Mumbai: Star Movies will welcome 2009 by unveiling its fresh, new logo. From 1 January, the new Star Movies logo will be rolled out across its network of services from Southeast Asia and India/Pakistan to the Middle East and Taiwan.

In January, Star Movies will air Hollywood’s biggest hits including The Simpsons Movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and National Treasure: Book of Secrets, and Oscar nominees such as Apocalypto and Enchanted.

In February, viewers in India, Malaysia and Taiwan can tune into the live and exclusive broadcast of the 81st Annual Academy Awards on Star Movies. To celebrate Hollywood’s night of nights, Star Movies presents Oscar Fever, a themed night featuring the premieres of 2008 Academy Awards winners Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood and Juno, and other Oscar favourites including Babel, Capote and Pulp Fiction.