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Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — Eva Longoria wants to shake up TV animation starting with one meaningful character: a woman stumbling through motherhood. “I’m a fan of animation and I watch ‘Family Guy’ and I watch ‘American Dad!’ and you always see these really flawed fathers and the really perfect mom who is trying to hold the family together because the dads, they’re just idiots,” said Longoria. She voices the character of Rudi Wilson in the 13-episode comedy “Mother Up!” debuting Wednesday on Hulu and Hulu Plus. Longoria also is an executive producer of the series in which Rudi, a former Manhattan music executive, resettles in suburbia with her two children. She’s got street smarts but is fumbling in her new environment: When Rudi tries to compete in the can-you-top-this arena of kids’ birthday parties, disaster results. Executive producer Michael Shipley (whose writing credits include “Family Guy” and “American Dad!”) was inspired by the “venting blogosphere” of mommy blogs that chronicle the perils of chil-
drearing, Longoria said. Marnie Nir and Katie Torpey are credited with original material. Shipley’s approach is “a really fun, impressive way into poking fun at the different styles of parenting that moms have,” said the former “Desperate Housewives” star who is a producer on “Devious Maids.” The cast includes Jesse Camacho and Rebecca Husain as Rudi’s children Dick and Apple; Gabrielle Miller and Cle Bennett as Rudi’s pals; and Helen Taylor as perfect mom Jenny. A character like Rudi is overdue, Longoria said. “People think that sometimes women aren’t funny. And in animation, specifically, everything you see is male-oriented. It is a large male audience watching animation,” she said. “But I don’t think there’s been anything women can watch that they can relate to and laugh at.”
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This photo released by Hulu/Mass Animation shows, from left, Apple Wilson and Dick Wilson as they share their favorite moments from Dick’s nearly-disastrous birthday, while their mom, Rudi Wilson (center, voiced by Eva Longoria), celebrates her victory over mean moms with her neighbor and guide to suburbia, Sarah. Asked to compare Rudi and Gabrielle Solis, her “Desperate Housewives” character who had her own parenting issues, Longoria replies: “I think Rudi is Gaby on steroids. There’s things we can do in a more comedic way in animation that we could never do in live action.”
Spanish pop sensation Sanz awarded Berklee honor Associated Press Writer
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Alejandro Sanz addresses the audience after receiving an honorary doctor of music degree at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013.
BOSTON — Spanish pop sensation Alejandro Sanz stepped into a music school for the first time Wednesday and received an honorary doctorate degree from one of the world’s foremost institutions devoted to his craft. Sanz accepted the honor from Berklee College of Music in Boston before more than 1,200 people who had packed the school’s performance center for the sold-out event. A group of 40 students performed his music. The Madrid artist has sold more than 23 million albums worldwide and received numerous Latin Grammy and Grammy awards. Sanz said that when he first heard he would receive the honor, he was delighted but thought someone wasn’t thinking straight. “I was very happy but I thought they were crazy,” Sanz said. “But I wanted to learn about the school. It’s my first time inside a music school, and I was very happy to get to know the students.” The school reserves the honor for artists who have the overwhelming respect of their peers. He joins the ranks of Duke Ellington, Steven Tyler, Melissa Etheridge and other music superstars.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, center, East Timor’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, right, and Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah attend the Bali Democracy Forum in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013.
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President Yudhoyono outlines points for consolidating democracy Antara
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Timor Leste’s Prime Minister
in our constitution,” he added.
“In this regard, I would like to share with you some views based on Indonesia’s experience in consolidating democracy. First, the constitutional rights for all citizens must be guaranteed,” he said here on Thursday before the Forum’s participants, including Brunei Darrussalam’s
of law, he said. Second, the supremacy of the rule of law must always be upheld, he stated. “This entails the protection of the basic rights of minorities. It is, therefore, essential that we uphold both the will of the majority and the rights of minorities as prescribed
versity and great territorial expanse such as Indonesia, this requires decentralization of the system of governance. Therefore, one of the first reforms in our democratic transition was the decentralization of our system of governance,” the president explained.
Third, the people’s participation must be promoted in decisionNUSA DUA - President Susilo Bambang Yud- Xanana Gusmao. Citizens’ constitutional rights include freedom of reli- making processes that affect their lives. hoyono, in his opening remarks at the Sixth Bali “We should create an environment in which the people share a Democracy Forum, outlined four points needed gion, freedom of expression, equality before the law, nondiscrimination, protection of minorities, and due process sense of ownership in the policy outcomes. In a country of vast difor consolidating democracy.
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