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NSYNC Explains No-Show on ‘SNL’ Special: No Reunion Was Even Planned

One of the group’s former members Lance Bass made it clear before the Sunday show that he and his pals had no intention to perform or appear in a skit.

NSYNC’s fans went into a frenzy on Saturday, February 14 when rumors ran rampant that the boyband would reunite for the 40th anniversary special of “Saturday Night Live”. They, however, were left disappointed when the group didn’t perform during the three-and-a-half-hour show airing on Sunday night.

It turns out that the fans missed an update from former member Lance Bass who made it clear that he and his former bandmates never planned any reunion. Earlier on Sunday, he sent out a tweet saying, “For the record , we are not performing or doing a skit tonight on SNL. But look hard for us in he audience! Fun night ahead! #SNL40.”

Most of the dudes of NSYNC did make it to the “SNL” special, though. Justin Timberlake was the only former member who participated on the show, appearing with Jimmy Fallon. Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick were pictured hitting the red carpet together. Bass was also spotted posing for a photo with former “SNL” cast member Cheri Oteri.

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JC Chasez, meanwhile, chose not to attend the event. According to E! News, his sister-in-law just gave birth and he decided to be with his family instead.

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Nathan Sykes of The Wanted to Make Music With Sam Smith

‘We’ve spoken about going into the studio before and I think it’s quite likely going to happen over the next year,’ Nathan was quoted as claiming.

Still working on his debut solo album, Nathan Sykes has aimed high by promising collaboration with British singer-songwriter Sam Smith. In an exclusive interview with E! News, he just couldn’t stop talking about how much he adores him.

“Sam Smith at the Grammys was just insane,” Nathan shared. “I’ve listening (sic) to a lot of Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and I’m living in hope for this Adele album. So, yes, I am quite biased toward the Brits.”

The former member of boyband The Wanted went on revealing a possible duet with Sam. “We’ve spoken about going into the studio before and I think it’s quite likely going to happen over the next year,” he revealed. “It’ll be insane. I think it’ll be such a great opportunity to create something really cool.”

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When asked about his upcoming debut album, Nathan told E! News that it would be “soulful pop.” About it he explained, “I think people just kind of saw me as the baby-faced one from The Wanted and the young one who sang like a couple of verses in ‘Glad You Came’. This is an opportunity to show that I can write and produce really good music.”

What’s interesting is that one of the songs featured in the set would be about his break-up from then girlfriend Ariana Grande. “It’s a very nice breakup song. I think if people are expecting me to throw shade…that’s not going to happen. I’m not that type of person. I’d like be known to be a very kindhearted person,” so he stated.

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Big Sean’s ‘One Man Can Change the World’ Ft. Kanye West and John Legend

The piano-driven ballad also features a recording of a phone conversation between the Detroit native and his grandmother who passed away late last year.

Big Sean has dropped another song while he’s gearing up to release his new album, “Dark Sky Paradise”. The rapper premiered on Monday, February 16 a slow-tempo track called “One Man Can Change the World” which he recorded with Kanye West and John Legend.

On the piano-driven ballad, Sean pays homage to his late grandmother as he reflects on his success and looks back at the hardships he and his family had to go through in the past. The track ends with a recording of a phone conversation between the two.

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“Dark Sky Paradise” is out on Tuesday, February 24. The follow-up to Sean’s 2013 set “Hall of Fame” has been preceded by “Blessings” featuring West and Drake, and the E-40-assited hit “I Don’t F**k With You” that has peaked at No. 11 on Billboard Hot 100.

The new album will also include collaborations with several other names like Chris Brown, Ty Dolla $ign, Jhene Aiko, Lil Wayne, PARTYNEXTDOOR and Sean’s new girlfriend Ariana Grande.

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Wiz Khalifa and Iggy Azalea ‘Go Hard’ on New ‘Furious 7′ Track

The collaboration is the second track to have been released off the upcoming film’s soundtrack, following up Kid Ink’s ‘Ride Out’.

Azalea emerges later with her signature swaggy verse, rapping lines like, “Pressure makes a diamond/ And pressure made me a star/ Got a method to my madness/ To bring me down to their bar,” and, “Now they call me Mrs. Money/ I got married to the moolah/ Just to measure my success/ I need to use a hundred rulers.”

“Go Hard or Go Home” is the second cut to have surfaced online off the “Furious 7″ soundtrack due out on March 17. Previously, Kid Ink dropped his contribution called “Ride Out” featuring Tyga, Wale, YG and Rich Homie Quan.

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The movie is coming to U.S theaters on April 3. The seventh installment of the “Fast and Furious” film franchise will include the last scenes of Paul Walker who died in a tragic accident in late 2013.

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Women held after man allegedly attacked at 50 Shades screening

Three women were arrested at a Glasgow cinema at the weekend following an alleged attack on a man at a showing of the film Fifty Shades of Grey.

Police are investigating an allegation of assault at the Grosvenor Cinema during a showing of Fifty Shades of Grey

Officers were called to the Grosvenor Cinema in Ashton Lane at about 20:00 on Saturday.

Police said the three women, aged 51, 38, and 31, were arrested for alleged disorder offences and alleged assault.

They will be the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal. No one was seriously injured in the incident.

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: “At around 8pm on Saturday 14 February, police responded to reports of a disturbance at the Grosvenor Cinema on Ashton Lane.”

‘Isolated incident’

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She added: “Three women, aged 51, 38, and 31, have been arrested for alleged disorder offences and alleged assault. A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.”

A spokeswoman for G1 Group, which owns the cinema said: “I can confirm that an incident occurred on Saturday 14th February following an early evening showing of 50 Shades Of Grey.

“This was an isolated incident that was dealt with rapidly by cinema staff and stewards, as a result of which, Police Scotland attended and made an arrest.

“Despite press reports, nobody was glassed and a wine bottle was not used as a weapon – those involved did not require hospital attention.”

BBC

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French actor Louis Jourdan, star of ‘Gigi’ dies aged 93

The French actor Louis Jourdan, best known for his role in the multi-Oscar winning 1958 musical Gigi, has died in California aged 93.

Louis Jourdan

Born in Marseilles, he began his career acting in French films before being lured to the US.

Often seen in roles that capitalised on his Gallic charm, he described himself as Hollywood’s “French cliche”.

His later years saw him play evil villains, including in the 1983 Bond film Octopussy.

Jourdan died at his home in Los Angeles, his official biographer Olivier Minne said.

“He embodied French elegance and Hollywood offered him the parts to go with that,” he told the AFP news agency.

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Gigi was one of the biggest films of the 1950s.

Other key roles included a part in the Alfred Hitchcock’s 1947 film The Paradine Case, and with Grace Kelly in The Swan.

His early career in France was interrupted by World War Two. He refused to star in Nazi propaganda films and joined the resistance.

In 2010 he was given France’s top award, the Legion D’Honneur.

Agencies

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Ariana Grande Releases ‘One Last Time’ Official Music Video

The official music video was kicked off with a view of explosion in the sky featured on TV and followed with disruption all over town.

It was just last week that Ariana Grande gave a preview of her “One Last Time” music video, and now she has just released the full one. The beginning of the music video shows explosion in the sky which is featured on TV and dubbed as catastrophe. “#OneLastTimeVideo … directed by my friend, the incredible @uptomyknees,” so tweeted the songstress after debuting it.

“One Last Time”, which was co-written by David Guetta, is the latest single from Grande’s sophomore album “My Everything” which hit the stores August last year. She debuted the song in the special post-Super Bowl episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” earlier this month.

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A few days later, Grande unveiled the song’s lyric video via Vevo and described it as “a pretty, little something to hold u over until the music video is done.” Last Thursday, February 12, she shared on her Instagram a 15-second sneak peek of the video.

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Adam Levine Says Performing at Oscars ‘Might Be Better Than Being Nominated’

The Maroon 5 frontman is booked to sing ‘Lost Stars’, the song featured in film ‘Begin Again’ and nominated for Best Original Song at the upcoming Academy Awards.

Tapped as one of the performers at this year’s Oscars, Adam Levine has told The Hollywood Reporter, “Performing at the Oscars might be even better than being nominated!” Speaking of his scheduled performance, he furthermore stated, “It’s such rarified air that we’re gonna be in. As far as being a musician at that particular show. I’ve always been a huge fan of the Oscars and the way they put it all together. It’s the godfather of all awards shows. It’s just so far removed from what I do.”

Levine is slated to perform the hit song “Lost Stars” at the upcoming awards show. The song was featured in the 2014 musical romantic comedy drama “Begin Again”, which he also starred in, and was nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar.

“It happened to me for a song that I sang in a movie that I was in, which makes it that much more special. That’s rarely the case. Usually there’s some sort of separation. It feels more legitimate and pure and involved in being there,” the Maroon 5 frontman gushed to The Hollywood Reporter. The 35-year-old singer then opened up about making his acting debut in “Begin Again”. “If I only make one movie in my whole life, it seems like this one makes the most sense. I don’t know where it will go from here, but that was my part. I really, truly believe that, and I’m really happy it came my way,” so he said.

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In addition to Levine, the upcoming 87th Oscars will have the likes of Jack Black, Lady GaGa, Jennifer Hudson, and Anna Kendrick among the many other performers. The awards show is scheduled to take place this coming Sunday, February 22 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

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Video: Ariana Grande Performs Hits at NBA All-Star Game, Brings Out Nicki Minaj

Earlier in the night, Christina Aguilera kicked off the All-Star game with a medley of New York-themed songs including Frank Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York’ and Jay-Z’s ‘Empire State of Mind‘.

Ariana Grande headlined the halftime show during the 2015 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night, February 15. The pint-sized diva played a number of her hit singles and brought out a surprise guest as she took the stage at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York.

Grande, sporting her signature ponytail, bared her midriff in a black crop top paired with matching short skirt. She was joined by several dancers clad in similar outfits while she belted out songs like “Problem”, “Love Me Harder”, “The Way” and her newest single “One Last Time” before tackling “Bang Bang”.

The former Nickelodeon star then welcomed collaborator Nicki Minaj to the stage during the latter song. The Young Money raptress flaunted major cleavage in tight sparkling bustier top and a black skirt as she rapped her verse. Grande then closed out her set with her other Billboard top 10 single “Break Free”.

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Earlier that night, the All-Star Game was opened with a performance from Christina Aguilera. The singer, whose appearance was a part of the Entertainment Series presented by JBL, played a New York-themed medley including Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York”, Stevie Wonder’s “Livin’ In the City” and Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind”.

Aguilera, wrapping her figure in a black outfit, was joined by New York dance troupe The Rockettes and rapper Nas.

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Conan O’Brien Filming TBS Talk Show in Cuba

O’Brien filmed an episode of ‘CONAN’ in Havana this weekend and the episode will air March 4.

Conan O’Brien is quick to take action after President Barack Obama said in his speech last December that the U.S. would re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba. Taking advantage of this new policy, the “CONAN” host has taken his late-night show to the island country to film an episode there.

O’Brien and the show’s crew filmed segments of an upcoming episode in Havana and surrounding areas this past weekend. The episode will air March 4 at 11 P.M. ET on TBS.

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The episode will give viewers “a rare glimpse into the daily life of a country not often seen by American viewers.” It marks the first American late-night show to film in the country since the U.S. embargo which began in 1962.

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‘House of Cards’ New Season 3 Promo: Awkward Photo Shoot

Frank Underwood and Claire look tense while they’re taking a presidential portrait at the White House.

Things don’t look so good in Frank Underwood and Claire’s marriage judging from a new promo for “House of Cards” season 3. The teaser captures the new POTUS and his wife during a tense presidential photo shoot.

“Today I touched your shoulder, you flinched,” Frank tells his wife in voiceover following her negative reaction when he touched her shoulder during the photo shoot, “It was like you were coiled.” She replies, “I think you’re reading too much into something.”

“House of Cards” season 3 is scheduled to premiere February 27 on Netflix, but recently 10 of the 13 episodes of the new season were accidentally released earlier. Those available episodes, however, were pulled 20 minutes later.

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Responding to the leak, showrunner Beau Willimon said on the red carpet for the Writers Guild Awards’ East Coast ceremony on Saturday, February 14, “No harm done.” He, in fact, “was actually very amused by the whole thing and then delighted to see what a huge response we got from the fans. So many people are excited about what’s going to happen two weeks from now.”

He added that there wasn’t much fans could watch in 20 minutes, insisting, “We take great care, obviously, to keep as much of the story secret as possible and there a little bit of the story was let out but there are plenty of surprises ahead. Twenty minutes is not enough for people to have figured everything out.”

“There’s plenty of speculation on the Web in terms of what people gathered from watching those first 20 minutes or people who scrubbed ahead to subsequent episodes. And all I will say is some of that speculation is right and some of it is wrong,” he further told THR. “But I won’t tell you which is which.”

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Two ‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1′ Deleted Scenes Released

One of the scenes features Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen talking to Haymitch, while the other sees Katniss sporting embarrassing makeup.

Two deleted scenes from “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1″ have been released in anticipation of the movie’s home video release. Fans who already miss the archery-loving heroine Katniss Everdeen can see her in the videos while waiting for the home video which is out on February 17 on Digital HD and March 6 on Blu-ray/DVD and on demand.

In a video which arrived online via USA Today on Saturday, February 14, Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss is seen having a heated conversation with Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) about Peeta, played by Josh Hutcherson. “You promised me you would save Peeta,” she tells the man. “I know, I know,” he replies.

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Another scene, which arrived via Vulture, offers a bit of funny side of the action flick. On the clip, Katniss is seen enduring beauty treatment from a not-so-competent glam-up team before she is rescued by Effie, played by Elizabeth Banks. “This is the face of revolution,” she scolds them.

“Mockingjay, Part 1” received hot response when it was released on November 21. The follow-up, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2″, is set for release later this year on the same date.

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Rwanda: ICT startup gets boost to develop safer taxi moto rides

SafeMotos is a start-up business in Kigali that is working to make every motorcycle taxis ride safer and convenient for users.

SafeMotos team. (Patrick Buchana)

It was founded by two longtime City of Kigali residents, Barrett Nash and Peter Kariuki, who confess that they too have been exposed to risks associated with taxi motor rides.

They explain that the biggest danger to passengers at the moment is that they have no idea about the quality of the riders whose services they hire. Whether the moto rider is on his first day on the job cannot be known to a customer.

With SafeMotos, a customer simply instructs the app where they want to be picked up from, indicate the destination and then choose a star rating for the quality of a driver. This will cost more to be able to get a good quality and experienced rider, but in addition to safety, there is added advantage of the convenience of being picked up from anywhere.

Nash and Kariuki’s innovation recently paid off when an Irish startup accelerator, Carma AXLR8R, heard about the concept. After a lengthy vetting process Carma, invested in SafeMotos last December and has given them a position in their accelerator where they will be collaborating with a talented product development team, benefiting from a global mentorship network and gaining access to additional investment opportunities.

The team behind Carma AXLR8R has also announced a $1 million prize to the first company which makes use of the Carma technology, as SafeMotos does, and also has its app being used for 10,000 rides per day within a single city.

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SafeMotos co-founder and CEO Barrett Nash says that SafeMotos is ideally placed to meet the needs of the market.

“SafeMotos is looking to work with the huge, already existing market of moto riders. Instead of starting from zero, we need to work with just a small percentage of Kigali’s taxi moto drivers to pilot the project and then gradually role out to other areas.”

Nash believes Rwanda is a good place to develop technologies from that can positively impact the developing world. With relative ease of doing business, the rule of law, enormous investment in ICT infrastructure and passionate dedication to ICT, innovative businesses can be built here in Rwanda then expand to other markets.

With companies like SafeMotos, getting international investment and attracting globally minded entrepreneurs, it is becoming clear that Rwanda is on course to transform itself into an ICT hub.

Patrick Buchana, The New Times

ZIFF, Sauti za Busara festivals deserve cheers

As East Africa festivals continues to grow, Zanzibar seems to have cornered the market as both the ZIFF, the Festival of the Dhow Countries and the Sauti za Busara are the top signature festivals in the region.

While ZIFF is centrally a film festival, Busara is the quintessential music festival, and both have grown to become marquee events for the arts in East Africa.

Visit Busara and you will marvel at the finesse of the programme and the huge audiences it attracts. It is a veritable world music platform that never fails to astound its audiences.

Tourists now plan their calendars around it, a European tourist’s destination of some calibre it has turned out to be. Visit ZIFF and the nine day event shares its artistic platform with development partners, civic society and communities to celebrate what Zanzibar has been for the thousands of years: a hive of communication for countries of the Indian Ocean world.

It is these tourism linked cultural concepts that have turned the inward-looking cultural festivals to international magnets. It certainly does pay to sell what you know best- the local- to attract the global, and the two festivals are extreme examples of innovation and cultural integrity.

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But there has always been an unhealthy sense of competition between the two festivals sometime pulling each other down instead of emulating the one-crab-up myth where crabs in a basket help each other to slowly escape.

That is until this year. The festival directors met soon after the last ZIFF and decided it will be hands on board when Busara comes along. And lo and behold the Busara festival is on this week.

On Busara’s flier we see ZIFF as a sponsor, offering all the facilities they have, and not an inconsiderable amount, from lights, to tents to projection facilities, to their younger sister. This is a lesson that members of the newly established East Africa Film Network ought to learn.

By FARIDA NYAMACHUMBE, Tanzania Daily News

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Kenya releases Sh1.3b for Lapsset land compensation

The Government is set to release Sh1.31 billion as the first phase of compensation to those whose land is to be acquired for the Lamu Port Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) corridor project.

The aim is to build a new, modern port at Lamu and open up a new corridor to be served by it in Northern Kenya and South Sudan by building the requisite infrastructure.

Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary (CS) Michael Kamau said all preparatory work ahead of the payments had been completed by the relevant State agencies. He said about 250 affected land owners are to get the Sh1.31 billion by the end of this month.

“The payments relate to those persons whose holdings lie in the area set aside for the construction of the first three berths of the proposed Lamu Port and an access road,” said Kamau (pictured) in a statement. Kamau went on, “On February 6, 2015, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, instructed Kenya Ports Authority to release Sh1,31 billion into the Bank Account of National Land Commission (NLC) for compensation of the project affected persons (PAPs). It is expected that by end of February 2015, all the PAPs will have received their compensation dues.”

Re-surveying

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The CS said the payment is in fulfillment of an assurance to those living in the port area given by the Government during the launch of the project on March 2, 2012, following a feasibility study for the same which was completed in July 2011. Kamau noted all the necessary steps had been taken ahead of the compensation. “An Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) study was undertaken and all the project affected persons were identified and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) called for a final public hearing meeting in Lamu on June 12, 2013,” read Kamau’s statement in part.

See Also: Delays in land acquisition and relocations affecting railway completion deadline He said the ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development then undertook re-surveying of land parcels and validation of the PAPs within the land required for the first three berths and the access road. “The notice of public inquiry by NLC was issued for the 249 PAPs on December 10, 2015 in local newspapers and also published in the Kenya Gazette as provided for in Section 112(1) of the Land Act 2012,” noted Kamau.

The CS said NLC on January 27, 2015 submitted to the ministry of Transport and Infrastructure the list of the affected persons within Kililana Area, Kililana /Mashundwani Access and Hindi-Magogoni Scheme. “The ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development also submitted survey plans for all the areas,” added the CS.

By Stephen Makabila, The Standard

Ivorian, Malian music stars to headline at Isaano Arts festival

Music lovers put on your dancing shoes and get ready for a musical festival, and its 100 per cent live.

Malian music star Habib Koite

Malian music legend Habib Koite and Ivorian reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly are among a host of artistes set to perform at the 2015 Isaano Arts festival, set to get underway at Petit Stade in Remera, tomorrow.

The two-day event will see Koite as the headline act of the opening day on Sunday and Fakoly on Tuesday. Also set to perform during Isaano Arts 2015 festival are local talents such as Nyundo Talents, Mzee Timothy, United worship dance, Gaby Kamanzi, Moriah Choir, and Dream Boys.

Isaano Arts is an annual music festival that seeks to celebrate and amplify African music from across the continent. The festival, in its third edition, has grown to become one of the largest and most attended musical festivals in the country, featuring some of the top local and guest musicians.

The festival will provide a platform for the people in the creative industries to showcase their talents including dance, fashion, music, spoken word, drama, poetry and visual arts, among others.

In addition to the performances, festival goers will enjoy food, drinks and have a chance to buy some of the beautiful African art pieces on display.

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One of the festival coordinators, Josselin Bremaud, said of the event: “We are expecting people from Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, and other countries in the region to converge in Kigali because these two artists are very famous and loved by all Africans.”

Both performances start at 7p.m. Entrance fee is Rwf1000 and Rwf5000 in the ordinary and VIP sections, respectively.

Habib Koite, known for his ability to make traditional music sound folkish at the same time contemporary, will be a delight for West African music lovers.

Tiken Jah Fakoly, real name Doumbia Moussa Fakoly, does music “to wake up the consciences”. His music speaks for his compatriots and Africans in general, especially those who suffer from all sorts of injustices. He aims to incite a spirit of Pan-Africanism and campaigns for an African economic, political and cultural revival.

Isaano Arts festival 2015 was supported by Ministry of Sports and Culture, Positive Production, Institut Français du Rwanda, and Hotel de Mille Colline by Kempkiski.

David Dusabirane, The New Times

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Unretouched image of lingerie-clad Cindy Crawford, 48, goes viral on Twitter

We always knew she was smoking hot, now an unretouched photograph of supermodel Cindy Crawford circulating online shows the beauty in her natural state.

Much respect to Cindy Crawford who insisted her recent shoot for Marie Claire was left untouched & unphotoshopped pic.twitter.com/Rbgbt2Pf1r

— Pixie Tenenbaum (@PixieTenenbaum) February 13, 2015

The picture shows the 48-year-old supermodel and Omega ambassador wearing nothing but black lingerie and a fur-trimmed robe.

Despite claims it was for an upcoming edition of the magazine, Marie Claire has confirmed the photograph is actually a leaked image from a December 2013 covershoot done for Marie Claire’s Mexican and Latin American issue.

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“No matter where the photo came from, it’s an enlightenment — we’ve always known Crawford was beautiful, but seeing her like this only makes us love her more,” the magazine wrote online.

It comes as the mother and Omega ambassador opens up to the magazine about her body and self confidence, saying ageing is all about being comfortable in your own skin.

“If women would treat themselves with the same kind of love they give to their friends, that would be such a great gift we could give ourselves. … What makes you the most attractive is self-confidence. That’s what people see.” she said

The picture has earned Cindy, and Marie Claire, plenty of praise online, with women around the world saying we need to see more ‘real’ images of women.

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