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• Hundreds homeless in Myanmar
• Music company helped church to misuse funds, prosecutors seek to show
• Majority want slower pace of life in Singapore

Hundreds homeless in Myanmar Posted: YANGON: Muslims displaced by Myanmar's latest eruption of religious violence picked through the charred remains of their shattered homes as police patrolled the streets, amid concern over spreading unrest. Hundreds of people were made homeless after about 1,000 anti-Muslim rioters rampaged through villages in Kanbalu, in the central region of Sagaing, on Saturday evening, setting fire to Muslim property and attacking rescue vehicles with catapults. "It is going to be very difficult to rebuild our houses again. Some people are taking refuge in nearby homes or with relatives," said 40-year-old Muslim Aung San, who was displaced in the unrest. Myint Naing, a local MP for the opposition National League for Democracy party, said that 160 men and 158 women who had lost their homes had taken shelter in a school. "They had been living peacefully for many years and this is the first time they saw violence," he said, adding that the situation was now calm. Attacks against Muslims – who make up at least 4% of the population – have exposed deep rifts in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, overshadowing widely praised political reforms since military rule ended in 2011. A local photographer in Kanbalu said that clashes had ended in the early hours of Sunday, but fires sparked by the riots burned until Sunday evening. Some 250 police were deployed in the area as well as military personnel, he said. State newspaper the New Light of Myanmar said the situation was "normal" by yesterday morning and authorities were making arrangements to open camps for those who lost their homes. — AFP

Music company helped church to misuse funds, prosecutors seek to show Posted: CITY Harvest Church leaders were involved in major decisions such as budgets and staff employment at Xtron Productions, a music production company accused of helping the church to misuse church funds, the state sought to show. When questioned on the witness stand, Xtron director Choong Kar Weng also admitted that the company did not seek to profit from its City Harvest business although this made up the majority of its income. Xtron is one of two companies alleged to have helped the megachurch to funnel church funds to bankroll the music career of pastor-singer Ho Yeow Sun, who is also wife of the church's founder Kong Hee. The state showed through emails and meeting minutes prepared by Xtron employees, that City Harvest employees were consulted on the company's matters even though they were not on its payroll. In some cases their approval was also sought. These church employees included Tan Ye Peng, one of the six accused. Claiming that he was seeing many of these minutes and emails for the first time, Choong also said that the day-to-day operations were handled by Suraj, a church employee whom he called a "good friend". Asked whether this represented a conflict of interest for the company, Choong said: "I trust Suraj and believe he would not have done anything harmful and detrimental to Xtron." Kong and the five other church leaders were charged last year with conspiring to cheat the megachurch of millions of dollars. They allegedly misused S$24mil (RM60mil) of church funds to bankroll Ho's singing ambitions, and purportedly took another S$26mil (RM65mil) to cover up the first amount. — The Straits Times / Asia News Network

Majority want slower pace of life in Singapore Posted: WHILE generally optimistic about the future, the majority of Singaporeans want a slower-paced life, a less competitive education system and fewer foreigners – and they are willing to trade off economic growth for that. This was the picture that emerged from a survey of 4,000 citizens conducted in January as part of the Our Singapore Conversation (OSC) exercise. The full findings, released last week, had 65% of respondents saying that they were optimistic about the future five years ahead, and 78% saying that the Government was managing Singapore well. When asked to pick among competing national priorities, respondents showed more consensus than observers expected. That consensus pointed to a desire for an easing of Singapore's pace of growth and development. Asked to choose between career advancement and a comfortable pace of life, 59% chose the latter. This number swelled to 62% among those married with children. NUS sociologist and former Nominated MP Paulin Straughan said Singaporeans want a "more balanced approach from the Govern­ment to ensure that in terms of quality of life, we are not always obsessing about saving for the future. They want everyday life to be rewarding too". But she noted that where they stood on these compromises were a reaction to what they felt was already "in place" now. "Because all the hard factors like infrastructure, a high employment rate and a competitive education system are already in place, they are yearning for more," she said. "People can ask for more work-life balance only if you have work." — The Straits Times / Asia News Network

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• Career first, children later: Taiwan women put their eggs on ice
• Sentencing looms for convicted Fort Hood gunman
• U.S. postpones August 28 meeting with Russia over Syria gas attack

Career first, children later: Taiwan women put their eggs on ice Posted: HSINCHU, Taiwan (Reuters) - Caught between traditional expectations and career pressures, working women in Taiwan are increasingly opting to freeze their eggs at fertility clinics as they postpone marriage and motherhood. Women play a big part in Taiwan's workforce, trailing only New Zealand and Australia for female employment among 14 countries in Asia, a recent report by MasterCard showed. A slowdown in the economy has made job security an even more pressing priority. That has been a factor in pushing the East Asian island's average marriage age to 30 these days, from 24 in the 1980s, and in driving the interest in egg freezing. "I was not sure when my ovaries would start degenerating but I was sure that I would probably marry late and I was sure that I wanted to become a mother," said Linn Kuo, 34, who chose to freeze her eggs three years ago. Kuo, a manager at Cisco System Taiwan Ltd, has a well-paid job that allows her to work from home. While her career has had a smooth trajectory, Kuo said she has not been as lucky in her love live. After her mother died, she realised the importance of having the support of children in later life. "I already had my conclusion," she said. "So I did some research and decided to freeze my eggs." Lai Hsing-hua, the clinic director at e-Stork Reproduction Centre in the city of Hsinchu, said he realised the need for egg-freezing services when many patients asked for egg donors after a late marriage. "We thought if they had frozen their eggs earlier, maybe they wouldn't need to use donated eggs," he said. "That's why we combined in-vitro fertilisation with the idea of prevention - prevent them from using others' eggs after their fertility has deteriorated." The clinic now gets more than 100 phone calls a month asking about egg freezing. Five years ago, it did just 20 of the procedures. It handled more than 70 cases in 2011, more than 50 last year and already more than 40 in the first six months of this year. The technology has matured and the embryo now has a high survival rate with egg freezing, Lai said. The service costs around 80,000 Taiwan dollars ($2,680) and the whole process of retrieving the egg takes about 20 minutes. Chen Fen-ling, a professor of social work at National Taipei University, said societal pressures were causing women to delay marrying and starting a family. "Married women are like candles burning at both ends," she said. "We say that women work two jobs. They make money with a daytime job but, when they go back home, they take care of their children and parents-in-law. This pressure often makes women hesitate when making the decision about marriage." Those realities about career, marriage and motherhood are reflected in a woefully low birth-rate. Taiwan is tied with Hong Kong in third-last place globally in terms of the average number of children born per woman, just above Macau and Singapore, the CIA World Factbook says. (Amends reference to Taiwan in paragraph 3) (Reporting by Christine Lu; Editing by John O'Callaghan)

Sentencing looms for convicted Fort Hood gunman Posted: FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - Tuesday could be the last chance for convicted gunman Major Nidal Hasan to tell a jury his version of the November 2009 shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 31 others, many of them unarmed soldiers, at Fort Hood, Texas. Once family members of the victims finish testifying in the sentencing phase of the court-martial for Hasan, convicted of 45 counts of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder, he will have an opportunity to address the jury deciding his fate. Hasan could face execution. The same jury of 13 military officers that convicted him is now considering his punishment. If he chooses to speak, he will not be questioned nor interrupted by the prosecution, according to military court procedure. Hasan, 42, who uses a wheelchair after being paralyzed when shot by police upon his arrest, has spoken very little during the trial, objecting less than a handful of times. The most Hasan has said was in his opening statement on August 6, when he admitted to being the gunman and said he had switched sides in what he considered to be a U.S. war on Islam. Hasan opened fire at the U.S. Army base in central Texas, one of the largest in the nation, just weeks before he was to be deployed to Afghanistan. On Monday, when a dozen witnesses testified about the impact of the slaughter on their lives, Hasan, who has acted as his own defence lawyer during the court-martial and penalty phase, spoke in a quiet voice, declining to cross examine any of them. During the trial, Hasan, a psychiatrist, did not call any witnesses on his behalf. Showdowns that had been feared between Hasan and victims of the shooting failed to materialize. On Monday, witnesses included a U.S. Army staff sergeant who said the shooting left him partly paralyzed, brain damaged and severely depressed and a young widow who has tried twice to commit suicide. "Eventually I will succumb to my wounds," Staff Sergeant Patrick Ziegler testified. "I won't be able to function." If the jury unanimously recommends death as his punishment, Hasan could face lethal injection, possibly making him the first U.S. soldier to be executed by the U.S. military since 1961. An American-born Muslim, Hasan told mental health evaluators he wanted to become a martyr and lawyers assisting him said he was actively seeking the death penalty, though Hasan has disputed that claim. Judge Colonel Tara Osborn has repeatedly reminded Hasan that military-appointed lawyers can represent him but he has declined, choosing instead to represent himself. Twelve of the dead were active-duty soldiers and one was retired. Of the 31 wounded, 30 were soldiers and one a police officer. Hasan also was charged with shooting at another police officer and missing. A death sentence by Hasan's jury would trigger a lengthy process requiring the approval of the Fort Hood commanding general, and the president of the United States, in order for there to be an execution. If he is sentenced to death, Hasan would become the sixth man on death row at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, a maximum security facility for military prisoners. (Additional reporting by Jana J. Pruet; Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Bob Burgdorfer)

U.S. postpones August 28 meeting with Russia over Syria gas attack Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Monday postponed a meeting scheduled for Wednesday in The Hague between senior diplomats from the United States and Russia due to "ongoing consultations" over the chemical weapons attack in Syria. The meeting was to have discussed plans for an international peace conference to end the civil war in Syria. But a senior State Department official said in a statement the meeting was called off "given our ongoing consultations about the appropriate response to the chemical weapons attack in Syria on August 21." The meeting was to have been between Wendy Sherman, undersecretary for political affairs at the State Department and U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, and Russian deputy foreign ministers Gennady Gatilov and Mikhail Bogdanov. "We will work with our Russian counterparts to reschedule the meeting," the senior official said, adding that the chemical weapons attack demonstrated the need for a "comprehensive and durable political solution" to end the bloodshed. (Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Eric Walsh)

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• Chloe Grace Moretz is a big hit
• Killer queen

Tracking Chris Hemsworth Posted: Updates on Michael Mann's Cyber shoot in Malaysia. Taman Jaya in Petaling Jaya was the shooting location for the Hollywood film Cyber, late last week. Parts of the roads were closed so the crew could get ready to film a car chase sequence in the area. Directed by Michael Mann, with Chris Hemsworth as the leading man, the film revolves around two countries working together to bring down a group of international hackers. Fans gathered around the area on Thursday and Friday hoping to catch a glimpse of the Australian actor but, unfortunately, he was a no show. Apparently, the shoot continued into early mornings of the weekend; it is unknown if Hemsworth was involved in the action scene. However, the tall actor was spotted at KLCC over the weekend, much to the delight of some fans who managed to take photos with him. The film's principal photography began in Los Angeles in May, and then moved to Hong Kong in June before coming to Malaysia in early August. Cyber, which is set to be released next year, also stars Wang Lee Hom (Little Big Soldier), Tang Wei (Lust, Caution) and Viola Davis (The Help).

Chloe Grace Moretz is a big hit Posted: Chloe Grace Moretz does not only play the chic heroine Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass 2, she's also one of the most wanted teen actresses in real life. MANOEUVRING through a typical teenage day can sometimes be as dangerous as fighting bad guys. Fourteen-year-old Mindy Macready, aka the Hit-Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz), discovers this when she is forced to put away her superhero costume and be a normal teenager. Actually, strike that; This blade-wielding teenager would rather take down villains twice her size than face high school – a place where mean girls can, seemingly, get away with murder. Kick-Ass 2 takes place four years after the first film ends. Mindy is under the care of her father's old partner (Morris Chestnut), who is now her guardian, and is strict about any vigilante activities. Not only must Mindy opt for a cheerleader outfit and "regular" clothes, she has to give up training Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor Johnson), which means that he has to look elsewhere for new partners in fighting crime. He later finds them in Colonel Stars And Stripes (Jim Carrey) and Dr Gravity (Donald Faison). Meanwhile, Mindy tries to accept her new life. When trouble brews in the form of a reinvented Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) – Kick-Ass' foe in the first film – Mindy feels like she has no choice but to put on the Hit-Girl costume once again. After all, Mindy is no ordinary teenager, a fact that was obvious to Moretz when she took on the role at only 11 years old. In an interview transcript provided by United International Pictures Malaysia, the now 16-year-old Moretz commented why she plays characters who are considered to be outsiders. "I like playing characters who are the very opposite of who I am, (the) ones who come from broken homes and deal with problems that are much darker than what I have experienced. It is my way to express emotions and talk about things that you shouldn't as a normal person. I am able to act things out which, if I did as Chloe, would be super weird and schizophrenic. For me, it is kind of like my therapy." Moretz's growing years is charted in films as she has been appearing in front of cameras from when she was eight (one of her earlier roles was as daughter of Ryan Reynolds' character in the 2005 film The Amityville Horror). She followed this with many other roles in both TV and films including Dirty Sexy Money and (500) Days Of Summer. But, it was in 2010 that everyone took real notice of this actress – that was the year she got to be Hit-Girl for the first time. She then followed that with the role of an aged vampire in the excellent horror flick, Let Me In. Continuing in that same pattern, this year Moretz resumes the role of Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass 2 and then portrays the epitome of teenage terror in the reimagining of the classic horror, Carrie (Nov 7). When asked if Moretz sees much synergy between Mindy and Carrie, she answered: "I think so, yes. They are both very much out of their element while they are at school. That is something that they both have in common. "Also, Carrie has an overbearing mother who loves her too much and Mindy has a stepfather who loves her way too much. And that's what they are both trying to do – to figure out who they are without people breathing down their necks all the time. Those are the main ways in that they are linear. "But it is hard because Mindy is the strongest girl you will ever meet. She knows what she wants and she knows exactly how to get it, and she is not afraid to stand up to anyone. She is thrown off her game at school but she still wins in the end. "Whereas Carrie, she is spit on, set on fire, kicked – people will do anything to her and she just takes it and that is her problem. She keeps it all pent up inside of her and she won't let go, whereas Mindy is not afraid to scream and fight and yell and hit." It makes sense then that Hit-Girl is at the centre of a lot of Kick-Ass 2 action sequences. If in the first film, the fight scenes featuring Hit-Girl comes across as slightly fantastical – to go along with the absurd notion that a tiny girl is killing people – the sequel is more grounded in reality since Moretz is physically bigger. To make sure she is up to the demanding task, Moretz did a lot of physical training concentrating more on techniques than building muscles. She shared: "The less muscle you build, the more agile you are, especially with jujitsu and the martial arts. It is about leverage. ... when you are little, you have a low centre of gravity and it is much easier to flip a tall guy." Apparently, the 1.6m American teenager handled 90% of the action scenes in Kick-Ass 2. "It is about trying to do as much as you can without getting hurt. I did the van sequence, for example. My stunt double did it at 60mph on a real freeway and then they put me on hydraulics on the car, where the car was shaking and the wheels were still running and everything. I did the full sequence. What you see in the wide shots is my double moving about on the van, but then when you cut in, you will see what I did on top of the van while it was moving. " I also did a lot of the Mother Russia fight and I did all the training scenes with Aaron with all those kicks and punches. That was me." – Mumtaj Begum Kick-Ass 2 makes its way into our cinemas on Aug 29.

Killer queen Posted: Sharni Vinson may be the first Australia-grown movie scream queen, and it's about time. AUSTRALIA has never produced a cinematic "scream queen", an actress who reigns over screen horror films the way Jamie Lee Curtis did back in her Halloween and The Fog days. And Sydney native Sharni Vinson says, "It's about bloody time, then, isn't it?" Vinson, 30, as the all-things-horror website FEARnet assures us, is "the breakout star of You're Next", a superior "home invasion" horror film about an extended family in a remote vacation home assaulted by murderous, masked intruders. The critically acclaimed thriller was the object of a bidding war, has made the rounds in film festivals and sat on the shelf a bit, but is finally coming out. "About bloody time," Vinson repeats, laughing. We asked her a few questions about how one survives a picked-off, one-by-one situation like the one presented in the film. What sort of life skills should you have in hand to improve your odds? My character comes from a family of survivalists. But after this movie, everybody, especially women, needs to take some sort of self-defence course. Martial arts, whatever. Everybody deserves to feel a degree of confidence that if your home was intruded on, you'd be able to stand up and protect yourself from a hideous situation. And do it when you're young! What's the best way to cope, quickly, with the idea of 'This is REALLY happening'? You do that with confidence. Having trained a bit for a situation like this, you'll get a huge adrenalin jolt rather than just shaking with fear. Competence creates confidence, so take those classes! The more you know, the better. What are the first things you'd look for, finding yourself in a situation like this? Weapons, an escape route, a place to hide? Arm yourself. If you're trying to fight somebody who has a weapon and you don't, you're already at a disadvantage. When it comes to figuring out a quick strategy, you have to think where the threat is coming from. The threat, in You're Next, is coming from outside the house, guys with crossbows. Don't run outside! Lock the windows, the doors. Think before putting yourself in more danger. Assess! Use reverse psychology. If this is plainly some sort of planned attack, you need to come up with a plan to fight back. Be smarter than they are. What do you look for in an improvised weapon? When you see it, you'll know. Anything can be a weapon. It can be heavy or sharp. Women wear rings with sharp edges, and stiletto heels get their name from how sharp the heel is. Even a meat tenderiser can be lethal! What mistakes do you see people make in movies about this sort of situation that we should all avoid? I love horror movies, and logically, the most frustrating thing in them is that stupid move somebody makes that nobody in their right mind would make. The victim, say, gains the upper hand for just a moment, and fails to do enough damage to the killer to put them out of action. That's why, in You're Next, if my character gets somebody down, she makes sure they STAY down. He ain't NEVER coming back. – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

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Tracking Chris Hemsworth Posted: Updates on Michael Mann's Cyber shoot in Malaysia. Taman Jaya in Petaling Jaya was the shooting location for the Hollywood film Cyber, late last week. Parts of the roads were closed so the crew could get ready to film a car chase sequence in the area. Directed by Michael Mann, with Chris Hemsworth as the leading man, the film revolves around two countries working together to bring down a group of international hackers. Fans gathered around the area on Thursday and Friday hoping to catch a glimpse of the Australian actor but, unfortunately, he was a no show. Apparently, the shoot continued into early mornings of the weekend; it is unknown if Hemsworth was involved in the action scene. However, the tall actor was spotted at KLCC over the weekend, much to the delight of some fans who managed to take photos with him. The film's principal photography began in Los Angeles in May, and then moved to Hong Kong in June before coming to Malaysia in early August. Cyber, which is set to be released next year, also stars Wang Lee Hom (Little Big Soldier), Tang Wei (Lust, Caution) and Viola Davis (The Help).

Chloe Grace Moretz is a big hit Posted: Chloe Grace Moretz does not only play the chic heroine Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass 2, she's also one of the most wanted teen actresses in real life. MANOEUVRING through a typical teenage day can sometimes be as dangerous as fighting bad guys. Fourteen-year-old Mindy Macready, aka the Hit-Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz), discovers this when she is forced to put away her superhero costume and be a normal teenager. Actually, strike that; This blade-wielding teenager would rather take down villains twice her size than face high school – a place where mean girls can, seemingly, get away with murder. Kick-Ass 2 takes place four years after the first film ends. Mindy is under the care of her father's old partner (Morris Chestnut), who is now her guardian, and is strict about any vigilante activities. Not only must Mindy opt for a cheerleader outfit and "regular" clothes, she has to give up training Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor Johnson), which means that he has to look elsewhere for new partners in fighting crime. He later finds them in Colonel Stars And Stripes (Jim Carrey) and Dr Gravity (Donald Faison). Meanwhile, Mindy tries to accept her new life. When trouble brews in the form of a reinvented Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) – Kick-Ass' foe in the first film – Mindy feels like she has no choice but to put on the Hit-Girl costume once again. After all, Mindy is no ordinary teenager, a fact that was obvious to Moretz when she took on the role at only 11 years old. In an interview transcript provided by United International Pictures Malaysia, the now 16-year-old Moretz commented why she plays characters who are considered to be outsiders. "I like playing characters who are the very opposite of who I am, (the) ones who come from broken homes and deal with problems that are much darker than what I have experienced. It is my way to express emotions and talk about things that you shouldn't as a normal person. I am able to act things out which, if I did as Chloe, would be super weird and schizophrenic. For me, it is kind of like my therapy." Moretz's growing years is charted in films as she has been appearing in front of cameras from when she was eight (one of her earlier roles was as daughter of Ryan Reynolds' character in the 2005 film The Amityville Horror). She followed this with many other roles in both TV and films including Dirty Sexy Money and (500) Days Of Summer. But, it was in 2010 that everyone took real notice of this actress – that was the year she got to be Hit-Girl for the first time. She then followed that with the role of an aged vampire in the excellent horror flick, Let Me In. Continuing in that same pattern, this year Moretz resumes the role of Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass 2 and then portrays the epitome of teenage terror in the reimagining of the classic horror, Carrie (Nov 7). When asked if Moretz sees much synergy between Mindy and Carrie, she answered: "I think so, yes. They are both very much out of their element while they are at school. That is something that they both have in common. "Also, Carrie has an overbearing mother who loves her too much and Mindy has a stepfather who loves her way too much. And that's what they are both trying to do – to figure out who they are without people breathing down their necks all the time. Those are the main ways in that they are linear. "But it is hard because Mindy is the strongest girl you will ever meet. She knows what she wants and she knows exactly how to get it, and she is not afraid to stand up to anyone. She is thrown off her game at school but she still wins in the end. "Whereas Carrie, she is spit on, set on fire, kicked – people will do anything to her and she just takes it and that is her problem. She keeps it all pent up inside of her and she won't let go, whereas Mindy is not afraid to scream and fight and yell and hit." It makes sense then that Hit-Girl is at the centre of a lot of Kick-Ass 2 action sequences. If in the first film, the fight scenes featuring Hit-Girl comes across as slightly fantastical – to go along with the absurd notion that a tiny girl is killing people – the sequel is more grounded in reality since Moretz is physically bigger. To make sure she is up to the demanding task, Moretz did a lot of physical training concentrating more on techniques than building muscles. She shared: "The less muscle you build, the more agile you are, especially with jujitsu and the martial arts. It is about leverage. ... when you are little, you have a low centre of gravity and it is much easier to flip a tall guy." Apparently, the 1.6m American teenager handled 90% of the action scenes in Kick-Ass 2. "It is about trying to do as much as you can without getting hurt. I did the van sequence, for example. My stunt double did it at 60mph on a real freeway and then they put me on hydraulics on the car, where the car was shaking and the wheels were still running and everything. I did the full sequence. What you see in the wide shots is my double moving about on the van, but then when you cut in, you will see what I did on top of the van while it was moving. " I also did a lot of the Mother Russia fight and I did all the training scenes with Aaron with all those kicks and punches. That was me." – Mumtaj Begum Kick-Ass 2 makes its way into our cinemas on Aug 29.

Killer queen Posted: Sharni Vinson may be the first Australia-grown movie scream queen, and it's about time. AUSTRALIA has never produced a cinematic "scream queen", an actress who reigns over screen horror films the way Jamie Lee Curtis did back in her Halloween and The Fog days. And Sydney native Sharni Vinson says, "It's about bloody time, then, isn't it?" Vinson, 30, as the all-things-horror website FEARnet assures us, is "the breakout star of You're Next", a superior "home invasion" horror film about an extended family in a remote vacation home assaulted by murderous, masked intruders. The critically acclaimed thriller was the object of a bidding war, has made the rounds in film festivals and sat on the shelf a bit, but is finally coming out. "About bloody time," Vinson repeats, laughing. We asked her a few questions about how one survives a picked-off, one-by-one situation like the one presented in the film. What sort of life skills should you have in hand to improve your odds? My character comes from a family of survivalists. But after this movie, everybody, especially women, needs to take some sort of self-defence course. Martial arts, whatever. Everybody deserves to feel a degree of confidence that if your home was intruded on, you'd be able to stand up and protect yourself from a hideous situation. And do it when you're young! What's the best way to cope, quickly, with the idea of 'This is REALLY happening'? You do that with confidence. Having trained a bit for a situation like this, you'll get a huge adrenalin jolt rather than just shaking with fear. Competence creates confidence, so take those classes! The more you know, the better. What are the first things you'd look for, finding yourself in a situation like this? Weapons, an escape route, a place to hide? Arm yourself. If you're trying to fight somebody who has a weapon and you don't, you're already at a disadvantage. When it comes to figuring out a quick strategy, you have to think where the threat is coming from. The threat, in You're Next, is coming from outside the house, guys with crossbows. Don't run outside! Lock the windows, the doors. Think before putting yourself in more danger. Assess! Use reverse psychology. If this is plainly some sort of planned attack, you need to come up with a plan to fight back. Be smarter than they are. What do you look for in an improvised weapon? When you see it, you'll know. Anything can be a weapon. It can be heavy or sharp. Women wear rings with sharp edges, and stiletto heels get their name from how sharp the heel is. Even a meat tenderiser can be lethal! What mistakes do you see people make in movies about this sort of situation that we should all avoid? I love horror movies, and logically, the most frustrating thing in them is that stupid move somebody makes that nobody in their right mind would make. The victim, say, gains the upper hand for just a moment, and fails to do enough damage to the killer to put them out of action. That's why, in You're Next, if my character gets somebody down, she makes sure they STAY down. He ain't NEVER coming back. – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

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Stephen Moyer is the new Captain Von Trapp Posted: The British actor goes from playing a vampire to a singing captain with six kids in upcoming musical. True Blood star Stephen Moyer has been added to the cast of NBC's The Sound Of Music as World War I hero Captain Georg Von Trapp. Though best known for playing a vampire, Moyer has musical theatre bona fides: Last month he starred in the Hollywood Bowl's production of Chicago, playing Billy Flynn. NBC's three-hour production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic will air Dec 5 in the United States, with Carrie Underwood as Maria. The special will be based on the original 1959 Broadway production, which won the Tony Award for best musical. The 1965 film version, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Moyer, a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, has spent time with the National Theatre of Wales, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Oxford Stage Company and the Young Vic in England. He has played the lead in Romeo And Juliet, among other stage roles. Universal Television's The Sound Of Music is executive-produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan. Beth McCarthy-Miller and Rob Ashford will serve as directors. — Reuters

The truth is out there Posted: A sceptical host is determined to uncover the truth behind some of Asia's famous hauntings. PLEASE don't call Robert "RJ" Joe a ghost hunter. For starters, the urban explorer doesn't believe in ghosts and spirits. But what the man lacks in faith for the supernatural, he makes up for it through his love for a good horror story and an insatiable curiosity for the unknown. As the host of National Geographic Channel's latest original series I Wouldn't Go In There, RJ embarks on a journey through Asia to some of the region's most reputedly haunted places. But before you dismiss the ironic pairing of a sceptical host and a show about ghastly places, there's more to the series than just the preternatural. "It's true that I don't believe in ghosts. But then again, with this show, it's more about the story of a place and it's history," RJ says during a recent phone interview from Seoul. "When a place is deemed haunted, I think it says more about the people. We'd like to shed light on that aspect in the show," he adds. RJ's hypothesis regarding haunted places is one which is staked on real events rather than myths and old wives' lores. He believes that behind every ghost story and paranormal encounter, there's a true sinister story waiting to be unveiled. "My theory is that ghost stories come from real histories. The fact that people are talking about it is a sign that there's a true story behind the superstitions and urban legends. What I try to do is I find the actual history behind the hauntings in a place," says the American who's of Korean descent. RJ proves his theory through a combination of old fashioned detective work and modern technology. Tracking down accounts from eyewitnesses, local historians and personalities, the history which he uncovers often times prove more horrifying than the haunting tales themselves. The 35-year-old filmmaker and the production crew spent over six months visiting a total of 10 countries while filming the 10-part series. "Basically we travelled all over Asia. Some of the places we visited include Hong Kong, Vietnam, India, the Philippines and Korea. "Since the show's a pretty huge project, we actually have a research team who studied and selected the locations that we feature on the series. Certain locations just pop out with their striking stories. "However, there were instances where we were greeted with a dead end. Sometimes, we just couldn't get access to some of the places that we wanted to check out," RJ reveals. Some locations featured on I Wouldn't Go In There extend to eerie places such as an abandoned school in Hong Kong and a dilapidated hospital in the Philippines. The former is actually the infamous Tat Tak Public School in Ping Shan. Throughout the years, there's been tales of a woman in red as well as strange, crouching figures spotted at the school. As for the hospital at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, there's been disturbing stories among the locals that ghost soldiers roam the grounds. "What we do is we delve into the history and unearth the reason behind the stories and rumours that locals have about a certain haunted location," says RJ. The man even made a stop on our shores, visiting Penang. "We started our investigation at the War Museum in Batu Maung and then followed a trail which led us to multiple places in the island. Our crew even took the ferry over to the mainland and checked out some places there as well," says RJ. Known locally as Bukit Hantu or Ghost Hill, the private museum complex was built by the British as a hill fort in the 1930s. However, the place took an ill-boding facade when it was turned into a prisoner-of-war camp and killing place during the Japanese occupation. "The story we uncovered at the War Museum centred around this Japanese guy who drives a sports car. There are definitely some spooky elements in the tale," says RJ. "Penang is a place with so much history and culture. The amount of colonial history surrounding the island is just amazing," he adds. That being said, the man remains adamant about the existence of supernatural forces in this world. But he does admit that some of the places he visited during the filming of the series gave him the heebie-jeebies. "There's definitely some fear when I enter some of the locations. Some places are really dark and mysterious. They're usually abandoned and there are rumours of snakes and holes. I mean, I don't want to fall and die," he says with a chuckle. When this reporter pitched the local legend of the pontianak (banshee) to him, it got the host thinking. "In Asian context, it's typical to have ghost stories that are rooted in societal and cultural beliefs. For example, you usually get stories about women who have been wronged and there's usually a moral concept to them. "And that's really the core of this show. I'm not trying to debunk anything. I'm just trying to look at the ghost tales that are passed on and find out why these stories are there." > I Wouldn't Go In There premieres tonight with a double episode at 10pm and thereafter every Friday at 11pm on the National Geographic Channel (Astro Ch 553).

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• Asian stocks unsettled by Syria jitters; oil rises
• Dollar stuck in a rut, EM currencies pressured

External woes weigh on Malaysia's blue chips Posted: KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's FBM KLCI fell to a low of 1,709 early Tuesday in line with the weaker regional markets on growing geopolitical tensions. At 10.04am, the KLCI was down 10.46 points to 1,712.03. Turnover was 436.96 million shares valued at RM316mil. Declining stocks hammered advancers 581 to 61 wheile 159 counters were unchanged. Growing worries about the Syrian conflict and concerns whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin to withdraw stimulus next month were likely to keep investors sidelined, Reuters reported. Overnight on Wall Street, US stocks succumbed to last minute selling on concerns over its possible military participation in Syria.  BIMB Securities Research said the decline in key US indices was despite the decline in July's durable goods orders in the US suggesting that the Feds may not implement any large scale of tapering anytime soon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 64 points to 14,946.   "We would expect the local funds to remain as the supporting pillars for the local markets but see more pressure on the index with our focus now centred on the corporate results for the 2Q13. The next support is seen at the 1,715 level," it said. BAT was the top loser, down 84 sen to RM61.32. Among the Petronas related stocks, Petronas Dagangan fell 54 sen to RM26.60 and Petronas Gas was dlwo 34 sen to RM19.42. Aeon Credit lost 40 sen to RM16.24, UMW 36 sen to RM12.56, TN Logistics slid 29 sen to RM3.88 and Favelle Favco 26 sen lower at RM2.62.

Asian stocks unsettled by Syria jitters; oil rises Posted: SYDNEY: Asian stocks slipped on Tuesday, while Brent crude held near a five-month high after the United States signalled possible military action against the Syrian government over a suspected chemical weapons attack. Heightened geopolitical tensions coupled with uncertainty over whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin to withdraw stimulus next month were likely to keep investors sidelined, analysts said. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.4 percent, reversing Monday's rise. Tokyo's Nikkei fell 0.7 percent, while the safe-haven yen edged higher. "There's some possibility of another volatile day if speculators decide to attack the market, as the volume is likely to remain very low," said Mitsushige Akino, chief fund manager at Ichiyoshi Asset Management. "Most investors, I would say 90 percent of players, would prefer to wait and see today." U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in the most forceful reaction yet to last week's gas attack outside Damascus, said President Barack Obama "believes there must be accountability for those who would use the world's most heinous weapons against the world's most vulnerable people." His comments saw U.S. stocks end 0.4 percent lower in light volumes. The risk of supply disruption lifted Brent crude above $111 a barrel to a five-month high. It last traded up 0.4 percent at $111.10. Major currencies mostly marked time, although the Mexican peso and Brazilian real came under fresh pressure. Highlighting the turbulent times many emerging markets are enduring, Brazil's finance minister said the Fed has communicated its plans to reduce monetary stimulus "poorly", prompting some of the wild swings in the value of currencies and stocks in emerging market economies. Among the major currencies, the dollar index was a tad softer at 81.326 as the euro firmed 0.1 percent to $1.3381 . Against the yen, the greenback edged 0.3 percent lower to 98.17. Investors bought gold following data showing a big drop in orders for U.S. durable goods in yet another set of disappointing economic figures. The data has raised some doubts over whether the Fed will next month start to dial down stimulus, which has kept U.S. interest rates near record lows and increased the allure of hard assets. Spot gold traded at $1,403 an ounce, having scaled an 11-week peak of $1,406.01 on Monday. It has now rallied more than $200 since the end of June when prices troughed at three-year lows. - Reuters

Dollar stuck in a rut, EM currencies pressured Posted: SYDNEY: The dollar was marking time against the majors on Tuesday after disappointing U.S. data dragged Treasury yields lower but failed to budge bets the Federal Reserve will start tapering stimulus next month. The dollar was stuck at 98.51 yen having wandered between 98.35 and 98.70 overnight. The euro was equally becalmed at $1.3372 after trading in a $1.3357 to $1.3394 range. The dollar index was parked at 81.375, with support at 81.224 and resistance around 81.719. For any notable action, traders had to cast their eyes to emerging markets where the Mexican peso and Brazilian real came under fresh pressure, despite the drop in U.S. yields. That could bode ill for emerging market currencies in Asia, and particularly the Indonesian rupiah and Indian rupee. Still, overshadowing everything was uncertainty about when the Fed will start tapering and at what pace it might scale back asset buying. A sharp 7.3 percent drop in durable goods orders for July seemed to argue for a cautious withdrawal, and helped 10-year Treasury yields dip 3 basis points to 2.79 percent. Still, much of the fall in orders came in the very volatile aircraft and defence sectors. Strip those out and core orders fell a more moderate 3.3 percent. The series also has a habit of showing weakness in the first month of a quarter, followed by a bounce over the following two months. "We would not get too carried away by the weak durables print," said Citi economist Dana Peterson. "There is positive momentum coming from the consumer, fiscal drag is dissipating and the housing revival remains solid," she added. "So we would not alter our expectations for growth materially or Fed decisions on tapering." Looking ahead, the Asian data calendar is very light with only Chinese industrial profits standing out. Germany releases its Ifo business climate survey for August, while the U.S. has the Case-Shiller house price index, consumer confidence and the Richmond Fed survey. - Reuters

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• Ipoh mosque features Chinese architecture
• Duo nabbed after 26km car chase

Improve quality of schools says Saifuddin Posted: KUALA LUMPUR: While a single education system might be an ideal situation, the problem of quality in national schools should be addressed first, said Umno supreme council member Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah. "Unity is important and education is an important platform to foster unity among young people. "But we should get our priorities right. The quality of schools has to be improved," he said in response to a question from the floor on whether abolishing vernacular schools would be good for unity during the 7th Annual Malaysian Student Leaders Summit here yesterday. Saifuddin, who was formerly Deputy Higher Education Minister, believed that many parents sent their children to Chinese vernacular schools because of their prowess in Maths and Science. "There is a push-and-pull factor why non-Malay parents don't send their children to national schools. It's mainly about quality," he said, adding that even Malay parents were sending their children to Chinese schools. An estimated 80,000 non-Chinese students are studying in Chinese schools in the country. Saifuddin also believed that many national schools were becoming like sekolah agama (religious schools). "Even I as a Malay Muslim got that feeling. My Year Three daughter was singled out because she was not wearing a baju kurung. There are all kinds of stories that make people believe this," he said. Saifuddin said that Malaysians should work on their difficulties together rather than harping on their differences. He declared that he was a Malaysian first and a Malay second. Saifuddin said many parents were sending their children to private religious schools, which he believed were more open and progressive than national schools. "The results in these schools are good and they are more active in co-curricular activities," he said. AirAsia Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, on his part, gave away several free airline tickets to lucky participants, including one ticket to watch Queens Park Rangers in England. He also took out his wallet when a student asked for some money to start a business. Tony, who had RM450 on him, gave the student RM200. Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) CEO Wan Saiful Wan Jan said people should be given a choice of the schools they would like their children to attend. "I strongly believe in the need for choice. In having that choice, we have to make sure that we do not become divided," he said.

Ipoh mosque features Chinese architecture Posted: IPOH: The RM4mil Muhammadiah Mosque here is said to be the first Chinese-Muslim mosque in the country with a 100% Chinese architectural design. The roof is imported from Longyan in China and at a first glance people may mistake the mosque for a Chinese temple. If one were to take a closer look, the inscription at the entrance states "Masjid Muham­madiah". Mosque committee deputy chairman Datuk Dr Fadzli Cheah Abdullah said there was a similar mosque in Kelantan, but the architecture was not 100% Chinese. "That one has Thai architectural influence," he said. "Therefore, this makes the mosque in Taman Tasek Jaya the pioneer with such architecture in the country. During the fasting month, several television stations featured the mosque in their documentaries. "And, the very next day a busload of tourists from China visited it," Dr Fadzli told reporters during a Hari Raya function at the mosque yesterday. The construction of the mosque began two years ago, and it now houses an air-conditioned prayer hall, a pond, garden and other facilities. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, on behalf of the state government, presented RM300,000 to the mosque committee. He said the place could be turned into a tourist attraction, just like what several mosques in the country were known for.

Duo nabbed after 26km car chase Posted: KUALA LUMPUR: A high-speed car chase which started in Serdang ended with the arrest of two men wanted for car theft in Jalan Tun Razak some 26km away. City CID chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Ku Chin Wah said the two men, who were suspects in a luxury car theft and robbery case, were finally apprehended at the Jalan Tun Razak tunnel near the Prince Court Medical Centre. SAC Ku said the chase started at about 2pm when the two men, aged 27 and 29, were spotted in the Bukit Jalil area. "They were chased by a team from IPD Serdang. The first suspect is wanted for two cases involving car theft while the second man is being sought for a drug-related case," he said.

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• Tracking Chris Hemsworth
• Chloe Grace Moretz is a big hit
• Killer queen

Tracking Chris Hemsworth Posted: Updates on Michael Mann's Cyber shoot in Malaysia. Taman Jaya in Petaling Jaya was the shooting location for the Hollywood film Cyber, late last week. Parts of the roads were closed so the crew could get ready to film a car chase sequence in the area. Directed by Michael Mann, with Chris Hemsworth as the leading man, the film revolves around two countries working together to bring down a group of international hackers. Fans gathered around the area on Thursday and Friday hoping to catch a glimpse of the Australian actor but, unfortunately, he was a no show. Apparently, the shoot continued into early mornings of the weekend; it is unknown if Hemsworth was involved in the action scene. However, the tall actor was spotted at KLCC over the weekend, much to the delight of some fans who managed to take photos with him. The film's principal photography began in Los Angeles in May, and then moved to Hong Kong in June before coming to Malaysia in early August. Cyber, which is set to be released next year, also stars Wang Lee Hom (Little Big Soldier), Tang Wei (Lust, Caution) and Viola Davis (The Help).

Chloe Grace Moretz is a big hit Posted: Chloe Grace Moretz does not only play the chic heroine Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass 2, she's also one of the most wanted teen actresses in real life. MANOEUVRING through a typical teenage day can sometimes be as dangerous as fighting bad guys. Fourteen-year-old Mindy Macready, aka the Hit-Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz), discovers this when she is forced to put away her superhero costume and be a normal teenager. Actually, strike that; This blade-wielding teenager would rather take down villains twice her size than face high school – a place where mean girls can, seemingly, get away with murder. Kick-Ass 2 takes place four years after the first film ends. Mindy is under the care of her father's old partner (Morris Chestnut), who is now her guardian, and is strict about any vigilante activities. Not only must Mindy opt for a cheerleader outfit and "regular" clothes, she has to give up training Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor Johnson), which means that he has to look elsewhere for new partners in fighting crime. He later finds them in Colonel Stars And Stripes (Jim Carrey) and Dr Gravity (Donald Faison). Meanwhile, Mindy tries to accept her new life. When trouble brews in the form of a reinvented Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) – Kick-Ass' foe in the first film – Mindy feels like she has no choice but to put on the Hit-Girl costume once again. After all, Mindy is no ordinary teenager, a fact that was obvious to Moretz when she took on the role at only 11 years old. In an interview transcript provided by United International Pictures Malaysia, the now 16-year-old Moretz commented why she plays characters who are considered to be outsiders. "I like playing characters who are the very opposite of who I am, (the) ones who come from broken homes and deal with problems that are much darker than what I have experienced. It is my way to express emotions and talk about things that you shouldn't as a normal person. I am able to act things out which, if I did as Chloe, would be super weird and schizophrenic. For me, it is kind of like my therapy." Moretz's growing years is charted in films as she has been appearing in front of cameras from when she was eight (one of her earlier roles was as daughter of Ryan Reynolds' character in the 2005 film The Amityville Horror). She followed this with many other roles in both TV and films including Dirty Sexy Money and (500) Days Of Summer. But, it was in 2010 that everyone took real notice of this actress – that was the year she got to be Hit-Girl for the first time. She then followed that with the role of an aged vampire in the excellent horror flick, Let Me In. Continuing in that same pattern, this year Moretz resumes the role of Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass 2 and then portrays the epitome of teenage terror in the reimagining of the classic horror, Carrie (Nov 7). When asked if Moretz sees much synergy between Mindy and Carrie, she answered: "I think so, yes. They are both very much out of their element while they are at school. That is something that they both have in common. "Also, Carrie has an overbearing mother who loves her too much and Mindy has a stepfather who loves her way too much. And that's what they are both trying to do – to figure out who they are without people breathing down their necks all the time. Those are the main ways in that they are linear. "But it is hard because Mindy is the strongest girl you will ever meet. She knows what she wants and she knows exactly how to get it, and she is not afraid to stand up to anyone. She is thrown off her game at school but she still wins in the end. "Whereas Carrie, she is spit on, set on fire, kicked – people will do anything to her and she just takes it and that is her problem. She keeps it all pent up inside of her and she won't let go, whereas Mindy is not afraid to scream and fight and yell and hit." It makes sense then that Hit-Girl is at the centre of a lot of Kick-Ass 2 action sequences. If in the first film, the fight scenes featuring Hit-Girl comes across as slightly fantastical – to go along with the absurd notion that a tiny girl is killing people – the sequel is more grounded in reality since Moretz is physically bigger. To make sure she is up to the demanding task, Moretz did a lot of physical training concentrating more on techniques than building muscles. She shared: "The less muscle you build, the more agile you are, especially with jujitsu and the martial arts. It is about leverage. ... when you are little, you have a low centre of gravity and it is much easier to flip a tall guy." Apparently, the 1.6m American teenager handled 90% of the action scenes in Kick-Ass 2. "It is about trying to do as much as you can without getting hurt. I did the van sequence, for example. My stunt double did it at 60mph on a real freeway and then they put me on hydraulics on the car, where the car was shaking and the wheels were still running and everything. I did the full sequence. What you see in the wide shots is my double moving about on the van, but then when you cut in, you will see what I did on top of the van while it was moving. " I also did a lot of the Mother Russia fight and I did all the training scenes with Aaron with all those kicks and punches. That was me." – Mumtaj Begum Kick-Ass 2 makes its way into our cinemas on Aug 29.

Killer queen Posted: Sharni Vinson may be the first Australia-grown movie scream queen, and it's about time. AUSTRALIA has never produced a cinematic "scream queen", an actress who reigns over screen horror films the way Jamie Lee Curtis did back in her Halloween and The Fog days. And Sydney native Sharni Vinson says, "It's about bloody time, then, isn't it?" Vinson, 30, as the all-things-horror website FEARnet assures us, is "the breakout star of You're Next", a superior "home invasion" horror film about an extended family in a remote vacation home assaulted by murderous, masked intruders. The critically acclaimed thriller was the object of a bidding war, has made the rounds in film festivals and sat on the shelf a bit, but is finally coming out. "About bloody time," Vinson repeats, laughing. We asked her a few questions about how one survives a picked-off, one-by-one situation like the one presented in the film. What sort of life skills should you have in hand to improve your odds? My character comes from a family of survivalists. But after this movie, everybody, especially women, needs to take some sort of self-defence course. Martial arts, whatever. Everybody deserves to feel a degree of confidence that if your home was intruded on, you'd be able to stand up and protect yourself from a hideous situation. And do it when you're young! What's the best way to cope, quickly, with the idea of 'This is REALLY happening'? You do that with confidence. Having trained a bit for a situation like this, you'll get a huge adrenalin jolt rather than just shaking with fear. Competence creates confidence, so take those classes! The more you know, the better. What are the first things you'd look for, finding yourself in a situation like this? Weapons, an escape route, a place to hide? Arm yourself. If you're trying to fight somebody who has a weapon and you don't, you're already at a disadvantage. When it comes to figuring out a quick strategy, you have to think where the threat is coming from. The threat, in You're Next, is coming from outside the house, guys with crossbows. Don't run outside! Lock the windows, the doors. Think before putting yourself in more danger. Assess! Use reverse psychology. If this is plainly some sort of planned attack, you need to come up with a plan to fight back. Be smarter than they are. What do you look for in an improvised weapon? When you see it, you'll know. Anything can be a weapon. It can be heavy or sharp. Women wear rings with sharp edges, and stiletto heels get their name from how sharp the heel is. Even a meat tenderiser can be lethal! What mistakes do you see people make in movies about this sort of situation that we should all avoid? I love horror movies, and logically, the most frustrating thing in them is that stupid move somebody makes that nobody in their right mind would make. The victim, say, gains the upper hand for just a moment, and fails to do enough damage to the killer to put them out of action. That's why, in You're Next, if my character gets somebody down, she makes sure they STAY down. He ain't NEVER coming back. – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

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