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Friday, March 27, 2015
Which way will One Direction go after Malik’s departure?
LOS ANGELES — David Lee Roth and Van Halen. Noel Gallagher and Oasis. And now Zayn Malik and One Direction. Malik said Wednesday he is leaving the chart-topping British boy band “to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight.” His name immediately became a top trending topic online — #AlwaysInOurHeartsZaynMalik — as the band announced it would continue its world tour, “On the Road Again,” without Malik. Plans also remained in place for the now-foursome to record an album later this year. “For kids now, it’s truly the equivalent of if one of the Beatles would have left at the height of their success,” said Rolling Stone Senior Writer Brian Hiatt of Malik’s departure. One middle-school teacher said the day was among the toughest in her career as tween girls ran out of class in tears. But while it may be sad news for Malik’s fans, his departure isn’t necessarily bad for the band — at least not immediately. The remaining four members have concert dates scheduled
through October and they promise a future for the group. Unlike Van Halen, which started over when it replaced Roth with a new lead singer (Sammy Hagar); or Oasis, which essentially disbanded when Gallagher left, One Direction is all vocalists, making it easier to absorb a loss. The band’s only choice now is to continue with four, Hiatt said: “I can’t imagine, under any circumstances, them replacing him.” One Direction formed in 2010 after five teenagers — Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Malik — auditioned individually for the British TV talent show “The X Factor.” Simon Cowell had the idea of putting them together as a boy band. They didn’t win the competition, but they went on to score hits and win
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British band One Direction
young hearts around the world with their perky pop and cheeky personalities. Each member has his own following, with Styles and Malik arguably the most popular. Cowell said in a statement Wednesday that One Direction fans “can rest assured that Niall, Liam, Harry and Louis are hugely excited about the future of the band.” Another British boy band faced a similar challenge in the 1990s, with unsettled results. Take That started as a singing, dancing group of five. When one of its members left, the band finished its world tour, released a single, then broke up. It reunited as a foursome almost a decade later and found new success. The fifth member briefly returned, then left again, followed by another member’s departure. The group now records and tours as a trio and just released a single this month. It’s too soon to say which way One Direction, or Malik, might go, but making a clean split was a good first step, writes Jason Lipshutz, an associate editor at Billboard. “Zayn’s exit from One Direction is painful because it means something has ended, but it would have been vastly more painful to approach the next few months with a sense of unsteadiness,” he says. “Now, Zayn is gone, and One Direction can move on.” (ap)
Felicity Jones says ‘Stars Wars’ role is ‘really exciting’
NEW YORK — Felicity Jones laughs and says “absolutely” when asked if she’s coming up with various ways to say she can’t talk about her starring role in the “Star Wars” spin-off “Rogue One.” “I can’t talk about it. It’s really, really exciting but I can’t talk about it,” she said in a recent interview. The film was confirmed by Disney’s Bob Iger at a shareholders meeting in San Francisco earlier this month. Gareth Edwards (“Godzilla) will begin directing this summer. The movie is scheduled for a Dec. 16, 2016, release. Jones, 31, said she has had “a fantastic, fantastic few months.” She was nominated for a bestactress Oscar for her role as Jane Hawking in “The Theory of Everything,” and she says all the women nominated in that category supported each other. “It felt very uncompetitive which was really nice,” she said. “It felt like we were all supporting each other.” (Julianne Moore won for “Still Alice.”) “Along the way you just bump into the same people,” Jones said of the awards show circuit. “And for all the women in the category we all became really good friends by the end of it. You’d be like, ‘Hey, how are you?’ I did feel like there was a lot of camaraderie between us which was really nice.” She said it is also nice doing publicity for other projects. “I had a fantastic time with (‘The Theory of Everything’) and it was a very,
very special project to be a part of so I didn’t mind speaking about it endlessly, but I do have to say it’s nice to be talking about something else. Definitely.” Her next film, “True Story,” starring James Franco and Jonah Hill, is a true crime drama. It will be in theaters April 17. She’s completed the thriller “Autobahn” with Nicholas Holt and a drama “The Monster Calls” with Liam Neeson. Jones will also co-star with Tom Hanks in the “Da Vinci Code” sequel, “Inferno,” directed by Ron Howard. (ap)
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Verifying timber legality
Small craftsmen threatened with bankruptcy
DENPASAR - Revisions to P.59/2014 by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, have emerged as Regulation No. 43/2014, which makes it mandatory for all timber producers and related industries to pass the verification system and timber legality (SVLK). This impacts negatively on craftsmen, especially small scale craftsmen who do not hold a trading business licenses nor permits of business premises, making it impossible for them to acquire SVLK status. “So, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry’s new regulation threatens the existence and growth of our craft businesses” said former Badung legislator, Wayan Puspa Negara. Puspa Negara agreed that the regulation should consider all levels of society, not just those functioning on a large scale. According to Negara, the regulation should be reviewed or revised. “If it remains in place, the small scale business
sector of wooden crafts will be threatened with bankruptcy, making the regulation irrelevant,” he said. Wood craftsman, Ketut Sugiana, revealed, that as long as the verification system can improve the competitiveness of small and
medium industries (SMI) wanting to export, it is not a problem. However, the government must bear all the costs of licensing and make the process easy to go through. If the verification system and timber legality is intended to reduce
illegal logging, Sugiana considers it inappropriate because the issue of illegal logging needs to be addressed though permits for forest concessions. “If the government wants to deal with this problem by having craftsmen prove compliance of the verification system and timber legality, either the licensing procedure needs to be simplified or the cost of the procedure needs to be covered, so that export values are not disrupted,” said the owner of CV Wahyu Dewata. It should be noted that most
SMEs in Bali that are involved in this sector, use raw materials that come from Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Papua. So if the intention of the new regulation is to prevent illegal logging, supervision should be focused and carried out at the level of forest management. (rah) 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.
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“Mad Max” to make long-awaited comeback at Cannes PARIS - “Mad Max: Fury Road”, the fourth film in the dystopian cult saga by director George Miller, will screen on May 14 at the Cannes Film Festival, the organisers confirmed Wednesday. Thirty years after he first rode on
to cinema screens across the globe, “Mad” Max Rockatansky returns in the shape of English actor Tom Hardy, who replaces Mel Gibson, the star of the previous instalments. In the new movie -- once again set in a post-apocalyptic universe where
biker gangs fight for petrol and water -- Mad Max meets Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron, as she flees across the wasteland. The film is due for global release immediately after its out-of-competition screening preview in Cannes, the
festival said. The announcement marks the longawaited return of Australian director George Miller, 70, whose first “Mad Max” film became an instant worldwide hit in 1979. He went on to film “Mad Max
2: The Road Warrior” (1981) and “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome” (1985). The 68th Cannes Film Festival will take place between May 13 and 24, with US filmmakers Joel and Ethan Cohen presiding over the jury. (afp)
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A craftsman showed his products that made from wood in his workshop, recently. Revisions to P.59/2014 by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, have emerged as Regulation No. 43/2014, which makes it mandatory for all timber producers and related industries to pass the verification system and timber legality (SVLK).