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| Justin Bieber’s abandoned monkey moves to German wildlife park Posted: 31 May 2013 06:09 PM PDT
"Mally", a 23-week-old capuchin monkey, was confiscated by authorities at Munich airport in March while the Canadian singer was on tour. The pet has since become German national property because Bieber did not provide health and species protection certificates. Mally, who had been living in an animal shelter, has now moved to Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, northern Germany, where he will remain in quarantine for a few more weeks before permanently settling with other white-faced capuchin monkeys. "He will go into our capuchin monkey enclosure where there is a lovely island that is 40 metres long and 20 metres wide. It has lots of trees so it will be a bit of a game to try and recognise him," said Fabrizio Sepe, head of the wildlife park. Mally was taken to the park in secret for his protection but fans will now be able to visit the animal, Sepe said. While most animals stay in their transport boxes for the first three days, Mally ventured out soon after arrival, he added. "He came out straight away and jumped onto the carer's head and was immediately curious about everything." Sepe said he had not heard from Bieber but added that he would be happy to give the singer information if he was interested. — Reuters |
| Jesse Eisenberg explores world of street magic for heist film Posted: 31 May 2013 05:44 PM PDT
The film, out in theatres yesterday, sees a group of street magicians come together as the "four horsemen," staging large scale magic shows during which they rob a bank and distribute the money among the audience. Eisenberg plays silver-tongued sleight-of-hand expert J. Daniel Atlas, a role he said he was drawn to because of the character's confidence and his own need to overcome stage fright in 2011 while performing in an off Broadway production called "Asuncion," which he had also written. "I thought it'd be like a perfect challenge for me, and maybe help me deal with some of the stage fright I was dealing with. My character is the greatest magician in the world and he has an attitude of someone who's earned that, so I forced myself to feel and behave like him," the actor explained. In the film, which co-stars Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Mark Ruffalo, Eisenberg joins forces with three other street magicians, played by Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco, to stage a complex and captivating series of shows. Eisenberg, who said he had never encountered a street magician before this film, had just four weeks to learn the basics of sleight-of-hand magic, and drew inspiration for his character from illusionists David Blaine and David Copperfield. "David Blaine was so casual and Louis (Leterrier, the director) said he didn't want my character to be that casual, he wanted an edge of severity. I looked at David Copperfield, who is very severe and dramatic and flamboyant in his performance. Somewhere between those two guys is my character," he said. Debunking magic is one of the many facets of the film's plot, and while learning the secrets of the illusion trade, Eisenberg said he still had concerns that the audience would not be so easily tricked or misdirected. "I initially thought when I was performing a trick to somebody, the whole time they'd be trying to figure it out and frustrated that they don't know how it's done. So I'd start to reveal how it was done, and I was surprised to find out that they were kind of disappointed," the actor said. "I think they wanted to feel amazed and that something like (magic) is possible, even though you know it's not." OSCARS AND OFF BROADWAY Eisenberg, a native of New Jersey, has been a regular fixture on the independent film circuit in recent years, making his debut in the critically praised 2002 dark comedy "Roger Dodger" and gaining attention in 2009 for comedies "Adventureland" and "Zombieland." More recently, the actor has starred in Woody Allen's 2012 film "To Rome With Love" and 2011 animated feature "Rio," reprising his role as Blu the exotic bird for "Rio 2" in 2014. But while his role as sharp-witted Facebook co-founder Zuckerberg in 2010's "The Social Network" thrust Eisenberg in front of a mainstream audience and earned him an Oscar nomination, the actor said he never watches his own films. "I won't see them, but I hope they're good. I just feel the experience of watching it is so different from the experience of doing it," the actor said. Off camera, Eisenberg is fast becoming a recognizable force in New York's theater world as both an actor and playwright. He most recently starred opposite veteran actress Vanessa Redgrave in off-Broadway play "The Revisionist," which he also wrote. "(Film) is an industry driven so much more by an economy whereas stage, I get to write what I want to write. Notes that I get from producers are about making the play more of what it wants to be rather than making it more accessible," he said. — Reuters |
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