Filming of Hollywood actress Julia Roberts’ new movie ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ was thrown into turmoil after residents in Bali, Indonesia refused to allow the production crew access to the set.

Locals in the village of Bentuyung, where filming was scheduled to take place, objected when the crew arrived a month early. Protesters blocked roads and demanded payment of $32,000 for the use of the location, reports dailyexpress.co.uk.

The protest embarrassed officials who had granted movie bosses permission to film there.

“There was a misunderstanding. The crew came in (with) 20 trucks, earlier than their scheduled shooting on Nov 10, so the villagers were offended and blocked the roads. They asked for 300 million rupiah ($32,100) to use the location for filming. I was very embarrassed and told them this was unacceptable,” said District chief Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati.

Sukawati insists the problem has now been resolved and filming will go ahead as planned.

“Everything is okay now. The villagers understand. Many local and international films have been shot here with no problem at all,” he added.

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Padang (ANTARA News) - Miss Indonesia 2009 Qory Sandioriva visited earthquake victims in Padang, West Sumatra, on Sunday (Oct 25) under sponsorship of Yayasan Puteri Indonesia and Mustika Ratu.

During her visit, Qory presented relief aid to, and held a dialog with earthquake victims at the Kurao Pagang disaster relief command post in Nanggalo subdistrict, Padang.
The relief aid consisted of cash, tents, and foodstuffs.

Qory who was born in Jakarta, August 17, 1991, said she had come to Padang as she was touched by the fate of the earthquake victims.

“It was a powerful earthquake and many people have become victims,” she said.

She said she was glad she could be in the midst of the earthquake victims and share the grief of the residents of Ranah Minang (Padang) who had lost property and relatives, and hugged the mothers among the victims.

An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale rocked West Sumatra on Wednesday (Sept 30). In the disaster, more than a thousand West Sumatrams died under the rubble of collapsed buildings and the soil of landslides.

Padang city and Padang Pariaman district were the parts of West Sumatra hardest hit by the temblor.

Although relief aid has been flowing in since not long after the eathquake, hundreds of thousands of people still need tents as temporary shelter.

According to Ahmad Gazali, an activist of local NGO Kabisat, West Sumatra residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed still need about 200,000 tents for temporary shelter. (*)

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