Mumbai: Harpo, Inc. chairman and popular television host Oprah Winfrey has been named the most powerful woman in entertainment on The Hollywood Reporter’s 17th annual Women in Entertainment: Power 100 special issue, honoring the...
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Three Lottery films selected to screen at Sundance Film Festival
Mumbai: Three new British films backed by the Lottery through the UK Film Council have been selected to screen at the Sundance Film Festival (15-25 January 2009), the leading showcase in the US for...
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EMI Music, Amazon launch MP3 music service
Mumbai: Amazon.co.uk launched Amazon MP3 – the simple-to-use digital music store offering over three million DRM-free (Digital Rights Management) songs, which will work on any MP3 player including the iPod- with top-selling albums. Amazon...
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MGM and Lakeshore book Asher Book for Fame
Mumbai: Lakeshore Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Pictures confirmed Asher Book as the final addition to the cast of Fame, a reinvention of the Oscar-winning film from director Kevin Tancharoen. The joint announcement was made...
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MGM names Erik Ellner as SVP business affairs
Mumbai: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures has named Erik Ellner as senior vice president business affairs. The announcement was made by MGM chairman worldwide motion picture group Mary Parent. Ellner will report to MGM executive vice president,...
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Star to host 45th Golden Horse Awards
Mumbai: Star will be the producer and host broadcaster of the 45th Golden Horse Awards and its preceding red carpet show in Taichung City, Taiwan on 6 December. "It is a huge honour to...
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Universal extends home video distribution deal with Warner in Russia
Mumbai: Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) and Warner Home Video (WHV) have signed an agreement to extend an existing home entertainment distribution partnership, whereby Universal Pictures Russia will continue to distribute DVD and launch...
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Warner to bring back Dark Knight in theatres on 23 January
Mumbai: Warner Bros. Pictures will be bringing The Dark Knight back for a return engagement in theatres and Imax in the US on 23 January, 2009, giving audiences one more chance to see the...
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa grosses $72.3 million at box office
Mumbai: Dremworks’ animation movie Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa has grossed $72.3 million at box office. Over the last weekend Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa has grossed an estimated $13.2 million from 2,364 locations across 24...
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Qtrax inks global agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Mumbai: Qtrax, the ad-supported digital music service, has inked a global agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment that will make Sony BMG’s premier digital music catalogue available to music fans worldwide on the Qtrax...
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