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Thursday, March 31, 2016
End of a TV era: ‘American Idol’ vows ‘spectacular’ finale
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FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2004 file photo, actress Patty Duke is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.
Patty Duke’s talent, bravery recalled; actress dies at 69
NEW YORK — The courage that a teenage Patty Duke portrayed on-screen as Helen Keller in “The Miracle Worker” was breathtaking and Oscar-winning. Duke’s own gritty struggle against bipolar disorder was equally admired. She opened up about her condition at a time when such candor was unusual and she became an activist for mental health causes. The actress, who died Tuesday at age 69, was “a warrior,” said her son, actor Sean Astin. “You watch this 4-foot-10, tiny imp of a lady who’s more powerful than the greatest military leaders in history.” “We’re so grateful to her for living a life that generates that amount of compassion and feeling in others,” Astin told The Associated Press in reflecting on the outpouring of sentiment from fans at the news of her death. Colleagues responded with equal passion. “I will miss her every day but I will find comfort in the words of Helen Keller: ‘The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart,’” wrote Sara Gilbert, who starred with Duke in a TV remake of “The Miracle Worker.” Duke died of sepsis from a ruptured intestine in Coeur D’Alene,
Idaho, where she had lived for the past quarter-century, according to Teri Weigel, Astin’s publicist. She astonished audiences as the young deaf-and-blind Keller first on Broadway, then in the acclaimed 1962 film version, appearing in both alongside Anne Bancroft as Helen’s teacher, Annie Sullivan (Bancroftwon an Oscar of her own). “Her performance in ‘The Miracle Worker’ brought Helen Keller’s indomitable spirit to life and inspired generations to pursue careers serving the deaf-blind community,” Joseph F. Bruno, chief executive of Helen Keller Services, said in a statement. In 1963, Duke burst onto the TV scene starring in her own sitcom, “The Patty Duke Show,” which aired for three seasons. She played dual roles as identical cousins Cathy, “who’s lived most everywhere, from Zanzibar to Barclay Square” while (according to the theme song) “Patty’s only seen the sights a girl can see from Brooklyn Heights. What a crazy pair!” In 2015, she would play twin roles again: as a pair of grandmas on
an episode of “Liv and Maddie,” a series on the Disney Channel. Born Anna Marie Duke in the New York borough of Queens on Dec. 14, 1946, she had a difficult childhood with abusive parents. By 8 years old, she was largely under the control of husband-and-wife talent managers who kept her busy on soap operas and advertising displays. They also supplied her with alcohol and prescription drugs, which accentuated the effects of her undiagnosed bipolar disorder. In her 1988 memoir, “Call Me Anna,” Duke wrote of her condition and the diagnosis she had gotten only six years earlier, and of the subsequent treatment that helped stabilize her life. The book became a 1990 TV film in which she starred. With the end of “The Patty Duke Show” in 1966, which left her stereotyped as not one, but two squeakyclean teenagers, Duke attempted to leap into the nitty-grittiness of adulthood in the 1967 melodrama “Valley of the Dolls,” in which she played a showbiz hopeful who falls prey to drug addiction, a broken marriage and shattered dreams. The film, based on the best-selling Jacqueline Susann pulp novel, was critically slammed but a commercial sensation.(ap)
LOS ANGELES — “American Idol,” which gave the world Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson, has one more chance to mint a star before it fades into TV and music history. Whether viewers choose a future chart-topper or trivia question remains to be seen. But executive producer Nigel Lythgoe, who helped translate Britain’s “Pop Idol” into the Fox version that debuted in 2002, said the farewell episode will be memorable. “It’s going to be a rather spectacular show,” Lythgoe promised, with all the former winners on hand along with past contestants and “other surprises” in the two-hour finale. “It’s about the American idols, about reminding people of 15 seasons,” he said, as well as giving the final winner his or her share of the spotlight. The contenders for the title are finalists MacKenzie Bourg, 23, of Lafayette, Louisiana; Trent Harmon, 24, of Amory, Mississippi; La’Porsha Renae, 22, of McComb, Mississippi; and Dalton Rapattoni, 19, of Dallas. The field will have been trimmed to three for the final competition
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episode, 8-9 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 6, with the winner announced the next night, 8-10:06 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 7. Lythgoe, who exited the series in 2013, returned to produce the concluding night’s broadcast. Clarkson, the inaugural “Idol,” is set to perform, as are Underwood and the other winners including Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, Jordin Sparks and Scotty McCreery. Among the many contestants taking part: Clay Aiken, Chris Daughtry, Katharine McPhee, Kellie Pickler, Elliott Yamin and LaToya London. Past “Idol” finales became known for flaunting superstars, perhaps none more important than Prince. His performance in the 2006 season-ender signaled that the show had transcended its image as overblown karaoke and become a respectable showcase for established artists. But Lythgoe downplays the importance of celebrities as part of the finale — or the contest itself. “It isn’t about big stars coming on and singing their record. ‘American Idol’ was never about that. It was about the young stars we created,” he said.(ap)
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Consortium of local entrepreneurs
Strategies to build an economically independent Bali
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An inflatable duck sits outside the National Congress, placed there by protesters against tax increases and corruption, organized by the Industries Federation in Brasilia, Tuesday, March 29, 2016. The duck carries a popular phrase in Portuguese that reads “I won’t pay the duck,” with the bird symbolizing the government.
ECONOMIC resilience has become a serious topic of discussion in Bali and a number of economic indicators have been getting people worried. Furthermore the ever increasingly firm grip of capitalist forces from outside of Bali has made Bali’s economic defences fragile. A consortium of local entrepreneurs is seeking to overcome these challenges by empowering the economic potential of existing elements as one strategy to deal with the issue. Current the economy slowdown has affected almost all sectors, including airlines, banks, automotive industries, construction and the service sector and could lead to termination of employment (PHK) for many people. The correction of various national indicators suggests a decline in economic resilience including slowing down of national economic growth. Data shows a 4.79 percent growth of the economy in 2015 compared to 5.02 percent growth in 2014. Many predict that the this slowdown will persist in 2016. The flight of investment capital from Indonesia is also predicted to result in unemployment. August 2015 showed that as many as 110,000 people had lost their jobs since Febuary of the same year. The unemployment rate in August 2015 was 6.18 compared to Febuary’S 5.81 percent. Local... Continued on page 2
Brazil’s Rousseff Isolated As Crisis Deepens
Rio - The chances of the country’s first female president being impeached increases as her fragile coalition is dealt a major blow. Brazil’s embattled president Dilma Rousseff is facing a fight for her political survival after the country’s biggest party pulled out of her ruling coalition. AP Photo/Lucy Nicholson, file
FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2002 file photo, Kelly Clarkson, 20, of Burleson, Texas, sings “A Moment Like This,” after winning in the final episode of the first season of Fox’s television competition “American Idol,” in Los Angeles.
The departure of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) increases the chances that the leftist leader will be impeached amid a massive corruption crisis and the worst recession in decades.
The PMDB decided at a leadership meeting that its six remaining ministers in Ms Rousseff’s cabinet and all other party members with government appointments must resign or face disciplinary proceed-
ings. The loss of Rousseff’s main coalition partner may prompt smaller parties to abandon the government, leaving Brazil’s first female president increasingly isolated. Ms Rousseff’s removal would pave the way for vice president Michel Temer The ousting of Ms Rousseff by Congress would pave the way for vice president Michel Temer, leader of the PMDB, to take over.
She is threatened with impeachment over allegations she manipulated government accounts to boost public spending during her election campaign in 2014. Prosecutors have charged her predecessor and mentor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, with money laundering and requested his arrest in a case linked to a major corruption scandal at state oil company Petrobras, accusations he has denied. Ms Rousseff
has denied any wrongdoing and said efforts to unseat her amount to a coup. 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.