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“I still have a long way to go. I still have a few pounds over to lose,
I look decent.”
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
Designers bling up Gulf
women’s garment
Designers, however,
have increasingly
recognised the
demand for abayas
with a bit of extra
flair. It can be as
subtle as embroidery
on the sleeves and
hems or as
eye-catching as
gems stitched into
the fabric
Saudi fashion designer Hania al Braikan presents an abaya selling for about $1500 at a bridal exhibition
in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
KAMRAN JEBREILI
AP
J
UST a few years ago, Gulf Arab wom--
en usually only felt comfortable show-ing off their fashion sense at ladies-only
parties or family gatherings. In public,
at least in their home countries, the
standard all-black abaya — a simple floor-length
covering and accompanying head scarf — was
the only culturally accepted option.
But now, a new generation of abaya design-ers is giving the traditional garment a twist with
choices of fabric, designs and even some expen-sive bling to allow Gulf women a host of style
options.
The basic look of the abaya remains un-changed: black with long sleeves and a flowing
form that somewhat conceals the shape of the
body. Gulf culture and government directives
encourage “national dress” for both sexes: Men
wear full-length robes that are mostly white, but
include other colours such as beige and blue.
Designers, however, have increasingly recog-nised the demand for abayas with a bit of extra
flair. It can be as subtle as embroidery on the
sleeves and hems or as eye-catching as gems
stitched into the fabric. Top European fashion
houses such as Dior, Nina Ricci and Alberta
Ferretti have already put their stamps on abayas
in the wealthy Gulf market for local woman,
known as khalijiyat, after the Arabic name for
the Gulf.
The most expensive abaya so far has been
valued at $17.7 million, created by British
designer Debbie Wingham and displayed in
Dubai in March. It features different col-oured diamonds including the world’s most
expensive and rare, the red diamond. There
are more than 200,000 stitches in 14-karat
white gold thread.
Among the Gulf countries, the United
Arab Emirates — and particularly Dubai — is
the centre of the specialty abaya industry with
exports going across the Middle East and
North Africa and to some African Muslim
countries. But since the Arab Spring upris-ings, the UAE has sharply reduced visas
from countries including Egypt, Tuni-sia, Syria and Libya.
This has led to a steep drop in
sales. Kaleem Khan, a Bangladeshi
abaya designer at the Abu Hail
Centre in Dubai, estimated
that sales were down to 70
percent because regular
buyers cannot get visas
to the UAE.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Front and back view of British designer Debbie Wingham’s
most expensive abaya.
Tailors cut fabric and sew abayas at Al
Esma Gown Industry in Sharjah, United
Arab Emirates.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Hawn and Hudson talk
mother-daughter beauty
AP
W
HEN Kate Hudson
first burst onto the
scene with the movie
Almost Famous, her
uncanny resemblance
to her mother Goldie Hawn had
everybody talking.
Hudson didn’t see it. But now
that she’s a mother herself - of two
sons, Rider and Bingham - the 34year-old actress says she treasures
the comparison.
The mother-daughter pair
- Hawn an Oscar winner for Cactus
Flower and Hudson a nominee for
Almost Famous - has never acted
together, but they teamed up for an
Almay ad for Mother’s Day. In a dis-cussion of motherhood and beauty,
both said their glow comes from the
inside. Hawn also said daily medita-tion allows her to “connect to spirit.”
“Growing up with my mom there
was always a sense of fun and it
comes down to optimism as well,”
Hudson said in an interview. “When
you learn how to be optimistic and
wake up in the morning and appre-ciate things and create that in your
brain, I think you start to have an
enjoyment of life and it shows.”
Q: Now that Kate is an adult
and a mom herself, has your
relationship gone from parent
and child to friends?
Hawn: The truth is that no
matter how old we are, as long as
our mothers are alive, we want our
mother. And it’s a very powerful
relationship if it’s healthy. I miss my
mother today. I think the transition
does happen but I don’t think we
ever lose our positioning because we
don’t want to lose our mother. It’s a
very, very interesting walk.
Hudson: I think when I had
Rider I think that’s when you really
start to see your parents and con-nect with them in a different way
and you start to see yourself differ-ently as to what you put your par-ents through, you sort of empathise.
Everyone talks about how you
two look alike. Do you see the
resemblance?
Hawn: I do.
Hudson: I used to say, ‘Why
do people say that? I look nothing
like my mom’ but I sometimes walk
across a mirror and just get a glance
“Growing up with
my mom there was
always a sense of
fun and it comes
down to optimism
as well”
and I see it.
Hawn: We don’t really look
alike. You take all of our features
and they’re not alike. What we do
have is a way of being that is both
very similar. Katie’s eyes are differ-ent. She looks more like my mother.
It’s interesting how you can feel it’s
in the DNA. Katie said it perfectly,
she said, ‘Why does everybody al-ways talk about this and that and us’
and she said, ‘What do you expect?
I’m my mother’s daughter!’
Hudson: And you know what,
I am damn proud of it! It’s a very
repetitive question that I get a lot in
my life and it’s something that I feel
the rarity of being in that position is
I really look at that as a real blessing
because the relationship between
mother and daughter is very com-plex and to be able to talk about
the importance of the relationship
is something that I look forward
to. It really informed such a huge
part of who I am and the confidence
that I have as a woman. It really
does come from the closeness that
I have with mommy. Now as I get
questions about mom it’s so much
deeper and so much more complex
that I look forward to sharing that
more and more with people.
What’s the best beauty advice
you ever received from your
mother?
Hudson: Beauty is an insideout job and I think when you are
connected to the things that you
love, whether it be your children or
your creativity, that they bring out
a level of joy and circulate all the
endorphins in your brain and then
you have that, that’s when beauty
starts to reveal itself.
Kate Hudson (left) with mother Goldie Hawn.
HOLLYWOOD
Shakira on her post-baby
body: ‘I look decent’
AP
OLOMBIAN superstar Shakira is
learning how to balance her de-manding work schedule with being
a new mom one day at a time.
“It’s part of motherhood you know,”
she said of juggling personal and profes-sional life. “You got to figure it out as you
go.”
The 36-year-old singer and her soccer
star boyfriend Gerard Pique welcomed
their first child, Milan Pique Mebarak,
on January 22.
“He’s great. He’s so mellow, but he’s
very alert too,” she said in an interview
on Wednesday night at House of Blues in
West Hollywood, California. “It’s like he
knows what’s going on around him. He
knows when someone comes in the room
or comes out. He’s something.”
Shakira joined fellow The Voice
coaches, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton
and Usher, at a red carpet event celebrat-ing the NBC signing competition’s top 12
finalists.
The Voice host Carson Daly says baby
Milan has been a welcome addition to
C
the kid friendly set, which
features regular visits from
Daly’s young brood, Ush-er’s children and Levine’s
nephews.
“With Milan it’s a
full blown nursery!”
explained Daly of Shakira’s
baby proofed double-wide
trailer. “It’s just like Shakira’s
door opens and ‘It’s a Small
World’ starts playing. It’s built
for Milan. And it’s really special
and it’s cool. We’re like a little
family.”
But according to Shakira, it’s
not the children who cause the
most trouble.
“It’s like a kindergarten be-cause these guys are already babies.
They’re babies!” she joked of her fel-low coaches.
When it comes to getting those
famous hips back into pre-baby shape,
Shakira says she’s still working on it.
“I still have a long way to go. I still
have a few pounds over to lose,” she
said. “I look decent.”
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Hollywood preparing film about Lionel Messi
Shakira
Madonna to be honoured for top
grossing tour at Billboard Awards
REUTERS
ADONNA will be honoured at the Bill-board Music Awards show this month
for her 2012 MDNA tour, the high
grossing concert tour of the year, organisers of
the awards show said on Wednesday.
The singer will accept the Top Touring
Artist award at the MGM Grand Garden Arena
in Las Vegas on May 19th for the tour that
grossed more than $305 million from 88 soldout shows and attracted an audience of 2.2
million people.
“A cultural icon, Madonna is one of the
most successful and influential entertainers of
all time and was recently named Billboard’s
Top Money Maker of 2012,” Billboard said in a
statement.
The chart-topping singer holds numerous
other Billboard awards, including the record
for the most top 10 singles (38).
In addition to her music, Madonna is also
an avid art collector. On Tuesday she sold a
1921 painting by the French artist Fernand
Leger, Trois Femmes a la Table Rouge, for
$7.16 million to raise money for the non-profit
Ray of Light Foundation, to fund girls’ educa-tion in poor countries.
The mother of four, including two adopted
children from Malawi, is planning to build 10
schools in the African nation.
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Madonna
Saturday, May 11, 2013
EPIC Pictures Group is preparing a film
about the life of Argentine soccer star
Lionel Messi that is set to debut at theat-ers coinciding with the start of the 2014
World Cup, the digital edition of Variety
reported on Wednesday.
The film, which will be in the style of
Rocky, according to the publication, will
be based on the biography Messi: The In-Lionel Messi
side Story of the Boy Who Became a Legend,
by Luca Caioli. Epic will undertake to finance and produce the film.
Epic’s chiefs, Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berenson, are currently
negotiating with scriptwriters and directors to take the reins of
the project. Messi, 25, who plays for FC Barcelona and the Argen-tine national team, is considered to be the best soccer player in
the world at present. In January, he made history by becoming
the first soccer player to win FIFA’s Ballon d’Or prize for the fourth
consecutive time.
The producers are intending to focus the story on Messi’s
childhood, his humble beginnings and how he overcame his
physical disadvantages, especially his five-foot-seven-inch height,
to become one of the best players of all time. “The goal is to make
a powerful and positive film that will leave audiences feeling
inspired to go after their dreams no matter how impossible they
may seem,” Ewald said.
Jennifer Lawrence suffering from hair fall?
OSCAR winning actress Jennifer Law-rence is reportedly suffering from hair
loss and hiding it from everyone.
The 22-year-old has been sporting
shorter hair and it can be side effects
of chemical treatments, reports dailys-tar.co.uk.
“She’s been sporting a shorter do
for weeks, and has made out it’s for
style reasons. But really she chopped
her hair off because it’s been falling
out of her head,” a source said.
“Jennifer’s had so many chemical
Jennifer Lawrence
treatments and extensions the only
thing she could do to make her hair
healthy again was to start over. She’s getting really paranoid
about it,” the source added.
Rihanna booed in Boston, cheered
on in Brooklyn
RIHANNA was booed for turning up late
at a concert in Boston, but the audi-ence in New York cheered her on even
though she didn’t start on time the
following night.
Boston.com reported that fans at the
TD Garden on Monday booed the singer
for starting her concert at 10:30 pm
EDT instead of her scheduled 9 pm, and
without opening act A$AP Rocky. Doors
had opened at 7:30 pm.
A representative for Rihanna didn’t
Rihanna
respond to an email about the singer’s
lateness.
On Tuesday, Rihanna hit the stage at 10:15 pm to cheers at
the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, where A$AP Rocky
also performed. She sang a number of her hits, including We
Found Love, Diamonds and Umbrella.
BOLLYWOOD
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Don’t think I want to make
sleazy comedies: Saif
The idea behind
Go Goa Gone was
also to cater to the
audience which wants
“new and exciting”
genres and storylines
Saif Ali Khan in the film Go Goa Gone.
IANS
A
CTOR-PRODUCER Saif Ali
Khan is treading new terri-tories with Go Goa Gone - a
zombie comedy, after mak-ing romance-based enter-tainers like Love Aaj Kal and Cocktail,
but he’s quite sure he won’t ever make a
“sleazy” comedy.
There’s a thin line between “naugh-ty” and “sleazy”, he believes.
Why is comedy all about sleaze
nowadays?
“Everything should have a represent--
ative, I guess! So, also have a branch of
comedy, which is sleazy, but I suppose
there is an audience for that as well.
There are different kinds of people in
our country, and you’ve got to cater to
all.”
“But I don’t think I want to make a
sleazy film. I’d rather make a naughty
one,” the 42-year-old said over phone
from Mumbai.
Go Goa Gone, his production and
acting venture, releases on May 10. Star-ring Kunal Kemmu, Vir Das and Anand
Tiwari in key roles, the movie, as Saif
believes, is a “naughty” kind!
While the movie has been heavily
promoted as a ‘zombie’ film, Saif says
it’s not all that “zombie”.
“It’s a very urban movie, it’s a funny
one and not aimed at buying anyone
into the theory of the zombie. It is es-sentially a story of these three boys and
their ridiculous adventures. So, I think
it’s nice if we can just laugh a little
bit without thinking what’s a zom-bie and all of that,” he said.
The idea behind Go Goa
Gone was also to cater to the
audience which wants “new
and exciting” genres and sto-rylines.
“The audience is ready and
maturing. So it is up to us
now to give them the content.
I remember Kunal (Kemmu)
came up to me with this script,
and said this is a comedy
about zombies. At first I was
apprehensive to try something
new, to produce something
new, but then when I read the
script, I laughed out loud quite
a number of times.”
“I believe the audience will
laugh too,” Saif said.
The budget for the film, he
said, was “not very much”. But he
promises they haven’t “cheated”
the audience.
He said the crew shot a lot on
beaches and in jungles of Mauritius,
besides getting Hollywood experts to
work on the zombies’ make-up. Saif’s
own look is different in the film - he
sports blonde locks.
My mother would have married me off at 16: Kangana Ranaut
Kangana
Ranaut
PTI
CTRESS Kangana Ranaut has
A
revealed that if her mother had
her way she would have got her
married at the age of 16. “My mother
wanted me to get married at 16. She felt
that was the right age. This (marriage)
was a talking point at my home. They
keep talking about it. In fact my brother
is 22 years old and my mother feels his
age of marriage has passed,” Kangana
said at an event.
When asked if she would go for a love
or an arranged marriage, Kangana re-fused to answer. Kangana’s mother Asha
who was accompanying her at the event
was all praise for her. “She is very dedi-cated and hardworking since childhood.
She has achieved success here (films) on
her own, without any godfather. I am
very much happy with her achievements.
We have faith in her that she would
reach more ahead in her career,” Asha
said. During the candid chat, Kangana
said that her mother would beat her with
broom because she was a very naughty
girl. “My mom has taught me everything
right from cooking to cleaning work...So
if not an actor, my career was otherwise
set..,” she said.
On the initiative, Kangana said it was
imperative to show sensitivity towards
one’s mother and try to fulfil her dreams.
The event also saw actress Shraddha
Kapoor accompanied by her mother
Shivangi and director Abhishek Kapoor
by his mother Madhubala.
“Mothers always focus on their kids.
I have brought a lot of disappointments
to her but her love has remained same. I
wish I could do all those things that she
did for me,” Abhishek said.
Recollecting some of the moments,
Shraddha said her mother has been tak-ing very good care of her right from what
she likes to eat and running behind her
for all the little things.
All three of them tried to take their
mothers down the memory lane and
brought forward their hobbies. While
Kangana brought few plants along with
her as her mother loves gardening,
Shraddha got drums and a guitar as
her mother likes singing and Abhishek
a canvas as painting is the hobby of his
mother.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Voices in MMS clip tampered,
scenes original: Veena Malik
Audience has accepted
me in diverse roles: Tusshar
PTI
PTI
LAIMING that the voices in a
C
leaked MMS clip featuring her
with a co-actor has been tam-pered with, Pakistani actress Veena
Malik said the scenes in the video are
part of her upcoming film.
“The truth is that we had shot a
song for the film Zindagi 50-50 which
got leaked. Someone tampered the
voices in the video which originally
has a song,” Veena told reporters.
The MMS video clip doing the
rounds on the internet and mobile
phones shows the Pakistani bombshell
with Indian actor Rajan Verma.
“It’s a beautiful scene... Beautiful
intimate song sung by Rekha Bharad-waj. We are not romancing... It’s an
intimate scene between the characters
Madhuri (enacted by Malik) and Birju
(played by Verma),” said the actress
who shot to limelight in India with
Bigg Boss in 2010.
Zindagi 50-50, where Veena plays
a worker in Mumbai, is slated for a
May 24 release.
Aiming high, the 26-year-old
wants to work with all the three Khans
of the Hindi film industry.
“I would like a bit of Shah Rukh
(Khan), a bit of Salman (Khan) and
M
Veena
Malik
a bit of Aamir Khan. I would go with
Aamir for his acting, Shah Rukh for
his romance and Salman’s Dabangg
style,” Veena said.
The actress has already signed a
couple of more Hindi films including
Haroon Rashid’s The City That Never
Sleeps.
ULTI-STARRERS have been more
lucky for Tusshar Kapoor than his
solo releases and the actor says
he is comfortable sharing the screen space
with others as long as his role is good.
Tusshar’s most recent release Shootout
at Wadala had John Abraham in the lead
with actors like Anil Kapoor and Manoj
Bajpayee playing key roles.
“I believe if I put my soul in the char-acter it will have more impact. And I don’t
believe if other actors are there my role will
go unnoticed. I believe we are all actors
and we all have our share in the pie and I
am not insecure about it,” Tusshar said in
an interview. The actor began his Bolly-wood journey with actress Kareena Kapoor
in Satish Kaushik’s love-story Mujhe Kuch
Kehna Hai back in 2001.
Since then, he has been a part of suc-cessful multi-starrers like Golmaal, Shoot-out at Lokhandwala”, The Dirty Picture
and Kya Kool Hain Hum.
“I think if people typecast me with one
genre then I surprise them with different
roles for instance if there was a Golmaal
and Kyaa Kool Hai Hum then I have also
done Khakhee and Shor in the city and
there was also The Dirty Picture.
“I think the audience has accepted me
in diverse roles. Even if I get typecast I
Tusshar
Kapoor
would have no issues with it as long I am
building a fan base and it also means I am
good at doing action and comedy that are
both poles apart,” Tusshar said. He plays
Sheikh Munir who is part of the Maanya
Surve’s gang in Shootout at Wadala.
The actor was also a part of prequel film
Shootout at Lokhandwala in 2007. “My
character in Lokhandwala, ‘Dilip Bhuwa’
was a psychotic killer while the role in
Wadala is of someone who has been in the
world of crime since childhood. He is more
experienced and knows when to control his
aggression,” Tusshar explained.
The 36-year-old said he had a won-derful experience filming for Shootout at
Wadala as he knows Abraham since his
school days and both of them have similar
temperament. Tusshar said he would like
to experiment with horror or dance film in
the future.
His next release would be a comedy
thriller Bhajathe Raho.
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To stay fit, don’t starve yourself: Hrithik
KNOWN for his welltoned body, Hrithik Ro-shan feels being healthy
is more important than
having six-pack abs or
starving oneself.
“The best body is
the body, which you are
happy with. If you are
not happy about it, then
it’s not ideal... Whether
it is a six-pack or not, if
you are healthy and fit,
then you will always be
happy,” Hrithik told re-porters at a book launch
on Wednesday.
Don’t starve yourself
to say fit, he further sug-Hrithik Roshan
gested.
“Everyone thinks it
is tough to make a body, but it is not tough. I have eaten
eight meals today and I have learned you don’t need to
starve yourself. We have conditioned ourselves to believe
that to have a good body, we need to sacrifice ourselves,”
he said.
Shahid completes 10 years in filmdom,
thanks fans
AS he completes a decade in Bollywood,
actor Shahid Kapoor thanks his fans for
showering their love on him.
Shahid debuted in 2003 with hit movie
Ishq Vishk, which portrayed him as Rajiv, a
college boy confused about his feelings
for best friend Payal, played by Amrita
Rao. “10 years. Thank you all for all
the love,” Shahid, who later gave
hits like Vivah, Kaminey and Jab
We Met, posted on Twitter.
The movie was directed by
Ken Ghosh and it also starred
Shenaz Treasurywala. Actor
Vishal Malhotra, also got his big
break with the same film where
he played Mambo, Shahid’s
best friend, also took to the so-cial-networking site to thank his
fans. “10 years ago today my first
film Ishq Vishk released. Mambo
says ... Thank you,” he tweeted.
Shahid and Vishal worked together
in 2008 movie Kismat Konnection
as well.
Shahid Kapoor
Sea view flat for Student... star
ACTOR Siddharth Malhotra,
who is from Delhi, has
shifted to a rented sea-fac-ing flat in Bandra.
A source close to actor
said that the house has bay
windows and a lot of space.
“He was keen on having
space with perfect ventila-tion as well. He didn’t like
to mess up the look of the
house with a lot of furni-ture. The house has a sea
facing view, and he likes
to sit near the window
gazing at the beautiful
Siddharth Malhotra
view,” the source added.
However, The Student Of The Year star still has to
get used to the city’s traffic. “Siddharth is still getting
used to the traffic and honks, which never stops. Even
though he loves being in Mumbai, he misses Delhi,” said
the source.
“He loves his space, but even then Siddharth can’t
find the open space in Mumbai like Delhi. He thinks that
Mumbai is confined. According to him, the building and
spaces are stuffy,” added the source.
NATURE
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Elephants communicate
in sound & sign language
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LEPHANTS may use a vari--
ety of subtle movements and
gestures to communicate with
one another, according to
researchers who have studied
the big mammals in the wild for decades.
To the casual human observer, a curl of
the trunk, a step backward, or a fold of
the ear may not have meaning. But to an
elephant and scientists like Joyce Poole
these are signals that convey vital infor-mation to individual elephants and the
overall herd.
Biologist and conservationist Joyce
Poole and her husband, Petter Granli,
both of whom direct Elephant Voices,
a charity they founded to research and
advocate for conservation of elephants
in various sanctuaries in Africa, have
developed an online database decoding
hundreds of distinct elephant signals
and gestures. The postures and move-ments underscore the sophistication
of elephant communication, they say.
Poole and Granli have also deciphered
the meaning of acoustic communication
in elephants, interpreting the different
rumbling, roaring, screaming, trumpet-ing, and other idiosyncratic sounds that
elephants make in concert with postures
such as the positioning and flapping of
their ears.
Poole has studied elephants in Africa
for more than 37 years, but only began
developing the online gestures database
in the past decade. Some of her research
and conservation work has been funded
by the National Geographic Society.
“I noticed that when I would take
out guests visiting Amboseli (National
Park in Kenya) and was narrating the
elephants’ behaviour, I got to the point
where 90 percent of the time, I could
predict what the elephant was about to
do,” Poole said in an interview. “If they
stood a certain way, they were afraid
and were about to retreat, or (in another
way) they were angry and were about to
move toward and threaten another.”
Over the course of thousands of
hours of observations, Poole came to
understand and essentially translate
what elephants were communicating
to one another. She was also the first to
discover musth in African elephants, a
state of heightened sexual and aggres--
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Over the course of
thousands of hours
of observations,
Biologist Poole came
to understand and
essentially translate
what elephants were
communicating to one
another. She was also
the first to discover
musth in African
elephants
sive activity in males, during which they
display characteristic behaviours such as
the gestures classified in the database as
ear-wave, trunk-bounce-drag, head-toss,
chin-in, and the distinctive musth-walk,
a sort of elephant strut.
As Poole was working in the bush,
her husband, who has a communications
background, immediately saw the value
of raising public awareness of the sophis-ticated behaviour of these charismatic
animals and was eager to share what
they were learning. “Petter said, ‘Let’s
get this out there and make it available
for people,”’ Poole explained.
Poole and Granli began the process
of characterising the gestures and
displays they were seeing in their field-work. They created nine overarching
categories for their gestures database:
attentive, aggressive, ambivalent, de-fensive, social integration, mother-off-spring, sexual, play and death (since el-ephants have marked behaviour around
dead companions).
“Elephants can be drama queens and
really expressive, or they can be incred-ibly subtle and understated. It depends
on what’s going on and the dynamics of
the group,” Poole said.
This is the drama queen stuff, though
in this case, it serves to attract other,
more distant males.”
And then there are the subtler ges-tures, such as the attentive category’s
freezing posture, which elephants use
when they detect a possible threat. Ele-phant rumbles contain very low frequen-cies, some of which people cannot hear.
Elephants can detect the more powerful
of these sounds from several miles away,
and these same vibrations travel seismi-cally through the ground even farther.
Picking up on these signals may cause
elephants to freeze as a group and hold
completely still, Poole explained.
“Someone might freeze at the back of
the group first,” Poole said, “and im-mediately then everyone else picks up
the sounds we can’t hear and the vibra-tions we don’t feel.” Elephants have
been observed responding to sounds like
other elephants, vehicles and stamped-ing zebras from over a mile away, as well
as distant thunder and earthquakes.
Reacting appropriately to these sounds is
important for their survival.
Sense of Humour
Poole recalls how elephants at play
used to charge her car, appearing to trip
and fall while tusking the ground (tuskground gesture) in front of her vehicle.
“I used to think that they really did trip
no longer!” Poole said. “I have seen it
enough times to know that pretending to
fall over in front of the car is all part of
the fun. It is one of the behaviours that
led me to say that elephants have a sense
of self and a sense of humour. They know
that they are funny.”
RHYTHM
Saturday, May 11, 2013
“The fact is that a lot
of these young ar-tistes do not under-stand these civil rights
issues, do not un-derstand history and
what it is that people
are offended by”
Lil
Wayne
Mountain Dew in crisis
over Lil Wayne lyric
NYT SYNDICATE
H
OW much street cred is too
much?
For executives at Moun-tain Dew, that may have
been the question of the day
on Monday, as the brand looked to move
beyond a public relations embarrass-ment that had led it to end a multimil-lion-dollar endorsement deal with the
rapper Lil Wayne. The brand severed
its ties because of pressure brought by
the family of Emmett Till, the AfricanAmerican teenager whose 1955 torture
and murder in Mississippi for suppos-edly whistling at a white woman helped
foment the civil rights movement.
The family took up issue of vulgar lyr-ics referring to Till that were performed
by Lil Wayne on a remix of Karate Chop,
by the rapper Future. In an interview
with the website AllHipHop.com in
April, the family said it would put pres-sure on the brand, which is part of the
PepsiCo Americas Beverages division of
PepsiCo, to drop the artiste; Mountain
Dew did so on Friday.
Sarah Cunningham, a publicist for Lil
Wayne, attributed the split to what she
called “creative differences” between the
artiste and the brand and described it as
“an amicable parting.” A representative
for Mountain Dew declined to answer
specific questions about the Lil Wayne
situation, but said in a statement: “We
do not plan any additional work with Lil
Wayne moving forward. His offensive
reference to a revered civil rights icon
does not reflect the values of our brand.”
Pressure on Lil Wayne began build-ing in February when the Till family
issued an open letter in which Airickca
Gordon-Taylor, a family representative,
wrote in a letter to him that “when you
spit lyrics” like these, “not only are you
destroying the preservation and legacy
of Emmett Till’s memory and name, but
the impact of his murder in black history
along with degradation of women.”
Last week Lil Wayne, whose given
name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, is-sued a letter to the Till family in which
he acknowledged how his “contribution
to a fellow artiste’s song has deeply of-fended your family.” He continued, “As a
father myself, I cannot imagine the pain
that your family has had to endure.”
The family was not satisfied with that
response and instead called for a meet--
ing with executives at PepsiCo. At the
same time, a publicist for the family said,
they found an additional way to pressure
Mountain Dew: to bring to public atten-tion an offensive Mountain Dew video ad
created by the hip-hop producer and rap
artist known as Tyler, the Creator, that
featured a battered white waitress, band-aged and on crutches, trying to identify
her assailant from a lineup that included
African-American men and a goat.
That ad prompted a flurry of media
attention, and Mountain Dew pulled the
ad on Wednesday. Two days later it sev-ered its relationship with Lil Wayne.
Kimberly Wilson, a publicist for the
Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Founda-tion, named for Emmett Till’s mother,
said that the issue for the family was the
lack of a timely response from Lil Wayne
and the context in which Till’s name was
used in the song. The Rev Al Sharpton,
who has been in touch with both execu-tives of PepsiCo and the Till family, said
he had scheduled a meeting with the
two parties, which he will attend, in New
York on Wednesday.
In a telephone interview Sharpton
said he had also been in contact with Lil
Wayne’s management. He described the
issue as a “teaching moment” for both
the brand and the artist.
“The fact is that a lot of these young
artistes do not understand these civil
rights issues, do not understand history
and what it is that people are offended
by,” he said. “The corporations become
insensitive because they are profit-driven
and have no regard for what’s going on
in our communities.”
Wilson said the foundation had re-ceived comments from people saying the
family should, in fact, be “grateful to Lil
Wayne for even saying his name.”
She added: “The one thing this issue
definitely brought to light is that some
people didn’t even know who Emmett
Till was.” Both the brand and the artiste
are to blame, Sharpton said. “The brand
wants street cred, the artiste gives them
something that’s outrageous – and when
the streets turn on them, the artiste
becomes expendable,” he said.
Steve Stoute, founder of Translation
LLC, an ad agency that has worked with
artistes like Jay-Z and clients like CocaCola and Budweiser, said marketers
needed to know what they were getting
into before they made deals with celebri-ties.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
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19:25 Built
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06:30 Renaissance Man
08:15 Winnie The Pooh
10:00 Powder
11:45 The Death and Life of Bobby Z
13:30 Hannibal Rising
15:00 Beaches
16:45 Renaissance Man
18:30 Toy Story 3
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09:30 Jodhaa Akbar
12:30 Main Khiladi Tu Anari
16:00 Bichhoo
19:00 Aladin
22:00 Chalo Dilli
01:00 Johny Mera Naam
04:00 Aag Ka Gola
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Hoy en la Historia
May 11, 2003
An incomparable gold saltcellar
by Italian sculptor Benvenuto
Cellini was stolen from the
Kunsthistoriches Museum in
Vienna, Austria
1866: The spectacular failure of
bankers Overend and Gurney occurred
on “Black Friday” in the City of London
1981: Bob Marley, Jamaican
singer-songwriter who popularised
reggae around the world, died at 36
1987: The Indian government imposed
direct rule on Punjab because of the
terror campaign of Sikh extremists
1997: World chess champion Gary
Kasparov was beaten by IBM’s Deep
Blue computer
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
SUDOKU
Thursday’s Answer
Star Talk
By King Features Syndicate, Inc.
ARIES [mar 21 – apr 19]
TAURUS [apr 20 – may 20]
GEMINI [may 21 – jun 20]
CANCER [jun 21 - jul 22]
LEO [jul 23 – aug 22]
VIRGO [aug 23 – 22]
This is a mildly accident-prone
day, so be careful. Pay attention
to everything you say and do.
However, you might dream up
genius-like ideas. Who knows?
Keep an eye on your money today.
If shopping, count your change
and keep your receipts. You might
find money; you might lose money.
Guard your possessions against
loss or theft.
You might be a bit rash and impul-sive today. It would behoove you to
count to three before you say or do
anything. Don’t fly off the handle.
Unexpected solutions to old
problems might appear today.
You also might find something
that you lost, because that which
is hidden can be revealed.
A friend might amaze you by doing
something outrageous today. Or
alternatively, you might meet
someone who is a real character.
Expect a few surprises in group
situations.
Don’t be lippy or rebellious with
authority figures today because
you might regret it. Nevertheless,
a boss, parent, teacher or member
of the police might throw you a
curveball. (Don’t quit your day job.)
LIBRA [sept 23 – oct 22]
SCORPIO [oct 23 – nov 21]
SAGITTARIUS [nov 22 – dec 21]
CAPRICORN [dec 22 – jan 19]
AQUARIUS [jan 20 – feb 18]
Pisces [feb 19 – mar 20]
Travel plans might be interrupted,
changed or canceled today. Ditto
for anything having to do with
higher education. Nevertheless,
this is a fascinating day full of
interesting detours.
Surprise gifts, goodies and
favors from others might come
your way today. Keep your
pockets open. You have earned
whatever comes your way.
Partners and close friends might
do something unusual or demand
more space and freedom in
the relationship. Even casual
encounters with the public might
introduce you to someone unusual.
Power outages, staff shortages and
computer crashes might cause
delays at work today. Introduction
of new technology also is likely.
Others might learn surprising news
that can benefit their health.
This is a mildly accident-prone day
for your kids, so be extra vigilant.
Romance will hold few surprises.
Be on guard! The outcome of
sports events could be surprising.
Unexpected company might
drop by at home today. Small
appliances could break down,
or minor breakages could
occur. It’s a crapshoot, but at
least, it’s not a boring day.
MOVIES IN QATAR
Saturday, May 11, 2013
The Big Wedding
(Comedy)
A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family
unites for a wedding.
Welcome To The Punch
(Action)
Ex-criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to
London when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong.
This gives his nemesis, detective Max Lewinsky, one
last chance to catch the man he’s always been after.
CITY CENTRE CINEMA
RISE OF ZOMBIES (HORROR): 7.30 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.30 PM
WELCOME TO THE PUNCH (ACTION): 11.45 AM, 2.30 PM, 4.15
PM, 6.30 PM, 8.45 PM, 11 PM, 1 MN
THE BIG WEDDING (COMEDY): 12 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM, 6 PM, 8 PM,
10 PM, 12 MN
IRON MAN 3 (ACTION): 12 PM, 3 PM, 6 PM, 9 PM, 12 MN, 1.15
MN. (3D) 11 AM, 2 PM, 5 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM. [VIP GOLD] 11.30
AM, 2.30 PM, 5.30 PM, 8.30 PM, 11.30 PM
THE CALL (THRILLER): 11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM, 7 PM, 9 PM,
11 PM, 1 MN
PAIN & GAIN (ACTION): 12.30 PM, 6 PM, 11.30 PM
OBLIVION (ACTION): 10.45 AM, 1.15 PM, 6.30 PM, 11.45 PM
SAMEER ABU ELNEEL (ARABIC): 10.30 AM, 12.45 PM, 3 PM,
6.15 PM, 7.30 PM, 9.45 PM, 12 MN
GO GOA GONE (HINDI): 12.15 PM, 2.30 PM, 4.45 PM, 7 PM,
9.15 PM, 11.30 PM
GREEKU VEERUDU (TELUGU): 12.30 PM, 3.15 PM, 6 PM, 8.45
PM, 11.30 PM
ETHIR NEECHAL (TAMIL): 12.30 PM, 3.15 PM, 6 PM, 8.45 PM,
11.30 PM
SHOOTOUT AT WADALA (HINDI): 3 PM, 8.30 PM
IMMANUEL (MALAYALAM): 12 PM, 5.45 PM, 11.30 PM
GIPPY (HINDI): 3 PM, 8.45 PM
THE CROODS (3D) (ANIMATION): 11.30 AM, 1.30 PM, 3.30 PM,
5.30 PM
AASHIQUI 2 (HINDI): 3.45 PM, 9 PM
VILLAGGIO CINEMA
THE BIG WEDDING (COMEDY): 11.30 AM, 1.30 PM, 3.30 PM,
5.30 PM, 7.30 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.30 PM
WELCOME TO THE PUNCH (ACTION): 12 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM, 6
PM, 8 PM, 10 PM, 12 MN, 1 MN
IRON MAN 3 (ACTION): 11 AM, 12 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM, 5 PM, 6
PM, 8 PM, 9 PM, 11 PM, 12 MN. (3D) 11.30 AM, 2.30 PM,
5.30 PM, 8.30 PM, 11.30 PM
THE CALL (THRILLER): 10.30 AM, 12.45 PM, 3 PM, 5.15 PM,
7.30 PM, 9.45 PM, 12 MN, 1 MN
THE CROODS (3D) (ANIMATION): 11.15 AM, 1.15 PM, 3.15
PM, 5.15 PM
G.I.JOE: RETALIATION (3D) (ACTION): 7.15 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.45
PM
GO GOA GONE (HINDI): 10.45 AM, 1.15 PM, 3.45 PM, 6.15
PM, 8.45 PM, 11.15 PM
SAMEER ABU ELNEEL (ARABIC): 12.15 PM, 2.30 PM, 4.45
PM, 7 PM, 9.15 PM, 11.30 PM
PAIN & GAIN (ACTION): 11.15 AM, 1.45 PM, 4.15 PM, 6.45
PM, 9.15 PM, 11.45 PM
OBLIVION (ACTION): 11 AM, 1.30 PM, 4 PM, 6.30 PM, 9 PM,
11.30 PM
OLMPUS HAS FALLEN (ACTION): 11.30 AM, 4 PM, 8.30 PM
FIRE WITH FIRE (ACTION): 2 PM, 6.30 PM, 11 PM
A HAUNTED HOUSE (COMEDY): 11 AM, 12.45 PM, 2.30 PM,
4.15 PM, 6 PM, 7.45 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.15 PM
LANDMARK CINEMA
MALL CINEMA
THE BIG WEDDING (COMEDY): 5 PM, 7 PM
RISE OF ZOMBIES (HORROR): 9 PM, 11 PM
WELCOME TO THE PUNCH (ACTION): 3 PM, 11.30 PM
IRON MAN (3D) (ACTION): 6.30 PM, 9 PM
SAMEER ABU ELNEEL (ARABIC): 2.30 PM, 4.30 PM
GIPPI (HINDI): 2.30 PM
ETHIR NEECHAL (TAMIL): 5 PM
IMMANUEL (MALAYALAM): 7.45 PM, 10.30 PM
SAMEER ABU ELNEEL (ARABIC): 3 PM, 5 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM
IMMANUEL (MALAYALAM): 2.15 PM, 9 PM
THE BIG WEDDING (COMEDY): 5 PM
GIPPI (HINDI): 7 PM
WELCOME TO THE PUNCH (ACTION): 11.30 PM
IRON MAN (3D) (ACTION): 2.30 PM, 7.15 PM
ETHIR NEECHAL (TAMIL): 4.45 PM
RISE OF ZOMBIES (HORROR): 9.30 PM, 11.30 PM
ROYAL PLAZA
THE BIG WEDDING (COMEDY): 2.30 PM, 4.30 PM
WELCOME TO THE PUNCH (ACTION): 11.30 PM
IRON MAN (3D) (ACTION): 6.30 PM, 9 PM
SAMEER ABU ELNEEL (ARABIC): 3 PM, 5 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM
PARANORMAN (ANIMATION): 2.30 PM
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (ANIMATION): 4.30 PM
LOVE WEDDING MARRIAGE (COMEDY): 6.30 PM
THE AWAKENING (HORROR): 8.30 PM
SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN (ACTION): 10.30 PM
NOTICE: Timings are subject to change without prior notice.
OVER THE WEEK IN QATAR
FOOD
X’PRESS LUNCH AND DINNER
Date: Everyday
Venue:The Cellar, Oryx Rotana
set menu including a large variety of starters, main dishes
and desserts for only QR89 per person for lunch and QR145
per person for dinner. For reservations or more information,
please contact Tel: +974 4402 3333 or email to oryx.ho-tel@rotana.com.
Quick bite time and ready for it. Enjoy the Cellar’s 3 course
MUSIC
ORCHESTRA AND SYMPHONY
Date: May 11, 2013 (Saturday)
Time: 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:10 pm)
Location: Opera House Seated, Katara Cultural Village
Date: 10th and 11th May, 2013 (Friday & Saturday)
Andreas S. Weiser, conductor; Vincent Daoud, tenor
saxophone; Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau), from Ma Vlast;
Mihalovici: Chant premier for Tenor Saxophone and Orches-tra; and Dvo ák: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70.
Time: 6 pm
Note: Age limit for audience members to enter is 6 and over.
Venue: Museum of Islamic Art Auditorium
Tickets are available at the venue at the price of QR75 to
QR500, depending on the seating category.
FILM
CAMELS IN THE OUTBACK
Q&A Session to follow screening of the film directed by Yasir
Khan. The show is free for public.
For more information, go to Virgin Megastore’s website.
For events, opinions and suggestions contact: chillout.qt@gmail.com Phone: 44422077