Mes: septiembre 2019

(AP) PYONGYANG, North Korea – Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh took the stage in North Korea during a concert for new leader Kim Jong Un, in an unusual performance featuring Disney characters. Performers dressed as Minnie Mouse, Tigger and others danced and pranced as footage from “Snow White,” “Dumbo,” “Beauty and the Beast” and other Disney movies played on a massive backdrop, according to still photos shown on state TV. The inclusion of characters popular in the West — particularly from the United States, North Korea’s wartime enemy — is a notable change in direction for performances in Pyongyang. Actors and actresses also showed off new wardrobes, including strapless gowns and little black dresses. In recent years, performances such as the “Arirang” mass games featured performers dressed as panda bears in homage to North Korean ally China. This appears to be the first time Disney characters have been included in a major performance, though Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have been popular among children for several years. Backpacks, pencil cases and pajamas imported from China often feature Disney characters, and stories such as “Dumbo” have been translated into Korean for North Korean schoolchildren. However, it is unusual to make such images a central part of a North Korean performance, and to publicize it on state TV. It was unclear whether the Disney characters were officially licensed. N.K.’s...

(CBS) Early on, it was announced that the third installment of Transformers would be director Michael Bay’s final dalliance with the billion-dollar franchise, but make no mistake about it : Bay does not go quietly into the good night with his swan song. Pictures: “Transformer” premieres “Transformers : Dark of the Moon” is Bay’s personal attempt to re-ignite the fire of a flagging 3-D market when it comes to the movies. “Avatar” set the bar high, but subsequent 3-D releases, which have become the norm rather than the exception, have fallen short. Many in the industry have been looking to “Transformers 3” to transform the landscape and make 3-D a lucrative, long-standing platform once again. If anyone can do it, Bay is the guy. Known for his maniacal pursuit of special effects, unfathomable to any normal person, Bay succeeds in bringing a level of action to “Dark of the Moon” that is so unrelenting and so intense it gives new meaning to the term sensory overload. The pace is punishing. At a bare minimum, it will leave you breathless. On the other end of the spectrum, it is akin to an assault on the mind. We are eased into the frenzy. The story opens with a revisiting of the Apollo mission to the moon, this time with a never-before -disclosed caveat by the U.S. administration at the time –...