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Imphal, Thursday, April 27, 2017
With
William Moseley
English actor
Smith in talks to
Madonna not happy with Will
star in ‘Gemini Man’
biopic ‘Blonde Ambition’ A
CTOR WILL SMITH is in
negotiations to star
in “Gemini Man”.
Along with Smith,
INGER MADONNA is unhappy with the
Ang Lee is also in
news of the biopic “Blonde Ambition”
negotiations to direct the
which is being made on her.
action thriller with Jerry
Just after the news of the biopic was
Bruckheimer producing the
announced, Madonna took to her Insta- film, reports hollywoodregram account to express her opinion about the porter.com.
project, reports aceshowbiz.com.
“Gemini Man” centers on
On Tuesday, the singer criticised the unauan aging assassin who has
thorised biopic and said that only she could tell to fight against his clone,
her story.
who is 25 years younger and
“Nobody knows what I know and what I
in his prime.
have seen. Only I can tell my story. Anyone else
Back in 1997, the project
who tries is a charlatan and a fool. Looking for
was first set up at Disney as
instant gratification without doing the work.
a pitch by Darren Lemke,
This is a disease in our society,” she posted.
while Don Murphy was set
Madonna’s planned biopic is being written
to produce the movie and
by Elyse Hollander.
Tony Scott was attached to
The project has landed on Universal, with
direct. The original concept
Michael De Luca being roped in to produce.
was to have an actor such
Set in early 1980s New York, the biopic
as Harrison Ford to play the
follows Madonna Louise Ciccone who works
older assassin and someone
on her first album and tries to deal with the
like Chris O’Donnell to play
business with a dismissive attitude towards
the younger one.
women.
The concept was later
It will also follow her love life and her rise to revised, with the idea of
fame.
one actor playing both
S
Profile: William Peter Moseley (born 27 April 1987) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Peter Pevensie in the film series The
Chronicles of Narnia and Prince Liam in the E! original series The Royals.
Your Birthday Profile
F Your Sun Sign is:
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F Your personal ruling planets are:
Venus and Mars.
F Your lucky colors are:
red, maroon and scarlet and autumn tones.
F Your lucky gems are:
red coral and garnet.
F Your lucky days of the week are:
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
F Your lucky numbers and years of important change are:
9, 18, 27, 36. 45, 54, 63, 72.
Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19): Before you listen to others have a think about what
you’re wanting from the situation. A succinct phone conversation or email
with someone at a distance should clear the air.
Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20): While the Moon, which rules your third zone
of travels, transit your Sun sign now, you may want to look over travel
brochures a little more carefully before signing on the dotted line, and
listen carefully to your heart.
Cancer (Jun 21 - Jul 22): Your social life is on the upswing today with the
recent new Moon activating your social networking and desire to connect
with others, even strangers.
Leo (Jul 23 - Aug 22): Before making it your business to take care of
everyone make sure you don’t jeopardise your responsibilities or your
own personal needs.
Virgo (Aug 23 - Sept 22): Intuitively, you will come to a decision about
some professional friction and this could be in part due to the transit of
Mercury, your ruling planet and ruler of your profession moving in the
difficult eighth house and yes, still retrograde.
G
ARY EXPLAINED himself about
the sudden cancellation of
the concert in Malaysia.
Through his Instagram,
Gary apologized to Malaysian fans on the 25th.
T
HE BATTLE OF JITRA was fought
between the invading Japanese and Allied forces during
the Malayan Campaign of
Libra (Sept 23 - Oct 22): You know that when the going gets rough the
the Second World War, from
tough stick around to see what they can reap out of the situation! Mars is
11–13 December 1941. The
transiting your Sun sign and so this indeed reflects not just your toughness
British defeat compelled Arthur
but also your courage to try something you haven’t done before.
Percival to order all Allied aircraft
Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21): Prepare yourself for a day when everything can
stationed in Malaya to withdraw to
become confusing. But take heed and the fact that a recent new Moon in
Singapore.
your marital sector promises better relationships in the coming months.
Allied defences at Jitra were not
complete when the Pacific War broke
Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21): There’s a lot of activity regarding the
out. Barbed wire lines had been
sorting out of some romantic matters and revamping your approach to
erected and some anti-tank mines
love - this could mean more emotional responses from your partner, or
laid but heavy rains had flooded the
maybe not especially with Mars staring things out in your seventh house
shallow trenches and gun pits. Many
of relationships currently.
of the field telephone cables laid
across the waterlogged ground also
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 19): If you’re confused, write it down so you can
failed to work, resulting in a lack of
come back to it. There is a risk of failing to plan effectively now and this
communication during the battle.
will later come to light.
Two brigades of Major General
Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 18): Now that things are totally clear, it won’t take
David Murray-Lyon’s 11th Indian
much to get things up and running with everyone on side.
Division held the front line. On the
right was the 15th Indian Infantry
Pisces (Feb 19 - Mar 20): You know you must exhibit the courage to
Brigade, composed of 1st Battalion
confront someone but may be backtracking for fear of the consequences.
The Leicestershire Regiment, the 1st
Bn 14th Punjab Regiment and the 2nd
Bn 9th Jats; on the left was the 6th
Indian Infantry Brigade, composed of
the 2nd Bn East Surrey Regiment, the
1st Bn 8th and 2nd Bn 16th Punjab
Regiments. Batteries from the 155th
Field Regiment, the 22nd Mountain
APPER NICKI MINAJ,
Regiment and the 80th Anti-tank
who is being trolled
Regiment provided the artillery
on social media, says
support. The 28th Indian Infantry
she is tired of being
Brigade, consisting of three Gurkha
bullied for her new
battalions was placed in divisional
look.
reserve.
Minaj, who frequently
Major General Murray-Lyon—
changes hairstyles, posted
realising that the positions at Jitra
her selfie on Monday
were still not ready—ordered BrigMaraj, even commented that adier K A Garrett to take the 1/14th
sporting a blonde wig
she preferred the rapper
but her fans criticised
Punjab and the 2/1st Gurkha Rifles
with black hair.
her outrightly, reports
to positions on the Trunk Road north
“Black Hair. My vote,”
aceshowbiz.com.
of Jitra, in an attempt to delay the
The photograph had Minaj she posted on Twitter along Japanese advance until 12 December.
sporting the platinum hair- with a photograph of her
Garrett placed the 1/14th Punjab (Lt
piece and had her cleavage
daughter sporting long
Col James Fitzpatrick) at Changlun, 6
on display in a plunging
black hair.
mi (9.7 km) from the Thai border and
black beaded bra.
The 35-year-old rapper
the 2/1st Gurkhas (Lt Col Jack Fulton)
“Do blondes have more
shortly replied to the
at the village of Asun (Kampung
fun? Decisions, decisions...” tweet: “Mommy you’re
Asun) just a few miles north of Jitra.
so she captioned the image.
not included in the voting
Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzpatrick’s
While some of her fans
process.”
1/14th Punjab—supported by the
praised her new look, some
Minaj apparently noticed
4th Mountain battery (from 22nd
others didn’t take the selfie
the reactions as she
Mountain Regiment, IA), a section of
lightly.
responded to the backlash
2-pounder anti-tank guns (from 2nd
“(Breaking news). It is
via Twitter.
Battery, 80th Anti-Tank Regiment)
confirmed that blondes do
“I asked if blondes have
and a company of engineers—sepahave more fun, especially
more fun, somebody
rated into two strong ambush
when recording an album,” commented. Blondes have
positions; one north of Changlun and
a fan posted, while another
more fun recording an
one south of the village. The battalion
wrote: “Instead of trying
album now go sis!” so she
was in position by early evening of 10
on wigs, why don’t you get
posted, before jokingly
December.
your ass back in the studio?” adding: “I’m tired of being
The Japanese 5th Division ReconMinaj’s mother, Carol
bullied.”
naissance Regiment and 1st Tank
Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel
I’m tired of being
bullied: Nicki Minaj
R
Gary said, “The concert has
been cancelled due to organizer’s
circumstances. The explanation
has been delayed because I have
no management or PR team. I will
make sure this doesn’t happen
again”.
He added, “I hope there are no
misunderstandings and I’m always
ready to visit Malaysia again. Thank
you for taking interest in my show”.
Previously, Gary cancelled his
concert in Malaysia that was scheduled for the 21st of May. However,
with about a month to go, the
concert was cancelled. Ace Music
Production announced this fact on
its official Facebook.
A domestic agency that is in
charge of Gary’s overseas concerts,
explained, “When Ace Music
Production announced the cancellation of the concert at first, it said
‘unexpected’ and caused some
misunderstandings. The cancellation
has nothing to do with Gary getting
married and it is because payments
weren’t delivered on time.
Despite extension of contract,
payment wasn’t made on time
so that’s why the concert was
cancelled.
Meanwhile, Gary announced
getting married on April 5th.
Saeki vanguard had completed
repairs on the road and bridge
unopposed by the afternoon and
had started heading down the Trunk
Road toward the 1/14th Punjabs
position at Changlun. At about 21:00
on 10 December, Saeki’s first two
tanks to reach the ambush position
north of Changlun were destroyed by
the anti-tank guns and the Punjabis
inflicted more casualties on the
Japanese supporting infantry, before
pulling out and retreating south of
Changlun. It was early morning on
11 December before the Japanese
caught up with the 1/14th Punjabs
at their next ambush position. In
full daylight, Saeki’s men were able
to send a flanking party around the
Punjabs position forcing them to
withdraw before they were cut off.
Fitzpatrick decided to withdraw his
mostly intact battalion back to the
Gurkha’s position at Asun.
At this point in the battle,
Murray-Lyon arrived at Fitzpatrick’s
headquarters and ordered him to set
up another ambush north of Asun.
Murray-Lyon, Garrett, Fitzpatrick and all four of his company
commanders then drove south to
see the new ambush site, leaving
the 1/14th Punjab to pack up and
join them. By early afternoon, it had
started to rain heavily, reducing
visibility to a few feet. Half loaded
onto their transport and facing the
wrong way, the 1/14th Punjab were
surprised by a number of Japanese
tanks appearing out of the rain
and driving into the middle of the
battalion. Saeki’s tanks scattered
the battalion with only 270 Punjabis
managing to make their
way back to British lines.
Garrett gathered the
270-odd survivors and
escaped south. By early
evening on 11 December,
Saeki’s column had
reached the Gurkhas at
Major
Asun.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Jack Fulton’s 2/1st
Gurkhas were positioned on the south bank
of a fast-flowing stream,
just to the north of Asun.
Saeki’s infantry
moved swiftly across the
stream on either flank,
supported by heavy
mortar and machine gun
fire. The mostly young
and inexperienced
Gurkhas soon broke and
scattered. By 19:00 on
11 December, the small
Yoon Jin-seo to tie the
knot this weekend
Actress Yoon
Jin-seo will tie
the knot with
her boyfriend
this weekend.
“Yoon will
hold a wedding
ceremony on
Jeju Island on April 30”, said her
management agency in a press
release on Tuesday.
Yoon’s fiancé is a friend whom
she met through a common hobby. After 3 years of dating, they’ve
decided to marry.
The wedding will take place at
Yoon’s home on Jeju Island with
only family and relatives present.
Ryoo, Park Ha-seon
expecting 1st child
Actor couple
Ryoo Soo-yeong and Park
Ha-seon are
expecting
their first
child.
“The
couple, who
tied the knot this past January,
is waiting for a new member of
the family”, Park’s agency said on
Tuesday. “Park is due to give birth
this fall”.
“The couple is excited to welcome their first baby, and happy
to share this wonderful news with
their fans”, it added.
Ryoo Soo-yeong is currently appearing on a KBS weekend drama
and Park also plans to continue to
work during the pregnancy.
Gary apologizes to Malaysian
fans, no misunderstandings
A passionate fire burns in the soul and it doesn’t seem to
be abating. There are no half measures with you. In both work
and play you push hard and in love you may burn your partners
with an “all or nothing at all” approach.
Gemini (May 21 - Jun 20): Expect a sudden turn of events at work. Venus is
about to move out of your career zone and this indicates some change in
circumstance or maybe even someone you work with leaving unexpectedly.
parts. However, the project
was considered impossible
to be filmed due to the lack
of technology.
Skydance Media, an
American film and television production company,
picked up the project
in 2016, believing that
technology nowadays has
caught up to have someone
like Smith playing two
people with different ages
who fight against each
other.
Dave Bautista wants
Craig to return as Bond
Jeff Goldblum to return for
‘Jurassic World’ sequel
A
CTOR JEFF GOLDBLUM is returning to the “Jurassic Park” franchise for the next instalment.
The sequel to “Jurassic World” --the fourth instalment-- is being directed by JA Bayona, reports variety.
com.
Actors Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are returning for
the sequel which will also star Justice Smith, James Cromwell, and
Toby Jones.
Goldblum co-starred in 1993’s “Jurassic Park” and in 1997’s
“The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” but was absent from “Jurassic
World.”
He played the quick-witted mathematician Ian Malcolm, who
managed to survive in both films.
Japanese force had broken through
the Gurkas.
After the destruction of the two
battalions north of Jitra, the Saeki
Detachment sped down the main
Trunk Road to the 11th Indian Division defensive line at Jitra. MurrayLyon had placed the majority of his
two brigades to the east and west of
Jitra with a four battalion front to
face any attack.
The 15th Indian Brigade (now
under the command of Brigadier
Carpendale) covered the main Trunk
Road at Jitra. The 1st Leicestershire
Regiment were covering the road and
town north of the Jitra River with the
2/9th Jat Regiment on the east flank.
The 2/2nd Gurkhas covered the divisional area behind the Leicesters and
Jats positions, while the remaining
Gurkha battalion (2/9th Gurkhas)
protected the 11th Indian Divisions
line of retreat.
With the survivors of Garrett’s
two battalions streaming through
the 11th Indian Division and his
line of retreat threatened by the
Japanese advance south of Jitra
at Kroh, Murray-Lyon requested
permission from Malaya Command
to retire from Jitra to a position he
had already selected about 30 mi (48
km) south at Gurun. General Arthur
Percival refused, fearing that such an
early and long retreat would have a
demoralising effect on the troops and
civilian population.
At 20:30 on 11 December, Saeki’s
advance guard overran a forward
patrol of the 1st Leicesters but was
held up by an improvised roadblock until dawn of 12 December.
By midday of 12 December, Saeki
realised he was fighting against the
main 11th Indian Division positions.
Saeki’s advance guard impulsively
attacked again, this time into D
Company of the 2/9th Jats resulting
in a wedge being driven between the
Leicesters and Jats and D Company
was practically cut off. The Leicester
attempt to close the gap during the
afternoon was a costly failure. Lt Col
R C S Bates led two of his companies
from the 1/8th Punjab in an attack on
the wedge; Bates with two officers
and twenty-three men were killed.
At 19:30 on 12 December, MurrayLyon again sought leave to fall back
to the position at Gurun. General
Percival finally agreed and MurrayLyon was given permission to
withdraw at his own discretion. The
withdrawal from Jitra on the night of
12/13 December was when the 11th
Indian Division incurred most of its
casualties.
The Battle of Jitra and the retreat
to Gurun had cost the 11th Indian
Division heavily in manpower and
strength as an effective fighting
force. The division had lost one
brigade commander wounded
(Garrett), one battalion commander
killed (Bates) and another captured
(Fitzpatrick). The division had
lost the equivalent of nearly three
battalions of infantry and was in no
condition to face another Japanese
assault without reinforcements,
reorganisation and rest. After 15
hours of bitter combat, the Japanese
5th Division had captured Jitra and
with it a large quantity of Allied
supplies in the area.
Wrestler-turned-actor Dave
Bautista is
eager to see
actor Daniel
Craig reprise
the role of
James Bond.
The 48-year-old starred
opposite Craig in the most-recent
007 movie “Spectre”, in which he
played the villainous henchman Mr
Hinx. Bautista says he would love
to see the British actor return as
Bond, reports metro.co.uk.
Asked if he’d like to reprise
the part of Mr Hinx, the star said:
“Yeah! Believe me we’re talking
about it a lot. We’re waiting at
home with our fingers crossed.”
“We’re waiting for the news to
see if Daniel will sign up for ‘Bond
25’, because then there’s a chance
that Hinx will come back,” he said.
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