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New host Seth Meyers lands at NBC’s ‘Late Night’ Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — The monologue jokes were mostly thin and the host seemed stiff delivering them. But jokes about the Winter Olympics that already felt irrelevant, and a few opening-night butterflies for the guy voicing them, could be excused. Soon enough, Seth Meyers seemed to gain control of his inaugural edition of “Late Night.” Part of his subsequent comfort level had to be explained by his savvy choice of guests. Amy Poehler, his longtime pal and former “Weekend Update” deskmate on “Saturday Night Live” was the first guest of NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” His other guest: Vice President Joe Biden, who’s a talk show all by himself. When Biden arrived to join Poehler, it made for a cozy trio. After all, Biden and Poehler have a history of their own, reaching back to his cameo appearance last season on her NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation.” “Amy really helped
me with the Secret Service,” said Biden, who reported that when he had finished shooting his “Parks and Recreation” scene and was making his departure, the smitten Poehler grabbed a Secret Service agent by the lapels and demanded, “You take care of him!” Poehler joked that she and Biden now plan to make a film together called “Snakes on a Train.” Then she declared that she was running for president in two years. But when Meyers asked Biden what his own 2016 political plans might be, he sidestepped the question. He said he had
meant to make a major announcement on the show, but changed his mind. As he explained to Meyers, “Tonight’s YOUR night. So I hope you’ll invite me back.” The premiere of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (which taped Monday evening for airing at 12:35 a.m. EST/11:35 p.m. CST), represented the final step in NBC’s talk-show turnover. Meyers, who until early this month was an “SNL” veteran and co-anchor of its “Weekend Update” newscast, is filling the vacancy left by Jimmy Fallon after five years as “Late Night” host. Fallon, of course, moved up last week to be host of “The Tonight Show,” replacing Jay Leno.
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Preserving Balinese culture, customs and indigenous wisdom in particular must be undertaken by many parties starting from the circles of community to the officials, informal leaders and the House including the government.
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In this photo provided by NBC, host Seth Meyers smiles during the premiere of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in New York.
‘Avatar’ actor Sam Worthington arrested in NYC Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — Police say actor Sam Worthington has been arrested in New York City on charges of punching a photographer after the man kicked Worthington’s girlfriend in the shin. The 37year-old “Avatar” actor was arrested on
an assault charge after the confrontation Sunday evening in Greenwich Village. The Australian actor was released on a desk appearance ticket, with a court date Wednesday. His publicist didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry Monday. It’s unclear whether he has a lawyer. The photographer, 37-year-old Sheng
Li, was released without bail after his arraignment Monday on misdemeanor assault and harassment charges. A court complaint says Worthington’s girlfriend told police Li followed her on the streets and tried to trip her. Defense lawyer Ronald Kuby says Li was attacked by the couple, not the other way around. FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, Actor Sam Worthington attends the Cinema Society premiere of “Man on a Ledge” in New York.
Keep Bali tourism sustainable
Indigenous wisdom must be escorted by residents Bali Post
SINGARAJA - Preserving Balinese culture, customs and indigenous wisdom in particular must be undertaken by many parties starting from the circles of community to the officials, informal leaders and the House including the government. The vivacity must become a shared vision in the endeavor to escort the cultural preservation amidst the rapid growth of globalization.
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Chairman of Commission B of the Buleleng House, Putu Mangku Budiasa, said that Bali was a world famous tourist destination. To preserve and sustain the customs, all components had to maintain the indigenous wisdom upheld on
this Island of the Gods as a world destination. “Such indigenous wisdom must be guarded well,” he hoped. People may not get carried away on the swift entry of foreign cultures into Bali. “Preserving
indigenous wisdom in the era of regional autonomy is very important and essential. Even, it should be set forth in a written policy and in the form of regional bylaw, so there is legal instrument and shared vision as the basis of society,” said Budiasa. When legislative candidates were given the trust by the public to represent the people in the House, the legislators should ideally be prepared to ‘take their clothes off.’ They no longer carried the attribute of political parties represented. “The legislators should not rep-
resent the political parties. When sitting in the House, the status of the House becomes the representative of society. On that account, he said that preserving indigenous wisdom was very important. “When talking about Bali and trying to safeguard and preserve the culture of indigenous wisdom, it is equivalent and including keeping the Homeland,” he said. As a Bali legislative candidate from Buleleng, he hoped the government and communities to collaborate more closely and preserve
the indigenous culture. One of the ways was to give a ‘breath of working’ and space for the artists to appear expansively. There should be no counterproductive actions. Even, the legislative candidates might not strike each other in the community. “Any conflict will certainly hurt one’s self and the political party to be represented,” he said. It was realized that Bali was the central of gravity of Indonesia. Any small thing happened in Bali would immediately go international, quickly spread to the entire world. Continued on page 6