Cowboys In Paradise

Daftar Hotel - Οι αρχές της Ινδονησίας συνέλαβαν περίπου τριάντα νεαρούς που περνούσαν τον καιρό τους σε παραλία του Μπαλί και πιστεύεται ότι πρόσφεραν επ'αμοιβή τις υπηρεσίες τους σε τουρίστριες.

Hotel di Bandung - Οι συλλήψεις αυτές έγιναν μετά την προβολή στο Ιντερνετ ντοκιμαντέρ με τίτλο «Cowboys in Paradise» που παρουσίαζε τα πορτρέτα των νεαρών οι οποίοι κερδίζουν χρήματα συνάπτοντας ερωτικές σχέσεις με τουρίστριες.

Το ντοκιμαντέρ του Αμίτ Βιρμάνι, συγγραφέα από την Σιγκαπούρη, παρουσιάστηκε την περασμένη εβδομάδα σε φεστιβάλ της Νότιας Κορέας.

«Συλλάβαμε 28 άντρες που θεωρούνται ύποπτοι ότι δούλευαν ως ζιγκολό. Είναι νέοι, όμορφοι, ηλιοκαμένοι. Οι περισσότεροι είναι σέρφερς», δήλωσε ο Γκούστι Νγκουράχ Τρέσνα, επικεφαλής της ασφάλειας στην παραλία Κούτα.

«Τους ανακρίνουμε, αν κρίνουμε πως εμπλέκονται σε τέτοιες δραστηριότητες θα τους παραδώσουμε στην αστυνομία», πρόσθεσε.

«Είμαστε παρόντες στις παραλίες, έτσι μπορούμε να καθορίσουμε αν αυτοί οι άνθρωποι εκμεταλλεύονται τους ξένους», επισήμανε.

Σύμφωνα με τον ίδιο, οι νεαροί πλησιάζουν τουρίστριες στις παραλίες, κυρίως Γιαπωνέζες, και πληρώνονται για να τους κρατούν συντροφιά ή για τις «σεξουαλικές υπηρεσίες» που προσφέρουν.

Πάντως ο Τρέσνα δεν είπε ποιες κατηγορίες είναι δυνατόν να απαγγελθούν κατά των νεαρών αυτών, γιατί δύσκολα αποδεικνύεται πως κοστολογούσαν τις σεξουαλικές τους υπηρεσίες

Hollywood

Daftar Hotel - Showtime has picked up Lisa Kudrow's online series Web Therapy.

In the show, the Friends star plays psychologist Fiona Wallice, a therapist who gives her patients advice over a webcam.

Hotel The Hollywood Reporter says that Showtime has now picked up all 45 episodes of the 10-minute show.

The network is planning to convert the programme into half-hour episodes by combining three instalments into one and commissioning extra material.

Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt said: "I'm a huge Lisa Kudrow fan, and I think it's a clever show she's put together. It's a great little coup for us."

The series, which has previously featured Kudrow's Friends co-star Courteney Cox, will debut on Showtime later this year.

Jadwal Piala Dunia 2010

Tips Hamil - FIFA, soccer’s ruling body, said 145,000 tickets for the World Cup games in South Africa were sold over the counter and Shoprite Holdings Ltd. will open 18 sales points tomorrow.

Buku Panduan Lengkap Cara Cepat dan Mudah Hamil - Most of the tickets have been marketed through First National Bank branches around the country, while 30,000 were sold at ticketing centers and another 33,000 via FIFA.com and a call center, the organization said in an e-mailed statement today. All games in Durban and Cape Town, South Africa’s second- and third-biggest cities, are sold out.

The tournament, which has 64 games, begins on June 11 in Johannesburg.Johannesburg, Apr.18 (ANI): South Africa maybe preparing for the greatest football show on earth, the FIFA World Cup, which is just 53 days away, but officials associated with the event appear to have turned a blind eye to the high level of crime, piles of junk and filth near Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium.

Buzz up!

According to News of the World, the northern tip of Johannesburg has South Africa's most notorious shantytown where whites and even cops dare not go.

Instead vicious vigilante justice is meted out to criminals daily while the honest population fight for survival like feral beasts in filthy squalor and hopeless destitution.

It quoted Police Sergeant Ma Ramasodi, as saying: "We have crime here every day. There are rapes, murders, assaults, robberies, hijackings. You name it, we have it. We can't go into parts of Diepsloot because we'll be killed."

According to News of The World, life here is cheap. Victims of crime usually bear their losses in silence. If a suspect is identified, victims usually inform vigilante groups or hire their own thugs to sort it.

People here feel let down by the justice system. Even their own president Jacob Zuma said people "cannot be blamed if they take the law into their own hands".

The kangaroo court system is basic and their punishments horrific.

Unsurprisingly, crime is expected to rise during the World Cup. And the Johannesburg police are taking no chances - they are stepping up their presence in Diepsloot next month in a bid to pen the population inside the razor wire and stop opportunists getting into the city to target rich fans.

Zodiac

Tips Hamil Cara Cepat - For Tulu-speaking community of Dakshina Kannada, it is harvest festival. New crops are brought home to worship and new accounts are opened. Rice, coconut, cucumber, gold items, fruits and areca nut are offered during the pooja early on Wednesday morning. Wearing new dresses and giving money to children and the poor are also part of the festival celebrations.

Tips Hamil As part of Bisu, Bunts Sangha in Vijayanagar will hold special programmes in the evening with Minister of Public Health Suresh Shetty from Mumbai and MLA Shobha Karandlaje as the chief guests. "Our community is mostly agriculturists. Hence, it is a day when new paddy crop is brought home," said BLN Hegde, the Sangha president.

According to Tulu Sahitya Academy Secretary Uday Dharmasthala, Bisu marks the entrance of sun in ‘Mesha’. "The farmers usually show their gratitude towards the landowners on Bisu with the landowners helping them in return," he said.

Viewing Kanni or auspicious things is considered a major part of Tamil New Year. As the legend goes, seeing auspicious things early this day brings fortune throughout the year. In Kerala beginning of the Zodiac New Year - when the the sun enters into Aries, ‘Ashwini nakshatra’ is celebrated as Vishu. Even Malaylee women prepare the vishu kani a day before.

The kani comprises first vegetables of the new season, fruits like jackfruit, mango, coconut, gold items, a photo of the god, new silk clothes, lamp and most important - the Kani Koona poo (a yellow coloured flower). "All these items are kept in bowl filled with rice and placed in front of a mirror.

The lady of the house brings family members with their eyes closed in front of the kani the next day morning and ask them to open their eyes. Later, senior family members are expected to give money to young members of the family," said Reji Kumar from Kerala Samajam. As most members have gone to Kerala, Kumar said that the Samajam will organise Vishu function in May.

Susno Duadji

Cara Cepat Hamil - Former National Police detective chief Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji revealed Thursday another corruption scandal allegedly orchestrated by the same group as the Gayus H. Tambunan case, but involving more money.

Buku Panduan Cara Cepat Hamil "I have just been informed of a case involving a business dispute of a Singaporean arowana fish businessman in Pekanbaru.

"It turned out that the 'players' were the same [as those in the Gayus case]. The detectives were the same, the lawyer Haposan was the same, the prosecutors were the same. And all of them were under the control of the same Mr. X," Susno told a hearing with the House of Representatives' Commission III on law and human rights.

Susno said the case took place when he was still serving as the detective chief last year.

The case involved hundreds of billions of rupiah while Gayus' case involved "only" Rp 28 billion (US$3 million).

Gayus, a tax official, allegedly deposited the funds he got from tax payers' bribes in his bank account. But later, according to Susno, the group "fabricated" testimony that most of the money was legal and owned by businessman Andi Kosasih.

"Andi Kosasih was only a 'clown' used by the syndicate. And he was also used in the arowana fish case.

"In my opinion, the arowana fish case should have been a civil lawsuit since it was more of a business dispute than a crime.

“I told my detectives to stop the investigation, but they insisted [on continuing]," Susno said.

Clash of the Terminators

Cara Cepat Hamil - It is visually stunning and available in 3D (like everything nowadays), has a strong cast full of well-rehearsed actors and grueling back-to-back epic battle scenes. It depicts man’s struggle against the gods in great detail, from the top of Olympus to the pits of the underworld, and the last time I saw such gorgeous landscapes or heard such glorious music was during the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. Warner Bros. Pictures has spared no expense in making it a fantastic film.

Cepat Hamil - In ‘Clash of the Titans’, Sam Worthington plays Perseus, the son of the Greek god Zeus (Liam Neeson) and of a mortal woman. When Perseus’ mortal family is slain by Hades (Ralph Fiennes) during the god’s retaliation against the city of Argos, the demigod vows revenge against the lord of the underworld. To defeat him, Perseus goes on a quest to find a way to kill the gods’ most fearsome weapon – the Kraken. With an ever-dwindling troop of warriors at his side and the occasional gift from Zeus (always ready to assist his son), Perseus battles mythical creatures and demons alike in the most epic battle of the year.

Whew. Now that that’s over with, I can elaborate: I don’t consider this movie to be ‘Clash of the Titans.’ Yes, I’m that nerd that stays faithful to originals and spits on remakes, but even so, it felt like another movie altogether. To me, 2010’s ‘Titans’ seemed like it was just ‘Terminator Salvation’ in disguise – instead of robots, guns and Sam Worthington yelling that he’s not a robot, it’s mythical creatures, swords and Worthington yelling that he’s not a god. Replace all the urban dystopia with panoramic Greek landscapes and you have a new movie.

The plot of the movie has been changed, which again makes it feel like a different movie altogether. In the original, Perseus went on his mission to save the princess Andromeda (played by Alexa Davalos in the remake) from the Kraken because she would be his bride. 2010’s ‘Titans’ has the character out for revenge and little else. They may as well have written Andromeda out entirely, since her only significance to the plot is that she’s offered up to the Kraken. The spirit guide Io (Gemma Arterton) seems to take the place of Andromeda’s character in Perseus’ party. None of this actually takes away from the movie, however; it’s just a bit extra.

My only real peeve with the movie is that the dialogue is all modern even though the film is set in ancient Greece. It’s hard to feel like you’re immersed in mythical times when Perseus says “Let’s go kill that b**ch,” referring to Medusa. However, the inclusion of the owl prop from the original movie was a nice tease to fans that grew up with the film like I have.

As far as remakes are concerned, ‘Clash’ lives up to expectations. It’s been updated for a more modern movie-going crowd that expects huge flashy battles, a single nefarious villain to despise, typical love stories, and 3D glasses at every show. The casting is excellent – Neeson is a fantastic Zeus, Worthington adds some necessary badass to Perseus, and each character, be they man, god, or otherwise, is well-versed and convincing. It’s a good movie and it’s worth watching, but anyone who has seen the original will probably feel like the two films are not related except by name.

I would watch it again as long as there’s a non-3D version, since it’s hard for me to enjoy a film while wearing the ‘gimmick goggles’. Grade: B