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Monday, September 21, 2015
’Mad Men’, ’Game of Thrones’ to battle for Emmys glory
LOS ANGELES - Will blood-splattered fantasy epic “Game of Thrones” finally take home top television honors, or will voters instead offer sentimental favorite “Mad Men” and its retro-cool advertising execs a golden send-off? Millions will tune in on Sunday to find out. The Emmy Awards, the biggest honors in television, will be handed out at a star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles that could see some major surprises -- and maybe even a history-making win for black
women. “We’re going to see some new winners in most of the top races, and that’s going to be great for Emmy fans,” said Tom O’Neil, a showbiz journalist who founded Hollywood awards prediction site Gold Derby.
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In this image released by AMC, Jon Hamm portrays Don Draper in a scene from “Mad Men.” Hamm is nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series. The 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, in Los Angeles.
One big question on everyone’s minds for this year’s 67th Primetime Emmys, television’s version of the Oscars, is: will Jon Hamm of “Mad Men” finally win on his eighth try for his work as troubled ad man Don Draper? Though the wildly popular AMC series about the sex- and boozefueled world of 1960s Madison Avenue has won the coveted outstanding drama trophy four times, its leading man has come up empty every year. Awards pundits say it would be a slap in the face if Hamm is once again overlooked. “I think this is the year for Jon Hamm,” predicted Debra Birnbaum, executive editor of television at Variety. “Certainly he is the sentimental favorite going into Emmy night,” she told AFP. “Everyone loves a story like that and it would be great to see him get the Emmy he so richly deserves for creating such a fantastic iconic character.” “Mad Men” faces stiff competition in the best drama category from “Better Call Saul,” “Downton Abbey,” “Homeland,” “House of Cards,” “Orange is the New Black” and “Game of Thrones,” which earned an impressive 24 nominations. Birnbaum said despite the fierce competition, “Mad Men” may win again if only to ensure it goes out in style. “It’s its last time to get nominated and as we saw last year, ‘Breaking Bad’ swept the Emmys because it was a fantastic show and it was its last chance to get nominated,” she said. (afp)
Romance novelist Jackie Collins dies at 77
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LOS ANGELES - Best-selling romance novelist Jackie Collins, whose first book was so steamy it was banned in some countries, died of breast cancer in California Saturday, her family said. She was 77. “She lived a wonderfully full life and was adored by her family, friends and the millions of readers who she has been entertaining for over 4 decades,” her family said in a statement, adding that she had battled breast cancer for more than six years. “She was a true inspiration, a trailblazer for women in fiction and a creative force. She will live on through her characters but we already miss her beyond words,” added the statement from her three daughters, Tracy, Tiffany, and Rory. Her works included “The World is Full of Married Men,” “Confessions of a Wild Child,” “The Stud” and “Hollywood Wives.” The first, released in 1968, stirred up so much outrage that it was banned from bookshelves in South Africa and Australia. British-born Collins, who started out acting before focusing on writing, and her older sister, actress Joan Collins, famously found great success at trading on the Hollywood early-bad girl mystique they had, both on screen and off. Jackie Collins wrote a series of novels starring main character Lucky Santangelo and many of her works found their way onto TV screens as movies or miniseries. Joan Collins, 82, told People magazine she was “completely devastated” by the loss of her sister. “She was my best friend,” she told the publication. “I admire how she handled this. She was a wonderful, brave and a beautiful person and I love her.” People said the prolific author had been diagnosed with endstage breast cancer six-and-a-half years ago, and “chose to keep her illness almost entirely to herself.” Joan Collins herself just learned of her sister’s illness “within the last two weeks,” People reported. “She was very shocked,” Jackie Collins recently told the magazine of Joan’s reaction to the news. “She had no idea. But she was great. We were emotional.” Jackie Collins had lived in California for years, and was a naturalized US citizen. (afp)
Bali’s economy grows by 6.20 percent
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KUTA - Economic growth of Bali is said to be better than the national economic growth because the national one only reaches 4.7 percent. In Bali, the current economy grows by 6.20 percent. It was conveyed recently by Deputy Governor of Bali, I Ketut Sudikerta. “It is enabled by the hard work of all levels of our government and all the tourism stakeholders in Bali because we are a tourist destination, so that the purchasing power and competitiveness of our society is still quite high. Our inflation is
even below the national inflation rate,” he said. Sudikerta stated the realization of financial and physical activity of the government of Bali indeed has not been appropriate with the target in the last
second quarter. Governor of Bali initially targeted the realization of 51 percent. However, due to the economic slowdown, the budget absorption only reaches 33.7 percent. “But in this third quarter, the realization of financial and physical activity has increased dramatically to reach 48 percent,” he explained. Sudikerta reasoned that the problems occurred in the financial realization because the partners like
to embezzle the physical activity funds at the end of the year. This issue must be closely watched by physical executor in Bali provincial government. “Do not let them harm our administration. What has been stated in the contract must be implemented, do not embezzle the funds at the end of the year. Otherwise, we will suffer losses and the administration is incoherent. The solution is by
imposing penalty on the culprit, so that we can achieve efficiency of the funds we have,” he said. (kmb32) 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.
Water resources could become source of conflict
BALI has changed from a predominantly agrarian island to one where tourism has taken over. The Increasingly rapid growth of the tourism sector has boosted Bali’s
economic growth. However tourism has also caused the population to soar and given way to a massive amount of land being converted from agricultural use to built environment. Many people fear that the ensuing shortage of water could become a
source of conflict in the future. Director of the State Polytechnic of Bali (PNB), Made Mudhina, said that population density and -worse still, covering earth with concrete has horrible consequences. “Besides which there is an increase in
environmental pollution, and the volume of solid and liquid waste continues to grow,” he said. The growing population, he added, is obviously followed by the need for more and more water, that is rapidly depleting existing water
sources. “This increasing amount of human activity causes environmental pollution and impacts both surface and ground water,” said Mudhina. Continue to page 2 Parties ...