Word: circus
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...backstage musical that takes place almost entirely onstage. A no-warts hagiography that still gets the audience closer to the real Michael Jackson - MJ the performer, that is - than anything in the man's avidly documented history. Wisely and decently ignoring the circumstances of his death and the circus that followed it, Ortega focuses on the re-creation of about a dozen Jackson standards for the concert. ("Beat It," "Billie Jean," "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'," "Black and White" and "I'll Be There" are all here.) At times several takes of a song are edited into one performance; you know...
...unclear how many of Bolivia's circus animals will end up at one of these nature reserves. Officials want to avoid the reserves' being expanded as a result of the circus-animal ban. Even Goodall admits that Antezana shouldn't take on more animals because the reserves are maxed...
...Bolivia's first freed lions - five surrendered by a cooperative circus - are heading to California. "It's going to be like heaven for these animals," says an excited Pat Derby, founder and president of PAWS (the Performing Animal Welfare Society), which will receive the five lions early next year. PAWS currently offers sanctuary, with minimal human contact, for dozens of former performing bears, tigers, elephants and lions in large, fenced-in natural habitats on 2,000-acre reserves. "We provide a space where animals can run and play and rest as they choose," says Derby. "Our goal is for [life...
...animal-rights advocates want Bolivia to serve as an example for the rest of the world. "Conditions in Bolivia were certainly horrific," says Creamer, adding that caretakers often punched and kicked disobedient animals. But, she says, this extreme abuse isn't the point. ADI has run campaigns to end circus suffering in the U.S. and Europe too, because even the best circuses in the world can't provide the conditions necessary for an animal's happiness. Says Creamer: "It's like if I asked you to live in your bathroom for the rest of your life...
...head of the Mothers of Srebrenica organization. She lost 22 members of her family, including her 14-year-old son Nermin, whose body was never found. "That criminal didn't even have guts to look us in the eyes," she adds, referring to Karadzic. "This is nothing but a circus." (Read " 'Not Guilty' Plea Entered for Karadzic...