Joseph Muscat Suggests Maltese Falcon For New League Logo

Feb 22 2024

Malta Premier League chairman and former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat advocates for incorporating the Maltese Falcon into a fresh logo representing the nation’s top football league.

Muscat, alongside the Malta Football Association, revealed plans for a public call to redesign the league’s brand identity. This initiative, contentious for its proposal to replace the traditional league with a split season, aims to establish a logo that aligns closely with Malta’s heritage and contemporary culture.

Muscat argues for the prominence of the Maltese Falcon, citing its international recognition and symbolic potential, alongside the Maltese Cross.

He emphasizes the significance of a mascot-related logo, akin to the English Premier League’s Lion, in creating an iconic image. Additionally, Muscat announced a competition for designing a new championship trophy, to be held by the reigning champions for a year.

Submissions for both initiatives will be accepted until March 15th, with winners to be announced by May 31st. The winning brand identity submission will receive €2,000, and the winning trophy design will be awarded €1,000. However, the PPL reserves the right to withhold the award if submissions fail to meet the requisite standards.

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Maltese Dance Crew Win Five 1st Places At Dance WorldCup

Feb 22 2024

Street Elements Hip Hop Artists won big whilst competing at the Dance World Cup competition, with many of their crew and solo acts qualifying for the upcoming final in Czech Republic.

Street Elements, who you may know from the second season of Malta’s Got Talent, won 1st place in the Hip Hop Category Group 1 as well as the Large Hip Hop Senior Group.

But that’s not all – little Kane Lee, who shone on the MGT stage alongside his parents Liston and Charlene – won 1st place in mini street dance solo as well as the special award at Pineapple Studio.

The awards were followed by Chanelle Abela, who won 1st place in the Junior Solo Street Dance and Gabriel Camilleri, who won 1st place in the senior solo street dance category.

Dance World Cup has over 120,000 children around the world aged from 4 to 25 trying to qualify in their country for the DWC World Finals which is held annually in a different location.

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Greatest Days Musicals Cast Shout Out Malta’s Brillanti

Feb 22 2024

The cast of Greatest Days, a renowned jukebox musical which features music and lyrics by Take That, were the latest massive musical cast to send their regards to the Brillanti contestants.

As the contestants continue to face further challenges for the Quarter Finals, the UK cast had some words of encouragement for the young musical hopefuls who plan on making it to the next stage of Brillanti Season 3 Musicals.

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The Greatest Days musical received its world premiere under its original title ‘The Band’ at the Manchester Opera House back in September 2017 before embarking on a tour and opening at the Theatre Royal Haymarket at London’s West End in 2018.

Tonight, more contestants will hope to make it to the semi-finals of season 3 of Brillanti, which has been turning heads of renowned musical theatre world giants since the premiere episode.

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Pedro Pascal Praises Impressive Gladiator 2 Production

Feb 22 2024

Hollywood star Pedro Pascal has levied his praise at the ‘impressive’ Gladiator 2 production, most of which occurred in Malta.

Speaking with Vanity Fair, the actor, known for various other roles in The Last of Us and The Mandalorian, he hailed the impressive set used for the film as well as the vision set forth by director Ridley Scott.

“I’ve been a part of big sets where the identity of the project, in a sense, is its size—and still, I have not been on a set as impressive as Gladiator’s. [Director] Ridley [Scott] leaves very little to the imagination in the most old-fashioned sense,” he said.

CBR name dropped Malta too, revealing how principal photography began in Malta last May, with leaked photos giving a glimpse of a massive Colosseum set created for the sequel film.

Pascal was also spotted in Malta dining alongside co-star Paul Mescal. The two are set to be joined by Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn Connie Nielsen.

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