John Hurt | „Harry Potter“-Star stirbt mit 77

January 28, 2017

Er wurde zwei Mal für den Oscar nominiert, 2015 von Königin Elisabeth II. zum Ritter geschlagen.
Jetzt ist der Brite John Hurt im Alter von 77 Jahren gestorben, wie sein Agent der „BBC“ bestätigte.
Zurück bleibt seine Frau Anwen Rees-Myer, mit der er zwölf Jahre zusammen lebte.
Hurt war für seine Rollen in „12 Uhr nachts – Midnight Express“ (1978) und „Der Elefantenmensch“ (1980) für den Oscar nominiert worden, spielte insgesamt über 40 Filmen mit.
Im der Blockbuster-Reihe „Harry Potter“ mimte er den Zauberstabmacher Mr. Ollivander.
Bei Hurt war im Jahr 2015 ein Bauchspeicheldrüsen-Krebs diagnostiziert worden. Er hatte später gesagt, die Krankheit sei besiegt.
Zuletzt stand er noch zusammen mit Natalie Portman (35) für den oscarnominierten Biografie-Film „Jackie“ (2016) vor der Kamera. Hier spielte er den Vater von Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, der Frau des 1968 ermordeten US-Präsidenten John F. Kennedy.
Im August 2015 sprach Hurt, damals 75, in einem Interview mit dem Magazin „Radio Times“ über seinen Tod. „Ich hoffe, ich werde den Mut haben, zu sagen: ‚Wrooom! Los geht’s! Lass uns zu anderen Molekülen werden“, sagte er in dem Interview.
Manfred Krug († 79) ist tot. Aus dem Umfeld seiner Familie heißt es, er habe sich einen stillen Abschied im Kreis seiner Familie gewünscht.
Der Brite Alan Rickman, vor allem bekannt durch seine Rolle als „Snape“ in „Harry Potter“, ist im Alter von 69 Jahren gestorben.
Dann fügte er noch hinzu: „Ich kann nicht sagen, dass mir die Sterblichkeit Sorgen machen würde. Aber es ist unmöglich, mein Alter zu erreichen und nicht ein bisschen darüber nachzudenken. Wir alle vergehen und sitzen nur sehr kurz auf unserem Stuhl.“
Regie-Legende Mel Brooks (90, „Spaceballs“) twitterte: „Niemand hätte den Elefantenmensch eindrucksvoller spielen können. Er hat diesen Film zu filmischer Unsterblichkeit gebracht.“
No one could have played The Elephant Man more memorably. He carried that film into cinematic immortality. He will be sorely missed.
Im achtfach oscarnominierten Schwarz-Weiß-Film „Der Elefantenmensch“ spielte Hurt einen von einer Krankheit schrecklich entstellten Menschen. Regie führte damals David Lynch (71).
„Herr der Ringe“-Star Elijah Woods (36) schrieb ebenfalls auf Twitter: „Es war solch eine Ehre, Sie bei der Arbeit gesehen zu haben, Sir.“
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A Korean ‘Fairy’ tale

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January 28, 2017

Sometimes, a Korean drama (K-drama) arrives and defines its time period. For the late 2000s, that could easily be “Coffee Prince,” a show that transcended its original audience and became part of how the world viewed Korea itself. It is often a surprise, but a powerful one. Such is the case with the recent K-drama “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo.” It revolves around the love story of a female weightlifter named Kim Bok Joo and a swimmer named Jeong Joon Hyung at Haneul Sports University. It’s a show that has made global stars of its lead actors, lifted countless hearts and even launched an internet meme. It is also the new best way to introduce newbies to the unforgettable realm of K-dramas. Check out five great reasons why.
“Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo” is available for free streaming on the Viu app and website www.viu.com.

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Which K-drama is for you?

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January 28, 2017

There is more to Korean television shows, or K-dramas, than romance.
Unlike our local channels full of mostly romantic teleserye, K-dramas have ventured into different genres—from action thrillers to police procedurals to medical dramas.
Yes, Korean TV networks and audience love their love stories. Practically every scripted series in recent memory has some romantic element in it. This kind of escapism, after all, is not limited to us. (We Filipinos sure do love our love teams: #JaDineForLife)
Love stories abound in K-dramas, but TV networks are now more experimental in the stories they tell on the small screen. They’re not afraid to take risks, having even taken their cues from American entertainment. (Korean version of “The Good Wife,” anyone?)
It’s not a total leap to say that K-dramas can rival its Western counterparts. In fact, I’m pretty sure that not a few can and do surpass some US series by miles. And because most K-dramas are 16 to 24 episodes, binge-watching is no great trial to anyone wanting to journey into the center of the Hallyu universe.
Here are Super’s must-see K-dramas that go beyond the romance genre.
Medical drama: “Dr. Romantic”
Think: Love child of “House, M. D.” and “Grey’s Anatomy”
“Dr. Romantic” —SBS. CO. KR
“Dr. Romantic,” which ended just this month, tells the story of a cantankerous genius chief of surgery and his motley crew of nurses and doctors who are trying to save lives despite the challenges they encounter in their underequipped provincial hospital. The show tackles a whole gamut of patient cases as well as different issues in the medical field—from corruption in the hospital administration to ethics.
This show is full of complex characters and has a thrilling “case of the episode” setup. Prepare yourself for complex personal story lines, gallons of blood and tons of medical jargon. Don’t worry, though, like most K-dramas, there’s still a touch of romance—if the first episode is any indication.
Political thriller: “The K2”
Think: “24” or “Person of Interest”
“The K2” —“THE K2” FACEBOOK PAGE
If adrenaline-pumping suspense is more to your taste, check out “The K2,” about a disgraced soldier for hire who finds himself in the middle of a political war between an ambitious and power-hungry woman and her husband’s political rival, the head of the government’s ruling party.
Full of conspiracies, subterfuge and underhanded maneuverings, this series is fast-paced and action-packed. It has one of the most compelling antagonists in K-drama history, played to perfection by 43-year-old actress Song Yoon-ah. I’m reluctant to call her a villain since the character—a mix of vicious yet vulnerable and magnetic yet positively hateful—was the true star of the show.
Magical realism: “W”
Think: “Frankenstein” meets “Ruby Sparks”
“W” —“W” FACEBOOK PAGE
“‘Frankenstein’ meets ‘Ruby Sparks’” doesn’t really do justice in describing “W.” Out of all the series I mentioned, this might be the most difficult to compare to a US show or film. It’s also the most romance-driven of the three, but that doesn’t make it any less brilliant, innovative and original.
“W” explores the possibility of a creation rebelling against its creator—kind of biblical, now that I think about it. It tells the story of a fictional character in a “webtoon” (online comics) who has become sentient—able to think, act and feel—and defies the intended story written by the artist-writer who made him. This genre-defying series is a thrilling ride with twists and turns, cliffhangers, sweet moments and a laugh or two.
These are but a taste of what Hallyu entertainment can offer, and K-dramas can be very addictive. You won’t be able to stop watching—not with one episode and certainly not with just one series.
Remember: Clear screens, full batteries, can’t stop. Don’t say I didn’t warn you
All K-dramas mentioned are available for free streaming on the Viu app and website www.viu.com.

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Survey: Pinoys want sea claim vs China pressed

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January 28, 2017

Most Filipinos want their government to assert the country’s rights in the disputed South China Sea after an arbitration tribunal invalidated China’s vast territorial claims and ruled the Philippines can fish and exploit resources in the contested waters, according to an opinion poll released on Friday.
The Dec. 6-11 survey by pollster Pulse Asia showed 84 percent of 1,200 adult Filipinos polled nationwide agreed the government should uphold its rights in the disputed waters. It said 3 percent disagreed and 12 percent neither agreed nor disagreed. The survey had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
President Duterte has rapidly improved once-frosty relations with China and declined to forcefully and immediately demand its compliance with the July 12, 2016 arbitration ruling, which Beijing has refused to recognize.
That prompted China to allow Filipinos to resume fishing at the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which the Chinese Coast Guard seized in 2012. —AP

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Doomsday Clock Closest To Midnight Since 1954

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January 28, 2017

The Doomsday Clock has inched closer to and farther from nuclear Armageddon since the Manhattan Project in 1947. On Thursday, the clock moved closer to Midnight — the closest it has been since 1954.
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
We try to present the sweet with the bitter, which is another way of saying the news is not all doom and gloom. But we’re going to really lay into the doom part for the next few minutes because on Thursday, the world ticked half a step closer to Armageddon – that at least according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and the Doomsday Clock. Every year since 1947, a board of scientists has considered the year’s developments in politics, energy, weapons, diplomacy and climate science. They determine how imminent the end of civilization appears to be with the end visualized as midnight on a clock. For the last two years, the clock has been set at three minutes to midnight. But this week, the clock moved to two and a half minutes to midnight.
Here to talk about that decision and all that goes into it is Lawrence Krauss. He’s a theoretical physicist at Arizona State University. He’s a prolific science writer, who often weighs in on public policy issues. And he is chairman of the board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which decides the Doomsday Clock. And he’s with us now. Thank you so much for joining us.
LAWRENCE KRAUSS: It’s great to be with you virtually.
MARTIN: So what are the factors that went into deciding to move the clock this year?
KRAUSS: Well, as usual, we look at many different factors from the likelihood of nuclear war, the tensions around the world through climate change and even looking at new emerging technologies. When it comes to nuclear weapons, in the last year, there’s been a lot of saber-rattling, in particular a lot of irresponsible statements from the new president of the United States, but equally vitriolic statements, in some sense, by the president of Russia as well.
There is the fact that we haven’t moved towards reduction of nuclear weapons and there, in fact, has been discussion of the possible increase in nuclear weapons, at a time when, in fact, we signed a treaty many years ago called the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which not only required other nations not to obtain nuclear weapons but the nuclear nations to try and disarm. And we’re essentially violating that treaty.
MARTIN: When was the last time the Doomsday Clock was this close to midnight?
KRAUSS: It’s been 64 years. The last time the clock was closer than this was in 1953 when the then-Soviet Union exploded its huge hydrogen bomb for the first time. And that really began the modern arms race. And so in the lifetime of many of the people listening to you and me today, the clock has never been closer. And that certainly is a cause for concern.
MARTIN: Now, we should mention that the clock has moved further from midnight. In 2010, for example, it moved from five to six minutes. But that’s what leads me to ask you – you know, if you ask many Americans of a certain age, especially people who live through it, the closest that they remember the world coming to nuclear catastrophe was in 1962 during the Cuban missile…
KRAUSS: Yeah.
MARTIN: … Crisis. But that year, the clock stood at seven minutes to midnight. The year after that it moved to 12 minutes to midnight. So why are we so much closer to midnight in the Doomsday Clock than in a year when school kids were doing duck-and-cover drills in class?
KRAUSS: (Laughter) Let me just say, first of all, we try not to respond to individual events. We try and take a global view. And so the Cuban Missile Crisis, the group at that time felt that their concerns about nuclear weapons were existing before that and they didn’t want to move it in response to a crisis that had passed.
But what’s important with the clock is not so much its absolute position as much as which direction it’s going. And so if we’re going to step back from the brink, be it nuclear weapons or climate change, it won’t happen unless the public tries to push leaders in the right direction.
MARTIN: Well, you know, that really leads me to my final question. Are you concerned at all that moving the clock so soon after the election of Donald Trump will cause many Americans who already have a very polarized view of politics to view this as yet another partisan attack, at least to his supporters to view this as part of a partisan attack? Are you at all concerned about that?
KRAUSS: Well, yeah, I’m concerned. But the important thing is the clock has always been moved in January. We try, as I say, to make our statements in response to the developments of the world over that year. And like it or not, the statements that he has made, in particular about expanding our nuclear weapons systems of potentially having a new arms race, potentially using nuclear weapons and encouraging other countries from Japan to South Korea to get their own nuclear weapons, are very disturbing.
MARTIN: Professor Krauss, thank you so much for joining us.
KRAUSS: It’s been a pleasure as always. Thanks.
MARTIN: That was Lawrence Krauss. He is a theoretical physicist and chairman of the board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which sets the Doomsday Clock. He is also a science writer and author. His latest book « The Greatest Story Ever Told – So Far » comes out this March.
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Texas Mosque Destroyed by Fire, Cause Being Investigated

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January 28, 2017

« They said it… is a restricted area for now for the investigation, » Shahid Hashmi, president of the center, told the Victoria Advocate. “So, we just prayed right here on this » sidewalk.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, officials told the Advocate, and fire chief Taner Drake encouraged the public to not jump to any conclusions.
« This is a great loss to us, » said Jazak Allah-o-Khair with the Islamic Center for Lake Travis. « We are requesting the community to restrain from drawing any conclusion before the investigation is completed. «

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Donald Trump's Call With Vladimir Putin Included In Busy Day On The Phone With Foreign Leaders : The Two-Way : NPR

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President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office on Saturday. It was one of five calls with foreign leaders Trump had scheduled for the day.
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President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office on Saturday. It was one of five calls with foreign leaders Trump had scheduled for the day.
It has been a day thick with phone calls for President Trump. By the end of the day, the president will have spoken over the phone with the leaders of five countries, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Administration officials have not yet announced the content of the 50-minute phone call with Putin, which Vice President Mike Pence also sat in on.
Trump also has scheduled calls Saturday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
It was Abe’s call that opened the day, with a discussion focused primarily on the U. S.-Japan alliance.
During the conversation, Trump « affirmed the the ironclad U. S. commitment to ensuring the security of Japan, » according to the White House, in what marks a departure from some of Trump’s statements during the presidential campaign.
During that campaign, Trump said specifically that he believes Japan does not sufficiently reimburse the U. S. for American military bases there. In the first presidential debate, Trump had suggested he would consider pulling those bases out of the country if Japan did not up its payments.
« We defend Japan. We defend Germany. We defend South Korea. We defend Saudi Arabia. We defend countries, » Trump said last September. « They do not pay us what they should be paying us because we are providing a tremendous service and we’re losing a fortune. »
That rhetoric left America’s Asian allies uncertain about how his incoming administration would handle trade and security in the region, as NPR’s Elise Hu reported last year.
On Monday, Trump confirmed his disapproval of one tentative agreement with Japan, signing a memorandum to withdraw the U. S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free trade deal that would have comprised 12 Pacific Rim countries, including Japan.
Despite that earlier move on the multilateral TPP, Trump and Abe also « committed to deepen the bilateral trade and investment relationship » on Saturday, according to the White House.
Trump and Abe agreed to meet in Washington, D. C., on Feb. 10.

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Rouhani to Trump: 'Now is not the time to build walls'

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January 28, 2017

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Tehran – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticised his US counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday, saying now was « not the time to build walls between nations.
« They have forgotten that the Berlin Wall collapsed many years ago. Even if there are walls between nations, they must be removed, » Rouhani said at a tourism convention in Tehran.
His remarks came after Trump ordered construction of a wall along the US-Mexico border and imposed tough new controls on travellers from seven Muslim countries, among them Iran.
Rouhani did not comment directly on the visa ban, but said Iran had « opened its doors » to foreign tourists since the signing of a nuclear agreement with world powers in 2015.
With more than a million Iranians living in the United States, many families are deeply concerned about the implications of Trump’s visa ban, which also affects citizens from Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
No visas will be issued for migrants or visitors from these countries for at least 90 days, a restriction which can be extended if the countries in question do not provide extensive information on individuals seeking to enter the United States.
Tehran and Washington have not had diplomatic ties since students stormed the US embassy in Tehran in 1980 following an Islamic revolution that toppled the US-backed shah.
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Live scoring, stats: Pistons visit the red-hot Heat in Miami

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January 28, 2017

Who: Detroit Pistons (21-25) at Miami Heat (17-30)
Where: AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, Fla.
When: 7:30 p.m ET Saturday, Jan. 28
TV: FOX Sports Detroit
Radio: 105.1 WMGC-FM and the Pistons radio network
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After five days without playing a game, the Pistons are back in south Florida to play the NBA’s hottest team. The Miami Heat have won six straight games, including a 100-88 victory over Chicago on Friday, and are playing exceptionally well with a healthy Dion Waiters and Hassan Whiteside.
Detroit sits healthy itself, with Jon Leuer and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope back in the starting lineup, and looks to regain its footing. The Pistons sit just a game out of the eighth spot in the East.
For more, including probable lineups and notes, read MLive’s Pistons Gameday .

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Countries where Trump does business are not hit by new travel restrictions

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January 28, 2017

The seven nations targeted for new visitation restrictions by President Trump on Friday all have something in common: They are places he does not appear to have any business interests.
The executive order he signed Friday bars all entry for the next 90 days by travelers from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and Libya. Excluded from the lists are several majority-Muslim nations where the Trump Organization is active and which in some cases have also faced troublesome issues with terrorism.
According to the text of the order, the restriction applies to countries that have already been excluded from programs allowing people to travel to the United States without a visa because of concerns over terrorism. Hewing closely to nations already named as terrorism concerns elsewhere in law might have allowed the White House to avoid angering some more powerful and wealthy majority Muslim allies, such as Egypt.
But without divesting from his company, as bipartisan ethics experts had advised, Trump is now facing questions about whether he designed the new rules with his own business at least partly in mind.
“He needs to sell his businesses outside his family and place the assets in a blind trust, otherwise every decision he makes people are going to question if he’s making the decision in the interests of the American people or his own bottom line,” said Jordan Libowitz, the spokesman for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a liberal watchdog group. The group has filed a lawsuit arguing that Trump is already in violation of a constitutional provision barring federal officials from accepting payments from foreign officials.
Earlier in the week, Norm Eisen, the group’s chairman and a former ethics adviser to Barack Obama, tweeted: “WARNING: Mr. Pres. your Muslim ban excludes countries where you have business interests. That is a CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION. See u in court.”
Stephanie Grisham, a White House spokeswoman, said, “The high-risk territories are based on Congressional statute and nothing else.”
Trump has said he has handed management of his real estate, licensing and merchandising business over to his adult sons to avoid the perception that he is making presidential decisions to boost his own business. But he has retained ownership of the company, meaning that if it thrives during his presidency, he will personally profit.
The new executive order points to the complications that are likely to arise from the arrangement.
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Trump’s order makes no mention of Turkey, which has faced several terrorist attacks in recent months. On Wednesday, the State Department updated a travel warning for Americans visiting Turkey, noting that “an increase in anti-American rhetoric has the potential to inspire independent actors to carry out acts of violence against US citizens.”
Trump has licensed his name to two luxury towers in Istanbul. A Turkish company also manufactures a line of Trump-branded home furnishings. Trump’s most recent financial disclosure, filed in May when he was a presidential candidate, showed that he had earned as much as $6 million in the previous year from the deals.
“I have a little conflict of interest ’cause I have a major, major building in Istanbul,” he said in a December 2015 interview with Breitbart News. More recently, he has insisted that he has no conflicts because laws making conflicts illegal do not apply to the president.
Also untouched by Friday’s executive order is the United Arab Emirates, a powerful Muslim ally with whom the United States nevertheless has complicated relations. Trump has licensed his name to a Dubai golf resort, as well as a luxury home development and spa.
Trump has seemed particularly disinclined to divorce himself of interests in the project. Its developer, Hussain Sajwani, attended a New Year’s Eve party at Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, where a video showed Trump singling him out for praise, calling him and his family “the most beautiful people.”
Trump returned to the topic of his Dubai partnership again in mid-January at a news conference intended to demonstrate how he was separating from his business.
“Over the weekend, I was offered $2 billion to do a deal in Dubai with a very, very amazing man, a great, great developer from the Middle East — Hussein, Damac, a friend of mine, great guy. And I was offered $2 billion to do a deal in Dubai — a number of deals and I turned it down,” Trump said then, referring to Sajwani’s development company.
His point was that he was voluntarily turning aside new projects that could raise ethical questions. An attorney for the company announced at the same event that the Trump Organization will embark on no new foreign deals while Trump is in office. But the comment also served as a reminder that Trump’s business, included the personal relationships he forged with wealthy partners around the world, was still very much on his mind as he entered the presidency.
The executive order makes no mention of Saudi Arabia, home of 15 of the 19 terrorists involved in the 9/11 attacks. The Trump Organization had incorporated several limited liability companies in preparation for an attempt to build a hotel in Saudi Arabia, showing an interest in expansion in the country. The company canceled those incorporations in December, indicating that no project is moving forward.
Excluded as well is Indonesia, the world’s largest majority-Muslim nation, where there are two large Trump-branded resorts underway, built in partnership with powerful local interests.
“To be blunt, we really don’t know what to make of which motives are driving this president’s decisions,” said Kamal Essaheb, director of policy and advocacy for the National Immigration Law Center. “From what we could tell from his campaign and his actions since he became president, what seems to be first and foremost on his mind is his own self-interest and an obsession with his brand.”