TV-Comeback trotz Parkinson

Frank Elstner wagte sich zu einem wilden Bären in den Käfig. Das Tier wurde für einen Eingriff betäubt

Foto: DOCMA TV 

Trotz seiner Parkinson-Krankheit bleibt er immer in Bewegung. „Wetten, dass ..?“-Erfinder Frank Elstner (82) dreht derzeit eine neue Folge seiner SWR-Reihe „Elstners Reisen“. Er plant damit sein TV-Comeback! 

Seit 2012 wurden zwölf Folgen der Reihe produziert, in denen Elstner über bedrohte Tierarten auf der ganzen Welt berichtet und sich für den Artenschutz starkmacht. Zuletzt wurde im April 2023 eine neue Folge im TV ausgestrahlt.

Für die dreizehnte Folge bleibt er diesmal in Deutschland und besucht Bären, Elefanten und Greifvögel in speziellen Tier-Altersheimen. Eine TV-Ausstrahlung ist für 2025 geplant.

Frank Elstner mit einem Bussard in der Wildvogel-Auffangstation Paasmühle in Hattingen (NRW)

Foto: DOCMA TV Produktion GmbH

Frank Elstner zu BILD: „Man hat mich gefragt, warum ich nicht auch mal einheimische Tiergeschichten erzähle, die vor unserer Haustür passieren. Das passte zu unserer Überlegung, dass wir für unsere Sendung auf lange Flüge verzichten wollen, weil das alles andere als nachhaltig ist.“

Frank Elstner und Thomas Gottschalk (74) in der Jubiläums-Show von „Wetten, dass ..?“ 2021 in Nürnberg

Foto: Getty Images

Erste Station: Bärenpark

Im Bärenpark in Bad Füssing (Bayern) finden Bären aus Süd- und Ost-Europa eine neue Heimat, für die es kein Auswilderungsprogramm gibt.

Elstner: „Die Bären haben vorher unter unwürdigen Bedingungen gehaust und werden jetzt unter behördlicher Kontrolle versorgt. Es geht hier auch zu wie in einem Altersheim mit geregeltem Tagesablauf, regelmäßigen Essenszeiten und medizinischer Betreuung.“

Bei seinem Besuch begleitete der Moderator auch eine Kastration. Das Tier war zuvor in Italien aufgegriffen worden, weil es abgemagert in ein Dorf gelaufen war. Jetzt bleibt es bis an sein Lebensende in Bad Füssing.

Frank Elstner (blaue Jacke) ist bei der Kastration des Braunbären mit der Kamera dabei

Foto: DOCMA TV

Der Kopf des Bären wurde während des Eingriffs abgedeckt

Foto: DOCMA TV

Hatte Elstner im Käfig Angst? „Nein. Ich war ja von Profis umgeben, die den Bären unter Betäubung hielten. Aber natürlich hat man als Mann ein seltsames Gefühl, wenn man so einer Entmannung beiwohnt. Der Grund für die Kastration ist, dass die Bären sich im Heim nicht weiter vermehren sollen, denn es ist nur für 17 Tiere Platz.“ 

 Super-Papa, Oliver Pocher soll DAS weniger gefallen.

Wie geht es Elstner mit seiner Parkinson-Erkrankung?

„Wenn mein Zustand so bleibt, wie er jetzt ist, wäre ich sehr glücklich. Ich bin immer noch zuversichtlich, dass man den Verlauf der Krankheit mit dem richtigen Sport und Physiotherapie verlangsamen und vielleicht in absehbarer Zeit medikamentös ebenfalls bremsen kann. Und vielleicht wird es auch irgendwann einmal eine Heilung geben.“

Boxen gegen Parkinson: Frank Elstner trainiert mit Box-Weltmeisterin Dilar Kisikyol (32)

Foto: © Wolf Lux

Eine TV-Rente ist vorerst kein Thema: „Solange ich kann, werde ich weiter TV-Projekte verfolgen, die mir wichtig sind und an denen ich Spaß habe.“

Ohne Schutz schwamm Frank Elstner (M.) 2019 mit Ammenhaien auf den Bahamas. Mit dabei waren Karlsruhes Zoo-Direktor Matthias Reinschmidt (60, l.) und Hai-Schützer Josef Baron von Kerckerinck (84)

Foto: SWR - Südwestrundfunk

BINI fashion: Fun, sustainable, evolving

BY RAOUL CHEE KEE

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Bini wore designer Ehrran Montoya's metallic collection for their concert finale. --EHRRAN MONTOYA

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Now in their early 20s, Aiah, Colet, Maloi, Gwen, Stacey, Mikha, Jhoanna, and Sheena have a string of catchy songs under their belt including “Salamin, Salamin,” “Pantropiko” and “Karera,” with the accompanying music videos that have been listened and danced to countless times.

Stylist Ica Villanueva, the group’s visual director, is responsible for whatever the girls wear in public, whether the event is big or small. In an interview with Lifestyle, she talked about how she landed the styling gig, her bid for sustainability, and what she has planned for Bini as the girls grow up and mature. 

Pinoy pride at Paris Fashion Week

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Gino Gonzales, Rita Nazareno, Joyce Orena and Mark Lewis Higgins --VOGUE PH

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Filipino design artistry was on display at a one-night event held during Paris Fashion Week last month. To mark its second anniversary, Vogue Philippines chose 23 designers who were instructed to come up with miniature creations that incorporated local weaves or textiles made with natural fibers.

“Primarily, we wanted a representation of the Philippine archipelago for Vogue Threads… a celebration of craft and form,” said Gino Gonzales, who curated the exhibit held at the Palais Galliera.

Gonzales is a well known scenographer and was recently awarded the Gawad Parangal for design and allied arts by the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

“We also limited them to a color palette of ecru or unbleached cotton or linen in shades of amber, camel, gold, copper, and bronze to keep things cohesive… So it’s not just an individual effort but a unified statement.” 

Which country is more Westernized, mixed-blooded and diverse, Indonesia or the Philippines?

Harya Dony Pratama

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Interested in culture, people, history and geopolitics.

More Westernized : Philippines

The country has huge amount of English speakers that easily pick up the latest global trend around the world. Also colonial history of Philippines that being colonized by the Spaniard then American that play huge of part of westernized Philippines (if you compare Philippines with its neighboring countries)

Mixed Blooded : Tie

Now when people talk about the Eurasian people in Southeast Asia they think about the entertainment scene, famous people, rich entrepreneurs etc. This is very similar to Latin America countries where the famous people are white, castiza, or with Arab ancestry. At the surface both countries display such mixing but in the real life common people are mostly indigenous who are indeed very diverse among themselves. Now if you are really going into the details, Indonesia have Malay-looking indigenous, Papuan/Melanesian indigenous and people in between who mostly live in Central Indonesia. They would produce different kind of mixed people more than Philippines. I like to mention about the oldest Eurasian community in Southeast Asia which is the Mardjikers or the freed people also known as black Portugese in Batavia now Jakarta.

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 They were Asians (Sri Lankan, Indian, Malay) with Iberian heritage. The very first Eurasian people that settled in Southeast Asia in the huge group with distinct culture and language, later when the Dutch set up the biggest European colony in SE Asia in then Dutch East Indies, they slowly merged with newborn and new wave of Eurasians people who got Dutch or West European heritage. The Netherlands was always been a small country with small population, in fact it still is, when they colonized Indonesia they hired Europeans as administrators, soldiers and engineers from various countries like Germany, Norway, Denmark, and many other. This is just an illustration that mixed heritage history in Indonesia and SE Asia has many interesting layers.

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More Diverse : Indonesia

One can't deny the fact that Indonesia is a vast country with 17,504 islands scattered from Indian to Pacific ocean, according to Indonesian National Statistics Beareu the country is home for 1,340 ethnic groups ( including Chinese, Arabs & Eurasian) with 742 distinct languages.

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 Indonesia is also the biggest home for Chinese oversea worldwide.

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Footnotes

[1] 

: The Social World of Batavia: Europeans and Eurasians in Colonial Indonesia, Second Edition, Jean Gelman Taylor

[2] 

Mardijker people - Wikipedia

[3] 

Suku bangsa di Indonesia - Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas

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Training our mind and heart to be properly focused

By Fr. Roy Cimagala

Chaplain

Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE)

Talamban, Cebu City

Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

THIS is what we can gather as a lesson from that gospel episode about the two sisters, Martha and Mary, in their relation with Christ. (cfr. Lk 10,38-42) Both were good sisters and followers of Christ, but the former failed to take the proper priority regarding their relation with Christ.

While everything temporal and earthly plays an important role in our relation with God, they can be dangerous if they do not have God as their beginning and end, and are simply understood and treated as temporal and earthly.

We really need to train our mind and heart to be always anchored and focused on God. This will take a lifetime to achieve, and we may not be able to perfect it, but the point is simply for us to just try and try.

Especially these days when we are heavily bombarded with fantasies and fictions in novels and movies, we can easily be gaslighted to believe in them if our faith in God is not nourished regularly in our mind and heart.

We would fail to realize that these fantasies and fictions are just make-believe things that only serve as a temporary way of rest and recreation and should not be taken seriously. With a weak hold on our faith and on our spiritual life, we would fail to realize that we are just being tickled to play the game of self-indulgence that would slowly snuff out our relation with God and with others

These fantasies and fictions often appeal to our emotions and passions, leading us to be more carnal than spiritual, more animal-like than God-like as we should be. They usually play out the law of Talion in their storylines and narratives, making the eye-for-an -eye and tooth-for-a tooth behavior as the standard of our life.

It’s not a matter of considering these fantasies and fictions as bad. They can serve a legitimate purpose and can be truly helpful to us as long as we too take the necessary precautions and prudence in enjoying them.

We need to spend time and effort to make God truly present, acknowledged and responded to in our mind and heart. Thus, the need to spend time praying and meditating on the life of God, studying and internalizing the doctrine and teaching of Christ and of the Church, having recourse to the sacraments and other human devices that would help us live always in the presence of God.

When we notice that we are more attracted to the extraordinary happenings in these fantasies and fictions than to the miracles of Christ, we would already have an indication of the wrong priorities we have in life.

We have to remember that the miracles of Christ are real while those extraordinary happenings in those fantasies and fictions are not. The miracles of Christ are meant to draw us closer to God, to grow in our faith, to lead us to another conversion, to enter into the spiritual and supernatural world, etc., while those extraordinary happenings in those fantasies and fictions are a subtle way for us to indulge on ourselves and to trap us only in the here and now.

We should have a well-articulated plan of life that can foster true piety 24/7. Especially these days when the world is rapidly developing, causing a lot of confusion, if not error, this need for an effective plan of life should be considered as urgent.

Proud Bisaya Shuvee Entrata is slowly making a name in showbiz

 

Leah C. Salterio - The Philippine Star 

October 10, 2024 | 12:00am

Shuvee, who was born and raised in Bantayan Island, Cebu City, tried her luck in showbiz and was fortunate enough to make it to the GMA Sparkle Artist Center. Today, she is also a popular Internet personality.

GMA Sparkle Artist Center talent Shuvee Etrata, a rising TV star and TikTok sensation known as “smilingshuvee,” is famous for her engaging presence on social media.

Shuvee, who was born and raised in Bantayan Island, Cebu City, tried her luck in showbiz and was fortunate enough to make it to the GMA Sparkle Artist Center. Today, she is also a popular Internet personality.

The budding star has amassed millions of followers on her social media platform to date as she continues to soar in popularity.

Twenty-two-year old Shuvee is now expanding her horizons to explore the entertainment industry.

Her talent and charm were displayed in last year’s “Hearts on Ice,” the country’s first-ever figure skating series, where she captured the hearts of viewers. The series topbilled Xian Lim and Ashley Ortega.

Back in 2017, Shuvee also appeared in the drama-comedy, “Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko,” which harnessed her acting talent.

As a proud Bisaya and island girl, Shuvee is a leading social media sensation consistently delighted to show people her hometown.

She brought an added level of excitement to the sports tournament in Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga City earlier this year and more recently, the Siargao Cup leg of Ang Probinsyano Party List (APPL). With Shuvee’s presence, the league wrapped up successfully as all 18 teams expressed excitement for the next round in their island.

The event reflected an alignment with the party list’s sports development initiatives, which have always been aimed at channeling young people’s energy into productive outlets. Shuvee was welcomed into the growing number of celebrity volunteers of APPL, which already included Piolo Pascual and JM de Guzman, among the many prominent names.

The young star continues to increase her followers on TikTok to date with over 50 million likes on her videos.

Concert in honor of composer Fr. Eduardo Hontiveros to be held on Oct. 12 at Henry Lee Irwin Theatre

BY MANILA BULLETIN ENTERTAINMENT

Oct 9, 2024 03:20 PM

  

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AT A GLANCE

• Fr. Hontiveros, or fondly called Fr. Honti, was the man behind many songs that are sung during Catholic masses.

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Fr. Eduardo Hontiveros SJ

“Luwalhati sa Diyos: The Legacy of Fr. Honti”, a concert to pay tribute to Jesuit composer and musician Rev. Fr. Eduardo Hontiveros, SJ, will be held on Oct. 12, 2024, at Henry Lee Irwin Theatre of Ateneo de Manila, Loyola Heights, Quezon City. There will be two shows: a matinee at 3 pm and a gala at 7 pm.

Fr. Hontiveros, or fondly called Fr. Honti, was the man behind many songs that are sung during Catholic masses. His compositions included “Papuri sa Diyos “(the Filipino version of the Gloria), “Ang Puso Ko’y Nagpupuri” (the Filipino version of the Magnificat), “Pananagutan” and many more.

For his contributions to the church and Philippine music, he received numerous recognitions. Among these were: the Magnificat Award given by Jaime Cardinal Sin and former President Corazon Aquino, the Medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (“For Church and Pope” in Latin), awarded in the name of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, and the Presidential Award of Merit from former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

To perform Fr. Honti’s songs on Oct. 12 are the Bukas Palad Music Ministry, Hangad, Koro Ilustrado, Pansol Choir, Tinig Barangka, Young Voices of the Philippines, Musica Chiesa, Musician Friends of the Jesuits, Mike Shimamoto, and Rev. Fr. Manoling Francisco, SJ.  The concert’s musical director is Prof. Mark Anthony Carpio of the University of the Philippines.

For ticket reservations and inquiries to “Luwalhati sa Diyos: The Legacy of Fr. Honti” contact the Jesuit Communications office at 8-4265971 to 72. Tickets are also available at the JesCom Store inside the Ateneo de Manila campus or via the jescom.ph website.