MUMBAI: Drew Barrymore, one of the world’s most recognized film stars, announced a personal donation of $1 million on the Oprah Winfrey Show to help the World Food Programme (WFP) feed thousands of school...

MUMBAI: DivX, a digital media company, announced the DivX Certification of Panasonic’s Blu-ray Disc (BD) Player. The Panasonic Blu-ray Disc player, which joins a number of existing DivX Certified products from Panasonic, is scheduled...

MUMBAI: China’s top search engine Baidu.com has been sued by a local music industry group for alleged copyright violation.   The Music Copyright Society of China official Qu Jingming accused Baidu.com Inc. of "providing...

MUMBAI: Hollywood actor Tim Allen is set to direct and star in comedy flick Crazy on the Outside. The movie is about an ex-con’s adventures outside after he is released from prison.   Ray...

MUMBAI: Hollywood actor-director Mel Gibson has signed a $19.44 million deal under his company Icon Film Distribution to takeover a cinema chain in Australia and New Zealand. As per media reports, Gibson and his...

MUMBAI: Hollywood actor Jack Nicholson has put his weight behind Hillary Clinton as she stands for election as the Democratic presidential candidate.   Nicholson created a video in which he takes clips from many...

MUMBAI: Star and GekTV will be launching three Mandarin language Star channels on the US based GekTV IPTV platform on 15 March. The three channels include Star Chinese Channel, Channel [V] Taiwan and Star...

MUMBAI: Brash Entertainment has appointed Melissa Miller as vice president of legal affairs. Miller joined Brash from Fox Filmed Entertainment, where she handled legal affairs for domestic and global licensing and merchandising initiatives; working...

MUMBAI: Social.FM, a social music service for mobile and web users, and Handmark, a global leader in the development and distribution of mobile media, announced a strategic distribution agreement whereby Handmark will market and...

MUMBAI: Madonna’s 11th studio album for Warner Bros. Records, Hard Candy, is scheduled to have a global release on 28 April and a US release on 29 April, it was confirmed by her label....