Mumbai: Warner Music Nordic / ADA Nordic have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Nuclear Blast. Effective immediately, ADA Nordic, a division of Warner Nordic which was officially launched in December, will...
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Vipul Shah shoots London Dreams finale in Punjab
Producer director, Vipul Shah is currently in Punjab shooting the final schedule of London Dreams with Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and Asin....
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Rahman LA bound for Golden Globe Awards; wraps Delhi 6
AR Rahman has completed his work for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi 6 and has left for LA to attend the 66th Golden Globe Awards....
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T-Series launches music of Slumdog Millionaire
Mumbai: The music of the eagerly awaited film, Slumdog Millionaire was released on 6 January at the JW Marriot Hotel in Mumbai by T-Series and Fox Star Studios. Even though the man behind the...
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Zee Motion Pictures’ FOX to release on 27 March
Mumbai: Zee Motion Pictures is ready to release its first Hindi production, Fox, directed by Deepak Tijori, starring Arjun Rampal, Sunny Deol, Sagarika Ghatge and Udita Goswami. The film which is slated to release...
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Samar Khan’s Shaurya gets selected for Iran Film Festival
MUMBAI: Samar Khan’s film, Shaurya has been selected for the Iran Film Festival in the Asian film category. The festival will be held from 28 January to 5 February. This film has previously...
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Juhi Chawla to judge Sony’s Jhalak Dikhla Jaa season 4
MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla will be seen as a judge for Sony Entertainment Television’s, reality dance show, Jhalak Dikhla Ja. According to information available with Businessofcinema.com, Chawla will probably be accompanied by either...
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Fox Star Studios to release Slumdog with 200 prints in India
Slumdog Millionaire's distributors Fox Star Studios will release the movie with approximately 200 prints in India on 23 January....
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Akshay – Deepika fly to LA for Chandni Chowk To China premiere
MUMBAI: The premiere of the Akshay Kumar – Deepika Padukone starrer Chandni Chowk To China in Los Angeles will be held at the Stephen J. Ross Theatre at Warner Bros. Studios. All the Hollywood...
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Eros’ Raj Malik joins Walt Disney Studios India as sales head
Eros International AVP India theatrical distribution Raj Malik has joined Walt Disney Motion Pictures Studio (India) as head of sales....
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Emraan, Soha paired in Vishesh Films & Sony BMG’s next
Titled Tum Mile, the movie is directed by Kunal Deshmukh and will have Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan in the lead....
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Paramount to release Changeling in India on 16 January
MUMBAI: Paramount Films of India will be releasing Changeling, a mystery/thriller movie in India on 16 January, 2009. The movie is directed by Clint Eastwood and stars Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Amy...
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Tahaan’s N. America premiere at Palm Springs International Film Festival
MUMBAI: Santosh Sivan’s Tahaan will have its North American premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, which takes place between 6 – 19 January, 2009. Founded in 1990, by then Mayor Sonny Bono,...
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Horn Ok Pleassss release postponed to 16 January
MUMBAI: Rakesh Sarang directed Horn Ok Pleassss, which was scheduled to release on 9 January, has been pushed yet again. The film began its stint of being in the news when reportedly Tanushree Dutta...
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Anjum Rizvi’s Fast Forward to release in March
MUMBAI: After producing one of the most appreciated films of 2008 – A Wednesday, Anjum Rizvi is now ready with his next titled Fast Forward. Moving away from the intense genre, Rizvi’s Fast Forward...
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Moser Baer rides on Ghajini mania with Aamir DVD pack
Capitalising on the hype around Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini, Moser Baer Entertainment has launched an eight DVD pack of the actor's movies....
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Excel Home Videos releases Prince Caspian on DVD
MUMBAI: Excel Home Videos and Walt Disney Home Entertainment have released the epic fantasy – The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian on home video. Prince Caspian is based on the second novel in C.S...
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Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots to commence shoot in Bangalore
Director Rajkumar Hirani is slated to begin shooting for his next schedule of 3 Idiots, which is being produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra....
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Deepika Padukone celebrates Farhan’s birthday on Oye!
MUMBAI: Farhan Akhtar will celebrate his birthday with his guests on this week’s episode of Oye! It’s Friday! on 9 January, 2009. This week, the episode travels from Chandini Chowk to China with Deepika...
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Zee Muzic revamps evening programming slot
MUMBAI: Zee Muzic has gone in for a makeover for its evening slot programming. Keeping in focus the profile of the channel, there are four shows slated in the 7:30 pm time band for...
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Keon International Film Academy launched in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Keon Arts, the Indian arm of Canada based A.K. Films Inc., will be launching an international film academy called Keon International Film Academy (KIFA). KIFA has been purposefully laid out as an intensive...
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Jiah Khan features in PETA ad to save birds
Mumbai: Dressed as a wounded bird wrapped in kite string and next to the tagline "Cut the Glass-Coated Manja, Not Birds’ Wings", actress Jiah Khan appears in a brand-new ad for People for the...
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Amazon VoD brings new movies & TV shows to Roku player
Mumbai: Amazon.com, Inc. will offer customers the ability to instantly purchase, rent and watch digital movies and TV episodes from its popular video service, Amazon Video On Demand, via the Roku Digital Video Player....
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Universal Music Enterprises creates Digital Fitness music label
Mumbai: Universal Music Enterprises (UME), a division of Universal Music Group and Jake Steinfeld, creator of Body By Jake Global brand (BBJ), have launched the music and fitness industries’ first digital fitness music label,...
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Lionsgate buys TV Guide Ntwk, TVGuide.com for $255 mn
Lionsgate will acquire TV Guide Network and TV Guide Online properties from Macrovision for $255 million in consideration....
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HBO lines up movie bonanza in the New Year
Mumbai: HBO has lined up a whole lot of new movies this New Year. The channel will premiere Ocean’s Thirteen on HBO Blockbuster of the Month along with movies like Mission Impossible Special, Animals...
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PVR hosts special screening of Jumbo for children
MUMBAI: PVR Cinemas hosted a special screening of the animation movie Jumbo for over 150 underprivileged children, along with an interactive session at PVR Premiere in Saket. Jumbo is produced by Percept Picture Company...
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Slumdog Millionaire nominated for Best Picture by Producers Guild of America
MUMBAI: Danny Boyle’s hit film Slumdog Millionaire which won the Best Cinematography award from the National Society of Film Critics as well as nominations for Best Film and Best Director from the Vancouver Film...
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BIGFlix.com partners Future Group for movie rentals
Mumbai:Reliance BIG Entertainment’s, movie rental service, BIGFlix.com has partnered with Kishore Biyani’s, Future Group for movie rentals. The alliance with Future Group will entail marketing promotions and schemes to all customers of Big Bazaar,...
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UTV Bindass launches new movie slot on Sundays
MUMBAI: UTV Bindass has launched a new movie slot on Sundays called Sunday Super Hit, which will air popular Hindi movies at 8 pm. The movies will be aired through January, beginning with the...
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Dabboo Ratnani packs 48 Bollywood stars in 2009 calendar
Mumbai: As the New Year ushers in, besides the very famous Kingfisher’s swimsuit calendar, the only other calendar that people really look forward to is the star studded one by ace Bollywood photographer Dabboo...
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Kareena Kapoor to perform at Miss India Worldwide pageant
MUMBAI: Actress Kareena Kapoor will be performing at the Miss India Worldwide – India 2009, beauty pageant which is scheduled to take place on 31 January at the Capital. Besides Kapoor, singer and music...
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Universal sells Rogue Pictures to Relativity Media
MUMBAI: Universal Pictures has sold its film label Rogue Pictures to its financing partner Relativity Media LLC. According to media reports, the deal was sealed for approximately $150 million. The deal comes after Universal...
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Motorola launches MotoYuva EM325 in India
Mumbai: Motorola India launched the stylish, sleek, slider, mobile music phone, the MotoYuva EM325. The eighth MotoYuva mobile phone in India offers mobile music experience to the user with one-touch access to MP3 library,...
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What was Asin doing before showbiz?
MUMBAI: Yes, we know that she is Aamir Khan’s heroine in Ghajini and Salman Khan’s leading lady in London Dreams, but there is more to Asin than that. This southern beauty, who is enjoying...
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Salman Khan – Katrina Kaif binge on burgers
MUMBAI: We hear of recession hitting Bollywood and actor’s like Salman Khan who have had to take a pay cut. So is that why he took Katrina Kaif to a McDonald’s joint for a...
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Radio Choklate airs special programme for A R Rehman
MUMBAI: Radio Choklate has designed a special programme called, Taal Se Taal Mila for music director A R Rehman’s birthday on 6 January. This programme which has been conceptualized by RJ Som and Khirod...
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Actress Angela Bassett joins Disney World Moms panel
MUMBAI: Disney Parks has launched its second consecutive Walt Disney World Moms Panel, www.disneyworldmoms.com. Academy award nominated actress, Angela Bassett, who’s also the star of television’s ER and the movie What’s Love Got to...
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LG Electronics to unveil Broadband HDTVs with movie stream from Netflix
MUMBAI: LG Electronics has extended its partnership with Netflix, as the two companies announced the first broadband-enabled HDTVs with Netflix streaming software embedded directly in the TV, requiring no external device. LG’s new LCD...
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T-Series files case on Asianet for unlawful music telecast
Following up on T-Series considering IPRS norms, the music major has filed an injunction for unlawful music telecast on Asianet....
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SRK plans reality show for cheerleaders; Ganguly to judge
Red Chilies Entertainment, Shah Rukh Khan's production shingle, will be producing a reality show called Knights & Angels to hunt for cheerleaders....
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Raaz – The Mystery Continues ties up with Bookmyshow.com
Mumbai: The movie tickets for Raaz – The Mystery Continues (RTMC) have been made available on the ticket booking site www.bookmyshow.com. Vishesh Films’ Raaz – The Mystery Continues is slated to release on 23...
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Max rolls out Govinda film festival
Mumbai: Hindi movies channel, Max, has started the New Year with a film festival titled Govinda Ala Re. The fest which will start on 12 January at 12 noon on Max and will end...
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Shemaroo releases album to commemorate Asha Bhosle’s 75th birthday
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment will be celebrating the 75th birth anniversary of singer, Asha Bhosle, by releasing premium song compilation DVD and VCD packs titled Platinum Asha. These packs were released by Bhosle along with...
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Ghajini collections drop only 40%; w’wide gross Rs 1.8 bn
In the 2nd weekend, occupancy levels at multiplexes ranged between 60 – 70% indicating there has been a drop of 30 - 40% compared to the first weekend....
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Rohit Shetty to direct Pocket Money for Ajay Devgan
After the success of Golmaal Returns, director Rohit Shetty is all set to return with yet another comedy titled Pocket Money. ...
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Pink Panther 2 to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival
The Berlin Film Festival will see the world premiere of Pink Panther 2, which stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan along with Steve Martin....
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Nikhil Panchamiya’s Tum Milo to Sahi hunts for buyers
MUMBAI: Kabir Sadanand directed film, Tum Milo to Sahi, starring Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia directed by Kabir Sadanand, is in the post production stage. The film is slated for release on 27 March...
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Maruti International to release Daddy Cool on 27 February
MUMBAI: Producer Indra Kumar’s banner Maruti International is readying to release its first film for 2009. Titled Daddy Cool, the movie’s release is tentatively scheduled on 27 February, 2009. Daddy Cool has been...
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Aamir Khan launches Big B’s Bachchanalia
Bachchanalia, a book dedicated to the films and memorabilia of actor Amitabh Bachchan, was released by Aamir Khan in Mumbai....
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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi wins Aaj Tak’s Movie Masala Awards
Mumbai: The viewers of Aaj Tak have voted Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi as the best film of the year 2008. This year end, Aaj Tak’s, Movie Masala awards, which bases its honors’ on...
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Shah Rukh Khan to start promoting Billu Barber
MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan will start the promotional campaign for his home production, Billu Barber on 25 January, after his return on from Los Angeles where he is shooting for Karan Johar’s My Name...
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Studio 18 mops up Rs 380 million from Ghajini in India
Ghajini's 1 week distributor share for the domestic market is equal to or more than the total distributor share of OSO, Welcome, Singh Is Kinng, Rab Ne.<br /> ...
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Will Smith is top money-making star of 2008
Will Smith, who starred in Hancock and Seven Pounds in 2008, is the top money-making star of the year according to the Quigley Poll....
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Indra Kumar’s Dhamaal 2 to go on floors by March
After the success of Dhamaal, producer Indra Kumar is all set to start shooting for its sequel titled Dhamaal 2. ...
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Abbas Tyrewala’s 1-800-Love to go on floors in May
Abbas Tyrewala is working on his second directorial film titled 1-800-Love, which is scheduled to go on floors in May, 2009 in Boston....
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Cameron Diaz, Jessica Lange, Chris Rock to be presenters at Golden Globe
Mumbai: Cameron Diaz, Jessica Lange and Chris Rock have been set as presenters at The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards to be telecast live on NBC Sunday, 11 January at The Beverly Hilton. They...
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Shah Rukh Khan to don new look for Billu Barber
MUMBAI: It’s time to dive into the future with Shah Rukh Khan as he attempts a futuristic look in his latest item song for Billu Barber. Choreographed by Farah Khan, the actor will be...
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Karan Johar to step in as host of Imagine’s Oye! It’s Friday
In an effort to build up the show's equity, Farhan Akhtar will give way to Karan Johar, who will be anchoring the show....
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‘While the industry faces losses of Rs 2000 crores to piracy, we ask for a corpus fund of Rs 40 crores to fight it, which is merely the marketing budget of 3 movies’ – IMI secretary general Savio D’souza
The Indian Music Industry (IMI) has been at the forefront of the piracy issue, combating it from all ends to ensure that perpetrators are convicted of the crime. With more than 150 record labels...
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Robust line-up of Hollywood films in India for 2009
While Bollywood is gearing up with many big films in 2009, this year one will also witness the release of a number of Hollywood mega projects....
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French actress Huppert is jury president for Festival de Cannes
MUMBAI: French actress, Isabelle Huppert, will be the president of the jury of the 62nd Festival de Cannes, which will be held 13-24 May, 2009. "I am very glad and very proud. I’ve had...
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Radio Misty partners with Theatre Festival
MUMBAI: Radio Misty 94.3 FM has partnered with the Siliguri Theatre Festival. The event is being organized by theatre groups of Siliguri in association with the state information and culture department, Siliguri Corporation and...
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T-Series, MY FM, to launch Best of My Club Mix CD
MUMBAI: Music Company, T-Series has joined hands with 94.3 MY FM for the Best of My Club Mix audio CD, which will be a compilation of the well received songs on MY FM’s weekend...
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Farah Khan invited as jury for Berlin Film Festival
Choreographer turned director Farah Khan has been invited to be part of the main jury at the Berlin Film Festival to be held in February....
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US music purchases exceed 1.5 billion; 10% growth in 08
Music purchases in 2008 reached 1.5 billion, marking the fourth consecutive year music sales have exceeded one billion....
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PVR to screen NDTV Lumiere’s Honeydripper
MUMBAI:NDTV Lumière will be airing the musical time-piece Honeydripper. Filmed and set in Alabama, Honeydripper is a musical fable, which circles around the owner of a blues club that is failing until, he hires...
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Ballantyne expands D-Cinema distribution footprint in Asia
MUMBAI: Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc., a provider of cinema equipment and services, has secured distribution rights for the NEC Starus Line of digital cinema projectors from NEC Display Solutions Japan, for three additional Asian...
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Big sells Memento’s director’s DVD during Ghajini release at multiplexes
MUMBAI: As a part of its marketing and distribution initiatives, BIG Home Entertainment offered special priced The Dark Knight DVD at multiplexes where Ghajini was being screened. Incidentally, The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan...
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Pix’s Chicks on Flicks to review best Hollywood movies of 2008
MUMBAI: Chicks on Flicks the show on Hollywood movie reviews, aired on Pix, will be presenting the Best Movies of 2008 on 3 January, 2009 at 7.30 pm. Movies like The Dark Night, Wall...
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Universal Pictures ends 2008 with $2.83 billion at box office
Universal Pictures recorded its biggest year ever with global theatrical grosses totaling $2.834 billion for 2008....
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Time Warner Cable, Viacom reach agreement in principle
Time Warner Cable and Viacom have reached an agreement in principle to renew carriage for Viacom's MTV Networks....
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BIG Home Video releases Mamma Mia & Sex and the City
MUMBAI: BIG Home Video has released Mamma Mia and Sex and the City. While Mamma Mia- is a celebration of mothers and daughters, old friends and new family found, and is inspired by the...
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