Office of Licensing in the Television and Entertainment (Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority) of Hong Kong allowed to put on one of the city's skyscrapers poster underwear from Calvin Klein, which shows the actor Djimon Hounsou, posing in his shorts. As writes edition of South China Morning Post, immediately after his appearance on one side of the old Ritz-Carlton hotel in black and white image has angered the public. The Office received three complaints, accusing the advertising of obscenity. But officials denied the charges and allowed to remain on the wall advertising the hotel, the more so after April 15, hotel will be demolished. In one of the complaints stating that the advertisement is a "virtual pollution", since it is located near several public parks and places of historical significance. [Source]
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Scandal on the eve of the festival of colors in Japan
It seemed that everything was ready in Japan for the end of May the annual city festival on floriculture, until a watchful policeman noticed that some colors are suspiciously similar to the forbidden poppies in the country! Japanese municipality hosting the festival on floriculture, was forced to destroy thousands of flower crops, as it turned out that not planted lovely flowers, and poppy seeds. Milky juice of this flower can be used in the production of opium - a drug banned by the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. For the destruction of a hectare of crops of purple poppies and their further burning was mobilized hundreds of municipal employees from Shimotsuma (north of Tokyo). An employee of the municipality said: "In recent years we have admired these colors, but no one was aware that it is a species of poppy ... We are shocked by this discovery!". Flower seeds, represented at the festival, were brought from abroad, and now the city is trying to understand how poppy seeds can get into the seed stocks. [Source]
In Italy, right in front of the altar the bride's dress burst
In Italy, during the wedding ceremony the bride's dress suddenly snapped, and she was in the form of half-naked in front of her boyfriend and invited guests. A young woman asked the Regional Trial Court Genoa to bring to justice the store that sold a wedding dress. She demanded to pay her for the damage caused 23,000 euros, as reported by Italian newspapers on Saturday. Unhappy girl said that Couture in the resort town of Rapallo, where she acquired a wedding dress, "spoiled a day that was supposed to be the happiest in her life." Of course, the unfortunate dress did not prevent the exchange of rings and bring mutual oaths of loyalty, etc., but no photographer could not capture this wedding, which ... in the end a few weeks ended rupture of relations. But as the courts in Italy are loaded beyond measure suits, the court in that case held only in 2009. [Source]