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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Natalie Portman romantic comedy leads box office

LOS ANGELES | Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:06pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Natalie Portman, already riding high during awards season with "Black Swan," took the No. 1 spot at the North American box office on Sunday for the first time in five years with her romantic comedy debut.

"No Strings Attached," in which she co-stars with Ashton Kutcher, sold about $20.3 million worth of tickets across the United States and Canada during the three days beginning January 21, distributor Paramount Pictures said.

The opening exceeded the modest expectations of the Viacom Inc unit, which said the film cost just $25 million to make. Portman and Kutcher play friends who enter into a sexual relationship with the titular proviso. Complications ensue.

Paramount said women accounted for 70 percent of the audience, and patrons aged under 25 gave it the best reviews in exit polls. Paramount said it was impossible to tell how the "Black Swan" buzz helped, but "everything helps," noted the studio's distribution president Don Harris.

The film was directed by "Ghostbusters" veteran Ivan Reitman who has not had a big hit since "Six Days, Seven Nights" in 1998. Kutcher's last big movie was "What Happens in Vegas," a 2008 romantic comedy with Cameron Diaz. Portman, 29, last led the box office in March 2006 when the thriller "V For Vendetta" grossed $26 million during its first weekend.

OSCAR PICS IN FOCUS

Last weekend's champion, Columbia Pictures' 3D comic-book adaptation "The Green Hornet," slipped to No. 2 with $18.1 million. "The Dilemma," a Universal Pictures romantic comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James, was also down one, to No. 3, with $9.7 million in its second weekend. Their respective 10-day totals stand at $63.4 million and $33.4 million.

"No Strings Attached" was the weekend's only new wide release, in keeping with January's reputation as a graveyard for new films. Much of the focus is on the awards-season contenders, four of which were in the top 10.

That includes "Black Swan," in which Portman plays an unhinged ballerina. The Fox Searchlight melodrama slipped one to No. 6 with $6.2 million. It has earned $83.6 million to date, and is poised for further gains as the awards season enters the home stretch. Portman has won most of the bellwether awards leading up to Tuesday's announcement of the Academy Award nominations.

Elsewhere, Weinstein Co's royals drama "The King's Speech" was steady at No. 4 with $9.2 million. The film's Oscar chances received a surprise boost on Saturday when it was named best picture by the Producers Guild of America, a group whose picks usually go on to win the top Oscar. Its victory weakened the awards-season dominance of "The Social Network," which has just come out on DVD.

Paramount's hit Western remake "True Grit," largely overlooked during awards season, fell two to No. 5 with $8 million; its total stands at $138.6 million, easily a personal best for filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen.

"The Fighter," also released by Paramount, rose two to No. 7 with $4.5 million; the boxing drama, buoyed by acclaim for Christian Bale's supporting turn as a boxer-turned-crackhead, has earned $73 million to date.

Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp. Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal. Weinstein Co is privately held. Fox Searchlight is a unit of News Corp.

(Reporting by Dean Goodman; editing by Anthony Boadle)

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

"King's Speech" reigns with Producers Guild award

By Mary Milliken

BEVERLY HILLS, California. | Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:33am EST

BEVERLY HILLS, California. (Reuters) - "The King's Speech" won best-produced film from the Producers Guild of America on Saturday, a regal boost to its Oscar aspirations in an awards season so far swept by "The Social Network."

The producers of "King's Speech" -- Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin -- said they thought they were "the last guys in the running" among the 10 nominees for the top Producers award, which comes just before Tuesday's Oscar nominations.

The drama depicts the struggles of the stammering British King George VI, played by Colin Firth, and his unlikely savior of a speech therapist.

Firth won best actor at the Golden Globes a week ago, but his film did not fare as well there. The Facebook founding saga "Social Network" took home four Globes, including best dramatic film and best director, and has won several of the critics and industry awards this season.

While "The King's Speech" has also made several best movie lists among critics, the Weinstein Company-backed film has not been considered a front-runner. It was not even nominated by the Writers Guild of America for its awards this season.

Other films in contention for the best-produced movie of the year were "Black Swan," "The Fighter" and "Toy Story 3," which won best-produced animated film.

PRODUCERS HELP PREDICT OSCARS

Hollywood is counting the days until the February 27 Oscars, the industry's biggest movie awards held in Los Angeles and given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Producers Guild and other industry honors can offer insight into Oscar chances because many members of the PGA and WGA also belong to the Academy, whose members cast votes for the Oscars.

In the last three years, the Producers Guild and the Academy have agreed on best picture winners.

The Producers Guild gave its best-produced documentary award to "Waiting for Superman," a film that details the failures of the U.S. educational system.

Best-produced television comedy series went to ABC's "Modern Family," while best TV drama was won by AMC's "Mad Men." The best-produced long-form television award went to HBO's World War Two drama "The Pacific," which counts actor Tom Hanks among its producers.

Actor Sean Penn was honored by the Producers Guild with the Stanley Kramer Award for his work in social issues, including his recent relief efforts in earthquake-struck Haiti.

"Social Network" producer Scott Rudin, one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, may have lost out on the best-produced film award this year, but he did take home the coveted David O. Selznick Achievement Award.

(Editing by Vicki Allen)

MSNBC and anchor Keith Olbermann abruptly part ways

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES | Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:31pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. cable news television network MSNBC and its top anchor, Keith Olbermann, abruptly parted ways on Friday, less than three months after the liberal broadcaster was suspended for campaign donations to Democrats.

Olbermann, who had two years left on his contract, signed off for the last time on his "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" political affairs program on Friday night.

"This is the last edition of "Countdown," Olbermann said on the program, which drew over 1 million viewers a night.

"MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract," the network said in a statement. Neither Olbermann nor MSNBC gave a reason for the move.

His departure came just over two months after MSNBC briefly suspended Olbermann for giving money to three Democratic politicians during the congressional election campaign, including Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was coincidentally shot and wounded in an assassination attempt on January 8 in Tucson, Arizona.

"MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC's success and we wish him well in his future endeavors," the network statement said.

Olbermann, whose talks with MSNBC management about his future at the company had been going on for some time, seemed to suggest during his signoff that the decision to leave MSNBC had not been entirely his own.

"I think the same fantasy popped into the head of everybody in my business who has ever been told what I have been told, this will be the last edition of your show," he said.

He then mentioned the 1976 movie "Network," where a news anchor declares, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" and persuades viewers to yell out their windows.

Olbermann's program helped define MSNBC as a liberal voice in cable television and a counterpoint to Fox News' largely conservative bent. MSNBC is now second in cable news ratings behind Fox News and ahead of CNN.

The outspoken former sportscaster with ESPN went to work for MSNBC in 2003. He had the highest-rated host on MSNBC. The New York Times said he signed a $30 million four-year contract extension in 2008.

Olbermann would often take aim at conservative politicians and commentators, in a segment he called "The Worst Person in the World." His targets included rival commentator Bill O'Reilly from Fox News and New York 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino.

MSNBC is a network in transition. Comcast Corp earlier this week won approval from the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Justice Department for its combination with NBC Universal, the company behind MSNBC.

Once the deal closes, Comcast will acquire a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co.

Jeremy Gaines, a spokesman for MSNBC, said Comcast had nothing to do with Olbermann's departure.

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How "Black Swan" will reach the $100 million mark

By Pamela McClintock

Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:23pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A ballet psycho-thriller isn't the typical boxoffice juggernaut, but as Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" hit the $75 million mark during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, Fox Searchlight received its most detailed breakdown of who is fueling the season's surprise hit:

Women (big surprise!). About 55 percent of the audience is female (17-34 is the sweet spot), and many are bringing their boyfriends and husbands along. Women are giving the film a B+ on CinemaScore; men are a bit less enthusiastic with a B, but that is considered great for a horror/thriller.

People in small cities. After opening in 18 theaters, "Swan" upped its theater count from about 1,550 to 2,328 and extended into smaller communities, turning in top performances in Butte, Mont., Guleph, Ont., Columbus, Ga., Houma, La., and Bangor, Maine. The $13 million-budgeted film is doing especially well in French Canada and heavily Hispanic San Antonio, even though Searchlight initially didn't spend much there.

And big-city types, too. The top-performing theater in the U.S. is the Regal Union Square in New York, where "Swan" will soon become its third-highest grosser of all time, behind only "Avatar" and "Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace" ($1.7 million each). Other top cities include Boston, Seattle and Chicago.

But not really. L.A.'s Arclight Hollywood is the No. 2 theater overall for "Swan," but Searchlight says the film hasn't overperformed in the broader Los Angeles market.

How high can Swan fly? After her best drama actress win at the Golden Globes, Natalie Portman is a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination, which should send the film past $100 million and possibly toward the ranks of "Juno" ($143.5 million) and "Slumdog Millionaire" ($141.3 million), Searchlight's highest-grossing films. Says Searchlight's Sheila DeLoach, "It has become the movie people have to see."

(Editing by Zorianna Kit)

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Monday, January 24, 2011

Sundance debuts with Harry Belafonte documentary

By Bob Tourtellotte

PARK CITY, Utah | Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:30pm EST

PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - The Sundance Film Festival opened on Thursday night with a new look -- four feature films instead of only one, including a documentary about calypso singer Harry Belafonte and a teen lesbian drama.

The documentary, "Sing Your Song," follows the social activism of the 83-year-old singer of "Banana Boat Song" and "Scarlet Ribbons." Belafonte has been at the vanguard of the U.S. civil rights movement, anti-apartheid efforts in South Africa and ending gang violence on the streets of Los Angeles.

Sundance founder Robert Redford called Belafonte's tale "a story about a man whose story should be told for generations to come," and the documentary earned a standing ovation.

The other screenings included: "Pariah," the tale of a young black lesbian who yearns to come out of the closet; "The Guard," an Irish buddy-cop comedy starring Don Cheadle and Brendan Gleeson; and "Project Nim," a British documentary about a chimpanzee raised as a human being in an ethically questionable experiment.

The annual showcase for independent movies runs through January 30, and takes place as bold discoveries from last year's event, including "The Kids Are All Right" and "Winter's Bone," vie for attention during Hollywood's awards season.

Sundance chief programer John Cooper, in his second year at the helm, told Reuters that this year's selection of some 115 feature films reflects a desire among directors to look reality squarely in the face and build stories around how they fit into that world.

"They are sticking more to the truth within themselves and the stories they have to tell," Cooper said.

"There are several films dealing with religion, faith and redemption, and we kind of can't help but think it has something to do with the world we are living in."

BUZZ AND BUSINESS

Coming into the festival there are, as always, movies generating industry buzz, including "Little Birds," about two teenage girls (portrayed by Juno Temple and Kay Panabaker) learning about life and love, and "The Ledge" in which two men are forced to examine their lives.

Numerous stars will again turn out on the snowy streets of Park City, a ski resort east of Salt Lake City. Oprah Winfrey is expected to promote documentaries on her new OWN TV network.

Money will be on the minds of distributors and financiers looking to scoop up the next "The Kids Are All Right", paying small for a big box office hit. After about three tough years, experts say business is looking up, if conducted sensibly.

The good news is that digital downloading and streaming of movies from websites like iTunes or Netflix has opened up new avenues to reach audiences and new ways to make money. The bad news is that making sizable profits from new distribution remains five or more years away, the experts added.

That means traditional revenues from box office, DVDs and TV pay-per-view are still the key ways to make money. For a few indie films, box office is buoyant, but DVD and TV revenues are soft. That dynamic has market players hopeful, but wary.

"This year, you'll see a large amount of (movies) make their way into the marketplace, but in terms of making your money back, it depends on what you spend," said Tom Bernard, co-head of indie distributor Sony Pictures Classics.

Elizabeth Redleaf, whose relatively new production company Werc Werk Works is screening its heist movie "The Convincer" here, put it another way. "People, I think, are much more conscious of their money."

(Editing by Mike Collett-White)

At 83, Harry Belafonte still sings of justice

By Bob Tourtellotte

PARK CITY, Utah | Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:58pm EST

PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - At age 83, his days of singing calypso tunes to thousands of fans are behind him, but Harry Belafonte says he still has one song to sing for people around the world -- his song of justice.

Belafonte is at the Sundance Film Festival this week with a new documentary, "Sing Your Song," that tells of his life from being born in Harlem and raised in Jamaica to becoming a star singer of the 1950s and '60s with hits such as "Banana Boat Song," also known as "Day-O."

But what the nonfiction film focuses on -- and what Belafonte thinks may be lost on some people, especially younger generations -- is the work he and others did to advance civil rights and justice in the United States and around the world.

The movie's title comes from something African-American singer Paul Robeson told Belafonte when he was a young man: "Get them to sing your song, and they will know who you are."

Asked what he believed his song was, at 83, Belafonte's answer was: "The same melody. It just needs to be sung again. What it needs are more voices of harmony. It's a beautiful chord that everybody gets to sing in the same place at the same time with the same purpose. The song is the same: justice."

"Sing Your Song" was among the opening night films this past Thursday at Sundance, the premiere U.S. festival for makers of movies outside Hollywood's mainstream studios.

The event, which is backed by actor and activist Robert Redford's Sundance Institute, has long been a place where independent filmmakers screen movies, and much of their work deals with social issues, so "Sing Your Song" fit perfectly.

In fact, on opening night festival director John Cooper said, "at our core, the life of Harry Belafonte and Sundance are almost intertwined."

CHALLENGING MYTHS

But Belafonte admitted to some trepidation about making a documentary of his life when approached by producer Michael Cohl because, he said, "it looked like self-indulgence."

He was swayed by family members and by his own concern that the groundbreaking history of women and men like Dr. Martin Luther King, was lost on a younger generation.

"What I looked at were the (issues) of the day and the absence of people being inspired and fueled to take charge and take responsibility for changing," Belafonte told Reuters.

"The great void that I hear expressed by people who say, 'I don't know what to do' or 'there's nothing we can do' must be challenged. And the best way to challenge that myth is to say, 'take a look at the history that proceeded you.'"

"Sing Your Song" traces Belafonte's career as a singer and in movies and on television. He was a major star of his generation, yet in the late 1950s and 1960s when traveling to segregated U.S. cities, he was barred from some restaurants, hotels and other public places because he was black.

The documentary tells how he fought racism in very public ways by marching with civil rights protesters such as Dr. King and singing and dancing with white women on TV at a time when such a thing was not done in some communities.

Oprah Winfrey to reveal "family secret"

Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:04pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Oprah Winfrey will be giving her daytime talk show fans something to talk about next week.

She is staging a family reunion on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Monday and said she plans to reveal something she's recently learned that only a few people close to her know.

"I thought I'd seen it all. But this, my friends, is the miracle of all miracles," Winfrey said in a promotional clip.

"I was given some news that literally shook me to my core. This time, I'm the one being reunited. I was keeping a family secret for months, and on Monday you're going to hear it straight from me," she added.

Her production company, Harpo, declined to provide further details on Friday.

Winfrey was born to unwed teens and was raised at various times by her grandmother, mother and father and stepmother in Mississippi, Wisconsin and Tennessee.

She got pregnant at age 14, but her baby died a short time later. Earlier this week on Piers Morgan's CNN show, she said she wouldn't be where she is today if she had had the baby.

(Editing by Jill Serjeant)

Director gives Mumbai fresh face in film "Dhobi Ghat"

By Shadia Ismail

TORONTO | Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:10pm EST

TORONTO (Reuters) - Western film fans who thought they knew Indian city Mumbai after seeing "Slumdog Millionaire" can forget that, and Indian moviegoers expecting a Bollywood spectacle should be prepared. "Dhobi Ghat" is no musical.

Instead, the directorial debut of Kiran Rao paints a picture of a city with many layers and people in a 95-minute drama that feels more like a western-style movie that a typical Bollywood formula of song, dance and romance.

"Slumdog Millionaire" was the Oscar-winning film about a poor Indian boy who finds love and money on a TV game show, and for it, director Danny Boyle created a fast-paced thriller.

Rao, the wife of Indian superstar Aamir Khan, explores the burgeoning city of Mumbai through complex relationships of its disparate residents in "Dhobi Ghat," ("Mumbai Diaries") which opened in India and parts of the United States on Friday and is expected to play around the world in coming weeks and months. It had its world premiere at September's Toronto International Film Festival and also played at the London Film Festival.

"I wanted to make a film about the different cities that exist within one city. And that especially happens in Mumbai where the city has so many layers," Rao told Reuters by phone from Mumbai.

The movie intertwines the lives of four, very different people. Arun (Aamir Khan) is a successful artist whose fame has led to a life as an emotional recluse, and Yasmin (Kriti Malhotra) is a shy newlywed about whom Arun becomes obsessed when he sees her in videos he finds in his new apartment.

Munna (Prateik Babbar) is a poor, working dhobi (laundry) boy and nighttime rat killer, as well as an aspiring actor, and Shai (Monica Dogra) is a U.S. banker on sabbatical in Mumbai.

COMPLEX CITY

Rao said she wanted the four main characters to be from different classes and backgrounds and different languages because Mumbai is a complex city with so many people and sections that its residents must co-exist, unlike smaller Indian cities where caste systems are firmly entrenched.

She was inspired by the outdoor laundry, Dhobi Ghat, in her adopted hometown of Mumbai, where dhobi's wash the clothes of the rich, middle class and poor in rows of concrete pens.

Rao sees a metaphor for the city in that the clothes of all classes are washed in the same water, connecting them to one another, and she believes Munna, truly defines Mumbai.

"There are millions of people like him who come from the poorest of backgrounds, from castes that have no opportunity. They come to Mumbai to find a new life and a new identity," Rao said. "What's amazing about Munna is that he is what the poorer parts of India are like, where the people are far, far more genuine and far, far more sensitive and generous than people who have a lot.

"I think in some ways he represents that hope and optimism and that ideal that you can actually get out of where you are. And in a way that's selfless," said Rao.

Rao's characters feed their emotional needs through companionship in unlikely relationships.

Khan, her superstar husband, plays the emotionally tortured Arun, a successful artist who recoils at attention and mourns the life he once had. When he moves into a new apartment, he finds video diaries left behind by the former tenant, Yasmin.

TV watchdog urges advertisers to drop "Skins"

Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:10pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Parents Television Council said it was urging L'Oreal, Subway, Foot Locker not to sponsor MTV's controversial show "Skins".

And General Motors has placed the teen series on its "do not buy list", according to the PTC.

"GM told PTC that 'Skins' was on its 'do not buy' list on MTV, and that MTV admitted placing a Chevy commercial on 'Skins' in error. GM also stated that MTV had apologized for its error," the PTC said in a statement on Friday.

The TV watchdog group is now urging Schick Hydro, H&R Block, L'Oreal, Subway, Foot Locker, Orbit chewing gum and Extra chewing gum to stop advertising.

The companies "can rest assured that they will be hearing from PTC about their decision to sponsor the program," said PTC president Tim Winter.

"Every single advertiser who sponsored the premiere episode of Skins is not only endorsing, but glorifying teen drug and alcohol abuse, not to mention a plethora of baseless sexual content," he added.

The Hollywood Reporter reported on Thursday that fast food chain Taco Bell had pulled its ads from the show.

Meanwhile "Skins" star Sofia Black-D'elia, who plays a lesbian teen on the MTV series, defended the content.

"It's pushing the boundaries for teen drama because I think 'Skins' goes where other shows are afraid to," she said.

(Editing by Jill Serjeant)

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Cut Mini Ogah Bahas Keturunan

JAKARTA-Since married 10 years ago, Cut Mini Theo until now have not also have descendants. However, the former cover girl is absolutely not feel lonely. Kok bisa?

"I don't feel lonely, my life was always crowded with them, my nephew. Even sometimes when her parents abroad, they are entrusting to me. They come to where I go into the market or to the Mall. Comfortable living with them. At home, his children, "he encountered in the restaurant, the Garden Island of Two Ria Senayan, Sunday (23/1/2011).

The movie stars Laskar Pelangi clever berlogat Melayu admit love close to children because of their innocence.

"A child is energetic, never lie, sincere, plain, no load, so I play with them happy-happy alone, there is no burden. My world is the same as those without a load, not the monthly money yet mikirin down happy are important, "he admits.

Hence when having descendants own? As mentioned about it, this reluctant wife Mago Marwoto responds.

"Who got nanya, said the same producer've how long he so producer. Still, it's still mulu nanya many questions, many of the more important questions that need enggak enggak is important, "lid. (nsa)(uky)

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Eddies Adelia So Sukkah Poligami

JAKARTA-like the other women in General, Eddies Adelia Manohara against polygamy. Outspoken he stated not to dipoligami.

"Don't talk about polygamy ah, I enggak likes. Polygamy is not to be debated or addressed, "says Eddies, not long ago.

According to the artist who has been wearing the veil, polygamy is recommended for the muslim man capable of materially and able to do justice. However, he still doesn't want when later husband and would dimadu.

"If you believe the Qur'an to believe polygamy. Muslims must admit that there are polygamous, but does not mean I want living polygamy, "he asserted.

Despite the decline, does not mean Eddies prohibits other women when sincere dipoligami. "If my life or another woman requires him to dipoligami, we appreciate it. Don't berpolemik with polygamy. Al Quran States polygamy may, but is indeed the right deal, "he said.(ang)

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Successful Business Resto, Evan Sanders Viewfinder Eastern Europe

JAKARTA-Long unheard reportedly, Evan Sanders successfully opened a restaurant in Europe. This year, it intends to open a handsome actor branch in Eastern Europe.

"The expectation in 2011, maybe I want to open in Eastern Europe," said Evan, some time ago.

Three years have been the man born 8 November 1981 it business restaurant. The first two years, Evan down directly to chefs for chefs who could not get cooking cuisine of Indonesia.

"Pas open restaurant, yet there is a chef who can I call to work in a restaurant I. So I had to work with both local people and teach them how to cook cuisine of Indonesia, "he said.

Cooking itself is not difficult for Kuntilanak movie stars. So, since he has learned little from cooking parents. "I learned from small from the parent. If the menu-a new study from the book menu or the internet. Primary key, the same, the hand may be different, but don't think it will be the same, "he explained.

Three years Director of the restaurant business, former MTV VJ is ever settled in Europe in order to monitor the development of its business. Now Evan can monitor remotely.

"Its really good so far. Now it can be left. But I still watched via the internet or there must be a video conference, "he said.

Alas, chanter song about her was not interested in opening a restaurant in Indonesia. "Oh ribet. If here are already too many restaurants, "he asserts.(ang)

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Acha Pasrah Tunggu Jodoh Datang

JAKARTA-Acha Septriasa happy seeing's former girlfriend, Irwansyah married with Saskia Sungkar. Sepeninggal Crixmadine, Acha resigned his soul mate waiting to come.

"Soul mate in the hands of God. Enggak could only when. Everyone certainly enggak knows when his soul mate. Because it is his soul mate, there enggak ", explains Ine, not long ago.

Rather than thinking of the love match the dizzy, artist Middle College in Malaysia this surrender to God. "According to me, for that matter is the affair of the above. If emang is his soul mate, Yes, "he added.

Target Heart movie stars on this is now a college graduation on time. She inevitably lecture molor.

"Hopefully the year done if there is a hitch enggak. Want to finish on time. Nah not with results that are too good, but according to ability I only. Because I'm also still run two things at once, that is a career and education, "said artist born September 1, 1989.

Besides the very hope quickly pass, no denied Acha hope didekatkan his soul mate. "Hopefully can quickly pass and can quickly be good spouses as well," noted.(ang)

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Stop Lecturing, Jessica Iskandar Wanted Courses in London

JAKARTA-Jessica Iskandar forced to stop College for a career. The artist who originally took lectures at Trisakti University in Jakarta that Interior Design Department was forced to postpone the Bachelor diploma.

"I quit College because enggak can for the time and task a lot. Should the images in the images table gede. Right if filming enggak could be brought everywhere his desk. Moreover, often clashed with the filming schedule, "said Jessica, some time ago.

The actress who leapt through Dealova film that considers careers is the most important current rather than spending time in College for the sake of pursuing undergraduate diploma.

"According to me, it's more (career) is important at this time. The family also supports me to work. I want to grow the business while working, "he said.

Business in the area of the restaurant and the property being on dara birth 29 January 1988. However, it has limited thinking and plans. One more dream of Jessica, i.e. college coursework while in London or Germany.

"Two excited field was (pull) banget buat aku. But time is not yet know when, "he asserts.(ang)

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Artika Sari Want To Plump

JAKARTA-When a lot of women want to thin, Artika Sari Devi to fatten the Agency. After birth, the body was indeed not chubby. Artika

"I now want to menggemukan yourself again. I want a lean and fat enggak enggak. Important I am healthy, physically looking good. Fortunately Baim (husband) hell Nah captious, "said Artika, not long ago.

Matter of her recipes still slim from postpartum depression, the daughter of Indonesia that claimed to not do the 2004 diet strictly.

"I enggak ever diet and I also do not breastfeed again. Probably because in my house can enggak. Moreover, the body does not get fat even though according to I eat a lot, "she said.

Romance movie star takes care of her baby Dimes this indeed, Sarah Ebiela Ibrahim, own. When there is a job outside the House, he entrusted the Sarah to Baim. "Fortunately there is my husband, he's unreliable. It makes me comfortable leaving, "he added.(ang)

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Wow, Cut Mini Had 20 Children!

JAKARTA-Once acted as teachers in the movie Laskar Pelangi, Cut Mini Theo often look at the various events that involve children. Actress gory Aceh this says if all the work that comes to him that without deliberate.

"Nah, emang dapatnya like this. My daughter sedapatnya. Since I live in Laskar Pelangi is always close to children, every Saturday and Sunday I berdongeng with children, an invitation to schools, from enggak can berdongeng now so like berdongeng, and it turns out this world that I like, "he encountered in the restaurant, the Garden Island of Two Ria Senayan, Sunday (23/1/2011).

This is also the wife of Mago Marwoto ensure, if not this time around he put a love of the world's children.

"Since my love before marriage with children, they have a thousand expression, every second could change," he said.

As mentioned about longing to have children, Star Arisan this movie says, he was always surrounded by children.

"Until now my son is already up to 20 people, my own my niece 15 people, three people, husband of cousin four people have added another, many deh," lid. (nsa)
(uky)

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Saturday, January 8, 2011

New Starbucks Logo: A Bad Idea? - Branding Strategy Insider

Yes. The new Starbucks logo, which drops the company name is a bad idea.

Dropping the "Starbucks" and the "Coffee" from their logo, and turning their symbolic mermaid into their well-known green coloring is not a strong enough change to create a usable "symbol only" corporate identity.

Chief executive Howard Schultz has the right idea about evolving the logo. His solution however shows some of the hubris that got the company into trouble a few years ago. If they want to evolve the name so the company can broaden its product line, they could have done so by dropping the word "coffee" from the Starbucks name.

Dropping the Starbucks name from their logo will only serve to confuse consumers who are not as familiar with the company and thus the target of a company trying to broaden its product line.

A corporate identity should follow a brand strategy, which should follow a business strategy. In this regard, Starbucks approached the identity change appropriately. Unfortunately, as many generals learn, the best strategy can go to hell quickly in battle. I think that is what happened here. Those who created the new corporate identity internally live and breathe the female siren symbol on a daily basis. So, in my opinion, there was no objectivity, no outside perspective on the decision to drop the name.

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