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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
‘The Butler’ tells a story we need to hear
Associated Press Writer
Louis is protesting at a segregated lunch counter, leading to a harrowing confrontation. But the story begins in 1926, with the death of Cecil’s own father at the hands of the barbaric son of a landowner on a Georgia cotton farm. The elderly landowner (Vanessa Redgrave, beginning the celebrity cameo parade) takes Cecil into her home, where he first learns to be a butler — how to act, she tells him, like the room is empty even when he’s in it. Years later, working in a Washington, D.C. hotel, Cecil is noticed by a White House official, leading to a job there. His wife, Gloria, is immensely proud. Gloria, as you may have heard, is played by one Oprah Winfrey, and her performance is often restrained and quite moving. To her credit, you’re not thinking “Wow, Oprah!” in every scene; that in itself is no small triumph.
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This film image released by The Weinstein Company shows Robin Williams as Dwight Eisenhower, left, and Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines in a scene from “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.”
Box office top 20: $29.8 million for ‘Elysium’
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Bali House urge Governor to revoke reclamation permit
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — Neill Blomkamp’s science-fiction thriller “Elysium” led a crowded field at the box office, topping the weekend with $29.8 million. That was enough to best Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston’s comedy “We’re the Millers,” the “Cars” spinoff “Planes,” and the fantasy sequel “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.” But despite stars Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, the $115 million “Elysium” still fell short of Blomkamp’s debut, 2009’s Oscarnominated “District 9.” The top 10 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com, are: 1. “Elysium,” Sony, $29,807,393, 3,284 locations, $9,077 average, $29,807,393, one week. 2. “We’re the Millers,” Warner Bros., $26,419,396, 3,260 locations, $8,104 average, $37,908,179, one week. 3. “Planes,” Disney, $22,232,291, 3,702 locations, $6,005 average, $22,232,291, one week. 4. “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,” Fox, $14,401,054, 3,031 locations, $4,751 average, $23,258,113, one week. 5. “2 Guns,” Universal, $11,249,145, 3,028 locations, $3,715 average,
Denpasar (Bali Post) AP Photo/TriStar, Columbia Pictures - Sony, Kimberley French
File-This film publicity file image released by TriStar, Columbia PicturesSony shows Matt Damon, right, in a scene from “Elysium.” “Elysium” topped the weekend box office with $30.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, enough to beat three newcomers, including the Jennifer Aniston comedy “We’re the Millers.” $48,638,050, two weeks. 6. “Smurfs 2,” Sony, $9,328,495, 3,867 locations, $2,412 average, $46,471,998, two weeks. 7. “The Wolverine,” Fox, $8,024,404, 2,867 locations, $2,799 average, $112,010,574, three weeks. 8. “The Conjuring,” Warner Bros.,
$6,627,356, 2,650 locations, $2,501 average, $120,672,262, four weeks. 9. “Despicable Me 2,” Universal, $5,915,650, 2,395 locations, $2,470 average, $338,481,845, six weeks. 10. “Grown Ups 2,” Sony, $3,645,565, 2,102 locations, $1,734 average, $123,786,496, five weeks.
After a month or so the controversy regarding the permit published by Bali Governor on the reclamation of Benoa Bay, Bali House of Representative finally determine their political action. The house has published a letter for the governor so he should review or even revoke the permit. “We don’t want the reclamation to continue because many of the Balinese people reject the idea. For that reason, Bali House urged the governor to revoke the permit,” said the Head of Bali House A.A> Ngurah Oka Ratmadi accompanied by the Vice Ketut Suwandhi and the Head of Commission I Made Arjaya on Monday, August 12, 2013. In the letter by Bali House, there are
several considerations why the Governor should revoke the permit. First, it is because many people reject the idea of reclamation on Benoa Bay. Second, the recommendation given by Bali House previously is to do a feasibility study and not to publish a permit. Third, the pre-study done by Udayana University shows that the reclamation will give many negative effects. Fourth, there are many regulations that was violated by the
governor during the making of the permit such as the regulation on the protection of the coastline, the management of the small islands, and others. Cok Ratmadi said that by the letter that urged the governor to revoke the permit, there is great hope that the controversy surrounding the reclamation plant will be finished. “We hope that the governor can act on this letter of recommendation,” he added. He also stated that by the new letter, the previous letter by Bali House regarding the development of an island to protect from tsunami is canceled. The similar statement also said by Ketut Suwandhi and Made Arjaya.
According to Arjaya, the governor should revoke the permit immediately. However, all of them don’t want to say what the punishment is if the governor doesn’t obey the recommendation. Unfortunately, there is no certain date on the letter of the recommendation but the house expect that the governor will act promptly. (kmb29) The photo shows Serangan Island after reclamation. Worried that reclamation on Serangan case will be happening in Benoa Bay, Bali’s legislative body asks Bali’s governor to revoke decree on reclamation of Benoa Bay.
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“You hear nothing. You see nothing. You only serve.” Such are the instructions Cecil Gaines receives as he embarks on his daunting new job at the Eisenhower White House in “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.” But of course Gaines, played by Forest Whitaker in a moving, grounded performance that anchors the film and blunts its riskier excesses, hears and sees everything. And that means that over more than three decades on the job, he has a Forrest Gump-like view not only of the White House under seven presidents, but of the long arc of the civil rights struggle in 20th-century America. Much has been said about this movie’s potential future as an Oscar powerhouse. The speculation is natural — especially given its starstudded cast — but it takes away from
the more important discussion of its simpler virtues, as an absorbing film that has the potential to teach a new generation (and remind an older one) about these crucial events. The story is inspired by a Washington Post profile of Eugene Allen, a White House butler from 1952 to 1986. Some anecdotes remain, but much is different. Most importantly, Daniels and screenwriter Danny Strong create a father-son dynamic between Gaines and a rebellious older son, Louis (a terrific David Oyelowo) that serves as a backdrop against which the civil rights struggle can play out — through the eyes of black characters, not white ones, for a refreshing change. This is done most strikingly in a key montage in which Cecil and his fellow White House workers set up an elegant state dinner, china and crystal and all, while down South,
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