Martha Stewart finds Malaysia.
A VISIT to her chiropractor in midtown Manhattan led popular television personality Martha Stewart to discover a new colourful destination to feature in her show. While waiting for her appointment, Stewart, aka America’s Domestic Goddess, decided to drop by at the Tourism Malaysia office next door. The tycoon cook, author and magazine publisher has been back a few times since, each time leaving with more brochures on Malaysian attractions.
Obviously impressed, the New York-based entrepreneur has decided to make a trip to Kuala Lumpur and Sabah this May. Martha attending the launching of Colours of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on May 22 and the Pesta Ka’amatan (harvest festival) in Sabah in 2010. Both events were featured in her daytime programme which also showcased Malaysian cuisine, handicraft and culture to her fans in the United States and many other countries.
Nick Nolte
In 1989, Nick Nolte starred in a movie called Farewell To The King and the whole movie was shot in Sarawak, which is part of the Borneo.
The plot is about an American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.
Jessica Alba
In 2003, Jessica starred in the movie The Sleeping Dictionary, a film by Guy Jenkin. It was filmed in Sarawak and is set during the British colonial rule in the 1930s. The plot is about a young and naive Englishman, John Truscott, goes to the British colony of Sarawak in the Borneo to try and apply his father's work to the Iban society. He tries to civilize them, building schools and providing education for the Iban people. He is met with unfamiliar local customs. Selima (Jessica Alba) becomes his "sleeping dictionary," who sleeps with him and teaches him the language and the habits of the locals. Despite their intents, the two find themselves falling into a forbidden love. John is eager to marry Selima despite the longhouse not allowing it. ma then agrees to marry in the longhouse and they part ways. Catherine Zeta Jones & Sean Connery
This is how the plot goes. Following the theft of a highly-secured piece of artwork, an agent (Zeta Jones) convinces her insurance agency employers to allow her to wriggle into the company of an aging but active master thief (Connery). Connery's burglar takes her on suspiciously and demands rigorous training before their first job together--stealing a highly-valued mask from a chichi party. Their deepening attraction and distrust could tear apart their partnership but the promise of a bigger prize (some eight billion odd dollars) by Zeta-Jones keeps the game interesting.
Anna and the King is a 1999 biographical drama film loosely based on the original Anna & The King of Siam, the story of Anna Leonowens, who was an English schoolteacher in Siam, now Thailand, in the 19th century.
The film was directed by Andy Tennat and stars Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-fat. It was mostly shot in Malaysia, particularly in the Penang and Ipoh region. It was an Academy Award nominee in 2000 for Best Art Director and Best Costume Design.
Bollywood- Bollywood is formally referred to as Hindi cinema. The influence of the Bollywood film and music have such strong presence in the Malaysian community.
The International Indian Film Academy awards were presented few times in Malaysia in Genting Highlands, a famous casino spot in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. Quite a few Bollywood movies were shot in Malaysia, in various city sights.
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