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| British entertainer Max Bygraves dies aged 89 Posted: 01 Sep 2012 08:46 AM PDT
The singer and comedian died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Hope Island in Queensland, eastern Australia, his agent Johnny Mans said. "His death is a great loss to the entertainment profession and a great loss to all of his friends in the industry," said Mans, adding that Bygraves had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's two years ago. Bygraves started as a pub singer in his teens and went on to become a popular variety performer — appearing in films and stage shows, and hosting the TV gameshow "Family Fortunes" during a long-running career. Comedian Jimmy Tarbuck, a close friend of Bygraves, described him as "one of the greats of British entertainment". "He had the audience in the palm of his hand quicker than any other comedian I have seen," Tarbuck told BBC television. "They loved him, and you don't get that love very often." — AFP-Relaxnews |
| Existentialist kitty a winner at US cat video festival Posted: 01 Sep 2012 07:18 AM PDT WASHINGTON, Sept 1 —The moody reflections of an existentialist French-speaking feline has taken top honours at an al fresco festival in Minnesota dedicated to cat videos from around the world. More than 10,000 people filled a field outside the Walker Art Centre in Minneapolis after sunset on Thursday for its inaugural Cat Video Festival, thought to be the only one of its kind in the world. Winning the Golden Kitty, chosen by online voting, was "Henri 2, Paw de Deux" by Seattle filmmaker Will Braden, shot in black and white with a solo piano soundtrack, in which the eponymous star broods about his housebound existence. "I am free to go, yet I remain," says Henri via a French voice-over, peering out the window. "The 15 hours a day I sleep have no effect. I wake to the same tedium. I'm surrounded by morons." Henri was unavailable for comment, but in a statement from the museum, Braden said: "This is a great honour. I don't think I've ever purred this loudly!" Cat videos have been an online cult phenomenon for years, but the festival marked a rare opportunity for enthusiasts to view them as a group, rather than on a computer alone at home. "We received a little over 10,000 cat video nominations," including a remarkable number from Japan and Russia, from which 70 were selected for screening, festival curator Katie Hill said. "I knew cats were big in Japan, but I was less aware of the Russian influence on these trends. "From the French side of things, there were a lot of cat videos with French voice-overs narrating cat thoughts or words — thought I'm not sure if they were all actually coming from French video-makers." "Henri 2, Paw de Deux" was a crowd-pleaser, Hill said, because it had all the elements of a winning cat video: "The importance of form and content working together within the video, an adorable cat star and the element of surprise." Established in 1927, the Walker Art Centre is seen as one of the most prestigious modern art museums in the United States, ranked alongside the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim in New York. — AFP-Relaxnews |
LONDON, Sept 1 — Veteran British entertainer Max Bygraves has died in Australia aged 89, his agent said today.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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