The “Hello Boys” Wonderbra ad from 1994 featuring Czech supermodel Eva Herzigová has recently been voted the best poster ad that has appeared on UK streets in the past 50+ years. The poll was run by the Outdoor Media Centre and attracted a lot of attention from the public.
Czech Roundup 04-May-08
Czech wines excel at international wine contest
– Southern Moravian wines are winning medals
TV makers give Central Europe high ratings
– LCD and plasma television manufacturing big in Czech Republic and its neighbors
Vivaldi’s long-lost opera returns to Prague after 278 years
– missing manuscript completed and performed at Prague Castle
Fake blog caught promoting bank
The curious case of the phantom blogger
– fake blogs also an issue in the Czech Republic
Czech Roundup 04-Feb-08
Czechs have all the right moves when it comes to ballroom dancing
Taneční – the tradition continues
Domestic films fuel comeback at cinemas
More Czech moviegoers watching Czech films – a record 32 Czech feature films planned for release in 2008
New York Rangers set to open NHL season in Prague
It’s official – the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning will be playing each other on October 4 and 5 at the Sazka Arena
Czechs develop vaccine against Lyme disease
A Moravian company worked with Palacký University in Olomouc to develop the vaccine
Watch Out for the “Hanging Man”!
The Czech artist David Černý created a life-size sculpture of Sigmund Freud, which was originally installed on Jilská Street in Prague. The sculpture was hung on a metal rod over the street from the top of a building. According to an article on the České Noviny (ČTK) website, the sculpture has been shown in Europe and in the U.S. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, the latest city to host the installation, the “Hanging Man” was hung on a seven story building and a number of citizens thought it was was a real person who had taken their own life. The sculpture will make it back to Prague one day, so if you see it here, you’ll know it is just Freud hanging out.
The “Hanging Man” in Prague