I N T E R N A T I O N A L
16 Pages Number 243 6th year
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
Price: Rp 3.000,-
Entertainment
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Sting among 5 Kennedy Center honorees
WEATHER FORECAST 23 - 32 Dps
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Heralded as a musical genius who rose from a British shipyard hometown to make his mark, Sting was receiving America’s highest honor Sunday for influencing culture through the arts. Top performers and power players from Hollywood, Broadway and Washington gathered to honor five artists receiving this year’s Kennedy Center Honors. Tom Hanks, Lily Tomlin, singer Al Green and ballerina Patricia McBride were joining Sting in receiving the arts prize. Sting broke out in 1978 with his band The Police with such hits as “Roxanne” and later “Every Breath You Take” before starting his solo career. He has been performing for four decades and has won 16 Grammy Awards. Bruce Springsteen, who offered a toast for Sting at a State Department dinner Saturday, said the breadth and depth of Sting’s talents are intimidating as he crosses from folk music to jazz, classical, pop, rock and reggae. On Tuesday, Sting will join the Broadway cast of “The Last Ship,” his musical about his hometown. “Sting makes me feel like a musical Neanderthal. When we get together, we always have the same argument. He insists that there are more than three chords, while I insist that there are not,” Springsteen said. “In an age of musical homogenization, no one has ever sounded or sang like my friend.” Sting, 63, told The Associated Press he was bewildered by the honor. “You know, for an Englishman to receive this reward, it’s not unique, but it’s rare, and I take that pretty seriously,” he said. P r e s i dent Barack Obama saluted the honorees Sunday at the White House before a gala performance Greg Allen/Invision/AP in their honor Kennedy Center Honoree Sting and hosted by Stewife Trudie Styler, left, attend the 37th phen Colbert. Annual Kennedy Center Honors at The The show will Kennedy Center Hall of States on Sun- be broadcast day, Dec. 7, 2014, in Washington. Dec. 30.
e-mail: info_ibp@balipost.co.id online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com. http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Philippine typhoon weakens but leaves 21 dead
Messi scores 3, Barca rallies 5-1 over Espanyol
Page 6
Page 8
‘Die in,’ other protests continue over police
Page 13
In tourism sector
‘Boyhood’ sweeps LA Film Critics Awards
AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab, File
This July 7, 2014 file image released by Starpix shows, from left, actors Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, director Richard Linklater and Patricia Arquette at the premiere of “Boyhood,” in New York.
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — “Boyhood” is on a roll. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association named Richard Linklater’s 12-year experiment their best picture of 2014 on Sunday. Linklater also earned a best director honor for his film, while Patricia Arquette picked up best actress. Julianne Moore, who is largely considered an Oscar front runner for her portrayal of an Alzheimer’s patient in “Still Alice,” was awarded runner-up in that category. In the past week, “Boyhood” has become the consensus choice for critics groups. The Boston Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle, and the New York Film Critics online have all picked chosen the film as the year’s best. The only outlier is the National Board of Review, which gave that prize to “A Most Violent Year.” The LA Film Critics Awards often overlap with eventual Oscar nominees, and sometimes winners, but are also known for some quirky choices. Just
take best actor recipient Tom Hardy, whose nearly solo performance in the little-seen thriller “Locke” earned him critical raves, but is notably absent from any serious awards conversation. J.K. Simmons, who is very much in the Oscar conversation, was awarded with best supporting actor for his portrayal of a sadistic jazz instructor in the indie “Whiplash.” Beyond “Boyhood’s” four wins, including film editing, only two other films were multi-honorees: The Polish drama “Ida” which won best foreign language film and best supporting actress for Agata Kulesza, and Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” for screenplay and production design. Aside from the cinematography award for Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman,” a fa-
vorite among critics, was only runner-up in a variety of categories, including best actor for Michael Keaton and best supporting actor for Edward Norton. The Edward Snowden film “Citizenfour” picked up best documentary, with Steve James’s ode to Roger Ebert “Life Itself” taking runner-up. Both films are on the shortlist for Oscar consideration. Studio Ghibli’s fantasy “The Tale of Princess Kaguya” won for best animation. “The Lego Movie” was the runner-up. Awards mainstays such as “Wild,” ‘’The Theory of Everything” and “The Imitation Game” were shut out. The Martin Luther King, Jr. film “Selma,” narrowly missed that distinction, as director Ava DuVernay was given the New Generation award. Gena Rowlands was previously announced as the career achievement award recipient. Awards will be handed out at the 40th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association ceremony on Jan. 10.
Personality, a key to HR competitiveness Bali Post
MANGUPURA - Facing the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) to be started on January 1, 2016, the human resources (HR) of Bali, especially in the tourism sector should be improved. One of the efforts to enhance the quality of human resources is by improving the quality of education as well. Similar opinion was also revealed by the Head of Tourism Resources Development, Prof. Dr. I Gede Pitana. He mentioned that human resources were the key to superior-
ity of a nation. “Qualified human resources are obtained from a quality education,” he explained. He also added that education was a medium for human resource development.
A bartender prepared a drink for guest in one of hotels in Bali Island. Facing the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) to be started on January 1, 2016, the human resources (HR) of Bali, especially in the tourism sector should be improved.
When compared to the other ASEAN countries, he added, Indonesian human resources in the tourism field were still relatively low, ranked the fourth. To that end, the quality of human resources should be improved aggressively. Based on the results of meeting held with the members of the House, he mentioned the need for the establishment of tourism colleges in various regions, both in the east and in the west. At the end, it was decided to
establish educational institutions in five regions, namely in the NTB, Sulawesi, North Sumatra, South Sumatra, East Java and Kalimantan. To realize this idea, it was required an in-depth study and broader inputs from the academia, etc. On the other hand, the former Minister of Tourism, I Gede Ardika, explained that in order to be able to compete in facing the globalization, especially in the field of tourism, the key was the person-
ality and attitudinal development. “Because it is the advantage of our strengths,” he explained, Saturday (Dec 5). He also described the examples of personality that should be developed namely honesty, hospitality and respect. According to him, these aspects got less special attention. Personality and attitudinal development could be made stronger in higher education in order to be competitive to face global competition. (may)
IBP/File Photo