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Paramount: ‘Wonderful Life’ sequel has no wings Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — Fans outraged that a sequel to a beloved holiday film is in the works are no longer out in the cold. A spokeswoman for Paramount Pictures, who owns the rights to “It’s a Wonderful Life,” said Wednesday that the studio would fight a group of producers who are working on a follow-up to the 1946 holiday classic. Directed by Frank Capra, the film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a desperate family man who imagines during Christmas time what his town would be like if he’d never been born. “No project relating to ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ can proceed without a license from Paramount,” the studio noted in a statement after Star Partners and Hummingbird Productions announced their sequel plans Monday. “To date, these individuals have not obtained any of the necessary rights, and we would take all appropriate steps to protect those rights.” The Internet collectively groaned this week when Bob Farnsworth, president of Nashville, Tenn.-based Hummingbird Productions, and Allen J. Schwalb, president of Orlando, Fla.-based Star Partners, unveiled their pitch for “It’s a Wonderful
Life: The Rest of the Story,” a follow-up that would focus on Bailey’s unlikeable grandson. “This can’t be real,” many tweeted. “Please don’t,” posted others. “Maybe George Bailey should have killed himself after all,” said one blogger. Soon celebrities were chiming in: “I don’t know if they have a title yet, but if not, I have a suggestion. I would call it ‘It’s a Terrible Idea,’” joked Jimmy Kimmel. “Stop messing with classics, people! What’s next? ‘Gone with the Wind 2’?” pondered Andy Cohen. “It would’ve been better if we’d never been born,” tweeted comedian John Fugelsang. Farnsworth and Schwalb said the film would star Karolyn Grimes, who played Bailey’s daughter in the original film, as an angel who comes to the aide of her nephew. They also said they were in talks with other surviving cast members to return. The producers estimated it would cost between $25 and $32 million, far less than many Hollywood remakes and sequels.
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Friday, November 22, 2013
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Tourism village sluggish, goverment stops assistance fund MANGUPURA - Since the establishment in 2010, the echo of 11 tourism villages in Badung is still less audible. Tourist arrival to the villages still has not showed a significant increase. Amid such condition, the Badung government will no longer disburse the assistance fund for tourism village development in 2014.
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Alec Baldwin tries to ease backlash over gay slur
FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2013 file photo, Alec Baldwin arrives at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
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FILE - In this 1946 file photo originally provided by RKO Pictures Inc., legendary actor James Stewart as George Bailey, center, is reunited with his wife played by actress Donna Reed, third from left, and family during the last scene of Frank Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful Life.”
SAN FRANCISCO — Alec Baldwin jokingly professed his love for a man in front of a large crowd Wednesday as he tried to ease the backlash triggered by an Internet clip that captured him berating a photographer with what sounded like a gay slur. “I want you to be my lover, Matt,” Baldwin told a member of his entourage after asking him to stand up. “I love you, Matt. I love you in that way.” After the packed audience’s laughter died down, Baldwin added that he has loved some men more than women during his life, although never in a sexual way. The Emmy-winning actor prefaced his moment of levity with plenty of contrition as he sought to minimize any lingering damage to his career from the fallout after a confrontation with a photographer outside his
New York home last week. He made his appearance at a major technology conference in San Francisco, a city that has been at the forefront of the gay rights movement for decades. Echoing remarks that he made in blog post over the weekend, Baldwin adamantly denied punctuating a profanitylaced tirade with an epithet that demeans gay men. MSNBC suspended Baldwin’s talk show on the TV network for two weeks after the entertainment website TMZ posted a video of the combustible actor’s latest outburst. The TV network hasn’t said whether the show, “Up Late with Alec Baldwin,” will return. Baldwin, 55, has gotten into heated exchanges previously with photographers taking pictures of him and his family. He also was kicked off a plane in 2011 after he refused to stop playing a game on his smartphone.
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The budget for the development of tourism village in Badung in 2014 which was removed seemed awkward. Previously, in the plenary meeting of the Badung House, Regent of Badung AA Gde Agung stated to encourage and prioritize the development of 11 tourism villages by degrees in Badung. The development would be made by improving the quality of tourism village, coaching of tourism awareness group as well as promoting tourism village through a variety of promotional media. When asking for confirmation, the Head of Badung
Government Tourism Office, Cok Raka Darmawan, admitted on Wednesday (Nov 20) the budget for tourism village in 2014 would be terminated. According to him, the government considered the budget disbursed for the construction of infrastructure and supporting facilities had been adequate. In other words, it was time for tourism villages to actively develop their region by self-financing. He said the development of tourism village should not rely on the government. In the future, tourism village
The photo shows cars passed a road at Kapal Village, Badung Regency. Since the establishment in 2010, the echo of 11 tourism villages in Badung is still less audible. Tourist arrival to the villages still has not showed a significant increase.
should be independent. Nevertheless, he said, the opportunity for tourism village to get assistance remained open. It could be done by submitting a proposal to government. gIf it is feasible we will surely help. The program must not only from the government, but we are also waiting for the aspiration from the community,h he said. Further, Raka Darmawan admitted that tourist arrival at the tourism villages was still relatively small. It was still reasonable considering everything took process and much time-consuming. For information, Regulation of the Badung Regent No.47/2010 mentioned the development of 11 tourism villages. They consist of Kiadan village, Pangsan village, Kerta village, Carangsari village, Sangeh village, Bongkasa Pertiwi village, Baha village, Mengwi village, Kapal village, Munggu village and Lawak hamlet at Belok Sidan village. (kmb25)