mango

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films INT.

münchen  -  los angeles

gene winfield is a world known legendary hot rod and custom car designer. he races his roadster at El Mirage SCAT dry bed lake races or in Bonneville whenever possible. gene winfield is 82 but feels much younger. “I am the oldest teenager in the world”, he says. he is contantly busy, not only at his customs car workshop but also with metal workshops around the world. each october he is hosting a large car show in his place in the mojave desert. mr. asia usa 2008 ryan ide (with director carolin reiter), was crowned at the emerald night charity event on april 26 in montebello, CA. 600 mostly asian american guests joined the event that was held in order to support the AIDS Center of Hope at Wat Phra Baht Nam Phu (thailand) also known as the AIDS temple that provides free hospice care to people who are living and dying from HIV/AIDS and have no place else to go. Wat Phra Baht Nam Phu means Spring of the Buddha’s Footprint Temple. In addition to providing hospice care for those who suffer the devastating effects of full blown AIDS, the temple also organizes activities and resources to improve the lives of those living with HIV, such as an HIV band. more information at http://www.aidstemple.th.org/. thai expat wora boonchard (photo on left, center) organized this evening long entertaining dinner event. photo on the right: mr. asia 2007, chris friel, before the crowning of new mr. asia usa, with director carolin reiter during shooting of the show.) don't retire, inspire george adams (left) is planning to work till he is 102 years old. at 87, he is still spending his days on the scrap metal site he founded 50 years ago. the company is his life. pamela is 62 and homeless. she is trying to get off the street. when she asks for money she will always put a smile on even when she feels miserable inside. tony munoz (bottom) wishes a day had 32 hours so that he could accomplish all his activities. he runs the "varieties international" ballroom dance studio in santa monica, CA. he organizes karaoke and ballroom dance events, he designs ballroom shoes and stars in movies. but he also entertains tourists once in a while as an elvis impersonator with his friend jean tanner. meet these people and others and learn more about the situation of seniors in the us in the documentary sleepless in hollywood - in production (release jan 2009) hungry for lobster 300.000 amateurs went diving for the "bug" again during this year's florida lobster mini season. law enforcement made sure people respected the strict laws, like the minimum size or the maximum amount caught per person per day. for many lobster lovers the two day mini season ended with an expensive fine. smoothe rides internationally reknown car designer LUIGI COLANI from germany at the PASADENA ART CENTER CAR SHOW 2007. many famous car designers have graduated from the PASADENA ART CENTER. COLANI's lecture was more than funny. however, he seriously encouraged the car design students to be more couragous. www.artcenter.edu walk on the rocks ...and they are hundreds of feet below you! the grand canyon sky walk has a glass floor. you can take an amazing tour (in booties only!). the hualapai tribe's new tourist site already attracted thousands of visitors on the first day with their new attraction. once the glass panels are too scratched, they will be replaced and cut in pieces - and sold to tourists. admission with bus tour 75 $. David Jin invested 30 Mio. US $ in this project. www.grandcanyonskywalk.com all organic l.a. based celebrity chef wolfgang puck, originaly from austria, switched to totally organic. "people put super into their cars but junk into their bodies", he says. not in his restaurants. he says he'd gone all organic much earlier but there was a lack of offers especially for meat so far. the humane society of the us is happy to have a celebrity like him on its side now. www.wolfgangpuck.com doggywoodland not all germans in hollywood are heading towards the oscars. there are different careers to be made. birgitt steinberg is a successful manufacturer of pet furniture and exports even to japan. the former star reporter finds this business even more entertaining than interviewing at the oscars www.catnap-global.com the walker fernando belongs to the tribe of the tarhumaras. he lives at 7000 ft in the mexican sierra madre. his people is known as long distance walkers. during a traditional contest, runners make up to 300 miles non stop in 72 hours. kicking a wooden ball, they make their way through rough canyons and steep hills, often barefoot. bus non stop how long can the roads of L.A. be? the german crew of the ATOMIC WEDGIES commercial shoot was surprised. you can go for miles and miles... ATOMIC WEDGIES is a comedy podcast launched by FREEMANTLE MEDIA. you can watch it on your cell phone. german crew with hollywood actors. director: michael ortmann RTL (center, back) carolin reiter, mangomondo films INT., producer (right) precision tons of steel were lifted when the former hotel BELLEVUE i l.a.'s pico-union neighborhood got most modern earthquake prevention. 3 weeks of precision work advanced this action which was part of an all over remodeling of the 90 year old building. after a long prep phase, superintendent michael riches' (left) work is done. beauty photo sessions for german movie 8 MILES HIGH about the life of l.a. based uschi obermaier, featuring natalia avelon. film release feb. 2007 photo shows natalia avelon www.detkempke.com www.tvdigital.de determination oliver bendig from berlin made his first millions by exporting us cars from l.a. now he's heading towards the billions. bendig owns 2 upscale night clubs and 10 cars and he drives races. www.planb-club.com http://www.aidstemple.th.orghttp://www.artcenter.eduhttp://www.grandcanyonskywalk.comhttp://www.wolfgangpuck.comhttp://www.catnap-global.comhttp://www.detkempke.comhttp://www.tvdigital.dehttp://www.planb-club.comshapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1shapeimage_7_link_2shapeimage_7_link_3shapeimage_7_link_4shapeimage_7_link_5shapeimage_7_link_6shapeimage_7_link_7

meet people from

various mangomondo projects

lucky jinx

jinx akerkar left berlin, germany, when she was seven years old. she was jewish and her parents fled the nazi persecution. after an odyssey through holland, france, cuba and the US she found her final destination in mumbai, india. jinx´journey,

a one hour documentary,

is currently in production.

downtown art walks

once a month l.a. downtown´s many galleries open till 10 pm for an art walk. the event has been attracting up to 10.000 visitors . one of the most popular places to go is the hive gallery on spring street. owner nathan  cartwright (photo on left) is an artist and a business man. he is renting out segments of the gallery to artists where they can present their work.