Universal is starting to look a lot less puny. A $265
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Universal is starting to look a lot less puny. A $265
MAKE PICKLES AND JAMS TO PRESERVE PRODUCE WANT TO SEE RAW ACTION, WATCH ROWDY RATHORE BAYWATCH’S HASSELHOFF TO THE FORE IN PIRANHA 3-DD HARIPRIYA PREPARES TO TAKE ON DETRACTORS PAGE 30 | FOOD PAGE 34 | BOLLYWOOD PAGE 35 | HOLLYWOOD PAGE 36 | SOUTHSCOPE Now showing Snow White & The Huntsman 21 Jump Street Loosies Powder Blue Al Maslaha Rowdy Rathore Diamond Necklace Detailed movie timing on Page 36 Did you know? English (Action) Walter Elias “Walt” Disney is particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. English (Comedy) English (Romantic) English (Crime) Arabic (Action) Hindi (Action) Malayalam (Family) Friday, June 1, 2012 Universal is starting to look a lot less puny. A $265 million Harry Potter-themed addition to its resort here sent 2010 attendance soaring 30 percent over the year before, draining attention from Walt Disney World in the process A Cars-themed addition at the Disney California Adventure park. BROOKS BARNES NYT SYNDICATE ULL down your lap bars: Universal Studios, the theme park chain now controlled by Comcast, is rolling out new weapons in its battle against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts – and Disney is fortifying its defenses. Universal’s parks have always languished in the shadow of mouse ears, and that will not change anytime soon. Disney has eight parks in California and Florida that attract over 73 million visitors each year, with summer the busiest season. Universal operates three parks, with annual attendance totalling about 18 million. But Universal is starting to look a lot less puny. A $265 million Harry Potterthemed addition to its resort sent 2010 attendance soaring 30 percent over the year before, draining attention from Walt Disney World in the process. Universal is now racing to replicate the attraction at its parks in California and Japan while expanding the boy wizard’s presence in Orlando. To maintain momentum, Universal – with more Comcast money – is introducing a swarm of offerings. A major 3-D ride themed to Michael Bay’s Transformers movies opened last Friday at Universal Studios Hollywood, at an estimated cost of $100 million. New draws at Universal Orlando include a refurbished SpiderMan ride, a lavish parade, a high-tech fountain and pyrotechnics show, and a P ride based on Despicable Me. “There is an incredible sense of energy and forward motion around here, no doubt about it,” said Thomas L Williams, chief executive of Universal Parks & Resorts. Disney is watching all of this with a clenched jaw. Although it has publicly dismissed a Potter-enhanced Universal as not being even a remote threat, arguing (accurately, analysts say) that a rising tide in Orlando lifts all boats, Disney is privately concerned about preventing market share erosion on both coasts. Competition with Universal, for instance, factored into Disney’s decision to beef up a previously planned expansion to its Magic Kingdom park in Orlando and spend an estimated $500 million on an Avatar-themed addition to its nearby Animal Kingdom park. The $425 million Magic Kingdom expansion opens in phases starting this year. Avatar construction is set to begin next year and open in 2015. Design details are secret, but James Cameron, who directed Avatar and is working on two sequel, has said part of the project will include a ride that simulates flight. Theme parks represent one of the few areas of stable growth outside of cable television for media and entertainment conglomerates like Comcast and Disney. Parks can be vulnerable to swings in the economy and require costly and continuous investments in new rides; escalating labour costs threaten margins. But for a media industry challenged by piracy, a fading DVD business and broadcast net- Visitors wear 3-D glasses for the new Transformers ride at Universal Studios Hollywood. works that continue to struggle, parks have emerged as a bright spot. Comcast’s movie division, for instance, recorded operating cash flow of only $6 million in the most recent quarter; the current quarter is also looking troubled, with the costly Battleship taking in a weak $25.4 million in theatres over the weekend. Comcast’s broadcast network, NBC, recorded an operating cash flow loss of $10 million in the recent quarter. In contrast, Universal’s parks had operating cash flow of $157 million in the last quarter, a 17 percent increase from the same period a year ago. For 2011, the parks supplied 8 percent of NBCUniversal’s total revenue but made up 20 percent of its total operating cash flow, the second-largest contributor behind cable television. Disney reported similar results on May 8. While the company’s movie studio had a loss of $84 million – mostly because of a huge write-down for John Carter – operating income at its theme parks surged 53 percent, to $222 million. The rivalry between the two parks operators, which dates to the late 1980s, when Disney scrambled to open its Hollywood Studios park here to beat Universal’s planned arrival, next moves to California. Universal will soon open its Transformers ride; Disney will unveil a $450 million Cars-themed addition to its nearby California Adventure park on June 15. (Disney bid for the Harry Potter rights but balked at the degree of creative control sought by the author JK Rowling; cost was also an issue.) Comcast gained control of the Universal parks last year when it paid $13.75 billion to General Electric for 51 percent of NBCUniversal. Comcast quickly doubled down on the business, spending $1 billion to buy a stake in Universal Orlando owned by the Blackstone Group. GE and Blackstone were both more interested in wringing cash from the parks than expanding them; selling them entirely was regularly on the table. But Comcast is different. “We’re really feeling the love,” said Williams, Universal’s chief. Comcast has increased spending on the parks – by how much it won’t say – and is betting on strong international growth. Universal announced a deal in April to open a park in Moscow by the end of the decade. The company, which opened a park in Singapore two years ago, also has resorts in the works in South Korea and Dubai; it is pursuing a deal in China. Stephen B Burke, a Comcast executive vice president and chief executive of the NBCUniversal unit, spent over a decade at Disney, working for part of that time as a senior parks manager. Burke, who was recently in Orlando to discuss plans to promote Universal across the Comcast empire, told analysts in a recent conference call that he was “very bullish” on the theme park business. “Comcast is pretty excited about spending money there because they see a lot of potential growth,” said Doug Mitchelson, a media analyst at Deutsche Bank. Mitchelson estimates that Comcast will The entrance to the 3-D Transformers ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, Los Angeles. spend $150 million a year on improvements for at least the next five years. Universal’s previous owners in many recent years kept spending at the basic maintenance level, estimated at about $50 million annually. At the moment, Universal is particularly hopeful that Transformers will continue an upswing at Universal Studios Hollywood, which is still best known for its tram tour of the Universal Pictures back lot, a feature that first opened in 1964. The Hollywood property in 2010 opened a new King Kong attraction and attendance jumped 26 percent over the year before. The 3-D Transformers ride, which ThemeParkInsider.com called “among the very top rides in the world” in a review, could move the needle again. The attraction, which replaced an antiquated one built around the 1991 film Backdraft, was designed in conjunction with Bay and takes riders on a (perceived) high-speed adventure through the streets of Chicago, where good alien robots are engaged in a ferocious battle with evil ones. Riders wearing 3-D glasses sit in motion simulators, which pivot, undulate and vibrate while moving through a 60,000-squarefoot building on a track, stopping in front of 14 screens that tower up to 60 feet in the air. Transformers imagery is projected on the screens at four times the resolution of standard high-definition media, making it seem that the robots are real as they pull you into grinding gears, drag you through a skyscraper and blast weapons at your head. Chick Russell, show producer of Transformers: The Ride 3-D. 30 Friday, June 1, 2012 www.qatar-tribune.com FOOD Make pickles and jams to preserve produce CATHY BARROW NYT SYNDICATE HE fruits and vegetables that seduce us early in the season make me greedy. I fall hard and completely, happy to lug home cumbersome bags from the farmers’ market and create a still life on my kitchen counter of big bunches of vegetables and piles of berries. I want to incorporate all of it into every meal. I want to capture the moment and bottle it. And now is an excellent time. Perhaps you have made freezer jam or quick refrigerator pickles, those red onions in vinegar, sugar and salt. I’m hoping spring will tempt you to try preservation, a fancy word for canning, and like the act itself, not as scary as it sounds. Pickled spring onions and asparagus Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes 1 teaspoon whole coriander seeds T Sugar, lemon juice and vanilla are added to bowls of cut strawberries and diced rhubarb for strawberry rhubarb jam. I’m hoping spring will tempt you to try preservation, a fancy word for canning, and like the act itself, not as scary as it sounds 12 black peppercorns 4 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon yellow mustard seed 4 whole allspice berries 4 whole garlic cloves, peeled 2 pounds freshly picked asparagus about the diameter of a pencil 12 spring onions or scallions 12 garlic scapes or ramps 4 lemon slices 3 1/2 cups white vinegar Method: 1. Fit a large pot with a rack or line it with a folded kitchen towel. Fill with water, and bring to a boil. sterilise four one-pint canning jars. If boiling them, add jars to the pot and boil for ten minutes. The jars may be left in the dishwasher or pot until ready to be filled. 2. Place a small skillet over medium heat. Add the coriander seeds and stir until lightly toasted and fragrant. Divide equally among the four jars. Repeat with the peppercorns. To each jar add one teaspoon kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, 1/4 teaspoon mustard seed, one allspice berry and one clove of garlic. 3. Trim the asparagus, spring onions and garlic scapes or ramps to fit the height of the jars, leaving 1/2-inch head space. Set aside the trimmed pieces for another use. Fit everything into the jars snugly. Tuck a lemon slice into each jar. 4. Place the canning rings in a small saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat and add the lids to soften the rubber gaskets. 5. In a medium saucepan, combine the vinegar with three 1/2 cups water. Bring to a boil and funnel into the jars, leaving 1/2 inch of space at the top. Thoroughly wipe the rims of the jars. Using tongs, remove the lids from the hot water, place them on the jars, and screw the rings on snugly but not too tightly. 6. Return the large pot of water to a rolling boil. Gently ease the filled jars upright into the water; the water should be at least two inches above the jars. Boil the jars for 15 minutes, then transfer to a kitchen towel to cool. Listen for the ping that comes from the contracting lid, indicating a secure seal. 7. When the jars are completely cool, remove the ring and test the seal by lifting the jar by the lid. If the seal fails, refrigerate the jar and use the contents within six weeks. Allow the pickles to mature for one month before serving. Yield: 4 pints. Strawberry Rhubarb confitures Time: 2 hours of preparation, plus 6 to 12 hours for macerating and several hours for cooling 2 pints (about 2 pounds) fresh strawberries, stemmed and cut into bite-size pieces 2 1/2 pounds rhubarb, trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch dice 3 cups sugar Juice of one lemon 1 vanilla bean 1/4 teaspoon butter Method: 1. In a large nonreactive bowl, combine the strawberries, rhubarb, sugar and lemon juice. Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the pulp. Add the pulp and bean to the bowl. Mix gently but thoroughly. Cover, refrigerate and allow fruit to macerate six to 12 hours. 2. Fit a large pot with a rack or line it with a folded kitchen towel. Fill with water and bring to a boil. sterilise six half-pint canning jars by running them through a dishwasher cycle. If boiling them, add jars to the pot and boil for ten minutes. The jars may be left in the dishwasher or pot until ready to be filled. 3. Strain the liquid out of the berry mixture into a heavy-bottomed large pot. Allow liquid to drain for a few minutes, pressing on the fruit. Set the fruit aside. Place the pot over medium-low heat and slowly bring the syrup to 220 degrees Fahrenheit on a candy thermometer. If your pan is broad and the syrup is not very deep, tilt the pan frequently and place the candy thermometer deep into the syrup, to measure the temperature more effectively. This could take about 45 minutes. Stir frequently. 4. Place the canning rings in a small saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat and add the lids to soften the rubber gaskets. 5. Remove the vanilla bean from the fruit and stir the fruit into the syrup. Watch the bubbles in the boil as you stir. Foam will form because the water in the fruit is drawn out, to be replaced with the syrup. In about ten minutes, when the confiture is almost ready, the foam will begin to dissipate, the bubbles breaking more slowly and exposing a clear syrup below. 6. Turn off the heat. Let the bubbling stop. The fruit should have absorbed the syrup and be suspended through the jam. If the fruit is floating, return it to the heat for another minutes of boiling. 7. Some foam may remain in the syrup; add the butter and stir to dispel the last of the bubbles. Ladle the hot preserves into the warm jars, leaving 1/4 inch at the top, just below the first ring on the jar’s neck. Wipe the rims of the jars clean with a damp towel. Place the lids, rubber gasket down, facing the glass rim; tighten the rings, and lower the jars into the stockpot of boiling water. Return to a full boil and boil the jars for ten minutes. 8. Transfer the jars to a folded towel to cool for several hours; you should hear them making a pinging sound as they seal. 9. Test the seals by removing the rings and lifting the jars by the flat lid. If the lid releases, the seal has not formed. Unsealed jars should be refrigerated and used within a month or reprocessed. Rings and the jars may be reused, but a new flat lid must be used each time jars are processed. Reheat preserves to the boiling point, then continue as before. And relax: If your preserves are on the runny side, just call them syrup and serve warm over pancakes. Yield: 6 half-pint jars. Hot strawberry and rhubarb preservers are ladled into warm canning jars. LIFESTYLE Friday, June 1, 2012 www.qatar-tribune.com 31 Living large in 133 square feet WILLIAM PORTER NYT SYNDICATE OME homeowners prefer the sprawl of suburban McMansions. Others opt for cozy old bungalows near city centres. Not too many opt for a 133-square-foot home – you read that correctly – that on first glance looks not much larger than a Great Dane’s doghouse. But Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller did just that. The Boulder couple built a 7-by-19-foot wooden house whose foundation is a two-axle trailer bed. Last week, they towed it to a 5acre patch of isolated hillside 20 minutes outside this town, which sits on South Park’s eastern edge. Smith and Mueller are part of the “tiny house’’ movement, a coterie of urban and ex-urban thinkers experimenting with super-scaled-down living. While the couple will use the pint-sized house as a getaway cabin for now, thanks to jobs in Boulder, living in it full-time is a future possibility. “People ask us why we didn’t buy a single-wide trailer, but we wanted something that really felt like a home,’’ Mueller said on a recent afternoon at the house. “It made us really pay attention to good design, the use of space and how it sets the mood of a place.’’ Smith, 30, who grew up around Washington, DC, is a graphic designer and programmer who does video projects on the side. Mueller, 27, and a Boston native, has a background in writing and business management. The impetus for building the house came last spring. Smith was set to graduate with a master’s degree from the University of Colorado Denver and his 30th birthday loomed. “I wasn’t so much freaking out as figuring out what to do after grad school,’’ Smith said. “It felt like time to do a bucket list. I always wanted a cabin in the mountains. Why should I work all my life and wait to do it when I’m retired?’’ He began doing Google searches for cheap Colorado land. Hartsel always came up. The couple found the lot and swung a deal. Construction began in May. Smith and Mueller brought little in the way of contractor skills to the project. So plenty of Internet consultation and talks with people who had done similar projects ensued. “And we spent a lot of time at Home Depot,’’ Mueller said. The result is a charmer, a good thing in a small package, even if its size would make Laura Ingalls Wilder feel that her little house on the prairie was Windsor Palace. The house’s interior and exterior walls are made from beetle-kill pine. The flooring S is recycled timber, and it’s insulated by soy-based spray-foam insulation. Seven windows afford a 360-degree view. You can see the gleaming, corrugated steel roof from miles away as you wend your way across the valley to the house. There is a sofa and bookshelves, and a sleeping loft accessed by a ladder. The loft is snug: Sit bolt upright in bed at 3 am, you’ll see stars on a cloudy night, guaranteed. The house, supplied with electricity from solar panels, features a composting toilet. They have to truck in water by the jug, since the land has no well yet. A two-burner stove serves the kitchen. A propane-fuelled stove, the kind found on sailboats, provides heat. Bathing will be done under a sun-heated camp-style shower. Smith and Mueller are part of the “tiny house’’ movement, a coterie of urban and ex-urban thinkers experimenting with scaled-down living The tiny-house movement arose several years ago, fuelled by the confluence of interest in “greener’’ living and the economic crash. There are perhaps 1,000 such houses in the country, all under 150 square feet in space. Some tiny-house owners seek to live off the grid, or at least lightly. Others, often younger and footloose, are lured by the novelty. All are drawn by the low cost, although cheapness isn’t reflected in square-footage costs. Smith reckons they spent between $20,000 and $25,000 on the house, with the trailer foundation accounting for $5,000 of that. Even if you factor in the 50-square-foot sleeping loft, the house cost roughly $110 to $138 per square foot to build. Industry averages for standard homes run $80-$110. “You don’t get an economy of scale in a tiny house,’’ Smith said. But Smith and Mueller were driven by the urge to have a cabin in the great outdoors. Now they do. Sitting on its front porch, you gaze out at the Tarryall Mountains rising 10 miles to the north. Squint hard, and you might be able to glimpse the back of beyond.The couple is also making a documentary on the tinyhouse movement, with their own in a starring role. “We’ve talked about holding an open house,’’ Mueller said. ‘’Everyone can come up here and stay in tents.’’ Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller (right) in their home. 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And now actress Deepika Padukone has flaunted her washboard abs and perfect figure in a chic swimsuit for the cover of fashion magazine Vogue. She raises the heat with the black, orange and pink swimsuit which gives a sneak peek of her fit frame through skinrevealing, geometric cuts. In the June issue of the magazine, the 26year-old has shared her secrets on how to get Bollywood’s best body. For the spicy cover, she has donned minimal make-up and accessories, and makes a strong statement of being at ease with her body, through her pose. Deepika, last seen in Desi Boyz, will next be seen in Cocktail with her Love Aaj Kal co-star Saif Ali Khan. AFTER working in the successful fun-filled film Housefull 2, actor Zarine Khan will soon be seen promoting education. Samalkha Group of Institution (SGI) has roped Zarine as their brand ambassador and the actress says that she finds the goal of the SGI and her life the same. “As a person I have always worked towards excellence. In SGI group, I see the same commitment towards their students, faculty and external stake holders,” the 25-year-old said in a statement. “Moreover, I relate to their Mission, to serve every segment of the society and improve the quality of life through excellence and leadership in engineering and management education” she added. DEEPIKA PADUKONE ZARINE KHAN Want to see raw action, watch Rowdy Rathore “Prabhu Deva has his own way of choreographing action sequences. His action sequences have a rhythm. It is a very raw kind of action, which I haven’t done since ages” IANS CTOR Akshay Kumar is gearing up for the release of his new film Rowdy Rathore and says that the action sequences have a very raw quality to them, something which he hasn’t done for a long time. “(Director) Prabhu Deva has his own way of choreographing action sequences. His action sequences have a rhythm. It is a very raw kind of action, which I haven’t done since ages,” Akshay said while promoting his film Rowdy Rathore that will be out today. The promos show Akshay sporting a rugged look. His wardrobe is also colourful and bright - he is seen in check shirts worn over T-shirt. For the rowdy look, he even wears a moustache. Asked about the inspiration behind the look, he said: “There is no inspiration as such, there is a rowdiness in everyone. I have just been what I am in real life.” Of late filmmakers have been working on sequels, some plan it even before the release of the original with- A A scene from the film Rowdy Rathore. out waiting for its fate at the box office. So, when asked Akshay if a sequel of Rowdy Rathore is on cards, he said: “I am not the producer of the film but if the producer plans to make it and we get the right script, we would love to make it.” Sonakshi game for decently presented item songs Akshay Kumar IANS ONAKSHI Sinha admits that she is not bold enough to do an item number, but says she won’t mind doing one if presented in a right manner. “I haven’t been offered any item number till now. If there is a good song, I am convinced enough and I am presented in a right way, then why not,” Sonakshi said. What about Chammak challo chail chabeeli in Rowdy Rathore? “Chammak challo chail chabeeli is not an item song. S Sonakshi Sinha It’s a very situational song with a wedding as its backdrop,” she explained. Sonakshi made her debut as a demure village belle in Dabangg and action film Rowdy Rathore will see her in a similar desi avatar. And the actress is in no rush to change her image. “I am not waiting to get a role that will change my desi girl image, but still if I get something, which requires me to be more westernised and my character is good I won’t mind doing it. Right now I am happy representing my own culture,” she said. Feel like I have won the heart of Kolkata, says Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan IANS FTER the newlycrowned IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team was felicitated at a gala ceremony at the Eden Gardens, its coowner and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan said he felt like he had won the hearts of Kolkatans after a wait of four years. “It is a humble moment, I must say. For the last four seasons, all the A KKR players and our families were moving with a desire to win the cup. We had all come from different states — some had come from Mumbai, Gujarat, Delhi — and made this city our home. So we wanted to win the hearts of the Kolkatans. Today I felt that I had won the heart of Kolkata,” he told a news channel. Khan along with the KKR team was felicitated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament. “After all this, suddenly we all are feeling hollow from inside. There is feeling that what we will do now,” said the actor, who is also Bengal’s brand ambassador. With a frenzied crowd of thousands cheering on, KKR took a victory parade from south Kolkata’s Hazra Crossing on a flower-bedecked open top trailer. Around 70,000 people gathered at the Eden Gardens where the team was given a civic reception while 20,00030,000 stood outside to have Shah Rukh Khan (left) along with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata a glimpse of the team. Banerjee (centre) and team captain Gautam Gambhir. Friday, June 1, 2012 HOLLYWOOD Scene unscene www.qatar-tribune.com Theron loves changing diapers Kunis won’t quit Family Guy ACTRESS Charlize Theron says she loves changing diapers since adopting son Jackson. The 36-year-old adopted the baby two months ago when he was just nine days old. “I love it! I’ve got to tell you, I’m available for other babies’ diapers to be changed. I can do it in my sleep now. I am so good,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted Theron as saying. Theron also says she trained herself in dressing her child in international styles of nappies after taking him on the press tour for her film. “I now know how to change a Japanese diaper, a Spanish diaper, an English diaper, a German diaper. I’m like the diaper pro now,” she added. ACTRESS Mila Kunis, who has been voicing cartoon character Meg Griffin for animated comedy series Family Guy for the past decade, says she’s not going to quit this show despite her hectic career. “I hope Family Guy stays on the air for the rest of my life,” showbizspy.com quoted the-28-year-old as saying. “I love going to do that. I go in sweatpants and sometimes I don’t even go in I just do it at whatever location I am at. It is amazing and I love it. I’ll never give it up,” she said. CHARLIZE THERON 35 MILA KUNIS Baywatch’s Hasselhoff to the fore in Piranha 3-DD REUTERS FAMILIAR face on TV since the 1980s, David Hasselhoff takes his act to movie screens on Friday in horror comedy Piranha 3-DD, which puts “the Hoff” back in familiar fashion - in a bathing suit with a bevy of bikini-clad friends. Channelling his Baywatch character Mitch Buchannon, Hasselhoff makes an opening day guest appearance at a water park in the movie just as flesh-eating piranha move in for the kill. The film is a sequel to 2010 surprise success Piranha 3D. Hasselhoff talked about his new movie and recalled his Baywatch days. He executive produced the TV series about beach lifeguards, overseeing tight budgets that sometimes left insufficient tape to shoot a scene. His solution was to shoot girls in bikinis in slow motion. It became the show’s signature and made him a fortune. In 2007, the 59-year-old actor fell under the media’s harsh glare for his infamous “cheeseburger video” taped by his daughter. In it, an obviously drunk Hasselhoff tries to eat a burger off the floor of a hotel room. Over the years, he has sought help for drinking and mended fences with his daughters. Until this season, Hasselhoff was a judge on popular TV contest America’s Got Talent, but by taking a role on Piranha 3-DD, he is angling for more time on the big screen. The film’s producers, The Weinstein Co, own rights to Knight Rider, the TV show that launched Hasselhoff’s career, and there has long been talk around Hollywood about a film version of that program. “I have no idea what’s going to go on,” Hasselhoff said when asked about a Knight Rider movie. “All I know is they were very happy with what I did in the movie,” he said. Here, Hasselhoff discusses Piranha 3-DD, the cheeseburger, girls in bikinis, and what it’s like being “the Hoff.” like anybody else. It was really about my daughters. So they brought us together, and in the end maybe that’s why that happened.” A David Hasselhoff Q: How did you get involved with Piranha 3-DD? Did they come to you or did you pursue the role? A: “I saw Piranha and my stunt double did You took a big gamble executive producing Baywatch when the network dropped it after only one season. What made you think it was going to fly? “The first trailer. The budget on the show originally was $1.2 million and we only had $800,000. That’s why all those montages came in. One day, we didn’t have enough footage, so I said, ‘Go shoot that girl. That’s beautiful.’ They came back and I said, ‘Shoot it in slow motion.’ We shot the beginning in slow motion because we didn’t have any money. In the end, it made us lots of money. We just would find anybody who looked really good and shoot them in slow motion.” David Hasselhoff in a scene from the film Piranha 3-DD. Hasselhoff was a judge on popular TV contest America’s Got Talent, but by taking a role on Piranha 3-DD, he is angling for more time on the big screen all the stunts on it. I really kind of liked it. I think it was because the girls were hot and the stunts were good, and I knew my stunt double was underwater, holding all the girls down. He had a lot of fun playing with naked girls and drowning them.” So you went after the role? “I went up and met Bob Weinstein, (cochairman of The Weinstein Co) and he’s like, ‘You gotta do this movie. It’ll be great!’ I got to play my character dark and that’s what I wanted to do: ‘Oh my God, what’s happened to my career? Not only am I in this stupid movie, I’m not going to make any rescues!’ That was the fun part about doing it.” Your character experiences a career low. You had a career low a couple of years back with the infamous ‘cheeseburger video.’ What did you take away from that? “My first impression was what a feeding frenzy the press had and what a feeding frenzy all the people that supported me for so many years in the news agencies, the Entertainment Tonight’s, and how they all were bidding for this private moment that was between me and my daughter. Wow! What a brutal business. It was wrong what the media did, not to me but to my daughter. It wasn’t about drinking or sobering up. I didn’t have nearly a problem How long did it take you to cast Pamela Anderson? “She walked into the room and I said, ‘Sign her.’ She’s got charisma absolutely dripping off her. I immediately said, ‘Sign her, sign her, sign her, sign her, sign her.’” You had a hit single in 1989 with Looking for Freedom. How amazing was singing at the Berlin Wall before it came down? “They asked me to sing and I said, ‘Only if I can sing on the wall.’ They said, ‘We’ll have to get the Chancellor from Germany, Helmut Kohl and Honecker from East Germany to agree.’ And they both did! It was the most amazing moment of my life. I went back last year and on New Years Eve, I recreated the same moment and there were one million people there. They were all singing Looking for Freedom at midnight.” So you came full circle after just over 20 years. You seem to keep an even keel through it all. “Once you realise that life isn’t fair and people aren’t fair and things aren’t going to happen the way you want them to happen, you just gotta go with the flow, keep moving forward. And you gotta laugh at it. My God, my life is amazing. I’m 59-years-old, and I’m hanging out with LMFAO. I just did a video for Train and for some reason I still got this amazing amount of following. I don’t know why. I just go with the flow.” Blake Lively to stay happily unemployed by the end of 2012 TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK HE actress, 24, will begin shooting the sixth and final season of The CW’s Gossip Girl this summer, ending her reign as the Upper East Side’s resident tabloid queen Serena van der Woodsen. “It’ll be bittersweet when it’s over because it gave me all of this. I think the best way to describe it is like someone who really enjoyed high school, and is like, ‘I’m a senior and I can’t wait for the next thing!’” she said. “Gossip Girl was so great, but T what’s the next challenge in life? Because, you know, six years is a long time.” Lively adds: “As an actor who plays a caricature of myself on the show, I don’t think I’d say, ‘Watch Gossip Girl for my best quality of work.’ But I am very lucky to have had that experience.’” The actress who is currently dating her Green Lantern costar, Ryan Reynolds, 35 says she’s looking forward to fluffing out her resume, beginning with her role in director Oliver Stone’s Savages. “To play a blond California girl who gets along with two men was scary. If it looks like me and talks like me, how do I turn it into something different? It would have been easier if I’d been thrown into the movie with a Scottish accent and purple hair.” Though she might alienate a few Gossip Girl fans with her new movie, Lively isn’t worried. “I’m not in the business of trying to win the approval of my cast members, my director or my audience,” she said. “If I were, I’d be so beaten down by insecurity that I’d never be able to perform. The only person I’m trying to prove something to is myself.” Blake Lively 36 Friday, June 1, 2012 SOUTHSCOPE www.qatar-tribune.com I’d like to explore good cinema, says Prithviraj Scene unscene ‘Meera Jasmine is still single’ MEERA Jasmine is irked at reports in certain sections of the media, which claimed that she married boyfriend Mandolin Rajesh, who is a popular musician, at a hush-hush wedding recently. "There is no need for Meera to go for a secret wedding and Rajesh too will not be interested in something like it. When they tie the knot, they will announce it openly and there will be no secret in it," say sources close to the actress. They add, "She feels bad that the media often carries false reports on her without checking the facts. Her marriage will take place with blessings from elders from both the families." Meera, who started her Kollywood career with Lingusamy directed Run opposite Madhavan, was last seen in Mambattiyan opposite Prashanth. VARIETY is the spice of life for actor Prithviraj, who loves to experiment. He has tested waters in Kollywood and is now getting ready for his Bollywood release. Quiz him on whether he would like to explore any other industries, and he says, “I would like to explore good cinema.” He adds that, any cinema which is appealing to him as an actor is good cinema for him. PRITHVIRAJ MEERA JASMINE Haripriya prepares to take on detractors “This is the work of a few people in the Kannada film industry, who are jealous of the kind of work that I have managed to do. They can’t digest the fact that I’m getting to work in all four South Indian film industries” TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK T’S been a taxing month for South actress Haripriya, who found herself in the midst of a controversy recently. Her house was raided, thanks to her alleged closeness to B S Vijayendra, son of former Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa. However, the actress, feels it is a group of people from the Kannada film industry, who may have been responsible in framing her. “This is the work of a few people in the Kannada film industry, who are jealous of the kind of work that I have managed to do. They can’t digest the fact that I’m getting to work in all four South Indian film industries. It can’t be anyone from the other three industries, as people here have only encouraged me and are happy to see me grow as an actress,” says Haripriya. I Haripriya in a still from the film Swamy. Hoping to leave the issue behind her soon, Haripriya says, “It’s strange how all kinds of rumours crop up just when it is time for films to hit the screens. For instance, in Sandalwood, I have a film with Srinagar Kitty coming up soon. My Malayalam film has also hit the screens. Though, once I am done with my promotional tours, I will consult my family on the course of action to be taken regarding the controversy. My friends and family know me, and therefore, the truth. They are my source of support and strength,” says Haripriya, who is expected to spend a lot more time in Kerala soon as she shoots for Malayalam film Bhadrasanam. Her Kannada films include Sagar, Super Shastri, Nande and Manjina Hani. With her signing another Telugu film, the actress has her hands full. Bala turns director with Hit List TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK CTOR-TURNED-DIRECTOR Bala is working overtime these days. Through his directorial debut, tentatively titled Hit List, Bala is determined to make a difference. “This is certainly going to be a milestone in my career. I was born into a family which started its association with the film industry decades ago and movies are my life. It has given me financial stability and a celebrity status. The fact that our production company is producing this movie makes it all the more special,” says Bala. The actor has been part of almost 40 movies in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, yet he feels his talent has not been fully exploited. “I am not satisfied with the kind of roles A that I am getting these days. I want to show what I am capable of with this movie, which is going to be entirely different in its treatment,” he says. However, the change has not been easy, says the actor. “It is only after you turn director that you realise how pampered one is as an actor. It is so much more hectic now, I am B al a busy 24x7. These days I get to sleep just three hours a day,” says Bala. Bala promises to take cinema to the next level with this film. “The movie will, of course, have action sequences, a love story, songs and lot of suspense. Yet there will be a novelty in its treatment. Even the stunt sequences will be more rugged and realistic. The movie is going to be a twohour chase. This is not a money making business for me. I leave all that to destiny and God. When I planned this project I thought I will have a big launch. But later I thought I will concentrate on the work and not in creating any hype,” he says. With big names like Prithviraj and Unni Mukundan making a guest appearance, Bala insists that they are in the movie not just for the star value. “I have not included any element that is not integral to the movie.” Kannada actor Dhruv and Aishwarya Devan play pivotal roles in the film. Now showing GRAND CINE CENTRE SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN (ACTION): 12 NOON, 1 PM, 2.45 PM, 3.45 PM, 5.30 PM, 6.30 PM, 8.15 PM, 9.15 PM, 11 PM, 12 MN. 21 JUMP STREET (COMEDY): 10.30 AM, 12.45 PM, 3 PM, 5.15 PM, 7.30 PM, 9.45 PM, 12 MN AL MASLAHA (ACTION): 11 AM, 1.30 PM, 4 PM, 6.30 PM, 9 PM, 11.30 PM LOOSIES (ROMANTIC): 11.30 AM, 1.30 PM, 3.30 PM, 5.30 PM, 7.30 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.30 PM ROWDY RATHORE (HINDI): 11 AM, 2 PM, 5 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM MEN IN BLACK 3 (ACTION): 12.15 PM, 2.30 PM, 4.45 PM, 8 PM, 9.15 PM, 11.30 PM (3D): 11.15 AM, 1.30 PM, 3.45 PM, 6 PM, 8.15 PM, 10.30 PM X-LARGE (ARABIC): 12.15 PM, 3 PM, 5.45 PM, 8.30 PM, 11.15 PM THE AVENGERS (ACTION): 11.30 AM, 12.30 PM, 2.15 PM, 3.15 PM, 5 PM, 6 PM, 7.45 PM, 8.45 PM, 10.30 PM, 11.30 PM WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOUR EXPECTING (COMEDY): 12 NOON, 2.15 PM, 4.30 PM, 6.45 PM, 9 PM, 11.15 PM DARK SHADOWS (THRILLER): 12.30 PM, 2.45 PM, 5 PM, 7.15 PM, 9.30 PM, 11.45 PM DIAMOND NECKLACE (MALAYALAM): 11.15 AM, 2.15 PM, 5.15 PM, 8.15 PM, 11.15 PM MALL CINEMA ROWDY RATHORE (HINDI): 2.30 PM, 5 PM, 8 PM, 11 PM Haripriya LANDMARK CINEMA LOOSIES (ROMANTIC): 7.30 PM, 9.30 PM SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN (ACTION): 2.30 PM, 5 PM MEN IN BLACK 3 (3D) (ACTION): 11.30 PM WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOUR EXPECTING (COMEDY): 4.45 PM, 7 PM, 9.15 PM X-LARGE (ARABIC): 3 PM, 5.30 PM, 58.15 PM, 11 PM THE MOTH DIARIES (HORROR): 2.30 P, 11.30 PM A LONELY PLACE TO DIE (THRILLER): 11.15 PM ROYAL PLAZA AL MASLAHA (ARABIC) 21 JUMP STREET (2D) (DRAMA): 5 PM, 7 PM LOOSIES (2D) (DRAMA): 9.15 PM X-LARGE (ARABIC): 3 PM, 5.30 PM, 8.15 PM, 11 PM MEN IN BLACK 3 (3D) (ACTION): 11.30 PM THE AVENGERS (3D) (ACTION): 2.30 PM ROWDY RATHORE (HINDI) LOOSIES (ROMANTIC): 4.45 PM 21 JUMP STREET (2D) (DRAMA): 7 PM, 9.15 PM SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN (ACTION): 2.30 PM, 4.45 PM, 7 PM, 9.15 PM MEN IN BLACK 3 (3D) (ACTION): 2.30 PM, 11.30 PM THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT (COMEDY): 11.30 PM A LONELY PLACE TO DIE (THRILLER): 3 PM CAT RUN (ACTION): 5 PM, 9.15 PM MARGIN CALL (SUSPENSE): 11.30 PM DIAMOND NECKLACE (MALAYALAM) GULF CINEMA DIAMOND NECKLACE (MALAYALAM): 5.30 PM, 8.30 PM, 11.30 PM NEPALI MOVIE: 11 AM, 2 PM, ASPIRE LADIES CINEMA CAT RUN (ACTION): 8.30 PM THIS MEANS WAR (ACTION): 6.15 PM ACT OF VALOR (ACTION): 4 PM
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