Saif Ali Khan's debut film as producer - Love Aaj Kal, has tied up with ESPN Star Sports to promote the film at ICC World Twenty20 2009 cricket tournament....
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Vikram Bhatt casts 1920 pair in ASA’s next titled Phhir
MUMBAI: Producer – director Vikram Bhatt has cast the lead pair of his horror flick 1920 – Adah Sharma and Rajniesh Duggall – in ASA Productions and Entertainment’s next titled Phhir. The film will...
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Disney ups presence in Europe, to launch 5 channels
Walt Disney Company will re-brand its Jetix channels in five Central and Eastern European countries to become Disney Channel....
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Director Reema Kagti’s next is a thriller for Excel Ent.
Director of Honeymoon Travels Reema Kagti is working on the script of her second film, which will be a thriller to be produced by Excel Entertainment....
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THQ launches Disney-Pixar’s Up videogame across platforms
MUMBAI: THQ Inc. has launched the videogame of Disney-Pixar film Up in retail outlets throughout North America for Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system,...
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NFDC’s film As the River Flows goes on floors
MUMBAI: The National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) has commenced shooting of its film titled As the River Flows. The movie is inspired by a true incident and is written and directed by...
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Amitabh Bachchan’s Royal Suite at Macao
MUMBAI: The brand ambassador of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, Amitabh Bachchan is always given the best suite in the hotel that hosts the celebrity guests of the event. And the one...
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Twitter plans television foray with new series
MUMBAI: Twitter, the social-networking and micro-blogging website, is planning a television series. The website has teamed up with Reveille Productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners to develop an unscripted series based on the site, which...
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David Dhawan to shoot Hook Ya Crook climax at cricket stadium
MUMBAI: The cast and crew of Hook Ya Crook just completed a short schedule at Big ND Studios in Karjat and are now gearing up for the last few days of shoot in Mumbai....
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Zee Studio launches movie songs’ karaoke championship
MUMBAI: Starting February 2009, Zee Studio has been hosting karaoke bouts called Studio Nites at Soul Fry, Bandra and Soul Fry Casa, Fort in Mumbai. Hosted by Mihir Joshi, Studio Nites invite patrons of...
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Google hires Vacationeers to start Googling short videos
The Vacationeers, a four person comedic film group based in Los Angeles, have struck viral and comedy gold with Google....
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YRF’s Roadside Romeo selected for Shanghai & Seoul Film Fests
MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films and Walt Disney Pictures’ Roadside Romeo has been selected for The Shanghai Film Festival in the Panorama Section. One of the largest film festivals in East Asia, The Shanghai Film...
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Excel & NDTV Lumiere release world cinema titles on DVD
MUMBAI: Excel Home Video has partnered with NDTV Lumiere to release world cinema titles on DVD. The movies that will be released on DVD includes I’m Not There, 2 Days In Paris, The Page...
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Doug Levy named VP operations for Oprah Winfrey Network
MUMBAI: Doug Levy has been named vice president of operations for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, effective immediately. In this role, Levy is responsible for the coordination, support and execution of all in-house operational...
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Pradeep Guha joins Vdopia’s board of advisors
Pradeep Guha has joined the Board of Advisors of Vdopia, which is an online video monetization player and video advertising platform....
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Divya Dutta to star in Fred Holmes’ film
MUMBAI: Divya Dutta has been signed on by director Fred Holmes to star in his English film. The movie also stars Amelia Jackson Gray and Reg Grant and is partly to be shot in...
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MySpace unveils three bands for Secret Show in India
MUMBAI: MySpace unveiled three bands that will be performing at India’s first ever MySpace Secret Show. MySpace Secret Show lineup includes MotherJane, Scribe and Black. This gig is exclusive and free for MySpacers and...
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Sony Pix to air Ben Kingsley starrer Gandhi
MUMBAI: English movie channel Pix will be airing the Academy award winner Ben Kingsley starrer Gandhi on 31 May at 9 pm. Gandhi, the biographical film on Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi, has been directed by...
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Empire Leicester Square installs Dolby 3D for large screens
MUMBAI: Empire Leicester Square has become Europe’s first auditorium to utilize the new Dolby 3D Digital Cinema large screen solution. The Empire installed the Dolby 3D system in time for the United Kingdom premiere...
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Barker & Bernard extend contract with Sony Pictures
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard have signed on for four more years with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). The deal will extend the 18 year relationship with Sony Pictures...
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Dubai Film Market reveals deals made at inaugural session
MUMBAI: The Dubai Film Market, an initiative launched under the umbrella of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), released the status of the numerous agreements that arose from its inaugural season at DIFF 2008....
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Vashu Bhagnani postpones film; decision after meeting
The movie has been pushed forward by 2 weeks as of now & will tentatively release sometime in June. However, final release date not yet decided....
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Multiplex companies’ stock price up despite bleak Q1
Despite low occupancy levels due to the strike & IPL, multiplex companies' stock prices have been up between 25 - 70% on the BSE....
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Anees Bazmee to commence shooting No Problem in June
Bazmee is all set to start shooting for his next comic caper titled No Problem starring Sanjay Dutt, Sushmita Sen & Kangana Ranaut from June....
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Boney Kapoor shoots action sequences for Wanted
MUMBAI: Action director Vijayan and his team are canning an action sequence for Boney Kapoor’s Wanted at locations in Bangkok. The sequence being shot at an indoor stadium involves southern star Prakash Raj and...
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Anupam Kher hosts Saaransh premiere after 25 years of release
MUMBAI: Actor Anupam Kher hosted the premiere of his first film as an actor Saaransh at BIG Cinemas Metro. Saaransh completed 25 years on 24 May and was released in Metro theatre, which has...
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Shemaroo releases 3D animation series Jungle Tales on home video
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment, in association with Moving Picture Company has released the National Award winning series Jungle Tales inspired from the Panchatantra folk tales, on home video. The series has a total of 14...
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Bappi Lahiri & T-Series bring R.N.B. music to India
MUMBAI: Music director Bappi Lahiri will be bringing Rhythm n Blue (R.N.B.) music to India. An international album titled My Love will be released by T-Series. The album will have eight tracks and two...
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Will Smith is most bankable actor worldwide: Ulmer Scale
MUMBAI: The entertainment database company The Ulmer Scale released its first major overview of star bankability in two years with its new edition of its Actors Hot List. The 2009/10 edition reveals "a big...
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Warner to launch Watchmen game in multiple formats
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be launching the Watchmen: The End is Nigh videogame, based on the Watchmen film, in a retail Blu-Ray Hi-Def game and film hybrid, as well as additional retail...
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Star inks deal with Mauritius DTH operator Parabole Reunion
MUMBAI: Star has inked a distribution deal with Mauritius based DTH operator Parabole Reunion to launch Star Plus in Mauritius, Reunion, Malagasy, Madagascar and Mayotte. The launch, which marks Star’s first Indian Ocean distribution...
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Overture & Paramount Vantage to release Michael Moore’s film
MUMBAI: Overture Films and Paramount Vantage will be releasing Oscar-winner Michael Moore’s new documentary feature on 2 October, 2009. The as-yet-untitled film will explore the root causes of the global economic meltdown and take...
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MPAA’s Glickman calls for improved IP protections globally
MUMBAI: Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) chairman and CEO Dan Glickman joined lawmakers in calling for governments around the world to increase efforts to protect intellectual property (IP). Glickman, appearing at a...
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Napster unveils latest digital music service
MUMBAI: Napster has unveiled its latest music offering combining the freedom of MP3s with the discovery benefits of a high-quality streaming music service – all for one low price. For as little as $5...
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Barco & Kodak sign worldwide digital projector supply deal
MUMBAI: Digital cinema projection technology company Barco has signed a supply agreement with Kodak. Under the terms of the agreement, Barco could deliver up to 10,000 digital cinema projectors to support Kodak’s worldwide digital...
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Disney offers Theme Parks merchandise online
MUMBAI: Disney has for the first time ever, made available its domestic theme parks and resorts merchandise outside of the parks and online only at DisneyStore.com and/or DisneyParks.com/store. Formerly known as DisneyShopping.com, DisneyStore.com has...
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MTV Movie Awards honors Ben Stiller with Generation Award
MUMBAI: The 2009 MTV Movie Awards paid tribute to Ben Stiller with the MTV Generation Award for his contribution to Hollywood and for entertaining the MTV audience for years. From generation to generation, Ben...
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