Lifestyle FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015 One Direction pays ‘marijuana bond’ to Philippines ritish pop phenomenon One Direction largest mall, which can accomodate tens of paid a cash bond to the Philippines yes- thousands of people, on March 21 and 22. Bterday that was imposed because of The mega-venue has in the past hosted teen drug concerns, allowing them to play two idols Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake. concerts this weekend, the immigration Tickets for the first night have sold out and bureau said. The bond, 200,000 pesos the second date is expected to sell out as ($4,500) each for singers Zayn Malik and Louis well, Gina Santiago, an executive assistant of Tomlinson, will be forfeited should the two the group’s Philippine promoter, Ovation get caught using or promoting illegal drugs, Productions, told AFP. Bureau of Immigration spokeswoman Elaine When asked about the reported marijuana Tan told AFP. bond, Santiago said the band’s promoters The bond requirement was in response to were at the immigration department yester- an anti-drug watchdog group’s request for day to “sort out” the issue and the concerts “strict scrutiny” of Malik and Tomlinson would go ahead. However she was unable to before they were issued work permits, she confirm that a bond had been paid. One said. “The condition is intended to protect the Direction, one of the world’s biggest pop public interest should the band members music acts, is very popular in the Philippines. commit any violation during their stay in the The group currently has five on the Philippines,” she said. A video of Malik, 22 and local iTunes chart. Marijuana is illegal Tomlinson, 23 apparently smoking marijuana in the Philippines, a mainly Catholic country in a car while on tour in Peru went viral last where the Church continues to maintain a year and shocked the tattooed but baby- strong influence on society. — AFP In this file picture taken on November 23, 2014, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, faced quintet’s hordes of female fans. Zayn Malik, and Harry Styles of the musical group One Direction attend the 2014 American The group is scheduled to hold concerts at Music Awards at Nokia Theatre in LA. — AFP the seafront grounds of the Philippines’

‘’ cast looks back on six seasons of music

ith a catalog that spans from Barbra named after. “It’s every girl’s dream,” said Morris. they did not have the chance to perform in, with Streisand to Queen, the Beatles to “In seventh grade, you played her tape, or her naming season four’s rendition of WAdele, original songs and many more, CD in your room with your best friend, and the Spice Girls’ “Wannabe,” and Chord the “Glee” cast has quite the menu to choose you’re dancing with her.” Spears guest starred in Overstreet praising ’s perform- from when it comes to naming musical high- season two episode “Britney/Brittany,” which ance of “You’re Having My Baby” in season one. lights from the past six seasons. The group took paid tribute to her music, with “Me Against the “It was such an awkward moment, but he pulled time out at PaleyFest to talk about some of the Music,” “Baby One More Time” and more Spears it off and made it sweet and funny at the same most memorable numbers from their years at hits. time,” McKinley High, including the most challenging. Meanwhile, pointed out Kristin In season one the show took on its first tribute Unexpected challenge Chenoweth’s first guest spot singing “Maybe episode, “The Power of Madonna,” and Jane ‘Glee’ Cast Talks Filming Series Finale, This Time” as his favorite, and went Lynch says one song required more rehearsals Remembers Cory Monteith at PaleyFest Though back to the beginning, with the original per- and pre-production meetings than any other rather than Morris having the opportunity to formance of “Don’t Stop Believin’” in the show’s and was still quite the undertaking: “Vogue.” perform with Spears, “Britney Spears got to . “That first one, just bare, stripped down, no “There was one step that I just didn’t get until dance with Heather,” clarified . For costumes, no sets - I loved it,” she said. they started rolling the cameras and it just hap- Criss, learning his debut number was less of a pened magically,” Lynch said of the sequence, dream and more of an unexpected challenge. Greatest gift which re-creates Madonna’s music video for the Criss described learning “Teenage Dream” with For its finale, “Glee” will add another original uses music to tackle hit tune. She laughed that she told the crew the the show’s first group of Warblers, most of song to its catalog, with “This Time,” written by one take would just have to be good enough, whom were singers-”They weren’t dancers,” he Criss. The song is ’s final solo in the trafficking of children after the step didn’t come easily again. said. Similar to Lynch’s challenges with dancing series. Criss, who has previously written for the The episode also saw the girls tackle “Express in “Vogue,” “It was the stupidest step-touch show, said he felt guilty of pitching the idea of hirty years after Ricky Martin got his start Yourself” complete with headset mics and thing” that tripped up the group. writing the final song but was excited that the in music in the Puerto Rican kids’ group bustiers, after having rehearsal in the very same Criss still has the rehearsal video on his com- show’s writers gave him the go-ahead. “I kind of T“,” the Grammy-winning singer day. “We had done like five other musical num- puter, “and it is so terrible,” he said. “If you saw it, wrote basically a love note to the entire series,” uses his music and celebrity to help fight bers that day,” said Lea Michele. But “it was fun,” you’d be like, ‘There is no way in hell this is going he said. against the trafficking of children. Fresh off a added Heather Morris, “we liked it a lot.” Morris to be anything. This is pathetic.’” But thankfully, “It was a tough thing because I tried to new album, “A Quien Quiera Escuchar,” the 43- also recalled the thrill of re-creating Britney the fan-favorite number was edited well and it encapsulate how I felt about the show, how I felt year-old Martin said he relishes getting in front Spears numbers and dancing with the singer, worked out, said Criss. Members of the cast also the characters would have felt about the show, of a crowd to talk about children forced into whom her character, Brittany S Pierce, was told Variety about their favorite numbers that and how the actors themselves feel in real life prostitution and pornography. “Not only in about the show,” and for the fans, “the people Puerto Rico, all over the world, here in the that have been experiencing [Glee] for all this United States, huge numbers, when it comes to time.” While the song is a sendoff for Michele’s kids that are becoming slaves,” Martin told Rachel Berry, Criss explained that it also means Reuters in an interview this week. “this time that we’ve had together has been so The “Livin’ la Vida Loca” singer opened a special. I did my damndest,” he exclaimed. center in Puerto Rico last year to combat Michele said that “This Time” was the last oppression against children. His other big song that she sang on “Glee” and was the last cause, he said, is the “fight of my community, song that she recorded in the studio. “There the LGBT community, it’s something that I could have been no other song that perfectly won’t get tired of.” encapsulated the entire experience,” she said. Martin, father of twin boys born via surro- “Darren really gave me the greatest gift. “I got to gate, expressed his disappointment on social say everything to everyone...that I wanted to say, media and joined Elton John’s campaign in boy- but I can’t think of the words and he wrote cotting Italian fashion designers Domenico them,” Michele said. “It’s so special - it was the Dolce and Stefano Gabbana after Dolce most amazing memory.” “Glee’s” series finale airs described children born to gay couples through March 20 on Fox. — Reuters fertility treatment as “synthetic.” Martin declined to discuss further the Dolce & Gabbana controversy. — Reuters