UPTOWN Magazine’s May issue features Sanaa Lathan on the cover. Editor-At-Large Star Jones candidly discusses how she reclaimed her life (and her groove) after her divorce four years ago with a combination of travel, pity parties and great friends. From a travel perspective, Uptown offers looks at lavish relaxing in Barbados, the food and taste of New Orleans, revisiting Jamaica and joining hip Europeans at Jazz Fest in Montreux Switzerland. New advertisers include the Turks & Caicos Islands Tourist Board, the Viceroy Anguilla Resort, Heineken, Palm Beach County Florida Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Atlanta Jazz Festival, Martha’s Vineyard Comedy and Alpha Living.
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Sally Field will star as Mary Todd Lincoln, wife to the 16th President of the United States, in DreamWorks Studios’ “Lincoln” to be directed by Steven Spielberg. Sally Field joins Daniel Day-Lewis, who has been cast to play Abraham Lincoln in the Spielberg film. Sally Field is a two-time Academy Award winner as Best Actress in a Leading Role for her roles in “Places in the Heart” and “”Norma Rae.” Field won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special for her role in “Sybil.” She won her second Emmy for her guest starring role on the long-running drama, “E.R.” Her other film credits include “Steel Magnolias,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” and “Forrest Gump.” Field currently stars in the ABC series “Brothers & Sisters” for which she won an Emmy in 2007.
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Oriflame announced a sponsorship agreement with Caroline Wozniacki, the world’s number 1 women’s tennis player. This follows Oriflame’s partnership with the WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) as their official cosmetics. Caroline Wozniacki will appear in Oriflame advertising campaigns and catalogues. She will endorse its cosmetics, nutritional wellness range and popular jewellery, as well as its leading business opportunity, through which individuals can build their own business marketing Oriflame products.
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Oakley announced that MotoGP icon Valentino Rossi has joined the Oakley family as a brand ambassador. Rossi’s current favorite is Oakley’s Holbrook sunglass. He is working with the company’s designers to develop his own version of the classic style, and it will be known as the V46 Signature Holbrook. As brand ambassador, Rossi will be the face of the company’s Icon campaign in Italy and Spain. Rossi has nine Grand Prix World Championships to his name, a record seven of which are in the premier class. He has cemented his status as a motorcycle icon with more than a hundred career wins so far. He currently holds the record of 79 wins in 500cc/MotoGP.
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Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced that Amy Adams will star in the coveted role of Lois Lane in the new Zack Snyder-directed feature film. Amy Adams will star opposite Henry Cavill, who plays the new Clark Kent/Superman in the film. The main cast also includes Diane Lane and Kevin Costner, as Martha and Jonathan Kent.
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Holding doctorates in medicine and metaphysics, Mark Stout to exhibit his abstract work “The Cave” in New York City in the Autumn of 2011. As a contemporary artist, Marko uses universal archetypes, symbolism and collective unconscious imagery to draw what’s on his mind. Through his work, Marko aims to give the viewers a different way to look at the world, a spiritual way that look at the universe as active and living. As people said, picture is worth more than 1000 words, I think you need to see his works to feel what he thought. But as always, there is no right and wrong in the world of art, you’ve been told.
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UPTOWN Magazine announced that attorney, television personality, former prosecutor, political insider, philanthropist and bestselling author Star Jones has joined as Editor-at-Large, effective immediately. Star Jones has dedicated her professional career to offering a fresh perspective to the day’s most talked about crime and justice, political and sociological issues from the worlds of news, entertainment, politics and pop culture. Jones, a lawyer by trade, is best known to television viewers for her candor, confidence and uncanny ability to clarify muddy legal and social issues. Her knowledge of the law and talent for television has won her critical acclaim as a news and legal correspondent, television host and social commentator.

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Carolyn Zegeer has put her career on the line. She left her job as an attorney for a shot at her dream: to host an international travel show. With no money and little experience, Carolyn began to host local television, write scripts and research international destinations. After months of working in the industry, she heard about the Paradise Hunter TV Host Competition. Carolyn was selected as a semi-finalist out of 700 applicants. With 33,000 votes, she is currently ranked #1 in the international competition. Her video has been shared 6,000 times on Facebook and viewed 33,000 times on YouTube.

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