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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
‘Fringe’ cast bids tearful goodbye to Comic-Con Associated Press Writer
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J.H. Wyman, Anna Torv, Lance Reddick, Jasika Nicole, John Noble and Joshua Jackson take a final bow at the “Fringe” screening and panel at Comic-Con on Sunday, July 15, 2012, in San Diego, Calif.
SAN DIEGO — There were no doppelgangers at the final panel for “Fringe” at Comic-Con, but there were plenty of tears. “Fringe” stars Jasika Nicole, Anna Torv and Lance Reddick cried while reminiscing about their favorite scenes at the pop-culture convention Sunday. “You can’t go out and tell anybody this happened,” joked a weepy Reddick after recalling a few heartfelt scenes with Nicole’s character, Astrid, and her double. “Fringe” actors Joshua Jackson and John Noble were also on hand for the panel, which kicked off with a trailer for the final installment that was filmed last season and served as a sales pitch to garner the ratings-
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challenged series a final bow. “This was a testament to how much everybody loves the show,” said executive producer J.H. Wyman. The new season will jump ahead to the year 2036 when the mysterious, pale Observers have taken over the world. After a group of female fans asked why there were no lady Observers, Wyman told the crowd that the reason would “become apparent this year.” He also said he let the actors in on how the show would wrap up, a departure from past seasons when the cast was left in the dark. “Just as much as you want the show to end well, we want the show to end well,” said Jackson. The fifth and final season of “Fringe” debuts Sept. 28.
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To boost revenues
Visiting hour to Tanah Lot extended
While Batman lurks, ‘Ice Age’ tops box office Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — With Batman lurking, the prehistoric critters of “Ice Age: Continental Drift” ran off with the box office, earning $46 million in their opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The animated film from 20th Century Fox is the fourth in the “Ice Age” series and the first in 3-D. The North America performance of “Continental Drift” was on par with previous “Ice Age” movies but well below the opening weekend of the second installment, “The Meltdown,” which opened with $68 million in 2006. There has now been a decade of “Ice Age” films, allowing the characters voiced by Ray Romano, Queen Latifah and John Leguizamo to become increasingly familiar to audiences, particularly international ones. The film had already done robust overseas business ahead
of opening in the U.S. This weekend it earned $95 million internationally, bringing its overseas total to $339 million. “Scrat rules the world,” said Chris Aronson, head of distribution for Fox, referring to the films’ rat-squirrel mascot, whose wordless, futile pursuit of a nut is a mainstay of the movies. The “Ice Age” franchise has now surpassed $2.2 billion worldwide, and the studio expects “Continental Drift” to equal the global total of the last installment, 2009’s “Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” which took in $886.7 million. “There’s really not very many ani-
mated franchises that have had three sequels,” said Aronson. “The performance of ‘Ice Age’ has been remarkably consistent.” The weekend was inevitably shadowed by two superheroes, coming a week after the debut of Sony’s Spider-Man reboot, “The Amazing Spider-Man,” and one week before the highly-anticipated Batman sequel, “The Dark Knight Rises.” In its second week of release, “SpiderMan” earned $35 million, pushing it past $200 million domestically. It earned nearly $67 million overseas over the weekend, bringing its worldwide gross to $521.4 million. Seth MacFarlane’s R-rated comedy hit, “Ted,” which stars Mark Wahlberg and a talking teddy bear, added $22.1 million in its third week for a total of $159 million for Universal Pictures.
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Conflict in the management of Tanah Lot tourist attraction, Kediri, seems to have no impact on the number of tourist visit. To boost revenue, the visiting hour to Tanah Lot will be extended until night. Unfortunately, the extension of visiting hour cannot be accelerated due to restrictedness of lighting infrastructure.
This image released by 20th Century Fox shows Sid, voiced by John Leguizamo, center, surrounded by his family in a scene from the animated film, “Ice Age: Continental Drift.”
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TABANAN - Conflict in the management of Tanah Lot tourist attraction, Kediri, seems to have no impact on the number of tourist visit. To boost revenue, the visiting hour to Tanah Lot will be extended until night. Unfortunately, the extension of visiting hour cannot be accelerated due to restrictedness of lighting infrastructure. AP Photo/20th Century Fox
Under normal condition, the visiting hour to Tanah Lot is up to 7:00 p.m. local time. As planned, the visiting hour will be extended until midnight. “It remains a plan, but we have prepared a number of supporting infrastructures,” said Operation Manager of Tanah Lot, Ketut Toya Adnyana. He described that Tanah Lot and the opportunity to extend the visiting hour at night provided that adequate lighting and other attractions such as culinary delights and cultural show were available. At the moment, Toya said, the existing lighting had not been maximal, especially those set
off on the shoreline up to the temple location. Even, at night the lighting often went out due to electrical overload. On that account, the night atmosphere of Tanah Lot could not have been enjoyed. Ideally, said Toya, Tanah Lot area got a power substation. At the moment, a substation was shared with some surrounding areas. “We have coordinated with PLN. Hopefully, the additional substation can be realized,” he hoped. Aside from lighting constraints, the management still lacked of
CCTV surveillance equipment. At the moment, there were only 11 units of CCTV installed, while the ideal number was 20 units whereas the number of service personnel of Tanah Lot had been optimal, totally reaching 200. This number had increased 20 percent over the previous one. In addition to the visiting hour, the management also planned to organize a cultural event. This would take advantage of the promotional budget routinely allocated every year. Toya explained the increase in
ticket price did not have an impact on the number of tourist visits. Even, the revenue target could be surpassed. Until the first half of 2012, the revenue had reached IDR 17.71 billion with a total visitor of 1,280,458 people. Of this amount, most of them were domestic tourists. The amount rose sharply if compared to the one in 2011 only reaching 1,164,829 people with the revenue worth IDR 10.6 billion. During holiday season, the average visit reached 7,000-8,000 people per day. This figure was predicted to increase during the upcoming Eid holiday season. (kmb30)