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Friday, February 27, 2015
Madonna takes a tumble at the Brit Awards
LONDON — Madonna has given music fans a shock when she tumbled down several stairs at the Brit Awards. The 56-year-old queen of pop was closing Wednesday’s ceremony in London with a performance of her song “Living For Love.”
Madonna entered with a troupe of male stant, and mostly sympathetic, reaction dancers and appeared to fumble with a from ceremony attendees and television long, flowing cloak she was wearing. A viewers. member of the troupe yanked on the gar“I feel for her,” singer Ashley Roberts ment, which was tied at the neck, but rather told ITV news. “She’s a pro, though, and than come off it pulled Madonna backward she kept going.” down three steps while her dancers looked Kanye West and Taylor Swift also on, seemingly in shock. performed at the Brit Awards, the U.K. In a post on Instagram after the perfor- equivalent of the Grammys. (ap) mance, Madonna said she was doing OK. “My beautiful cape was l British male solo artist: Ed Sheeran tied too tight! But nothl British female solo artist: Paloma Faith ing can stop me and love l British breakthrough act: Sam Smith really lifted me up!” she l Brits global success award: Sam Smith wrote. “Thanks for your l MasterCard British album: Ed Sheeran “x” good wishes! I’m fine!” l British group: Royal Blood The song includes a lyric l International female solo artist: Taylor Swift about stumbling, then conl International male solo artist: Pharrell Williams tinues “I’m gonna carry l International group: Foo Fighters on” — and Madonna did, l British video: One Direction “You & I” continuing the matadorl British single: Mark Ronson featuring themed routine. Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk” The fall drew an in-
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‘Reclamation-based revitalization’ feared to add new problems
DENPASAR - Reclamation-based revitalization is a new term appearing in public spaces around Bali. Coordinator of the ForBALI, Wayan ‘Gendo’ Suardana, cited the reclamation plan at Benoa Bay as an example of bad tourism sector governance whereby spatial planning was adjusted for the benefit of investors. The discourse of revitalization was even feared to add new problems, such as social impacts and massive land conversion in South Bali. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Singer Madonna falls during her performance at the BRIT music awards at the O2 Arena in Greenwich, London, February 25, 2015.
Smith and Sheeran win, Kanye stirs it up at UK’s Brit Awards
Ed Sheeran receives the award for best solo male artist at the BRIT music awards at the O2 Arena in Greenwich, London, February 25, 2015.
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LONDON — Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran each won a pair of prizes Wednesday at Britain’s leading music awards — but it took Kanye West to introduce some edge, with a song that proved too strong for television. Elsewhere there were few surprises at the awards, which recognize international stars along with homegrown British talent. Tousle-haired singer Sheeran won prizes for best British male solo artist and British album of the year, for “X.” Soulful crooner Smith won trophies for British breakthrough act and global success. “Since I was a little kid I dreamed of people all over the world singing my songs,” Smith said. “This shows I’m stepping in the right direction.” The 22-year-old Smith won four Grammys earlier this month, including record of the year for “Stay With Me.” Smith was sultry and Sheeran was sensible, but West provided a dose of raw energy. He performed his raw, grime-influenced new song “All Day,” whose lyrics, peppered with
expletives and the n-word, were muted for the show’s live TV broadcast. West has said his new clothing line was influenced by the 2011 London riots, and the performance also had an urban-unrest feel, involving dozens of dancers and a giant flamethrower. It has been a big year for British music, with Smith storming the Grammys and artists like Sheeran, baby-faced singer-songwriter George Ezra and the still-ubiquitous One Direction making waves. The Brits were once renowned for chaos, enlivened by incidents including a 1992 stunt in which British band the KLF left a dead sheep at the after-show dinner. But the ceremony has been transformed in recent years into a slick talent showcase. West aside, the tone of the evening was accomplished but not edgy, opening with a sleekly saucy performance of “Blank Space” by a black-clad Taylor Swift. Swift was named best international female artist, while “Happy” hit-maker Pharrell Wil-
Gendo asked the public to think of reclamation in terms of environmental problems and potential of future disasters. The investor
was trying to suggest that if the reclamation-based revitalization would be made in the form of islands that paid attention to natural
channels, it would also maintain a certain distance from the island to the mangrove. However, “If dredging the channel, it must be asked whether the dredging of the channel is proportional to the bay area backfilled. There is still a reduction in the volume of water catchment. Since Benoa Bay belongs to a reservoir area, obviously there will be environmental impacts, including tidal floods,” he said. He also said that it represented
a bad precedent in the field of law, chiefly the law of spatial planning, in Bali and Indonesia. It was also an infringement on the moratorium policy in place. It was also not equitable in terms of development of various regions of Bali. According to Gendo, the issue of reclamation did not have anything to do with environmental aspects. Socially and culturally, the lures of investors claiming to provide hundreds of thousands of job op-
portunities would only increase the burden in South Bali. Continued on page 6
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liams was named best international male act, and Foo Fighters won the trophy for international group. Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” took the prize for best British single. A dash of rock ‘n’ roll was added by grungy duo Royal Blood, awarded the best British group trophy by Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page — once a symbol of rock rebellion, now a distinguished elder statesman. Royal Blood singer Mike Kerr said the award was a surprise to the band, and possibly to the audience, “as you may not even know who we are.” The prize for best British female artist went to retro-loving singer Paloma Faith, who dedicated her award to “all the underdogs and all the grafters” who struggle to succeed. Clutching a curvy white Brits statuette designed by artist Tracey Emin, Faith recalled how in her early days she had been arrested for putting up posters for her gigs. Now, she said, “my pictures are all over Greenwich Tube station legally, and that’s an amazing feeling.”(ap)
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The file photo showed people rallied to asked government to revoke the presidential decree on Benoa Bay reclamation plan. The discourse of revitalization feared to add new problems, such as social impacts and massive land conversion in South Bali.