I N T E R N A T I O N A L
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
16 Pages Number 22 7th year
Price: Rp 3.000,-
Monday, January 19, 2015
WEATHER FORECAST 23 - 32 Dps
‘American Idol’ talks of working with ‘Empire’
US ex-officials meet N. Korean nuclear chief amid standoff Page 6
some of them could have done more to connect with an audience, Seacrest said. More young would-be musicians are comfortable working at home with their computers these days instead of in front of an audience, the judges said. This year, before the show’s group of contestants is whittled down from 48 to 24, they are being interviewed by the judges to get a better sense of their goals and strengths, Kinane said. Then they will be taken to a showcase at the House of Blues in Los Angeles so the judges can get a sense of how they are as performers. “If it makes them better performers, it makes a better show,”
said David Hill, News Corp. senior vice president, who oversees the show Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP, File for Fox. In this Dec. 9, 2014 file photo, from left, singer Keith Urban, singer The show has also brought Taylor and actress Jennifer Lopez, and singer Harry Connick, Jr. arrive Swift’s label head, on set of American Idol XIV in Los Angeles. Scott Borchetta, in really see a difference with would- posed to music and influences as a mentor for the contestants. be musicians whose development from around the world. That has While he’s already started work is a more solitary experience. its positives, but Connick said he it’s still not clear when Bor“There is something about saw how regional strengths are bechetta, CEO and president of going to a studio and getting out ing whittled away when “AmeriBig Machine Records, will first and being with other musicians can Idol” conducted auditions in appear on the air, Kinane said. and writers when you are making New Orleans. Borchetta’s successful inde- music,” Lopez said. “It was really weird,” Connick pendent label will take on the Connick, a jazz musician who said. “I was looking for people winner of this year’s show with embodies his hometown of New who looked like they really came a contract. Orleans, said that because of the from New Orleans. But they could The musicians said they can Internet, young people are ex- have been from anywhere.”
‘Birdman,’ ‘Boyhood’ top winners at Critics’ Choice Awards
John Shearer/Invision/AP
Richard Linklater, center, and the cast and crew of “Boyhood” accept the best picture award at the 20th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in Los Angeles.
Man United beats struggling QPR 2-0 in Premier League Page 8
Pope says Mass for huge Manila crowd, appeals for suffering children Page 13
Fury as Indonesia executes foreigners
PASADENA — “American Idol” producers have talked about a cross-promotion with “Empire,” Fox’s hot new series about a music industry family, perhaps getting some of the contestants on the scripted show, producers said Saturday. “The music connection would be silly to ignore,” said Trish Kinane, executive producer of “American Idol.” The two shows air back-toback on Wednesday nights. “Empire” has been a success out of the box, already earning an order for a second season, while age has cost “American Idol” its long-time status of television’s biggest show. Producers, host Ryan Seacrest and judges Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr. talked about steps being taken to get stronger performers among the finalists this season. While the show had good contestants last year, one reason the show faded in the ratings is because
e-mail: info_ibp@balipost.co.id online: http://www.internationalbalipost.com. http://epaper.internationalbalipost.com.
Monday, January 19, 2015
LOS ANGELES — Fresh off their Oscar nominations, “Birdman” and “Boyhood” added to their awardsseason haul with multiple wins at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The Broadcast Film Critics Associated presented “Birdman” with a leading seven prizes Thursday, but its top honor, best picture, went to Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age story, “Boyhood.” Linklater was also named best director, and stars Patricia Arquette
JAKARTA - Brazil and the Netherlands recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia and had been carried out in accordance expressed fury Sunday after Jakarta defied their pleas and executed two of their citizens along with the law. “I hope everyone can understand with four other drug offenders by firing squad. The other convicts were from Vietnam, Malawi, Nigeria and Indonesia. The six were the first people executed under new President Joko Widodo. Indonesia has tough anti-drugs laws and Widodo, who took office in October, has disappointed rights activists by voicing support for capital punishment despite his image as a reformist. A spokesman for Brazilian President Dilma Roussef said she was “distressed and outraged” after Indonesia ignored her last-ditch pleas and put to death Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, who was convicted
of smuggling cocaine into Indonesia in 2004. “Using the death penalty, which is increasingly rejected by the international community, seriously affects relations between our countries,” the spokesman said in a statement. The Brazilian ambassador to Jakarta was being recalled for consultations, the spokesman added. Meanwhile Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said the Netherlands had also recalled its ambassador over the execution of Dutchman Ang Kiem Soei, and described all six deaths as “terribly sad” in a statement.
“My heart goes out to their families, for whom this marks a dramatic end to years of uncertainty,” Koenders said. “The Netherlands remains opposed to the death penalty.” Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte had been in contact with the Indonesian president about the matter, he said, and the government had done “all in its power” to attempt to halt the execution. Indonesia’s attorney general, H.M Prasetyo, said Sunday the death penalty was not “something pleasing or fun” but insisted the executions
this,” he told reporters. “Indonesia must be saved from narcotics... this is a crime against humanity that damages the morals of the younger generation.” He also insisted the death penalty was a “positive law for Indonesia”. All the prisoners, who had been sentenced to death between 2000 and 2011, were executed around the same time shortly after midnight, the attorney general’s office said. The 53-year-old Brazilian, who was caught with drugs stashed in the frame of his paraglider at Jakarta airport, and the 62-year-old Dutchman were executed on Nusakambangan Island, home to a high-security
prison, off the main island of Java. A Nigerian, Daniel Enemuo; Namaona Denis, from Malawi; and an Indonesian woman, Rani Andriani, were executed at the same location. The sixth convict, Vietnamese woman Tran Thi Bich Hanh, was executed in the Boyolali district in central Java. They were all caught attempting to smuggle narcotics apart from the Dutchman, who was sentenced to death for operating a huge factory producing the drug ecstasy. 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.
and Ellar Coltrane won acting awards. “Birdman” was recognized for original screenplay, cinematography, editing, acting ensemble, score, and two trophies for star Michael Keaton. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” claimed three awards, including best comedy. Overlooked by the Oscars, “The Lego Movie” won best animated feature and “Life Itself” won best documentary. (ap)
AP Photo/Wagino
Ambulances carrying the body of drug convicts Dutch national Ang Kiem Soe, front, and Brazilian national Marco Moreira leave upon arrival from Nusakambangan island where their executions were held, at Wijayapura port in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015.