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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Bruce Willis is comatose in new play ‘Misery’
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In this image released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions, Daniel Craig appears in a scene from the James Bond film, “Spectre.”
Latest Bond flick remains atop North America box office tally
LOS ANGELES - The new James Bond movie “Spectre” stayed atop the North American box office revenue tally in its second week in theaters, bringing in $35.4 million, industry estimates showed Sunday. The star-studded spy thriller -- with Daniel Craig as the dashing secret agent, Italian beauty Monica Bellucci and Oscar-winning Austrian star Christoph Waltz as the villain -- has taken in $130.7 million in its first two weeks. It was among the most anticipated films of the year. Computer-animated 3D cartoon “The Peanuts Movie” -- the first big screen rendering in 35 years for
the beloved comic book characters -- sold an estimated $24.2 million in tickets to stay in second place in its second week, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said. Its twoweek total was $82.5 million. The comedy “Love the Coopers” -- about a four-generation Christmas Eve family celebration that turns wacky and ultimately touching -- debuted in third place with $8.4 million.
Fourth place went to “The Martian,” which has generated serious Oscar buzz for lead actor Matt Damon, who plays a NASA scientist accidentally left on the Red Planet. “The Martian” solidified its blockbuster status with an estimated $6.7 million in weekend ticket sales, for a whopping $207.4 million in the seven weeks since its release “The 33”, about 33 Chilean miners trapped 700 meters underground for 69 days in 2010, debuted in fifth place with a take of $5.8 million. It stars Antonio Banderas and Juliette Binoche. (afp)
NEW YORK — In the end, “Misery” isn’t total misery. It’s just weird. Apart from the fact that it’s a completely unnecessary adaptation, you oddly start to root for the monster, not the bona fide action hero. That’s because Bruce Willis makes an appallingly ill-conceived Broadway debut in the thriller that opened Sunday at the Broadhurst Theatre. But Laurie Metcalf rescues the “Die Hard” stud by doing enough good acting for both of them. Nowhere this season on Broadway is there an acting gulf as wide between two leads than here. Willis has decided to squint a lot, mumble and rely on some “Moonlighting”era quipping, not to mention an earpiece that feeds him lines. The artificial snow that falls on the set has more dynamism. Metcalf, who some will know from the TV show “Roseanne,” is a Steppenwolf Theatre Company veteran who plays a towering psychotic — girlish one minute and inhuman the next. She’s so good that she starts making sense. She’s so good you care about her, even if
she’s waving a gun menacingly. The action takes place in a lonely, snow-encased Colorado town. While driving on an icy road, novelist Paul Sheldon crashes and is pinned in his car, with a new manuscript tucked away in his nearby briefcase. Metcalf plays Annie Wilkes, his so-called No. 1 fan who obsesses over Sheldon’s nine-book series about a 19th century English heroine named Misery. Wilkes finds poor Sheldon, frees him from the car and takes him to her home to nurse him back to health. The play opens here, with Metcalf the ever-devoted fan-girl and Willis in bed looking like he’s been hit by a train. It’s hard to act when you’re immobile but Willis doesn’t try, merely groaning a lot. After all, deep down, he knows this is Metcalf’s show. Wilkes’ down-home likeability soon vanishes when she reads both Sheldon’s latest manuscript and then his new book in which the author has killed off Misery. She forces him — using torture and drugs — to literally write for his life. (ap)
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Excessive use of ground water
Clean water crisis looms over South Badung
MANGUPURA - Although South Badung is the wealthiest district of Bali, the rapid increase in the population here has had devastating consequences on the availability of ground water. A clean water crisis is looming large as accommodations continue to be built despite legal constraints and ground water continues to be used watefully. In just 5 years, the number of non-star hotels rooms in Badung has jumped from 46,278 rooms to 61,206 rooms as of 2014. Many higher end accommodations tap in the ground water, rather than relying on water form the municipal water works (PDAM), with serious consequences for everyone. The Head of Human Settlements (DCK) Badung, Ni Putu Dessy Darmayanti, confirmed that the use of ground water has already exceeded capacity. “Badung uses 28 million cubic meters per year. while there is only 25 cubic metres that can safely be consumed. The extra 3 million cubic meters has caused a severe water deficit,” said Darmayanti recently. She added that she is tremendously concerned about the excessive use of ground water because it is clearly causing human discomfort and disrupting environmental balance.
Residents of Blahkiuh, Badung Regency have to carry clean water to their house because the supply from PDAM are running out. Although South Badung is the wealthiest district of Bali, the rapid increase in the population here has had devastating consequences on the availability of ground water.
According to the Human Settlement Agency, ground water is predominantly used for domestic purposes, accessed by 29,990 houses, and 847 units of tourist facilities such as hotels, restaurants and the like. “South Badung is the larger user of ground water as both houses and tourists accommodations continue to be built,” explained Darmayanti. Although there are more residential dwellings using ground water than there are tourist facilities accessing this precise resource, the amount of water used by each unit is quite different. A single hotel may consist of hundreds of rooms and tourists facilities in general tend to use excessively large amounts of water. “So, despite the lower figures in terms of number of units, the use of groundwater by tourist accommodation is quite large,” she said.
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In this image released by Polk and Co., Bruce Willis portrays Paul Sheldon during a performance of “Misery” at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York.
Minister of KUKM opens IGS N U S A DUA - Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (KUKM) AAGN Puspayoga opened The International Guarantee Seminar (IGS) and the 28th ACSIC Conference at the Westin Hotel, Nusa Dua, Bali, on Monday (16/11). Guarantee institutions from 11
KUR funds still available
countries; India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia, gathered for a one day seminar to share experiences and knowledge about credit guaranteeing. This event was also attended by the Chairman of Financial Services Authority (OJK) Muliaman D. Hadad, Chairman of the Association
of Indonesian Guarantee Company (Asippindo) Diding S. Anwar, who is also President Director of Jamkrindo as well as many other illustrious guests with a total of 650 participants. Delegates came together to discuss methods for implementing
the credit guarantees, especially for SMEs in each of their countries. The allocation of funds for the people’s business credit program (KUR) has not been easy to access for small businesses in Indonesia. “The seminar was an opportunity to exchange experiences about the imple-
mentation of credit guaranteeing, especially in developing countries. In Indonesia and developing countries in general, SMEs are the driving force of the economy,” said Diding S. Anwar. Continue to page 2 Products ...
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