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Children watch as a young model takes to the catwalk during the 'Fashion Kids for Children in Crisis Onlus' show in Milan, Italy, Sept. 25. All proceeds from the fashion show, will benefit projects for the education of disadvantaged children around the world. The charity event ended the Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013, which took place from 19 to 25 September.
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Actress Julie Bowen accepts Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series award for "Modern Family" onstage during the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2012.
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Sofia Vergara channels a mermaid and Heidi Klum rocks the red carpet at the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Performance artists Kitsch & Sync Collective entertain visitors to the Number Six Festival, Sept. 15, in Porthmadog, United Kingdom. The classic Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales is staging the first ever No. 6 Festival, named after the famous 1960's cult TV series 'The Prisoner' which was filmed in the village. The three-day festival is a kaleidoscope of entertainment with music, art and performances ranging from poetry to pop and classical music.
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A woman watches a model present a creation from the Rodarte Spring/Summer 2013 collection during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 11. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week continues through Thursday before the fashion crowd heads to London, Milan and Paris.
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A model presents a creation from designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's Spring/Summer 2013 collection during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain on Friday, Aug. 31.
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Spanish fashion designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada walks the runway at the end of the Agatha Ruiz de la Prada fashion show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid Spring/Summer 2013 at Ifema on Friday in Madrid, Spain.
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Bikini-clad women operate a 3.6 meter-high custom-made female robot as customers take photos, at the newly opened "Robot Restaurant" in Kabukicho, one of Tokyo's best-known red light districts, on August 16, 2012. Photos made available to NBC News on August 26.
Reuters reports — In a restaurant down an alley in one of Tokyo's best-known red light districts, four massive female robots wink and wave as they lumber to the beat of traditional Japanese drums and a Lady Gaga dance tune.
Each is controlled by two bikini-clad women, who perch in a high seat attached to the robot's stomach and control the facial features and legs using joysticks attached to the seats for the hour-long "Fighting Females" performance. Read the full story.
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Dancers perform on a mock tank decorated with lights during the show.
A restaurant in Tokyo features a variety show with 12-foot-tall robots that took more than three years and $126 million to create. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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Nathan Pittorf of Buffalo N.Y. drips candle wax onto a makeshift Elvis memorial on the street outside Graceland, the home of the late Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tenn. on Aug. 15. Elvis died at the mansion 35 years ago and his life and career is celebrated every year at this time during Elvis Week.
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The rise and fall of the King of rock 'n' roll.
Elvis Presley faithful from around the world flock to Memphis, Tenn. to visit Graceland, the home of the "King" who died 35 years ago Wednesday. A candlelight vigil is held every Aug. 15 to marks his death and is the high point of Elvis Week, a celebration of his life and career.
This year, fans got a surprise welcome from the King's former wife and daughter, Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley.
Fans held up lit candles, illuminating their faces in orange light as they stood in the street outside the gates of Graceland, Elvis' longtime home and his burial place.
"You should see this from our point of view. It's amazing," Priscilla Presley said, standing alongside Lisa Marie. "The candles are lit. It's truly a sight to behold."
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Melanie Headley stands near a giant Elvis painting on the street in front of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. on Aug. 15.
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A man places a flower at Elvis Presley's grave during a candlelight vigil at Graceland, Presley's Memphis, Tenn. home, on Aug. 15. Fans from around the world are at Graceland to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Presley's death.
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Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis's ex-wife and daughter, speak to fans gathered at a candlelight vigil in Graceland Aug. 15.
On the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, TODAY's Natalie Morales talks to wife Priscilla Presley and daughter Lisa Marie, who say they can still feel the music legend's presence all over Graceland, "where he felt safe."
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A competitor performs on the catwalk at the first German Voguing Festival in Berlin, Germany, Aug. 11. Voguing is a photographic pose inspired by Vogue magazine.
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A competitor performs.
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A competitor jumps in the air after she was awarded with a trophy for the best outfit at the first German Voguing Festival.
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A stuntman and his cardboard piano are lifted by a hot air balloon over Vilnius on August 10, during the Piano.lt summer festival.
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A stuntman pretends to play the piano in the air as he and his cardboard instrument are lifted by a hot air balloon over Vilnius on August 10.
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A stuntman pretends to play the piano in the air as he and his cardboard instrument are lifted by a hot air balloon over Vilnius on August 10.
If you didn't know the Piano.lt summer festival was starting, this might get your attention. Don't be fooled though, the piano isn't real like the one we saw in May, high above Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Lollapalooza attendees attempt to shelter themselves from the rain after being evacuated from the music festival when the National Weather Service issued a severe storm warning for Chicago on Saturday, Aug. 4.
Evacuation announcements were broadcast over speakers, posted on signs and tweeted on official Twitter account.
"ATTENTION: Serious weather is about to hit Grant Park. ALL festival goers must evacuate IMMEDIATELY. Head to our 3 evacuation locations NOW," the official Lollapalooza Twitter account tweeted about the same time.
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A couple takes a bath in a huge puddle at the summer music festival "Prznek Woodstock" in Kostrzyn, Poland on Aug. 2.
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A woman crowd surfs in an inflatable dingy at the 18th Przystanek Woodstock in Poland on Aug. 2.
The music festival, Przystanek Woodstock (Polish for Woodstock bus station), officially kicked off Thursday in Kostrzyn, Poland near the Polish-German border. The festival which runs from Aug. 2 - 4 has free entrance and claims to be the largest open air festival in Europe.
In this handout image provided by Disney Parks, Actor Russell Brand poses for acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz as Captain Hook from Disney's "Peter Pan" on Nov. 3, 2011 near Newhall, Calif. The new "Disney Dream Portrait," commissioned by Disney Parks for their ongoing celebrity advertising campaign which debuted in 2007, is one of two new images unveiled Aug. 1, 2012 by Disney Parks. The Leibovitz image, which will appear in several fall magazines, is entitled, "Where every moment leaves you hungry for more."
Actors Jack Black, Will Ferrell and Jason Segel pose for acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz as the comically spooky "Hitchhiking Ghosts" from Disney's landmark theme park attraction, the Haunted Mansion on March 5, near Lebec, Calif.
Actors Jack Black, Will Ferrell and Jason Segel pose for acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz as the comically spooky "Hitchhiking Ghosts" from Disney's landmark theme park attraction, the Haunted Mansion on March 5, 2012 near Lebec, Calif.
Actor Jason Segel and photographer Annie Leibovitz on the set during her photo shoot of the "Hitchhiking Ghosts" from Disney's landmark theme park attraction, the Haunted Mansion on March 5, 2012 near Lebec, Calif.
Rarely do we get a behind-the-scenes look at one of Annie Leibovitz's photo shoots. Even though these images were taken a few months ago, and have now been released for publicity purposes, I thought that other photographers might appreciate a peek at what it takes to pull off a big shoot with top celebrities.
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