MUMBAI: The comedian-actor Will Ferrell and his Swedish wife, Viveca Paulin-Ferrell, are deeply involved in the Swedish School of Los Angeles and in recognition and appreciation of their efforts, they have been bestowed “The...
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Sarah Silverman to Host MTV Movie Awards
MUMBAI: Sarah Silverman will take the hosting reins for the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. Star of both big screen and small, Silverman will lend her unique brand of provocative comedy to this year’s ceremony...
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Bhavna Talwar’s Dharm to screen at Cannes
MUMBAI: Bhavna Talwar’s directorial debut film, Dharm, will be showcased at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. Dharm stars Pankaj Kapur and Supriya Pathak in the lead roles. Sources say that it is the first...
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Baalath’s The Flag set for I-Day release
MUMBAI: Debutant director Sanjeev Baalath’s The Flag is being readied for an August 2007 release. The Flag is a period film based in 1941, in the Kantakpur village of Gujarat. Adds Balaath, “We recreated...
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Akbar Khan plans re-release of Taj Mahal
MUMBAI: Producer-director Akbar Khan has plans to revive his historical opus Taj Mahal – An Eternal Love Story, with another theatrical release. Says Khan, “I am planning to re-release Taj Mahal – An Eternal...
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Contest winner to bond with Rani, Saif on NDTV
MUMBAI: The winner of the ‘Ta Ra Rum Pum Spirit’ contest on NDTV that invited viewers to write in about crisis experiences they have been through in their real lives, will get to chat...
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Zee’s Sa Re Ga Ma.. returns with new season
MUMBAI: Zee TV is bringing back a new season of Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge. Sub-titled “Sangeet ka pratham vishwa-yudh”, the show will have participants from all over the world –...
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Entries invited for Child Rights Award 2007
MUMBAI: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) and Unicef have invited broadcasters and producers in the region to submit entries for the Asia-Pacific Child Rights Award 2007....
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UK retailer penalised for illegal DVD trade
MUMBAI: A London based firm, Mira UK Ltd, has been found guilty of possession for supply of unclassified Bollywood and Bengali DVDs. Officers from the UK trading standards raided the premises after complaints from...
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McLaren prize for Palme d’Or short film winner
MUMBAI: The National Film Board of Canada will award the Norman McLaren Prize to the winner of the Palme d’Or of short film, for the third year running. The Norman McLaren Prize was created...
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Valley of Flowers adjudged best at IFFLA
Nalin's <i>Valley of Flowers</i> won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles....
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Kalpana Lajmi’s next film is Mujhe Rang De
Actors Ishaa Koppikar and Rahul Dev have been cast in Kalpana Lajmi's next film <i>Mujhe Rang De</i>....
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Casbaa enrols five new members
MUMBAI: The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) has announced five new corporate members of the association drawn from India, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the US. The two new members who have...
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Michael Douglas to star in Tragic Indifference
MUMBAI: Actor Michael Douglas will again play a courtroom lawyer in the upcoming film Tragic Indifference, a legal drama based on a landmark liability case against the Ford Company in which the automaker’s indifference...
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Ayesha Takia to appear on Zoom talk show
MUMBAI: Actor Ayesha Takia will appear in a candid tête-à-tête with host Tarana Raja Kapoor on celebrity chat show Let’s Talk on television channel Zoom on 2 May 2007. During the interview, Takia will...
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Percept signs Anees Bazmee for film
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company has signed on writer-director Anees Bazmee for a multi starrer film, Jeb Hamari Maal Tumhara.The film is scheduled to go on the floors in September 2007 and is likely to...
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Jodhaa Akbar, Goal to be unveiled at Cannes
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures’ Jodhaa Akbar and Goal will be unveiled for the first time at the upcoming Cannes fest on 18 May 2007. Present at the Cannes unveiling of Jodhaa Akbar would be...
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Star Movies to premiere Chronicles of Narnia
MUMBAI: Star Movies will air the exclusive premiere of Chronicles of Narnia, starring Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley and Anna Popplewell on 27 April at 9 pm.Chronicles of Narnia is an epic film based on...
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Big FM gives Abhishek’s outfit to contest winner
MUMBAI: Big 92.7 FM has given away the sherwani that actor Abhishek Bachchan wore for the radio station’s campaign as a prize for a contest that was run on air recently. The station had...
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