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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
‘The Butler’ serves boxoffice success at No. 1 Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” is serving up success at the box office. Starring Forest Whitaker as a longtime White House butler and Oprah Winfrey as his boozy wife, the Weinstein Co. biopic debuted in the top spot with $25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. But the weekend’s three other major new releases, including the action romp “Kick-Ass 2,” failed to find traction with fans. “We expected to do well, but we didn’t expect to do this well,” said Erik Lomis, president of distribution and home entertainment for Weinstein Co., adding that “The Butler” is the company’s first No. 1 debut since 2009’s “Inglourious Basterds” directed by Quentin Tarantino. Even with a full slate of newcomers, last week’s top movies claimed the second and third spots in the box-office race. The Jason Sudeikis-Jennifer Aniston Warner Bros. comedy, “We’re the Millers,” held onto second place in its second week of release with $17.78 million, while last week’s No. 1, Sony’s “Elysium,” dropped to third with $13.6 million.
“It was tough if you were any other film opening other than ‘The Butler,’” said Paul Dergarabedian of box-office tracker Hollywood.com. “Kick-Ass 2,” Universal’s tale of everyday teenagers who dress up as superhero crime-fighters, opened in fourth place with $13.56 million. Open Road’s Steve Jobs biopic, “Jobs,” debuted in seventh place with $6.7 million. And Relativity’s “Paranoia,” which stars Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman and Liam Hemsworth, didn’t crack the top 12. “Maybe it should have been Oprah Winfrey’s ‘Jobs,’” Dergarabedian said. “It would have had a better shot.” Apart from Winfrey’s unmatched marketing
power, “The Butler” also marked the mogul’s return to the big screen for the first time since 1998’s “Beloved.” “She was a significant factor” in the film’s success this weekend, Lomis said. “Her publicity machine really kicked into high gear, and the entire cast, Lee Daniels and Forest Whitaker, they delivered a quality film and a great campaign.” The summer typically belongs to superheroes and big-action fare, which is why Weinstein chose to release “The Butler” now. “It’s different from pretty much everything else in the marketplace,” Lomis said. “That really seemed to help.”
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Malaysian tourist to Bali increasing Antara
DENPASAR - The number of tourists from Malaysia to Bali rose in the first six months of the year compared with the same period last year.
Malaysia has become the fourth largest in number of visitors to Bali from the fifth earlier, said Head of Bali Central Statistic Agency (BPS) I Gede Suarsa. “The number of visitors from Malaysia is larger than those from Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Britain,” Suarsa said.
He said around 92,410 Malaysians visited Bali in the first half of the year, up 11.35 percent from the same period last year. The number made up 6.19 percent of the total number of 1,493,020 foreign visitors to the world famous resort island in the January-June period this year - or an
increase from 6.81 percent. A significant increase was recorded in the number of visitors from 8 of 10 main countries of origin. A decline was recorded only in the number of visitors from South Korea and Britain, Suarsa said.
AP Photo/ The Weinstein Company, Anne Marie Fox, File
This film image released by The Weinstein Company shows Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines, left, and Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines in a scene from “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.”
Lindsay Lohan vows her troubled past is behind her
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — Lindsay Lohan says this time it’s going to be different. In an interview that aired Sunday with Oprah Winfrey, the trouble-prone actress declared that this, her sixth stint in rehab, has put her on a path of recovery.
Lohan said she’s in “a different head space” now and vowed to stay “present and clear-headed and focused.” “I feel whole again,” she told Winfrey, “and I have such a desire to want to keep this feeling and stay this way, and I’m willing to do whatever it takes.” Lohan, 27, completed her latest court-ordered
Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File
FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2012 file photo, Lindsay Lohan attends the Mr. Pink Ginseng launch party at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
stay in rehab in July. She must continue therapy into late next year. She acknowledged an addiction to alcohol, which “in the past was a gateway to other things for me,” but she offered no specifics other than cocaine, which she said she has used no more than 15 times. Winfrey asked her what she’s on these days. Lohan replied, “Vitamins.” “You’re not on any prescription drugs?” Winfrey pressed. “No, no,” Lohan insisted, then checked herself: “I take Nexium. Because I have acid reflux.” Clad in a form-fitting orange dress, Lohan said a comfort level with her past chaotic life had fed her much-reported partying and her brushes with the law. But she added that she takes full blame for her mistakes. When Winfrey asked if she can turn her life around this time, Lohan said with no hesitation, “Yeah.” The interview aired as an episode of “Oprah’s Next Chapter” on the Oprah Winfrey Network, which will spotlight Lohan next year in an eight-part docuseries based on her life. During the hour, an advertisement appeared for Cliffside Malibu, the rehab facility where Lohan was recently residing. That ad boasted of a treatment program so successful, it’s guaranteed. Lohan’s latest film, “The Canyons,” is in limited release.
ANTARA FOTO/ Nyoman Budhiana
A lifeguard watching Kuta Beach’s visitors from his binocular. The number of tourists from Malaysia to Bali rose in the first six months of the year compared with the same period last year.