BUAT MARAH PEMINAT: Inilah foto Lebaran Alyph Sleeq dan tunangnya, Azzah Fariha Samat, yang mencetus rasa tidak selesa beberapa peminatnya yang marah lengan mereka berpautan, walhal belum menjadi suami isteri yang sah. – Foto ALYPH SLEEQ
MAAF dipinta penyanyi Sleeq, Alyph, kepada mereka yang kurang selesa dengan fotonya berpaut lengan dengan tunangnya, Azzah Fariha Samat.
Gambar itu dikritik beberapa peminat yang merasakan mereka tidak wajar bergambar mesra sedangkan mereka belum berumah tangga. Alyph, atau nama sebenarnya Alif Abdullah, 25 tahun, memberitahu laman mStar Online, meskipun foto itu tidak sepatutnya dijadikan isu, beliau tetap menghormati pandangan masyarakat sekeliling.
“Maafkan saya jika ada yang tidak berkenan dengan gambar itu. “Tetapi saya hormati segala komen dan kritikan yang diberikan kerana saya faham, media sosial ialah satu platform bebas untuk sesiapa pun yang ingin memberikan komen.
“Apa-apa pun, terima kasih atas kritikan itu. Jujurnya, saya tidak terasa hati pun dengan segala komen negatif yang diberi.
Cuma terkejut sedikit sahaja pada mulanya,” jelasnya menerusi aplikasi WhatsApp, baru-baru ini.
Alyph bakal melangsungkan perkahwinannya dengan Azzah di Gardens By The Bay 13 September ini.
Rakan sekumpulannya, Ahmad Syarif, juga 25 tahun, pula bakal menyusuli dengan majlis perkahwinannya November ini.
MISTERI kehilangan penyanyi dan pelakon kelahiran Singapura, Aliff Aziz, 23, terjawab apabila ibunya sendiri, S Hafiza Basharahil dihubungi BH Online sebentar tadi menerusi laman sosial Facebook.
Baru-baru ini dikhabarkan Aliff menghilangkan diri di lokasi penggambaran sebuah drama sehingga menjejaskan jadual seninya Malah bertebaran cerita yang Aliff mempunyai masalah kewangan hingga mahu meminjam wang dengan pihak produksi.
Ikuti jawapan ibu beliau.
“Aliff memang di Singapura ketika ini. Sejak hari raya lagi dia sudah balik ke sini. Keadaannya baik-baik saja di sini. Dia ada di sini kerana ada urusan peribadi. Insya-Allah dia akan pulang dalam masa terdekat ke Kuala Lumpur.
“Makcik harap kiranya dapat diberikan masa dan privasi buat dirinya ketika ini. Tiada apa-apa pun yang nak diuar-uarkan. Insya-Allah nanti kalau dia balik KL and dia okey, makcik akan suruh dia hubungi Zaidi (merujuk kepada penulis),” katanya.
Mengenai gambar di Instagram miliknya di bawah nama @aliffaziz91 yang dipadamkan kesemuanya, ibunya berkata, mungkin dia tak mahu aktif buat seketika.
“Apa yang lebih penting dia sihat dan berada dengan kami keluarganya,” katanya, lapor Berita Harian.
KUALA LUMPUR: Hotel Legoland Malaysia Resort has apologised to popular actress Nora Danish and her family for the Sunday incident where they were trapped in the hotel lift for an hour.
Legoland Malaysia Public Relations Manager Deviga Doreraja said the hotel management had apologised personally to the actress and her family.
“We faced a mechanical issue with one of our lifts last night at the Hotel and we wish to once again apologise to the family involved over the incident. We are working closely with the relevant parties to ensure the matter is investigated thoroughly,” she said in a press statement sent to Astro AWANI today.
Deviga said when the incident happened, the lift was caught between two floors of the hotel.
She said the hotel management is working closely with the lift manufacturer Antah Schindler Sdn. Bhd to identify the technical problems leading to the incident.
On Sunday, Nora had uploaded the picture of herself and family trapped in the hotel lift on her Instagram account.
DJ and actor Bobby Tonelli, 39, has found new love outside of show business.
The actor was formerly in a relationship with Joanne Peh for four years.
According to a report on Berita Harian, Tonelli said she is the same age as him, has never been married and is from Jakarta. She is working in the jewellery industry in Singapore.
He described her as being smart and mature, and has attitude to constantly improve herself. She is family-oriented and can speak five languages including Spanish, French and Mandarin.
The 39-year-old met this new love, an Indonesian Muslim, last May, and spent Hari Raya with her family in Jakarta.
Tonelli, a Catholic, even joined the family for morning prayers during his stay there.
During his visit, he surprised the family by showing an interest in Islam and they shared the history on the religion with him.
When he came back to Singapore, Tonelli got an Islamic scholar from the United States to help him understand the religion.
His knowledge on Islam was mostly from the Western media and can be one-sided, he told the Malay daily.
During the four hour session, he helped to answer Tonelli’s questions on various topics such as Jesus’ role in Islam and the dietary requirements. He also asked why Muslims have to pray five times a day.
After learning about the religion, he said it was calming and peaceful.
This year, the American star tried fasting for a few days for Ramadan this year.
When asked if he is going to convert to Islam, Tonelli said his new girlfriend does not want him to convert for her.
She wants him to convert for the religion itself.
Other than love, Tonelli is focused on promoting his new movie, Wayang Boy, which will be out in cinemas in November.
Today’s Google doodle celebrates a Singaporean musical icon – composer Zubir Said. The musician best known for composing Singapore’s national anthem was born on July 22, 1907, 107 years ago, in the town of Bukit Tinggi in Minangkabau, Central Sumatra.
Clicking on the doodle will take browsers to a page with search results relating to the famed musician.
The Google doodle does not appear for country specific sites such as for Russia and Denmark, but it appears on the global Google.com site. This is not the first time Google has had Singapore-themed doodles. There have been doodles dedicated to Singapore’s National Day and the Singapore Arts Festival. You can see more such doodles here.
Zubir was asked to compose a song by Mr Ong Eng Guan, Singapore’s mayor, for the re-opening of Victoria Theatre in 1958. Singapore achieved self-government in 1959 and the tune Zubir had composed, Majulah Singapura, was chosen as the national anthem.
Writer Muhammad Ariff recalled in an interview with the Straits Times that he helped Zubir tweak the lyrics of the song to reflect the way in which Singapore achieved independence, through peaceful negotiations rather than a bloody battle.
He added: “The original lyrics written by Pak Zubir (who was born in Sumatra) were patriotic, sounding as if we had won independence after a great war, like in Indonesia. We didn’t have that. We achieved self-government through roundtable talks.
“I had written two how-to books at the time, Let Us Hold A Meeting and Let Us Make Poems. So for the lyrics, I suggested, ‘Let us the people of Singapore progress towards happiness together’.
“You’ll notice the lyrics use simple Malay words that many non-Malays then can understand as well. The lyrics are in what I’d call a national language, with words and tone that let us communicate with all Singaporeans. It is not Malay just for Malays.
“For instance, the opening line: Mari kita rakyat Singapura. It is four simple words that most can understand as many Singaporeans were then learning Malay.”
Born the eldest in a family of three boys and five girls, Zubir was a self-taught musician who played the flute and the guitar. His conservative father, who was also the village headman, objected to his musical ambitions. So Zubir left home at 21 and headed to Singapore to pursue a musical career.
He started by playing in bangsawan (Malay opera) troupes and job hopped, with a stint as a recording supervisor for British recording company His Master’s Voice, and then worked as a band conductor during the Japanese Occupation. He married keroncong singer Tarminah Kario Wikromo in Java in 1938 and returned to his hometown of Bukit Tinggi for a few years.
But Singapore drew him back in 1947, and he landed a gig with Shaw Brothers as a freelance composer in 1948. He became part of the Malay intelligentsia who powered the then-thriving Malay movie industry in Singapore, using popular culture to address political and socio-economic issues relevant to the Malay community at a time of modernisation and cultural change.
In his lengthy career, Zubir wrote soundtracks for film classics such as Bawang Putih Bawang Merah (Shallots And Garlic, 1959) and Jula Juli Bintang Tujoh (Jula Juli Of The Seven Stars, 1962). He also composed about 1,500 songs.
He died on Nov 16. 1987, aged 80. He is survived by four daughters and a son.
