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Tuesday, March 17, 2015
‘Cinderella’ is belle of the box office with $70.1M debut
NEW YORK — “Let It Go” may be Walt Disney’s anthem these thing for the consumer.” The success of “Cinderella,” which days, but “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” might be the more accost about $95 million to make, was curate theme song for the Disney juggernaut.
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This image released by Disney shows Lily James as Cinderella in Disney’s live-action feature film inspired by the classic fairy tale, “Cinderella.”
Disney’s recent streak continued over the weekend with the $70.1 million North American debut of its traditional, sumptuously costumed fairy tale adaptation “Cinderella,” according to studio estimates Sunday. Interest in the film, directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Lily James of “Downton Abbey”, was boosted by a “Frozen” short, “Frozen Fever,” that played before the feature. Disney’s box-office surge has been propelled partly by the so-called “halo effect” of “Frozen,” a sequel to which Disney announced last week. But it’s also been driven by the appeal of seeing Disney cartoon classics turned into liveaction fantasies. “Cinderella” follows previous live-action hits like “Maleficent” (whose May 2014 debut of $69.4 million “Cinderella” narrowly bested) and “Alice in Wonderland.” The holiday release “Into the Woods,” from the Stephen Sondheim musical, added to the live-action trend, and many
more are on the way. “The Jungle Book,” ‘’Beauty and the Beast” and “Dumbo” are all coming in live action, as is a sequel to “Alice in Wonderland.” Disney has also found big profits in capitalizing on female moviegoers, who made up the largest chunk of “Frozen” and “Maleficent” fans. The audience for “Cinderella” was 66 percent female, Disney said. “There is seemingly a lot of appetite for these stories to be told, I think, in part because many of them have a female protagonist and we’ve seen there’s significant box-office success that can come by featuring female-driven stories,” said Dave Hollis, head of distribution at Disney. “’Frozen Fever” was certainly part of why we’re seeing the kind of success that we did this weekend,” Hollis said. “In and of itself, ‘Cinderella’ is absolutely a great, stand-alone experience. But it ends up being a one-plus-one-equals-three
international. It made $62.4 million overseas, including $25 million in China. Disney could also celebrate “Big Hero 6” becoming the top-grossing worldwide animated release of 2014; the Oscar-winner has made $633 million globally. With Disney’s high-priced but lucrative ownership of Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar, the studio will be flexing its strength throughout 2015 with releases like “The Avengers: Age of Ultron,” ‘’Inside Out” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” “Disney is just a well-oiled machine that is firing on all cylinders right now,” says Paul Dergarbedian, senior media analyst for box-office data firm Rentrak. “It’s about this Disney umbrella which encompasses these incredible crown jewel brands they have. “Cinderella’ is just the latest example.” While Disney was flexing its might, the powers of another box-office force, Liam Neeson, were checked. Neeson’s latest thriller, “Run All Night,” a New York crime saga co-starring Ed Harris, opened with $11 million for Warner Bros. The film’s poor performance marks the weakest debut for the “Taken” star as an action film lead. Dergarbedian noted Neeson’s appeal is strongest in PG-13 rated films (all three “Taken” films, “Non-Stop”), while weaker in R-rated releases like “Run All Night” and last year’s “A Walk Among the Tombstones.” Last week’s top film, the sci-fi thriller “Chappie,” from “District 9” director Neill Blomkamp, slid to fifth with $5.8 million for Sony Pictures. In limited release, the critically acclaimed independent horror film “It Follows” earned a robust $163,000 on just four screens. (ap)
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Rihanna to become a new face for Dior PARIS — Rihanna has a new gig: representing Christian Dior. The storied French fashion house said Friday that the 27-year-old musical superstar will appear in an upcoming video and print ad campaign filmed in Versailles and slated to run this spring. A spokeswoman for Dior would not comment further on Rihanna’s new involvement with the company. The spokeswoman spoke on condition of anonymity because company policy does not allow her to be publicly named. The bold, Barbados-born Rihanna is a regular at fashion shows from New York to Paris. (ap)
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Juliette Lewis says TV role is ‘strange and challenging’
NEW YORK — With so many movie stars flocking to the small screen, Juliette Lewis, who has a long list of film credits including “Cape Fear” and “From Dusk Till Dawn,” says she resisted taking a TV role for a long time. “It was a very grown-up decision for me to take a series,” said Lewis, 41, in a recent interview, who confessed to having a “fear of playing one character for potentially years.” What made it OK to sign on to ABC’s “Secrets and Lies” (airing Sundays at 9 p.m. Eastern) was the challenge of playing a homicide detective. “She’s never comfortable for me to play. It’s so different from myself and that’s what makes it exciting and strange and challenging,” she said. Lewis’ character, police Detective Andrea Cornell, is investigating the death of a young boy. She believes Ben Crawford, played by Ryan Phillippe, may be the killer. “I relate to her obsessive nature because to be a homicide detective you have to be slightly obsessive. You’re sleeping, eating, dreaming the case until it’s solved. ... They can’t afford to be emotionally involved yet their whole pulse is about this case. I understand that as a creative personality, especially when you’re younger, your whole drive to do anything artistically is all against the odds. You have to sort of be a bit obsessive about that and relentless. I also understand (the meaning of) a work ethic from a very young age,” she said with a laugh. “Being in show business, you can’t have a sick day. ... If you take a sick day you are costing so many people money.” The murder on this season of “Secrets and Lies” will be solved. Lewis said if the show is picked up for a second season, her character will work on a different case. (ap)
Indeed the development of painting today is quite rapid. However, the demand from audience of paintings will continue to be limited. Numerous travelers indeed come every day to see the paintings, but only a few of them who purchase.
Worrying, low demand for Ubud paintings
GIANYAR - The beautiful nature and culture of Ubud has provided unlimited inspiration in the past for painters from various countries to come and settle in Ubud Including; Blanco, Arie Smith, Bonnet and others. The presence of these painters significantly influenced local artists. The development of painting in Ubud experienced its glory in the 1970s. In contrast, today, painters in Ubud, struggle just to survive. In the 1970s, the development of painting as well as the market demand from travellers were very high. Foreign travelers from countries such as Japan, Italy, the USA, Germany, France and Belgium were
the leading consumers of paintings from Ubud. “The abundant of orders forced many painters to paint all day and night,” said I Ketut Soki, a painter from Penestanan Kelod, Sayan village, Ubud.
Soki has been deeply involved in painting on canvas with canvas from the age of 12. He first acquired his painting skills from Arie Smith in 1958. “At that time, I learned to paint along with Nyoman Cakra at the Young Artist centre with artist Arie Smith,” he said. When met at his home recently, he said that he has been painting for 57 years and the 67 year old painter said that he never bores of painting in the Young Artist style. Many of the paintings that he has created, along with three of his employees
and family members, are neatly hung in his home. Indeed the development of painting today is quite rapid. However, the demand for paintings continues to be limited. Many travellers arrive every day to look at his paintings, but very few buy any. “It is very different than conditions in the 1970s,” he said. In the 1970s, many painters could rely on selling their masterpieces in order to make a living. Today this is extremely rare, and painters must be clever
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in managing their finances. With sluggish orders for paintings, artists today still manage to survive by selling their paintings, but just barely. (dar) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.