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From Chalamet to Styles: Why are celebrity lookalike contests suddenly everywhere?

1:59pm November 18, 2024

After Timothée Chalamet showed up at his own celebrity lookalike contest, similar events have popped up in cities across and beyond the U.S. Here's a look at the winners — and what's behind the trend.

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Super fluffy 8-year-old Pekingese Wild Thang wins 2024 World's Ugliest Dog contest

5:46pm June 22, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

This is the first victory for the canine, a five-time competitor in the annual event, held in the northern California city of Petaluma.

Still from the short film Phosphôros, one of the finalists in the WHO Health For All Film Festival

WHO Film Festival: Starring Matchsticks As Burnt Out Health Workers

10:32am May 01, 2021

by Emily Vaughn

"Phosphôros," made in El Salvador, is on the shortlist for a World Health Organization short film competition. Winners will be named May 13. Until then, the public can tune in — and weigh in.

A sweet view along one of the many canals of Venice, which in this case are filled with blue jellybeans.

Candy Canals: Architects Craft Gingerbread Replica Of Venice

8:03am December 08, 2019

by Sophia Alvarez Boyd

A competition brought hundreds of architects, designers and engineers together to build a mini version of the Italian city out of Snickers, Mars bars, Jellybeans, cereal, gummy bears and more.

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Billie Mochow's gingerbread sculpture was among the top 10 winners. Mochow says she is a self-taught baker.

These Elaborate Gingerbread Creations Prove That Baking Is An Art

12:34pm December 21, 2016

by Tove K. Danovich

At this national contest in North Carolina, these intricate and gravity-defying works of edible ingenuity might just make Hansel and Gretel think that warring with a witch was worth it.

A patient is pictured at a camp for diarrhea patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Among the past nominations for untold story: the need for vaccines to prevent "severe, deadly diarrhea" in this part of the world.

Contest: Seeking Nominations For Untold Stories In Global Health

3:11pm November 23, 2016

by Marc Silver

The goal is to bring vital but neglected stories to the public eye.

Lariat Alhassan had lots of great paint to sell but no office where she could meet clients. And then she heard an ad on the radio that seemed too good to be true.

Nigeria, You Win! Your Development Plan May Be The 'Best In History'

8:08pm May 20, 2016

by Alex Goldmark

The idea of just giving away nearly $60 million to tiny businesses seemed crazy. Did it work?

Ukraine's Jamala performs the song "1944" during the semifinals of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday.

Lightshows, Fire, Nudity, Glitter, Wolves: Welcome To Eurovision 2016

6:00am May 13, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The Grand Finals of Europe's famous annual song competition are Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, and will be broadcast in the U.S. for the first time on Logo and LogoTV.com.

First-grader Anaya Ellick was born with no hands. But that didn't stop her from winning a national penmanship contest.

Born With No Hands, This 7-Year-Old 'Stunned' Judges To Win Penmanship Contest

7:32pm May 06, 2016

Holding the pencil between her wrists, first-grader Anaya Ellick formed neat letters, earning her the Nicholas Maxim Special Award for Excellence in Manuscript Penmanship.

A patient is pictured at a camp for diarrhea patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Among the nominations for untold story last year: the need for vaccines to prevent "severe, deadly diarrhea" in this part of the world.

Contest: Seeking Nominations For Untold Stories In Global Health

5:35pm February 08, 2016

by Marc Silver

As a cosponsor of the contest, we're asking you to propose stories that the media has overlooked. We'll cover the winning entry in this blog.