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Friday, May 16, 2014
‘Palo Alto’ promising debut for Gia Coppola
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LOS ANGELES — It took a dark tale of teens and a pedophile in a Northern California suburb for Gia Coppola, the granddaughter of Francis and niece of Sofia, to also become a filmmaker. “Outsiders were always asking me if I was going into film,” says the soft-spoken 27-yearold writer-director, whose first movie, “Palo Alto,” debuted in New York and Los Angeles last weekend. “It deterred me. It felt intimidating to have that kind of attention.” But she agreed to adapt James Franco’s book “Palo Alto” after her mother, Jacqui de la Fontaine, introduced the two. Coppola had recently graduated from Bard College in New York, where she studied photography. Franco was impressed with her eye. “There was this intense focus in a lot of the detail that added up to this dreamy feeling,” says Franco of Coppola’s photos. “I thought that would be good for this material.” Franco became Coppola’s partner in the making of the film as well as her mentor, helping her push beyond the fear of helming a feature. “He let me know that he trusted me . I didn’t feel judged in any way,” says Coppola, who shot short online videos for fashion companies before “Palo Alto.” Nearly five years after her initial chat with Franco, the film is finally in theaters. “I thought we were making something so small,” says Coppola over coffee at a Holly-
wood cafe. “I thought we would just release it on the Internet.” But Tribeca Film had other ideas. In December of last year, the independent distribution company nabbed the North American rights to the film. Starring Franco, Emma Roberts, Val Kilmer and his 18-year-old son, Jack Kilmer (making his acting debut), “Palo Alto” will expand to 15-20 screens this weekend. Not a bad start for a low-budget film that initially struggled to gain financial backing. “No one wanted to invest in a first-time director with dark material and real teenagers,” says Coppola. But she didn’t run to her film world relatives for cash. “It was important for me to do it on my own,” says Coppola, who gained behind-the-scenes experience working on Sofia Coppola’s “Somewhere” and Francis Ford Coppola’s “Twixt.” ‘’James and I wanted to keep it small and not have a second party involved.”
NEW YORK — The Oprah Winfrey Network says it plans to produce a documentary series following the life of Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team. The series will take an up-close look at the man recently drafted by the St. Louis Rams in a groundbreaking moment in professional sports. Cameras will follow the former University of Missouri football player as he works to earn a spot on the Rams while under a media microscope. Sam says he hopes his story can lead others to accept who they are and go for their dreams. OWN did not specify a premiere date for the series or how many episodes it will be. North America’s top four pro sports leagues have never had an openly gay player. AP Photo/Jeff Roberson
St. Louis Rams seventh-round draft pick Michael Sam listens to a question during a news conference at the NFL football team’s practice facility Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in St. Louis.
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Page 13 Abrasion on the coastline of Lepang Beach, Banjarangkan subdistrict, Klungkung, is increasingly more serious. Sea waves severely grind down again to a hundred meters to the inland.
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In this Thursday, April 24, 2014 photo, from left, writer-director Gia Coppola, actor, James Franco, and actress, Emma Roberts pose for a portrait in promotion of their film “Palo Alto,” in New York.
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Abrasion turns more severe on Lepang Beach
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Bali Post
SEMARAPURA - Abrasion on the coastline of Lepang Beach, Banjarangkan subdistrict, Klungkung, is increasingly more serious. Sea waves severely grind down again to a hundred meters to the inland. As a result, local residents were alarmed. Even, dozens of hectares of farmland were submerged in seawater. Ironically, the paddy plants remaining green to near harvest in the agricultural areas were also submerged in seawater. Observation at location on Tuesday (May 13) indicated if the coastal conditions were getting crushed. A food stall had been hit by sea waves for many times. Puddles of seawater in the agricultural area of residents caused the paddy of farmers to be threatened with crop failure. Fortunately, most of the paddy plants in the agricultural area had been harvested. “The paddy plants having been submerged can no longer be harvested though they are still green. Rice ears must be empty,” said a local farmer, Wayan Trepti. The high tide on the beach had been going on since Monday night (May 12) accompanied by strong winds where its peak occurred on Tuesday morning (May 13). He said the soaked agricultural areas reached dozens of hectares spread-
ing from Lepang to Sidayu region. It often took place, almost every month. Seawater at the shoreline often went up and was ferocious. Every high tide, the seawater would inundate the farmland. Typically, the high tide occurred on certain days, such as new moon and full moon. When the farmland was flooded, farmers often faced harvest failure because the seawater disrupted the growth of paddy plants. “By and large, the condition is not as bad as this one. The whole paddy plants were drowned this morning,” said Trepti. Another resident, Ketut Sari, usually worked in one of the food stalls on the local beach said on Tuesday that high tide on Tuesday was pretty awful. During her lifetime at the shoreline, the high tide frequently occurred. However, the
one occurred on Tuesday was considered the most severe and made surrounding people anxious. “Similar high tides once occurred about two years ago,” said Sari. It did not only threaten the agricultural areas, but also the large projects like the condotel and villatel on the shore. A number of officers were panic. They were forced to dredge beach sand around the project area to hamper the high tide. The investors establishing the condotel and villatel at Lepang coastline were quite reckless because the waves on this beach were known ferocious. Even, the east side of the building was submerged during the high tides. Banjarangkan subdistrict has a coastline along 4,000 meters, Tegal Besar (2,000 meters), Lepang Beach (1,000 meters) and Sidayu Beach (1,000 meters). Of the 4,000 meters long, 3,000 meters are prone to abrasion and have not been handled. Residents have long complained about the abrasion on the shoreline. Even, a number of local residents claim to loss their land property rights they cultivated because of the abrasion. However, so far it gets very minimal handling. (kmb13)