me now from oral not. the brits i mean quite politically recent. exception it was the rapid dave who had something to say i think a lot of people's ears perked up when this 21 year old got on the stage and was rapping that prime minister boris johnson is a racist now the press office the downing street has it will not be responding to these new lyrics which in itself is kind of

a response those weren't the only new lyrics to the song dave also called for compensation for black britons whose ancestors were enslaved he also called for better assistance for survivors of the grand fellow tower fire very outspoken performance by this 21 year old davis definitely want to watch ok now there was an emotional speech as was an emotional song from billie irish away she said she had recently been feeling that people hate i mean clearly she's one of the most popular singers in the world so what does she mean well it seems that she was talking about social media comments about her and just before her performance she told an interviewer that she's going to stop reading what people write about her on social media which is an experience that is not just shared by famous people a lot of people in her age group of experienced cyber bullying now beside that it's very emotional speech that we see here of course her performance of this new james bond song really blew everyone away it does sound distinctly james bond but she

brings her own vocal style to it and of course the green hair yes she was extraordinary to say seeing a ballad like that is quite something. apart from that has been a lot of talk about how male dominated again it was absolutely the best album category had only male nominees same thing for best song and yet it was really the female performances that stole the night billie eilish mabel won for best female solo artist british that they've also artist and then of course there was so her performance. she was also nominated for best international female last ability i was but she left her mark very quickly we just tossed about the guy who got most of them want to be any person lewicki pounding away as he come from well seemingly out of nowhere a little bit like ed sheeran a few years ago like ed sheeran he sings this very savvy song very un kemp sort of appearance he also delivered the most awkward acceptance speech of the night

thanking his grandmother who inspired his song court dying so he could use a few pointers from the from one point i think i think they could live it as always thanks very much. they've created and filled my activist sense of was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a russian court on trumped up charges of terrorism in 2015 thankfully he was released in a prison last year but while in prison he started to direct a movie via proxy of course and this film had its world premiere on tuesday evening . if journalists jostled for a chance to see the film and the interview or leg sensor the director had spent 5 years in a russian prison and was released in september 29th. he seemed almost overwhelmed by all the bustle and attention sparked by his appearance and prelim. his film numbers will be screened at the berlin international film festival that sense of

2nd film and production on it started while he was still in prison. worked on it and we wrote back and forth for nearly a year my lawyer showed me pictures and i made comments i could control the preparation but i had no control and settle the order of the work there was more. on the expense of roque numbers as a play in 2011 it's a dark dystopian vision where humans are no longer given names but numbers they live in a kind of prison carrying out daily usually pointless routine they're controlled by an all powerful 0 reportable this is the story of course resembles the soviet union the most because i know that system the best but the story is universal and contemporary who in 2014 cents off was involved in the my down protests in kiev ukraine when russia annexed the crimea shortly thereafter he supported the ukrainian military so he was arrested by russian authorities and sentenced to

several years in prison. 'd who. sense off was released after serving 5 years of his sentence innisfail numbers there's eventually a revolt and a revolution but that doesn't lead to liberation and even more sinister dictatorship is the result is that the inevitable fate of every revolution. you know both this film doesn't intend to show how bad revolution is all but that it's a dangerous weapon that can turn against you or for you it's a warning to be key. careful with that but not a warning not to pursue it with real. numbers is a nightmarish parable of the next and so its own internment in a penal colony. she describes herself as the oldest teenager in the world 98 year old new york has been obsessed by fashion her entire

life but it was just last year aged him in 97 that she signed her 1st modeling contract now she's fully booked and loving the attention she says style is something inherent it's in your d.n.a. you can learn about fashion you can't learn about style and she is living proof of this. originally an interior designer iris up only became a fashion icon following an exhibition at new york's metropolitan museum of art in 2005 i curated remembered some of her colorful outfits and to show to her how the exhibition obvious or bare bird was a big success i never set out to. everybody. i know i learned a long time ago. if you're trying to play as everybody you end up with.

people would say to me oh oh aren't you upset that. i said no that if they don't like it that's their problem not mine. iris was married to carla full for 67 years he died in 2015 just before his 101st birthday together they founded and built up the textile firm old world weavers and traveled the world looking for unusual patterns and materials they contributed to the interior design of the white house under 9 different us presidents. in 2019 iris upshall got her own gallery at the p.d. essex museum in salem massachusetts it showcases ensemble's the fashion icon designed from head to toe she donated around 1000 pieces from her private collection to the museum. nonchalance and courage iris up full expresses all of them through her clothing

where she's never cared about logos or labels she mixes with found pieces and embroider jackets with costume jewelry i'm collect things. and i was just recently neither. so though they were. i have a few things and i still can't stop i don't buy like i used to but i still collect here. and i have lots and lots of stuff and i like to share it with a bow so someone might as well enjoy it as well as i do. iris awful is now her own brand and she designs her own makeup fashion and accessories collections in a certain sense she remains old fashioned she doesn't have an assistant or even a computer instead of sending emails or text messages she wants everything by hand . and she's now designing jewelry for the traditional french porcelain manufacturer

. don't you know that it's the brits restaurant. to be in. in 2018 she even wrote a book for iris up full accidental icon musings of a geriatric starlet in which she pokes fun at the hype surrounding her. i don't like to do anything that i don't enjoy doing i think at this game as i work so a lot i have to enjoy myself that's why i work well when i go i don't play bridge. i don't like to go to ladies' lunches and i love to work. and the man upstairs has been very kind sends a very wonderful commission wonderful project. is the best sounds like she says it's better to be happy and then well dressed wise words from i rest up front there

is a young. water star and a wonderful example to his whole life begins well in your nineties it says more about her on the web site at b.w. dot com slash culture and although i'm culture stories of course but not so for this edition thanks ever so much for watching and join as again soon.

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