MUMBAI: CNN International will soon launch a new half hour monthly movie based show titled The Screening Room. The new show, that premieres on 30 March 2007, will offer an international perspective on the...
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Russell Crowe plays Sherlock Holmes
MUMBAI: Having been a gladiator, a mathematician and a hostage negotiator, Russell Crowe is now set to play the legendary Sherlock Holmes in his latest film, reports Sheeraz Hasan founder of www.Hollywood.tv. Unlike previous...
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Woody Allen taps Penelope Cruz for next film
MUMBAI: Woody Allen taps Penelope Cruz for next film MUMBAI: There is hardly an actor in Hollywood who wouldn’t jump at the chance to do a Woody Allen film, but when Volver star Penelope...
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Consumers, govt to gain from cable TV upgrades
MUMBAI: National economic gains from a new approach to investment in cable-TV infrastructure could deliver a Rs 54.6 billion ($1.2 billion) increase in economic activity and Rs 18 billion in new tax revenues within...
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Apache Indian cuts new album
MUMBAI: Indipop singer Apache Indian is back with an album ‘Sadhu – The Movement’, released by Tips Music. Apache Indian has recently signed an international recording and management contract with Tips, which plans to...
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Raga To Rock launches Pires’ album
MUMBAI: Raga To Rock recently released the music of Nitish Pires’ Sarhadein. Says Raga to Rock’s Ankush Shah, “Sarhadein is a Hindi rock album. The album speaks of breaking through the boundaries imposed by...
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Yana to feature in Adnan’s new album
MUMBAI: Adnan Sami’s new album, Kisi Din, to be released by T-Series, will feature model and actor Yana Gupta. Gupta, who will be seen on screen after a long gap, has reportedly worked gratis...
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Music of Say Salaam India launched
MUMBAI: Forthcoming film Say Salaam India’s cast, including Sanjay Suri, Sachin Khedekar, Manoj Pahwa and Shraddha Nigam were present at the launch of the film’s music on 22 March 2007. Produced by Credence motion...
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Disney Channel to air Sky High
MUMBAI: Disney Channel will premiere Sky High – a sci-fi flick directed by Mike Mitchell, on 25 March 2007 at 11 am. The movie stars Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston. Sky High revolves...
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Sanjay, Priya Dutt enjoy Koffee with Karan
MUMBAI: Fillmmaker Karan Johar will enjoy his koffee this week with actor Sanjay Dutt and his politician sister Priya Dutt on the Star network. This weekend’s episode of Koffee with Karan, to be...
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Kher celebrates one year of Kailasha
MUMBAI: Kailash Kher celebrated the first anniversary of his album Kailasha on 22 March 2007 with an event marked by an interactive performance by the artiste himself, along with his band members. Kher’s industry...
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Dead or Alive marks YBR’s entry in home video
MUMBAI: T- Series’ YBR Records ventures into home video content distribution with the release of Dead or Alive DOA in the DVD/VCD format on 5 April 2007. The film is an action thriller based...
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Zee Studio to air High Fidelity
MUMBAI: Zee Studio will screen the John Cusack-Catherine Zeta Jones starrer High Fidelity on 22 March 2007 at 9 pm. Based on the cult novel of the same name by Nick Hornby, High...
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Krishna home video sales touch Rs 70 million
MUMBAI;Sales of DVDs and VCDs of animation film Krishna have set a record in the home video segment with Gipsy Video selling over 3,00,000 units in one month. Says Gipysy Video managing director Shashikant...
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DiCaprio, Winslet in Revolutionary Road
MUMBAI: Three-time Academy Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio and five-time Oscar nominee Kate Winslet have been signed by DreamWorks Studios to star in Revolutionary Road to be directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes. The...
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Potter trio in final two installments of film
MUMBAI: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson will reprise the roles they have made their own: teen wizards Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, respectively, in Warner Bros. Pictures’ Harry Potter and...
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Canine duo sniffs out movie pirates
MUMBAI: Malaysian movie pirates seem to have met their nemesis in Lucky and Flo, the Motion Picture Association’s DVD-sniffing black Labrador retrievers. Lucky and Flo, the world’s first dogs trained to find optical discs...
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Coppola, Cruise likely to team up
MUMBAI: He hasn’t made a film since The Rainmaker in 1997, but director Francis Ford Coppola is hoping that the Tom Cruise/Wagner led United Artists will snap up his latest effort, Youth Without Youth,...
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NBC, News Corp. ink deal with Internet cos
MUMBAI: News Corporation and NBC Universal will launch the largest Internet video distribution network ever assembled with the most sought-after content from television and film. The announcement was made by NBC Universal president and...
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Sushmita Sen to play Jhansi Ki Raani
MUMBAI: Actor Sushmita Sen will star in the historical film Jhansi Ki Raani, which she plans to launch soon under her own banner. According to a spokesperson from Sen’s production house, “Sushmita Sen will...
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Sunny Deol to star in Dhanoa’s next
MUMBAI: Even as producer-director Guddu Dhanoa gets ready to release his first production Big Brother, he has signed favourite Sunny Deol for his next home venture. Big Brother too stars Sunny Deol along with...
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Rajesh Khanna back in thriller
MUMBAI: Yesteryear superstar Rajesh Khanna will return to the big screen in Wafaa – A Deadly Love Story, to be directed by Rakesh Sawant. The film is produced by K K Agrawal and Rajesh...
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The Murderr rechristened Hamilton Palace
MUMBAI: Producer Salim has re-titled his Mimoh Chakraborty (Mithun Chakraborty’s son) starrer The Murderr as Hamilton Palace. Raj N C Sippy, the film’s director, confirms the development, saying, “We decided to rename the film...
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Kajri recreates rural women’s travails
MUMBAI: Debutant director’s film Kajri, a comment on moral degradation and the plight of rural women, is ready for release. The film, produced by Jai Thakur, is based on a real life incident which...
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Rai Foundation aids Judd’s mission in India
MUMBAI: The Rai Foundation joined Hollywood actor Ashley Judd in the war against HIV / AIDS by organising a fundraising event recently. Judd, who is the global ambassador for PSI-Youth AIDS Project, is meeting...
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Phadnis creates special Nokia collection
MUMBAI: Technology and the arts have converged in a unique fashion, with cellphone company Nokia tying up with designer Vikram Phadnis to create a collection inspired by its latest model. The collection, designed by...
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Cops stall Kya Love Story.. shoot in S Africa
MUMBAI: Overseas shoots are not without their accompanying perils, as the Kya Love Story Hai unit discovered recently. It happened during the shoot of Gumsum Hai Dil Tera, the jingle-like song that was being...
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Shakira ready to shake up Mumbai
MUMBAI: Columbian pop singer Shakira will perform in India for the first time on 25 March 2007 at the MMRDA grounds in Mumbai, and reports say the singing sensation is as eager as her...
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DQ bags nominations at Ficci Frames BAF
MUMBAI: Hyderabad based DQ Entertainment has bagged three nominations for its co productions at Ficci Frames BAF 2007. The awards will be presented on 27 March 2007 in Mumbai. The nominations are for Donkey...
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Bhojpuri star pens dialogues of film
MUMBAI: Bhojpuri film star Manoj Tiwari ‘Mridul’ will not just play the lead in forthcoming film Purab – The man from East, he has also penned the dialogues for the film, along with Abhay...
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Raj Kanwar’s Raqeeb to release in May
MUMBAI: Producer Raj Kanwar’s new film Raqeeb – Rivals In Love, is slated for a May 2007 release. The film is directed by Kanwar’s chief assistant Anurag Singh who makes his directorial debut with...
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Adlabs brings Penguins to India
MUMBAI: Adlabs will release the Academy award winning documentary Penguins: A Love Story in India on 13 April 2007 in four dubbed languages – English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. Actor Amitabh Bachchan will step...
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Zee Cine Tech awards announced
MUMBAI: Lage Rahe Munnabhai has helped Rajkumar Hirani mop up three awards in the Zee Cine Technical Awards section. Hirani and co-writer Abhijat Joshi took home the awards for best story, best screenplay as...
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Pirates 3 to hit India on 25 May
MUMBAI: Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End will release in India on 25 May 2007. Directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Bruckheimer, the film stars Johnny Depp,...
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Star studded premiere for The Namesake
MUMBAI: Big names from Bollywood, including film stars Amitabh Bachchan and his family, Aishwarya Rai, filmmakers Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Ashutosh Gowariker attended the premiere of Mira Nair’s The Namesake, organised by UTV on...
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Khanna & Iyer director to make silent film
Director Hemant Hegde has signed a Bollywood film with Adlabs even before the release of his debut venture....
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‘I haven’t had the chance to prove myself yet’ – Kartina Kaif
Katrina Kaif‘s Bollywood career that took off in 2003, has been dotted with just three films in as many years. But the actor has had more than her share of visibility and public appearances,...
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Dharam – Hema to pair up for Manjrekar film
MUMBAI: After a gap of 24 years, Dharmendra will be teamed up with dream girl Hema Malini for a comedy film to be directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. Titled Hum Aisa Hi Hain, the film...
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