Sardono gets international award

Sardono gets international award

JAKARTA: Indonesian dancer-choreographer Sardono W. Kusumo
has been awarded the Distinguished Artist Award by the
International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA).

The Sono Seni dance studio in Surakarta, Central Java, where
the artist is based, said the award would be presented during a
ceremony on June 20, as part of the society's 17th International
Congress at the Esplanade in Singapore. The congress is taking
place between June 18 and June 21.

The ISPA Distinguished Artist Award, first awarded in 1975, is
presented to performing artists who have made an outstanding
contribution of talent, artistry, dedication and service to the
world of performing arts.

Past recipients include pianist Arthur Rubenstein (1976), jazz
clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman (1982), opera, theater,
and film director Peter Sellars (1990), mime Marcel Marceau
(1992), Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim (1994) and soprano
Dame Joan Sutherland (1994). -- JP

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Anderson to launch wake-up service

LOS ANGELES: Do you fancy being woken up every morning by
Hollywood sex kitten Pamela Anderson, even if you don't happen to
be her rocker fiance Kid Rock? Well, now you can be.

Blond bombshell Baywatch star Anderson, 35, has signed on to a
celebrity wake-up service which allows customers to be gently
roused by her dulcet tones for only US$7.99 per month.

"Hi, it's Pamela," purrs one of the musically backed matinal
greetings explaining that the star is "filling in for your alarm
clock".

"I love animals, they're fuzzy, cute and fun to play with. Are
you fun to play with? How about getting down on your hands and
knees and barking like a dog. Now get your fuzzy ass out of bed
and fetch my slippers.

"Have a great day, you animal," Anderson says. --AFP