MUMBAI: Director Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, who makes his directorial debut with Lahore, now joins the likes of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ang Lee, Ridley Scots, Robert Rodriguez, Robert Townsend, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone...
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NDTV Lumiere to screen award winning films from Cannes in PVR
MUMBAI: NDTV Lumiere will be screening award winning films under ‘Experience Cannes’ at PVR Cinemas. The contemporary films from the Festival de Cannes will be screened over a period of seven days. The Experience...
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UTV World Movies to air Finnish director Kaurismaki’s movies
MUMBAI: UTV World Movies through its on-air property In–Focus will put the spotlight on one iconic filmmaker and present his work along with information, trivia, contests and online communities every month. Some of the...
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Warner launches SVOD service in Netherlands via Ziggo B.V.
MUMBAI; Dutch cable operator Ziggo B.V. and Warner Bros. Entertainment have launched the Warner TV subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) branded service in the Netherlands. In addition, consumers will have the option to rent feature films...
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Fox, Warner & Telepictures team up for Beyond Twisted
MUMBAI: Fox Television Stations (FTS), Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) and Telepictures Productions have teamed up for an eight-week preview of Beyond Twisted, a new, first-run television series from the producers of the...
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RealD introduces first mobile, single-projector 3D solution
MUMBAI: 3D technology company RealD will introduce the RealD LP (Linear Polarizing Z Screen) to bring the power of 3D to the small screen. The world’s first mobile, single-projector, passive 3D solution, the RealD...
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Marvel Entertainment reports flat first quarter profits
MUMBAI: Marvel Entertainment posted its first-quarter profit, which were driven by the growth in licensing and the DVD performance of its films like Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. The company posted a profit...
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Warner Bros TV Group & AOL join hands for Socialthing
MUMBAI: AOL and Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) will launch Socialthing, a new online platform for socializing websites across WBTVG’s digital destination businesses, such as CWTV.com, TheWB.com, KidsWB.com, DCHeroZone.com, Essence.com and Momlogic.com. Socialthing leverages...
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Manisha Tripathi appointed president of Miditech
MUMBAI: Manisha Tripathi has been appointed as president, Miditech Pvt. Ltd. In this role Tripathi would be responsible for production, programming and business operations of Miditech’s projects and ventures. Tripathi is an accomplished professional...
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YRF’s Rocket Singh starring Ranbir Kapoor goes on floors
Yash Raj Films' Ranbir Kapoor starrer - Rocket Singh - Salesman of the Year has gone on floors....
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BIGFlix appoints Shah as head of international market for VoD
MUMBAI: The Video-on-Demand division of BIGFlix.com (a part of Reliance BIG Entertainment), has appointed Dr. Preetam Shah as the vice president, international business development, BIGFlix.com. He will head the international market for the video-on-demand...
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Rudra Pratap Singh rewarded
MUMBAI: A month before the second season of the Indian Premier League, Rudra Pratap Singh was in Cuttack, playing the Deodhar Trophy. It was then that he confessed, “I am eyeing the purple cap....
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People Pictures to release 99 in multiplexes on 15 May
People Pictures will go ahead and release its movie 99 in multiplexes despite the failed talks between producers and multiplexes....
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Perfetti ropes in Salman Khan for Chlormint ad campaign
Perfetti has roped in Salman Khan to star in the new ad campaign for Chlormint, where he will be seen with his brother Sohail Khan....
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Rev share talks fail; producers to chalk out alternate plan
In the meeting that took place today between the multiplexes & producers no solution was reached. Producers to work out alternate release strategy....
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to publish Scribblenauts
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be acquiring, publishing and distributing Scribblenauts, an original IP for Nintendo DS. Created and being developed by 5TH Cell, the game, available in fall 2009, will deliver a...
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Aniboom Virtual Animation Studio launches new brand
MUMBAI: Aniboom (www.Aniboom.com), the virtual animation studio, launched their new brand, created by Neville Brody’s graphic design firm Research Studios. Aniboom has developed a new language for the animation content portal, one which incorporates...
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Razor & Tie expands distribution deal with Sony Music
MUMBAI: Sony Music Entertainment and Razor & Tie Entertainment have expanded their exclusive distribution agreement to include full digital rights. Sony Music has distributed Razor & Tie’s audio products since 1998. Under the terms...
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Sharmila Tagore on Cannes Film Festival jury
Veteran Indian actress and chairperson of the CBFC in India, Sharmila Tagore will be on the Jury of the Competition at the Cannes Film Festival....
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Twilight, Slumdog Millionaire top MTV Movie Awards nominations
MUMBAI: The hit films Twilight and Slumdog Millionaire get ready to battle it out as MTV: Music Television announces this year’s final nominees for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. Pitting Hollywood vampires against the...
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Regal Entertainment launches Free Family Film Festival
MUMBAI: Regal Entertainment Group has launched its 2009 Free Family Film Festival. During this nine-week festival, more than 300 Regal Cinemas, United Artists and Edwards Theatres offer selected G and PG rated movies for...
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UTV inks deal with BT to carry UTV Movies in US
MUMBAI: UTV Network has appointed BT’s Media and Broadcast division to carry its channel UTV Movies to the US. UTV Movies was launched on the DIRECTV DTH Platform in the US on 18 March...
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Burger King ties-up with Paramount Pictures for 3 films
Burger King inks marketing tie up with Paramount for 3 movies namely Star Trek, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra....
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Radio Mirchi ties up with Kerala Tourism
MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM has tied up with Kerala Tourism to offer the best of holiday season to its listeners this summer. Listeners can tune into Radio Mirchi to experience the beauty of...
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Spectra Multimedia inks 3 film deal with Priyankaa
MUMBAI: The Mumbai-based film and TV software production house Spectra Multimedia has signed a three-film deal with regional actress Priyankaa. All three films will be made in Marathi and are expected to be completed...
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Avitel Post Studioz forays into animation; bags Rs 1.5 bn order
Post production studio Avitel forays into animation with orders worth Rs 1.5 bn from UK film production company Purple Passion Productions....
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Arbaaz Khan takes newcomer for a ride
MUMBAI: The Khan family is known to have been the original stars who have always had a way with wheels. All three brothers (Salman, Arbaaz, Sohail) go on a biking binge at their Panvel...
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What made Anurag Kashyap envious?
MUMBAI: It’s not often that successful film directors openly admire the work of their contemporaries. However, Anurag Kashyap had no qualms admitting that he simply loved the work of debutant director Shivajee Chandrabhushan in...
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Hindus censure Sony Pictures’ Angels & Demons movie
MUMBAI: Hindus have criticized makers of upcoming film Angels & Demons for unnecessarily playing with the sentiments of the faithful for mercantile greed. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today,...
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16 is the new superstitious number in IPL
MUMBAI: The 16th over appears to be the death knell for batsman in the second edition of the Indian Premier League. In almost every match, there has been a wicket for the team fielding...
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Irrfan Khan’s injury delays Pan Singh Tomar shoot
Actor Irrfan Khan has torn the ligament of his right ankle while shooting for Tigmanshu Dhulia's Pan Singh Tomar, which has resulted the shooting being stalled....
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