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Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Colombian bombshell Vergara, actor Joe Manganiello tie the knot
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Niall Horan, from left, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Harry Styles of One Direction accept the award for artist of the year at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, in Los Angeles.
Celine Dion leads music world in mourning Paris
LOS ANGELES - Celine Dion on Sunday led the music industry in an emotional tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks, as the American Music Awards heard appeals for a peaceful world. The Canadian singer sang Edith Piaf’s classic “Hymne a l’Amour” (“Hymn to Love”) in French at the star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles, which went ahead barely a week after the assault on a concert hall and other civilian targets across Paris. In front of a screen flashing images of Paris that culminated with the Eiffel Tower in the French flag’s tricolor, Dion sang the song of lost love as some members of the audience were seen in tears. Dion was introduced by the actor and musician Jared Leto, who recalled playing with his band Thirty
Seconds to Mars earlier this year at the historic Bataclan theater that saw the heaviest death toll in the November 13 attacks. The tribute was a rare somber note in the made-for-television gala, although the electronic producer Skrillex also referred to world turmoil as he accepted an award for his work with pop celebrity Justin Bieber. “There is so much negative stuff going on in the world, so it’s up to us to be positive,” Skrillex said of musicians’ role. The American Music Awards are designed as a glitzy extravaganza and, unlike the more prestigious Grammy
Awards which will take place in February, the winners are determined by voting from fans rather than the music industry. For the second straight year, British boy band One Direction won Artist of the Year. Pop superstar Taylor Swift won three awards, more than anyone else, including favorite album for her blockbuster “1989.” Ariana Grande, the child star turned arena-packing pop singer, beat out Swift for favorite female pop or rock artist. The 22-year-old, initially at a loss for words, thanked her grayhaired grandmother who had been sitting next to her in the audience. “I think I owe a lot of this to my nonna,” Grande, who is of Italian descent, said in reference to her grandmother. (afp)
MIAMI - Colombia-born film star Sofia Vergara, America’s highest-paid TV actress, tied the knot Sunday in what the entertainment world called the celebrity wedding of the year. The “Modern Family” star pledged her eternal love to fellow actor Joe Manganiello at “The Breakers” a swank Palm Beach resort, before of a gathering of friends and family, the culmination of a weekend-long wedding celebration. Vergara posted photos from her nuptials on Instagram, including various pictures showing the curvaceous 43-year old actress in her torso-hugging, strapless lace bridal gown with plunging neckline. She carried a bouquet of white orchids and wore her famous flowing mane loose, aside from a jeweled clip which pinned it to one side. Among the stars at her nuptials were Hollywood’s Reese Witherspoon, Channing Tatum and the cast
of her hit television show “Modern Family.” Vergara’s son from a previous marriage, Manolo, 23, walked her down the aisle. For the past few years, the Colombian-born bombshell has been America’s top-earning TV star. In 2014, Forbes magazine estimated she made, $37 million, considerably more than the top paid actor, Ashton Kutcher, who earned some $26 million. Vergara reportedly makes $325,000 an episode for “Modern Family,” but earns much more from endorsements including being the face of Diet Pepsi. Manganiello is famous for his roles in the hit movie “Magic Mike” and the TV series “How I Met Your Mother.” The couple met about a year and a half ago, and got engaged last December during a Hawaiian vacation. (afp)
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Balinese arts risk being stolen
The file photo shows dancers performed during demonstration to reject reclamation plan on Benoa Bay that held in Renon, Denpasar.
Benoa Bay reclamation plan
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Mega says environmental issues must be considered
DENPASAR - Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Megawati Soekarnoputri, finally spoke out about the Benoa Bay reclamation plan. Although, the fifth President of the RI did not expressly support or reject the plan to backfill 700 hectares of the bay area, Megawati did stress that any reclamation plan needs to pay particular attention to environmental issues. Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
“Technically, the matter does not only rest with the official environmental impact analysis (Amdal) and that should be clearly stated. For a long time I have been proposing that it is not just the Amdal that needs to be taken into consideration. Other specifications also need to be looked at,” said the former President during a press conference about the simultaneous regional elections that was held at the office of the PDI-P Bali, on Sunday (Nov. 22). Megawati added that the first thing that needs to be considered in terms of the Beoa Bay reclamation plan, is the shifting of seawater. The reclamation would have major impacts on the marine ecosystem including coral reefs, fish and plankton and would also affect wind currents.
According to Megawati, such specific things need to be considered in great detail. This reclamation would cause many changes, particularly in the area of Benoa Bay. “But it should not be written that Mrs. Mega disproves of reclamation - this is not what I am saying. I am saying that reclamation needs to adhere to environmental regulation and socio-economic benefits need to be looked at as well to see if they would be valuable to the people of Bali, in the case of reclamation in Bali,” she emphasized. During the same press conference, member of the House of Representatives from PDI-P, Rieke Diah Pitaloka, spoke of the national tourism strategic area (KSPN). She saying
that PDI-P cadres in Commission X have been fighting for the aspirations of Balinese people regarding the KSPN. In particular the inclusion of Besakih, Mount Agung and the surrounding areas in the KSPN. which they have been attempting to have excluded from the Annex of Government Regulation No. 50/2011. “This regulation includes having respect for traditions so the inclusion of these areas was rejected based on the input of the Balinese community. Regarding the reclamation plan, as Mrs. Mega already affirmed, it must comply with the rules, pay attention to the environmental ecosystem and so on,” explained Rieke. (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.
IN AUGUST 2009, the Pendet Dance, created by a Balinese artists, was claimed as a Malaysian heritage through a tourism advertisement that read: “Malaysia Truly Asia” showing this dance. The Reog Dance of Ponorogo was appropriated in a similar manner before that. Such cases shocked the Indonesian arts scene and have brought to light the fact that our governments need to take action to protect our arts from such appropriation. Many fear that if nothing is done, dances such as Bali’s Legong, Kecak, Barong, Wayang Wong and others could be “stolen” by other countries in a like manner or worse. Head of the Bali Culture Agency, Dewa Putu Beratha, underlines the fact that given that so many art works in Bali are created anonymously, it is all the more important that local governments step in to protect the intellectual property rights of Balinese artists as soon as possible, to avoid having these works claimed by unauthorized parties. “The Bali Culture Agency understands this risk very well, and so we have been working in collaboration with the Director General of Culture in the Ministry of Education and Culture to collect data concerning 800 artistic and cultural works and objects that were created by Balinese people, including dances, gamelan compositions, culinary dishes, paintings, handicraft products, weavings and so on. The data collection process should be complete by the end of the year,” said Beratha. Continue to page 2 Effort ...