Showing posts with label Estate’s new look. Show all posts
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Friday, July 16, 2010

Nailing the look

TODAY, THURSDAY JULY 15, 2010, ENTERTAINMENT, PAGE T12
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Website: http://www.todayonline.com/Entertainment/Music/EDC100715-0000068/Hey,-doesnt-she-sound-like-Jewel?
05:55 AM Jul 15, 2010 By AP



PHOTO: Jewel pictured in February this year ... Bet the disguise threw you off as well! AFP To play Karen, Jewel was given a prosthetic nose, wig and glasses, and butt padding. One astonished person from the crowd was heard comparing the meeklooking Karen to ‘an American Susan Boyle’.
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Hey, doesn't she sound like Jewel?
The singer does 'undercover karaoke' for comedy website

ON A recent Monday night at a Los Angeles karaoke bar, a meek-looking woman in a business suit and glasses was coaxed on stage by her co-workers.



PHOTO: http://multipleverses.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/jewel-staite.jpg


While the boozy crowd readied itself for four minutes of awkward singing, the woman suddenly belted out exquisite, pitch-perfect renditions of the Jewel songs Who Will Save Your Soul and Foolish Games.

Astonished crowd members picked their jaws off the floor and cheered wildly. One person was heard comparing "Karen" to "an American Susan Boyle".

Little did the crowd know, they had been victims of "undercover karaoke".


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"Karen" was really Jewel, and the proceedings had been filmed by funnyordie.com, a comedy video website co-founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Posted online on Tuesday, the clip was rapidly circulated, with more than 160,000 views that evening.

"I was a bit nervous to do this skit at first because I feared it would amount to little more than showing off some vocals, dressed as someone else," Jewel said. "I was worried it wouldn't be self-effacing enough."



PHOTO: http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/md/valentines_day_red_carpet_6_090210/jewel_2735855.jpg


For the video, created by Funny or Die writer-director Eric Appel, Jewel was given a prosthetic nose, wig and glasses, and butt padding. Only after performing as Karen did Jewel return to the stage of the karaoke joint, the Gas Lite, as herself.

Before the reveal, one audience member says to the camera of "Karen": "They tell me she only sings at Christmas parties."



PHOTO: http://www.bergproperties.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/jewel2.jpg


Though Jewel is principally a singer-songwriter, she has acted before, most notably in the 1999 Ang Lee film, Ride With The Devil. This performance was a bit quicker (Funny or Die contacted her just a few days before taping on June 28) and more comical.


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"This did not require much, as the costume did most of the work for me," said Jewel. "I love improv and this was a small chance to do that. I would love to do more of it in the future. A dream gig would be a show like Curb Your Enthusiasm."

Jewel also shot another video for Funny or Die that she says involves former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. A spokeswoman for the site said it will be released next week.
AP


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PHOTO: Jewel
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Saturday, July 3, 2010

Residents to vote on estate’s new look

MY PAPER, FRIDAY JULY 2, 2010, PAGE A4, HOME
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By RACHEL CHAN, rachchan@sph.com.sg



PHOTO: DRAWING BOARD: Tampines Neighbourhood 9 could soon boast features such as a green ramp for exercise, and a pavement for chalk graffiti.
(PHOTO: TEAM DESIGN ARCHITECTS)
MY PAPER, FRIDAY JULY 2, 2010, PAGE A4, HOME


A green ramp one can jog on and use as a stage for performances. A pavement where artists can draw chalk graffiti. A weekend flea market on the street.

Residents in 25-year-old Tampines Neighbourhood 9, in Tampines West, may get to enjoy these features and more in about two years’ time, if they give the thumbs up to a proposed Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP).

This government-funded, $10-million project to upgrade common areas in the estate needs at least 75 per cent of residents’ votes before Tuesday, in order for it to go ahead.

The final design with the features, by Team Design Architects, was unveiled to residents yesterday by Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Home Affairs and Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC.

It had garnered the majority of votes from residents in a poll on three proposals last September.

The poll had been held as part of a public consultation exercise on the proposed revamp, held by Tampines Town Council to ensure that the NRP would serve residents’ needs.

Mr Masagos, who also chairs the town council, said: “One of the main concerns highlighted was that some activities, located too close to residents’ homes, created a lot of noise. People playing basketball late into the night, for instance. “We have taken this into consideration while developing the final design and will be relocating these activities to the fringe areas of the estate.”

He envisions that NRP will transform Tampines Neighbourhood 9 into one that “doesn’t look so typically like an HDB estate”. He added: “I want to add that wow factor; that is my dream.”





Housewife Sheila Wong, 44, said she was looking forward most to a green sloped ramp that residents can stroll along. She said: “It will be near my block, which makes it convenient for my elderly mother-in-law to go for a walk.”

This NRP, involving 38 blocks and 3,352 dwellings, will be the largest in Singapore to date and the first for Tampines. It will be carried out concurrently with the Lift Upgrading Programme and the Home Improvement Programme in the neighbourhood.

The NRP is meant for blocks that were built before 1990 and have not undergone other major upgrading programmes. As of last month, 31 NRP projects have been announced, of which 12 have incorporated residents’ feedback.

Similar plans for NRP are underway for the rest of Tampines, but it will be up to each ward adviser to decide how it will be implemented, said Mr Masagos.
By RACHEL CHAN, rachchan@sph.com.sg



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Public consultation: 公开咨询
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Concurrently: 同时地
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Underway: 正在进行中
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