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New film shows how Houston’s death changed Grammys Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — When Grammy Awards producers learned of Whitney Houston’s death less than 24 hours before the live telecast, they scrapped parts of the script, added performances and puzzled over how best to honor the Grammy-winning singer who died unexpectedly at age 48.
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FILE - This Feb. 12, 2012 file photo shows LL Cool J reciting a prayer for the late Whitney Houston at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
Host LL Cool J said that addressing the Grammy audience at the Staples Center after Houston’s death was “definitely the most challenging moment I’ve faced in my career.” He decided to open with a prayer, and producers agreed, though none could recall another network TV event that began as such. This and other last-minute changes made to the 54th annual Grammy Awards are chronicled in a new documentary, “A Death in the Family: The Show Must Go On,” which premiered Monday at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The screening of the 25-minute documentary and 14minute highlight reel of past Grammy performances was also a not-so-subtle push for Emmy votes. “We’d love to have you consider us when you vote,” said Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of the Grammys for the past 32 years. “We’ve been nominated before and not won.” He added that executives at CBS, which broadcasts the Grammys, suggested Ehrlich’s team produce the documentary, which can be seen on the Grammy.com website and
at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. Emmy ballots are due at the end of the month. The documentary, though it deals with show changes made after Houston’s death, isn’t a downer. Ehrlich said that about an hour before he heard about Houston, he’d experienced a career high: Paul McCartney, who was set to close the show, asked if he might perform a Beatles medley from “Abbey Road,” and maybe it could include a guitar jam with the likes of Dave Grohl, Joe Walsh and Bruce Springsteen. The number came together just before Houston’s death. Ehrlich said the magic of that McCartney moment made him feel “like maybe there is a God.” “God said, I’m going to give this to him, but I’m not going to let him get too cocky,” the veteran producer said in an interview before the screening. After Houston died, the challenge was to “do something that was respectful to Whitney,” Ehrlich said, “that set a tone that also didn’t lose the fact that there were thousands of people who were coming to this event because they had done something remarkable this year on their own, and they needed to be treated with respect as well.”
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Poland goalkeeper Przemyslaw Tyton, right, makes a save in front of Russia’s Roman Shirokov, left, and Poland’s Marcin Wasilewski during the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group A onTuesday, June 12, 2012.
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NEW YORK - Lindsay Lohan is in negotiations to star in Paul Schrader’s upcoming film “The Canyons,” a thriller penned by Bret Easton Ellis. Ellis wrote the novel “American Psycho,” which was later adapted into a film. Adult film star James Deen has already signed up for the role of Christian, while Lohan would co-star as Tara. Lohan would like to do the film and the filmmakers like her for it, as evidenced by Ellis’ tweet announcing her joining the cast earlier today. “I am beyond thrilled that James Deen and Lindsay Lohan will be playing the parts of Christian and Tara,” he tweeted. Braxton Pope, a producer on the film, said that the “Mean Girls” star’s talent has been lost amidst all the reports about her personal life. They have been looking at her for some time. “This gets overwhelmed by publicity and her personal tumult, but Lindsay is a very talented actress,” producer Pope told TheWrap. “She’s not in the same genus as Kim Kardashian or Paris Hilton. She’s the real deal.” Lohan has already come in to do work with Schrader, which a cinematographer filmed. That said, her place in the project is not set in stone, as it is incumbent upon
Lohan’s absolute commitment once filming begins July 9. Lohan is currently filming “Liz & Dick,” and a recent car accident again raised questions about her personal life impacting production.
Schrader, Ellis and Pope have all put money into the film, and they also used Kickstarter to raise funds. Given the smaller budget for this independent film, delays in shooting are not an option.
WARSAW - A spectacular strike by captain Jakub Blaszczykowski allowed Poland to fight back to draw 1-1 against Group A favourites Russia on Tuesday in a game marred by violent clashes between rival fans outside the stadium. Blaszczykowski’s brilliant goal just before the hour cancelled out a first-half header by Russia’s Alan Dzagoyev, leaving the Euro 2012 co-hosts needing to beat the Czech Republic in their final group game to progress. The result leaves Russia top of the standings with four points ahead of the Czech Republic on three and Poland with two while Greece are bottom with just one point. Poland had dominated the early exchanges at the national stadium, looking dangerous from a couple of early set pieces, with right back Sebastian Boenisch forcing a point-blank save from Russian keeper Vyacheslav Malafeyev. But Russia, who have never won on Polish soil, steadily got into the game and took the lead when Dzagoyev sent a looping header into the net from captain Andrei Arshavin’s inswinging free kick after 37 minutes. AP Photo/Gero Breloer
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Farmers income remain low
Marketing chain of agricultural products unefficient DENPASAR - A number of lineups assess that local agricultural trade system in Bali is not efficient. It is indicated by the fact that trading of rice and grain are dominantly taken control by brokers over the years. No wonder if the income of farmers remains low and the rice has not had the same quality standard.
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An agricultural expert from Warmadewa University, Dr. I Gusti Bagus Udayana, suggested the government to cut the long chain of product marketing. It was based on consideration that so far the chain should pass through middlemen in
villages and central market. “So far, the marketing chain of the agricultural products is too long so that it turns inefficient. To that end, the chain must be cut off. By doing so, the agricultural products can be marketed directly to con-
sumers,” said Bagus Udayana in Denpasar, Tuesday (Jun 12). According to him, the shorter the agricultural marketing chain between farmers and consumers, the greater the profits would be obtained by farmers. To that end, local governments should support the capacity of farmers so that they could sell the agricultural products directly to consumers. Aside from cutting off the long marketing chain, the governments also needed to establish an agro market in each regency and municipality. For strengthening the farmers, the role of
the associations and farmer groups was highly required so that farmers could be independent and no too much relied on the government projects. “It’s time for Bali to lead to agro-industry so that the agricultural products can be absorbed. As a result, farmers will easily market their products. Then, existence of the agro-industries will be able to reduce unemployment and poverty,” he said. Meanwhile, Chairman of the Indonesia Farmers Association
(HKTI) of Bali, Prof. Nyoman Suparta, earlier had said that local agricultural trade system was inefficient. No wonder if the income of farmers was still low and the rice did not have the same quality standard. So far, the rice milling companies purchased grain at quite expensive price from brokers. On the one hand, the brokers were benefited because they purchased grains at very cheap price from farmers.
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See schedule and news of Bali Art Festival in P3.