The 46-year-old Frenchman is famous for scaling skyscrapers and famous architectures across the world, without safety equipments.

This was Robert’s third attempt to conquer the 452m Petronas Towers, formerly the world’s tallest building. He made the first attempt in 1997, and the second a decade later; both climbs were thwarted by authorities on the 60th floor.

He was subsequently arrested and fined RM2000 (~USD567) for illegal trespassing.

French ‘Spiderman’ conquered Petronas Towers finally from YeinJee's Asian Journal

Life is good for a Saudi princess.

A Saudi’s princess Paris diary from YeinJee's Asian Journal

Feature films

Golden Palm – “The White Ribbon”, directed by Michael Haneke
Grand Prix – “A Prophet”, directed by Jacques Audiard
Best director – Brillante Mendoza, “Kinatay”
Best screenplay – Lou Ye, “Spring Fever”

Best actress – Charlotte Gainsbourg, “Antichrist”
Best actor – Christoph Waltz, “Inglorious Basterds”
Jury prize – “Fish Tank”, by Andrea Arnold / “Thirst”, by Park Chan-wook
Lifetime achievement award – “Wild Grass”, directed by Alain Resnais

Short films

Golden Palm – “Arena”, directed by João Salaviza
Special distinction – “The Six Dollar Fifty Man”, by Louis Sutherland, Mark Albiston

Other Cannes Film Festival 2009 articles: Photos [1] ~ Photos [2]

Cannes Film Festival 2009 – winners from YeinJee's Asian Journal

Dingdong Dantes

Well, Edison might be sexier than Takeshi in E!’s point of views (I guess the sex pics might help a bit), but the sexiest Asian title goes to Dingdong Dantes (3th) from the Philippines instead.

Bollywood actor John Abraham is the other Asian celebrity that made the list, and he too was ranked higher than the two Chinese stars at 10th.

This E! sexiest men list is a bit unique as the chosen celebs covered a wide range of different nationalities and ethnicity as compared to most other sexiest/hottest lists which are dominated by Hollywood stars. Arguable… but nice try.

Here are the top 25 sexiest men of the world according to E!…

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Edison Chen sexier than Takeshi Kaneshiro? from YeinJee's Asian Journal

The parade started in July 2008 at Paris City Hall; followed by a few other locations across France; the most recent exhibition was at Paris’ Trocadero Esplanade on October 15… while the next stop would be at Grenoble on October 25.

The panda (giant panda to be precise) is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund; it’s estimated that there’s 1,600 pandas in the wild according to a 2004 statistic.

The panda parade at Paris’ Trocadero Esplanade (Image from WWF-France)

Panda parade in France from YeinJee's Asian Journal

The LHC was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and lies underneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. It is funded by and built in collaboration with more than 8000 physicists from over 85 countries as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories.

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The Large Hadron Collider begins action from YeinJee's Asian Journal

Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin in her pink croc sandals (Image via Xinhuanet)

Roselyne made a promise that she would wear the shoes if the French Olympic squad could bring home 40 medals from the Beijing Olympic Games as a way to boost their morale… and the French athletes did just enough (7G,16S,17B) to claim the wager.

French Sports Minister wore pink Crocs to work from YeinJee's Asian Journal

St Joseph’s Cathedral, Hanoi, Vietnam from YeinJee's Asian Journal

Update – Stone apologised on May 28.

Sharon Stone: Sichuan earthquake is karma? from YeinJee's Asian Journal

(L-R) Chang Chen, John Woo and Song Hye-kyo (Image from On.cc)

The movie, titled “1949″, is scheduled to start filming by end of the year in China, Japan and Taiwan. Song Hye-kyo will star alongside Taiwanese actor Chang Chen in the movie, which would be about an epic love during the turbulence time in Shanghai.

Song Hye-kyo to star in John Woo’s movie from YeinJee's Asian Journal

Quack Quack… here comes the ducky from YeinJee's Asian Journal

Secret Sunshine, starring Jeon Do-yeon and Song Kang-ho

Jeon played Sin-ae, a widow who moves with her son to a small town named Milyang (lit. secret sunshine) to begin her new life, but tragedy struck again. As the lady struggles to face the series of unfortunate events, a man (played by Song) steps in and try to offer her new hope in life.

Jeon Do-yeon wins best actress in Cannes from YeinJee's Asian Journal

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Song Hye-kyo’s Paris working-holiday from YeinJee's Asian Journal