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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MEP Cyrus Engerer Emphasises Environment As A Human Right

Feb 22 2024

“You have the right to live in an environment that doesn’t kill you, and therefore a healthy environment is essential as a human right”, said MEP Cyrus Engerer during a public debate on the environment as a human right at Europe House on Friday.

MEP Engerer emphasised that without a healthy environment, people’s health also suffers, leading to a deteriorating quality of life.

He noted that in the European Parliament work is being done to include this right in the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, and it could possibly become part of the reform of the Union Treaties.

He also takes the view that work can be done proactively: Malta could change its constitution and introduce the right to a healthy environment, and take a leading role in Europe on this as it has done in the field of LGBTIQ rights.

MEP Engerer was interviewed by moderator Claire Agius Ordway and also answered questions from the public. He spoke about his work in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, as well as in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs.

He also spoke about his work in the Special Committee against cancer where research analysed showed that cancer could be reduced by 40%, and this objective was introduced as a basis for each Committee’s work.

He also spoke about civil liberties, equality, mental health, the life situations of LGBTIQ people, and access to medicines, including his work for a derogation to enable continued access in Malta to medicines from the UK.

MEP Engerer encouraged action at various levels, national, European and even individual through European citizens’ initiatives.

He stressed the importance of participating in the European elections, to influence Europe’s direction: “With our vote we will also be determining who will lead the European Union and what political path it will take in the coming years.”

The debate was also interpreted in sign language and broadcast live online on the social media of the European Parliament in Malta.

This was one of a series of events being organised by the European Parliament Office in Malta to inform and engage the public on the work of the European Parliament and of the Maltese MEPs as the current five-year term comes to an end this year. These discussions are also part of the EP’s together.eu initiative. The next public debate will be with MEP David Casa on the European Disability Card on 9 February at 17.00 at the House of Europe.

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