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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS
‘Stand-alone’ Star Wars films planned
Chris Brown is accused of taking credit for community service he never did.
Brown denies he failed at community service CHRIS Brown and his lawyer are blasting claims by prosecutors that the “Don’t Judge Me” singer took credit for community service he never performed. “I can handle the hate but enough is enough yo!” Brown wrote on his private Instagram account, according to E! News. “Im a human being and I honestly think I deserve respect im sick of being accused…Im just tired of this sh--.” “A day in my shoes is a day in hell,” he continued. Far from shirking his duties, Brown cleaned, scrubbed and painted under the supervision of court-approved law enforcement officials in his home state of Virginia, lawyer Mark Geragos told the Daily News. Geragos said it was “scurrilous” for prosecutors to claim in a motion filed Tuesday that Brown violated his probation by claiming hours he didn’t work, sending potentially fraudulent documentation to the court and switching his assignment to a children’s center where his mom supervised and reported his progress.
“The prosecution has lost its mind,” Geragos told the Daily News. “It’s scurrilous, it’s defamatory, and if a defense lawyer had written this motion, they’d probably try to have the lawyer summarily disbarred.” Geragos said the District Attorney should be “embarrassed” to suggest that so many respected officials covered for Brown. “There was a judge, a chief of police and a detective supervising this process,” he told the News. “It’s as if (the Los Angeles prosecutors) haven’t even read their own reports. Their interviews are buried in the exhibits.” Brown, 23, was sentenced to 180 days of manual community labor in 2009 after pleading guilty to beating Rihanna bloody in a rented Lamborghini. His sentencing judge allowed him to carry out the sentence in Virginia under the supervision of the Richmond Police Department. In her motion filed Tuesday, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Mary Murray said a recent investigation found Brown did not complete the full 180 days as claimed last year.
FILMS built around existing characters from the Star Wars universe are being developed alongside the new trilogy of films, the Disney studio has revealed. “We are working on a few stand-alone films... derived from great Star Wars characters,” Disney CEO Bob Iger told the CNBC channel on Tuesday. The films, written by Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg, will be released between 2015 and 2021, he continued. The seventh Star Wars film, directed by JJ Abrams, is due out in 2015. Disney bought George Lucas’s Lucasfilm company for $4.05 billion (£2.58 billion) last year, saying it was committed to at least three new films. The first of these, Star Wars: Episode VII, will be scripted by Michael Arndt, the Oscarwinning writer of Toy Story 3 and Little Miss Sunshine. Mr Iger outlined the studio’s plans with CNBC ahead of a call with analysts to discuss the Disney company’s latest financial results. Despite seeing a slight dip in its quarterly earnings, the CEO said the studio was “confident about the year ahead, as well as our ability to create continued long-term growth”. While speaking to CNBC, Mr Iger admitted there had been “speculation” about “some stand-alone films” that would not form “part of the overall saga”. “We still plan to make Star Wars 7, 8 and 9 roughly over a six-year period of time starting in 2015,” he went on. “But there are going to be a few other films released in that period of time too.”
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Kasdan has a long association with Lucasfilm, having worked on the scripts of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi - the second and third instalments of the first Star Wars trilogy. Kinberg’s own screenwriting credits include comic book sequel X-Men: The Last Stand, Mr & Mrs Smith and Guy Ritchie’s 2009 Sherlock Holmes film. Tuesday’s announcement was preceded by a report on the Ain’t It Cool News site that the first stand-alone film would focus on the diminutive Jedi master Yoda.
It is rumoured the first stand-alone film will focus on Jedi master Yoda.
VACANCIES The Sands is now accepting applications/resume for the following positions. Only highly self-driven & motivated, personable and professional individuals, whom have the desire to serve others, need apply:
PROJECT SALES AND MARKETING EXECUTIVE Requirements: • Candidate should have in excess of 10 years of experience in pre-construction selling of large value projects. • Strong preference for international sales experience and established relationships with foreign marketing agencies • Proven sales history performance in excess of $20 million annually • Predominantly commission based remuneration • Strong understanding of preconstruction documentation and contracts • Good knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint required • Experience with website, and other social media site development and maintenance LINE POSITIONS
LABOURER ROOM ATTENDANT COMMON AREA ATTENDANT For the following positions resort experience is an asset but not a requirement. Applicants must have a willing, positive and personable attitude as well as be willing to work flexible schedules, holidays and weekends. They should also enjoy serving people and be willing to learn. Minimum experience in the areas of interest required.
Turks & Caicos Islands citizens only need to apply to the Human Resources Manager at The Sands Resort located on Grace Bay Road, Providenciales or e-mail: humanresource@thesandstc.com, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands. Deadline is February 28, 2013.
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