Olivia Newton John in Sri Lanka
The star of the hit movie Grease and Grammy award winning singer Olivia Newton John will be in Sri Lanka next month as part of her Asian tour.
John, who acted alongside John Travolta in Grease, will perform at the Musaeus Auditorium in Colombo on Wednesday, April 4 and Thursday, April 5, her website said in a posting.
Olivia’s U.S. album debut, “Let Me Be There,” produced her first top ten single of the same name, with Olivia being honored by the Academy Of Country Music as Most Promising Female Vocalist and a Grammy Award as Best Country Vocalist.
This proved to be only the beginning of a very exciting career. With more than 100 million albums sold, Olivia’s successes include four Grammy Awards, numerous Country Music, American Music and Peoples Choice Awards, ten #1 hits including “Physical,” which topped the charts for ten consecutive weeks, and over 15 top 10 singles. (In September 2008, Billboard Magazine listed “Physical” at #6 on their Top 100 Songs Of All Time list and in 2010 listed it as “The Sexiest Song of All Time”.)
In 1978, her co-starring role with John Travolta in “Grease” catapulted Olivia into super-stardom. This film’s best-selling soundtrack featured the duets “You’re The One That I Want” and “Summer Nights,” with Travolta, as well as her mega-hit, “Hopelessly Devoted To You.” To date “Grease” remains the most successful movie musical in history. Her other feature film credits include “Toomorrow,” “Xanadu,” “Two Of A Kind,” “It’s My Party,” “Sordid Lives,” “Score: A Hockey Musical,” and “A Few Best Men.”
A new dance remix CD featuring some of her classic hits, as well new songs is set for release in this year. (www.colombogazette.com)
Either Olivia Newton John has lost her mind or she knows nothing about Sri Lanka. Does she not no that attractive
white women who visit this banana republic are Raped while anyone trying to intervene are murdered, by Mahinda
Rajapaksa ‘s Thugs ( who are known as Pradeshiya Sabha members of any given area ) Does Olivia not know that
there that it is the Law of the Jungle & total anarchy that prevails in this filthy bogg-island Ruled by a Mafia Criminal
named Mahinda Rajapaksa & his family.
cedric wht have you been smoking man? Nevermind, go to Johannesburg South Africa or surf through Google you can visit the place you described.
Say what you need to say. i would keep it short enough to hold peoples attention, but long enough to be sincere. I mean, speak from your heart, don’t fuss on a time limit.
Cedric…the comments you have just made is untrue, have you visited or lived in sL???? Seems you read some news published by LTTE sympathisers….I live in Europe and visited this country very recently after a long period and l stayed at Colombo 6 wellawatte where so many Tamil families live along with Sinhala and Muslim families, I think more Tamils live there more than Sinhala families, I did not see or hear any incident of what you described, generally there is a peaceful atmosphere where we find in any other place in any country, I read the type of news in the internet, but in reality SLanka is peaceful and no violence or Bombs on Streets….
Tangalla tourist Hotel ghastly murder and rape- here is the true story with evidence: Russian girl raped by 8 persons –eye witnesses say
(Lanka-e-News -03.Jan.2012, 11.55P.M.) In the recent ghastly murder and rape committed at a Tangalla tourist resort where a foreign tourist Kuram Shaik , a red cross worker was gruesomely murdered and a lady , Russian national was critically injured, it has come to light that the latter had been raped viciously by 8 persons, according to reports reaching Lanka e news.
Lanka e news is also in possession of clear , cogent and irrefutable evidence that the tourist Kuram Shaik , the British National had got killed when he obstructed the local body Chairman Sampath and his violent gang from raping the Russian tourist , and not when he tried to intervene in a quarrel between the Chairman and his violent gang , and another group, which was the distorted picture painted by the Police. Lanka e news is armed with full evidence to prove that the police is concocting a false story to protect the actual murderers.
A French national tourist , a resident of Canada who was an eye witness when this murder was committed revealed the stark facts pertaining to this gruesome murder . We shall name him as ‘Daniel’ in this story.
According to him , Sampath , the Chairman of the local body and his violent gang who were under the influence of liquor had tried to solicit the Russian national tourist, Victoria, offering money assuming that she was a harlot . When she had stated that she is not a prostitute and tried to get away from them , the group had begun molesting her and fiddling with her private parts . At that juncture , the deceased Kuram Shaik had told them not to manhandle her , and intervened . These hooligans had then dragged Shaik away and attacked him with a broken bottle . When Shaik was struggling with the Chairman’s gangsters , one of the assailants had taken an automatic weapon which was with him and shot at Shaikh killing him. Victoria too had intervened in this tussle. The gangsters had then assaulted her fiercely so much so that she became motionless. They have then forcibly taken her to a room on the lower floor of the Hotel , and committed mass rape.
The Chairman and his violent gang who were on the rampage had threatened all those around that they are from the Gotabaya Rajapakse defense Ministry. They have also threatened the tourists that if anyone says a word , all of them before they leave will be murdered in the same way as Shaikh. These dire threats have alarmed the tourists immensely.
‘Daniel’ who related this story told us he saw through the open door two individuals raping Victoria. He also added that he saw her abandoned nude on the cement floor of the room by the 8 individuals who raped her in the belief that she was dead.
‘Daniel’ went on to say , that the victim was in a most critical condition , yet nobody came forward to help. Even the police arrived at the scene several hours after the crimes were reported. The police who came this late , did not even take a statement from any of the tourists who saw the incident with open eyes.
‘Daniel’ stated that he is revealing this information in mortal fear even after leaving the shores of Sri Lanka. He also added that he has video tapes of all the events , and he is prepared to present them in courts as evidence . He is now seeking the assistance of Lawyers in this connection.
Apart from the disclosures made by ‘Daniel’ , Lanka e news is having in its possession copious and cogent evidence to substantiate the factual story .
The Bed ticket No. of Decca Hewa Victoria Ellen Domina the Russian national who was the victim of the brutal rape and assault , and admitted to the Karapitiya Hospital in a most critical condition is 114755 and the GHT form No. of Hospital Doctor for court , Dr. L H Dhamma is 5879/2011. Based on the medical reports , the condition of Victoria who is admitted to the Hospital is as follows :
All injuries of the victim are serious. She had sustained injuries ,internal and external following battery, assault , cuts , stabs and piercing with blunt and sharp instruments.
At the time she was admitted she was on the verge of dying..
The victim and been subject to assault and has sustained multiple injuries in the region of her private parts. .
The Lady Doctor on the reverse of the GHT form had referring to the rape made her medical minutes based on 12 grounds. She had stated that as Victoria’s private parts have been severely damaged , it bears testimony that many persons have committed rape on her forcefully.
Unfortunately , all these facts and records have been suppressed from the courts. While Victoria was receiving intensive care treatment at Karapitiya Hospital , she had been brought to the Colombo Apollo Hospital. This is an illegal action, because it is only on a request made by a relative of the patient that such an action can be taken. Above all , what arouses most grave suspicion is , the present chief administrative officer of this private Hospital is Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse whose name was proudly mentioned by the murderers at the Hotel after the killing and rape, when they claimed that they ( criminals) are from Gotabaya’s Ministry.
It has become very clear that the witness , a Manager of another Hotel who supposedly gave evidence to the police that these crimes were a sequel to a quarrel which was triggered when two individuals collided physically , is a witness coached by the police.
Meanwhile , when one of our LeN representatives inquired from the Manageress, Dilrukshi Tharanga peiris of the ‘Nature reef Hotel’ where this ghastly and grueling crimes occurred , she remarked , ‘they will of course leave the country. But it is I who will have to die facing this in this country.’ ‘ Are you wishing me to die?’ she asked.
Meanwhile The Sri Lanka Police have recorded 1,636 cases of molestation of women in the last 11 months. Statistics have revealed a steady increase in rapes and molestations of women in the country. The number of incidents has seen a massive increase since 2007 in this regime.
The number of incidents that stood at 542 in 1995 has risen to 1,397 in 2007. There were 1,582 cases in 2008, 1,624 in 2009 and 1,854 in 2010.
i believe your statement Nimal,Cedric lives in his dreams maybe.
“Water under the bridge” resonates.
Nimal,
Being on holiday for about a month in Sri Lanka is one thing and living in Sri Lanka everyday is a completely different thing. People on holiday do not see the “other side” of life in Sri Lanka. Abductions with state patronage are common place in Sri Lankan society. Criminals of rape getting political patronage and immunity from the legal process is common, vicitms of torture who file fundamental rights cases against the govt in court getting abducted days before the hearing is common, police not obeying court orders due to political pressure is common and the list goes on and on. Come and live in Sri lanka for you to get the picture as to how we who live in Sri Lanka see it.
Cedric, you are talking utter Rubbish, I live in the UK and visit SL every year, I don’t recognise anything you have described.
Max you are talking utter rubbish. There is no rape but people like you will make stories just to thrw mud. If this is the case British High Commission in SL will advice Olivia not to visit Sri Lanka without checking on comments from people like you. Ther are lots of unpatriotic terrorist supporters like you who like to talk about rape and abuse but the UK Govt is sending the illegal immigrants as there is no abuse or rape. So dont utter rubbish just for the sake of it.