he Indian Film Company has inked a VoD deal with Saavn, wherein the latter has acquired 14 Bollywood movies....
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Inox Leisure net profit down 8% to Rs 243.4 million
National multiplex chain Inox Leisure reported net profit of Rs 243.4 million for the year ended 31 March, 2009, which is down 7.78%....
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Mexican multiplex chain Cinepolis forays into India
Mexican multiplex chain Cinepolis has set foot in India; to invest Rs 3.70 billion for approximately 110 screens across 8 cities in the first phase.<br /> ...
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Microsoft & Netflix enhance movie watching on PC
MUMBAI: Microsoft Corp. will be making available more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes from Netflix Inc. to watch instantly on the PC using Windows Media Center on PCs with Windows Vista Home Premium...
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MySpace & Toyota launch competition for unsigned artists
MUMBAI: MySpace in partnership with MySpace Records and Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., has launched Rock the Space, which is an exclusive competition encouraging unsigned bands or solo artists to submit an original song...
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Competition amongst commentators heats up at IPL
MUMBAI: If the action on the field was fierce, so was it off the field. Cricket commentators vied with each other to come out with new terms and phrases to woo television audiences. Phrases...
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Oakley does in-film placement in Terminator Salvation
MUMBAI: Oakley, Inc’s S.I. Assault Boot has an in-film placement in Terminator Salvation, the fourth installment of the Terminator film franchise. The civilian version of combat gear developed for the US Elite Special Forces,...
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Vashu Bhagnani steps up on Kal Kissne Dekha promotions
In order to pump up the movie and its debutant actors, the cast and crew of Kal Kissne Dekha are on a six city music tour in India....
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Shah Rukh Khan’s KKR strongest IPL brand; worth Rs 104 crores
Despite their poor cricket performance, the Kolkata Knight Riders have emerged as the strongest IPL brand....
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Chace Crawford to star in Paramount Pictures’ Footloose
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures’ Footloose will star Chace Crawford in the lead role. The movie will be produced and directed by Kenny Ortega. Over the course of his 30-year career, Emmy Award-winning director and choreographer...
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Turner rolls out marketing campaign for Hollywood channel WB
MUMBAI: In order to create awareness about its recently launched Hollywood movies and television series channel – WB, Turner is planning to launch a multi-layered marketing campaign starting from 25 May. Targeted at Hollywood...
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BIG FM is official radio partner of ICC World Twenty20
MUMBAI: BIG FM is the official radio partner of ICC Twenty20 Matches, which will be held in England. Starting the ball rolling on a 45 day excitement planed by BIG 92.7 FM, the station...
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EMI names Shabs Jobanputra as president, Virgin UK
MUMBAI: EMI Music has named Shabs Jobanputra, one of the UK’s most successful A&R executives of the last 10 years and the co-founder of EMI’s joint venture label Relentless, has been promoted to the...
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Sony Pictures Entertainment sets sight on 3D social gaming content
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment has launched Loot, which is a group of innovative developers dedicated to creating branded interactive entertainment products and experiences for PlayStationHome. PlayStation Home is an evolving 3D social gaming community...
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DreamWorks Animation to stage How To Train Your Dragon
MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. is in the early development stages on a live arena show based on its upcoming 26 March, 2010 release, How to Train Your Dragon. DreamWorks Animation is collaborating with...
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Idea offers subscribers chance to win a trip to IIFA Awards in Macau
MUMBAI: Idea Cellular has launched a roaming offer for its subscribers, who can win an all expenses paid trip to the Idea IIFA Awards 2009 slated to take place in Macau. The awards will...
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Yash Raj to release Roadside Romeo in Turkey & Brazil
Yash Raj Films will be releasing film Roadside Romeo, in co-production with the Walt Disney Studios, in international markets like Turkey & Brazil....
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NDTV Imagine launches Ramayan music on physical & digital
NDTV Imagine joins hands with Universal Music & UTV New Media to launch the music of Ramayan on physical & digital formats respectively....
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Aamir Khan’s debut film Raakh slated to re-release with 200 prints
MUMBAI: Aamir Khan’s debut film as an actor titled Raakh, which was released in 1989, is slated to re-release across India on 12 June with 200 prints. The movie was directed by then first...
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Hindi Films’ Strike: Reasons behind the deadlock
Just when both parties were getting closer to agreeing on revenue sharing terms for Hindi movies, the issue of distribution strategy reared its head....
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Shah Rukh Khan shoot for Dulha Mil Gaya; film complete
Shooting of Dulha Mil Gaya is finally over. Shah Rukh Khan completed the shooting with a song at Mehboob Studios....
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Bipasha Basu to endorse Aristocrat luggage brand
MUMBAI: Bipasha Basu has been bagging endorsements galore. After being appointed as the brand ambassador of Henkel’s Fa Men Xtreme, the actress has also added Aristocrat luggage brand to her kitty. Bipasha Basu will...
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13B selected at Shanghai International Film Festival
MUMBAI: BIG Pictures’ supernatural thriller 13B- Fear Has A New Address has been officially selected at the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival, to be held from 13 – 21 June. The film will be...
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Eros International launches DVD of Billu
MUMBAI: Eros International has launched the DVD of Billu, a film produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chilies Entertainment. The cost of the DVD is Rs 299 and has additional features like making of...
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MySpace to debut Secret Shows in India
MUMBAI: MySpace will soon showcase MySpace Secret Shows in India. Based on the concept, disclosed locations, undisclosed artistes, the first Secret Show in India will be held in Mumbai on 29 May. In keeping...
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Pan Nalin’s short-film starring Hurman Baweja screened at Cannes
MUMBAI: Hurman Baweja’s Echo of Eco was screened at the Cannes Film Festival for select guests and invitees at the ballroom of Hotel Carlton. Echo for Eco is one of the 30 films backed...
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Tanushree Dutta chops off her tresses
MUMBAI: Actress Tanushree Dutta, who has been known to change her fashion sense now and again, has cut her hair in a short bob. She recently got a new hairdo from hairstylist Guy Kremer...
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Idea brings Abhishek Bachchan to promote Mumbai Indians
MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League is all about big players. Now these players are not restricted to just on the field, but off the field too. These big guns are the sponsors who have...
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DIFF partners with Martin Scorsese’s Foundation
MUMBAI: The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has partnered with the World Cinema Foundation (WCF), an international body set up by cinema legend Martin Scorsese to call attention to the cause of film preservation...
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StudioCanal & Universal Music ink partnership for 3D animated feature
MUMBAI: StudioCanal and Universal Music Group (UMG) have inked a partnership for the upcoming 3D animated feature, Around the World in 50 Years. As part of this agreement, UMG will handle all North American...
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Kodak introduces new motion picture film
MUMBAI: Eastman Kodak Company unveiled the latest product offering in its VISION3 technology platform. Kodak VISION3 250D Color Negative Film 5207/7207 incorporates all of the advancements and imaging characteristics unique to the VISION3 family...
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DreamWorks Animation & Franco Dragone to create Kung Fu Panda arena show
MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. has collaborated with theatrical show production entity run by Franco Dragone to create a live arena show based on its worldwide hit, Kung Fu Panda. DreamWorks Animation COO Ann...
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Dubai International Film Fest celebrates French cinema
MUMBAI: The Dubai International Film Festival’s (DIFF) 2009 programme will focus on France. France has had close ties with the Arab world for centuries and has developed complimentary interests as a result. Today at...
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FlickRocket enables filmmakers to launch download sales solution for DVDs
MUMBAI: Independent moviemakers can, for the first time be able to set up their own download sales solution for fully featured DVDs with download-to-own, burn or rental options by using the FlickRocket platform. FlickRocket...
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Toonz Animation, Illusion Studios ink $6 mn deal for 3D film
Toonz Animation India & South America's Illusion Studios have inked a co-production deal to produce a 3D animated feature film Gaturro....
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Fox Star Studios eyes Tamil films; signs director Murgadoss
Fox Star Studios India has signed Ghajini director AR Murgadoss for a two film deal; forays into Tamil film industry....
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Feature: Movie buffs edgy with dry spell at multiplexes
Film lovers right from kids to senior citizens are now getting restless and impatient especially with the summer holidays underway....
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Entertainment Network (India) posts profit of Rs 13 million for FY09
MUMBAI: Entertainment Network (India) Ltd has posted a profit of Rs 13 million (Rs 1.3 crores) for the quarter ended 31 March, 2009. The company’s revenues were down by 22.7 per cent at Rs...
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Rensil D’Silva’s film for Dharma tentatively titled Kurbaan
Though there have been talks doing the rounds that D'Silva has decided to call his film Kurbaan and not Jehaad, D'Silva says he hasn't yet zeroed in on the final title....
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Ritiesh Deskmukh & Boman Irani to host IIFA 2009
MUMBAI: Actors Ritiesh Deskmukh and Boman Irani have been roped in again to host the IIFA awards this year, which is slated to take place in Macau. Last year the duo hosted the awards...
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Sanjay Dutt starts shoot for All the Best in Goa
MUMBAI: After campaigning for the elections, actor Sanjay Dutt has started shooting for All The Best- Fun Begins produced by Ajay Devgan Films and directed by Rohit Shetty in Goa. Apart from Dutt, the...
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Bipasha Basu to endorse Henkel’s Fa Men Xtreme
MUMBAI: Henkel India has appointed Bipasha Basu as the brand ambassador for the recently launched Fa Men Xtreme. Fa Men Xtreme marks Brand Fa’s foray into the male grooming segment. As part of the...
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Kamlesh Pandey, Ben Rekhi launch screenwriting workshop
MUMBAI: Writer Kamlesh Pandey and Ben Rekhi have joined hands to form ScriptWalla, which is a network of screenwriters who believe that the foundation of great filmmaking lies in strong screen writing. A 10...
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Actor Rahul Dev’s wife succumbs to cancer
MUMBAI: Actor Rahul Dev’s wife Rina, who had been suffering from cancer for the past few years, passed away on 16 May, 2009. The couple had shifted to Delhi from Mumbai for the treatment....
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Veteran filmmaker Prakash Mehra passes away
MUMBAI: Veteran filmmaker Prakash Mehra passed away at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai on 18 May, 2009. He was undergoing treatment at the hospital and died due to pneumonia and multiple organ...
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Movie Mart to rent and sell Blu-Ray discs
MUMBAI: Rental company Movie Mart has launched its online Blu ray Discs renting and selling facility. Movie Mart is the first online Blu Ray Discs renting website in India. Movie Mart chairman Suresh Mansharmani...
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Excel Home Videos and NDTV Lumiere release Cannes classic DVDs
MUMBAI: In celebration of the 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival (13-24 May), Excel Home Videos and NDTV Lumiere bring together their collection of Golden Palm and Grand Jury Prize winning and nominated movies on...
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Fire breaks out at venue before Anoushka Shankar concert
MUMBAI: Anoushka Shankar, who is currently performing on the seven city tour with her father Pandit Ravi Shankar, was recently left shocked when a fire broke out at the place where they were supposed...
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Rahul Vaidya dons the RJ hat with BIG FM
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has brought on board Rahul Vaidya to host a Top 50 countdown, which is called Jhakkas Pachas. The show, which is in a countdown format of top 50 songs of...
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BIG FM Mumbai launches Marathi show
MUMBAI: BIG 92.7FM, Mumbai has launched its first ever Marathi program on the breakfast show, christened Masala Chaha. The show will air from 6-8 am and will be hosted by Viplove Gupte, who is...
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Zulfi Syed ties up with Raina for clothes boutique
MUMBAI: Actor Zulfi Syed has collaborated with his friend and cricketer Suresh Raina to open a clothes boutique in the latter’s hometown Ghaziabad. Zulfi already owns a boutique called Flo in Mumbai. He said,...
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Bangalore is Inspired
MUMBAI: Vijay Mallya is a force to reckon with. And this business tycoon does not like to be in the loser’s seat ever. And perhaps that’s the reason Bangalore always registers a win whenever...
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Dishtv to offer Delhi 6 on pay-per-view
MUMBAI: Dishtv will be offering UTV Motion Pictures’ Delhi 6 on its pay-per-view channel Movie-on-Demand (MoD). Starring Abhishek Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor, Delhi-6 is a co-production between Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures and UTV Motion...
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Dolby & NTT DoCoMo ink mobile license deal for Japan
MUMBAI: Dolby Laboratories, Inc has signed a license agreement with NTT DoCoMo, Inc., allowing the use of Dolby Mobile in future phones for NTT DoCoMo mobile services in Japan. The agreement enables NTT DoCoMo...
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DreamWorks buys life rights to Martin Luther King, Jr. story
DreamWorks Studios has acquired the life rights to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. from The King Estate....
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Disney launches Disney’s Friends for Change project
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company has launched Disney’s Friends for Change: Project Green, a multiplatform environmental initiative that will help kids help the planet. Disney stars Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, the Jonas Brothers and...
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Nickelodeon to launch DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda series
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon has ordered 26 episodes of its second co-production with DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. – Kung Fu Panda: The Series. Kung Fu Panda: The Series, a new CG animated comedy series is adapted...
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Universal Music amongst Top 10 online music destinations
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) continues to lead its competition as one of US’ Top 10 online music destinations, according to new data released by comScore. For April 2009, UMG ranked number 8 in...
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Sony Electronics signs digital deal with Regal Entertainment
Sony Electronics & Regal Entertainment ink an agreement for the installation of Sony 4K digital projection systems across the latter's entire circuit over the next three – five years....
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ITV Global inks 20 licence deals for Michael Powell’s The Red Shoes
MUMBAI: ITV Global Entertainment has announced over 20 new international home entertainment (DVD and Blu-ray) licences for the digital film restoration of Michael Powell’s masterpiece The Red Shoes, which premiered in Cannes/ The 20...
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Film Messenger picks up Singapore film Go, Thaddeus! at Cannes
MUMBAI: Hot on the heels of the launch of the MDA International Film Fund and the appointment of Distribution Workshop as international sales agent for the Fund’s projects, the Singapore delegation shared another piece...
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Big Cinemas to open five-screen multiplex in Chicago
Adlabs Films USA Inc to open a new theatre in Niles under the BIG Cinemas brand; the five-screen complex in Niles has an auditorium capacity of 1,300 seats....
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Producers, plexes differ on distribution strategy; stalemate continues
Producers & distributors met with the multiplexes on the revenue share issue; however there was no headway in the discussion....
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Producers & distributors meet to discuss further action
MUMBAI: Members of the United Producers and Distributors Forum headed by producer Mukesh Bhatt met on Saturday, 16 May at a suburban hotel in Mumbai to update all members and also to discuss the...
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Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori unveil Kites at Cannes Film Festival
MUMBAI: Reliance BIG Entertainment’s movie arm BIG Pictures unveiled the first look of Kites, at a press conference held in Cannes. Present at the conference were director Anurag Basu and writer, producer Rakesh Roshan...
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PNC’s Just Married to be screened at Salento Film Festival
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications’ Just Married will be screened at the Salento Film Festival. The movie stars Fardeen Khan and Esha Deol and has been directed by Meghna Gulzar. "We are extremely proud to...
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Video Protection Alliance launches anti-piracy settlement program
MUMBAI: Video Protection Alliance Services, LLC, a provider of anti-piracy services to the adult industry, announced a solution to offer settlements to users that illegally share adult content online. "With Internet Piracy of adult...
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Star signs Blu-ray licensing deal with Kam & Ronson Enterprise
MUMBAI: Star has inked its first ever Blu-ray licensing deal with Hong Kong based distributor Kam & Ronson Enterprise. Star owns Fortune Star, which boasts of a contemporary Chinese film and television library. The...
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Christine Batista joins MGM Pride as SVP
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios has named Christine Batista as senior vice president of theatrical marketing & national partnerships. She will report to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios executive vice president, theatrical marketing Michael Vollman. Her appointment continues the...
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MySpace & Blue Frog join hands to promote music talent
MySpace India has joined hands with live music performance club Blue Frog to promote independent music in India....
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Toshiba sues Moser Baer, Imation, others over DVD patents
Toshiba has sued India's optical storage disc major Moser Baer along with Imation Corp for infringing its patents.<br /> ...
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Prod-Plex stalemate continues, next meeting on 18 May
No solution to revenue sharing terms; parties were also not able to reach consensus on the distribution strategy of films.<br /> ...
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Indian Films & Fortissimo ink deal for Dev Benegal movie
The Indian Film Company has inked a sales deal with Fortissimo Films for Dev Benegal's film Road, Movie at the Cannes Film Festival....
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Abhishekh to endorse American Express
MUMBAI: American Express has launched a premium service – ‘The Platinum Club’ – aimed at the growing affluent consumer segment in India and has appointed actor Abhishekh Bachchan as its brand ambassador. Abhishek will...
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Sony posts $ 1 billion loss; motion picture rev dips 16%
Sony Corp posts $ 1 billion loss; Sony Pictures revenues fell 16.4% to $7.3 billion. Studio's profit stood at $305 million, down 49%. ...
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ASSOCHAM to promote Cannes Film Festival in India
An MoU hasbeen signed between the Cannes Film Festival Association and ASSOCHAM, wherein the latter will promote the film festival in India....
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Eros to release Siddhivinayak’s film on 22 May in single screens
MUMBAI: Vistaas Media and Eros International will be releasing Siddhivinayak Temple’s first ever movie – Vighnaharta – Shree Siddhivinayak on 22 May. The film is produced by Vistaas Media in collaboration with Shree Siddhivinayak...
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J S Sarma joins TRAI as chairman
MUMBAI: Dr J S Sarma has joined the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) as chairman on 14 May 2009. Before joining TRAI, Dr. Sarma held the post of member in Telecom Disputes Settlement...
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EMI Music India to release Green Day’s studio album
MUMBAI: Warner Music, which is the India Licensee for EMI Music India, will be releasing Green Day’s eighth studio album, entitled 21st Century Breakdown, on 15 May. The album is the trio’s first studio...
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EA & Warner Bros. to release new Harry Potter video game on 30 June
MUMBAI: Electronic Arts Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be releasing the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game in stores across the world on 30 June, 2009, just ahead of the...
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Bob Marley’s songs re-imagined by son Ziggy Marley
MUMBAI: B is for Bob, a collection of Bob Marley’s most beloved songs re-imagined for kids, will be released 23 June by UMe/Island/Tuff Gong. The international musical legend’s eldest son, Ziggy Marley, executive produced...
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Katrina Kaif cheers Royal Challengers
MUMBAI: As the Royal Challengers battle it out in South Africa, the team got a boost from actress Katrina Kaif, the team’s brand ambassador, at an event organized for the Royal Challengers fans in...
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Fantastic Films International inks deal with Imagination Films
MUMBAI: Los Angeles based Fantastic Films International (FFI), headed by Roxane Barbat and Fred deWysocki, has inked a multi-picture worldwide distribution deal with Stereoscopic 3D animation house Imagination Films (IF), a Mexico City based...
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Image Entertainment acquires Liam Neeson’s thriller
MUMBAI: Image Entertainment, Inc. has acquired all North American rights to The Other Man, starring Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas and Laura Linney. The film will be released in theaters in New York and Los...
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Dubai International Film Festival’s Muhr Award calls for submissions
MUMBAI: The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) invited filmmakers from Africa, Asia and the Arab world to submit their projects for consideration for the Muhr Arab Awards and the Muhr AsiaAfrica Awards, in their...
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Martin Scorsese to direct Universal’s Frank Sinatra movie
Universal Pictures acquires feature film project Sinatra from Mandalay Pictures; to be directed by Martin Scorsese....
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Delhi’s Bravehearts are All Rounders
MUMBAI: Delhi Daredevils are sitting comfortable at the top of the table. And for this, the think tank of the team has to be applauded. There is a surplus in its ranks and so...
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Airtel Digital TV to premiere Khuda Kay Liye on PPV
MUMBAI: Airtel’s direct to home (DTH) service digital TV will be premiering Khuda Kay Liye on its Pay per View (PPV) service. The first Pakistani movie to be screened in India after four decades,...
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Reliance Big Entertainment’s 20 Hollywood projects greenlit
Reliance Big Entertainment has green-lit 20 individual film projects with various independent Hollywood production houses.<br /> ...
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Benckiser, Katrina roll out Bollywood contest
MUMBAI : Reckitt Benckiser has initiated a “Veet Lagao Bollywood Jao” contest, in association with the company’s brand ambassador Katrina Kaif. The nationwide SMS contest will be a gateway for aspiring actors to enter...
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Excel Home Videos releases Sci-fi flicks on DVD
MUMBAI: Excel Home Videos will be releasing The X-Files – I want to believe and Babylon AD on DVD. The movies based on science fiction. The X- Files: I Want To Believe is the...
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MySpace India appoints Koshal as senior biz development manager mobile
MUMBAI: MySpace India has appointed Amit Koshal as senior business development manager – mobile. Koshal has five years of experience in the mobile value added services like content and gaming with specialisation in the...
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Ramp model Priyanka Shah debuts in Tamil film
MUMBAI: The Get Gorgeous ramp girl Priyanka Shah is making her debut as heroine opposite Sibiraj and Kannada actor Vishal Hegde in Kalla Kadhalan, produced by Gaurav Sharma and directed by Ramya. Shah is...
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Neetu Chandra shoots with Amitabh Bachchan
MUMBAI: Neetu Chandra is still in a daze. After reaching the dizzying heights of sharing screen presence with the superstar of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan, the actress is still pinching herself. Recollects Chandra, "I...
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Ajay Devgan helps Mugdha Godse
MUMBAI: We have heard of Ajay Devgan’s pranks but those close to him got to see the considerate side to him recently when his co-star of his home production All The Best Mugdha Godse...
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Academy grants $500,000 to film and cultural organizations
MUMBAI: The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded a total of $500,000 to 64 film-related nonprofit organizations – including universities, museums and career development programs – throughout...
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Universal Music Publishing Group inks publishing deal with Eminem
MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has signed multi-Grammy award winner, Academy Award winner, multi-platinum artist/songwriter/producer, Eminem, to an exclusive, worldwide publishing agreement. The deal includes Relapse, Eminem’s sixth studio album set to be...
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Universal Music Latin Entertainment ups Goucha to SVP digital
MUMBAI: Universal Music Latin Entertainment (UMLE) has promoted Skander Goucha to senior vice president of digital. Formerly, Goucha served as vice president of digital for UMLE. He will continue to report to Universal Music...
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L’Oreal Paris appoints Freida Pinto as brand ambassador
Indian actress Freida Pinto has been appointed by L'oreal Paris as its new brand ambassador along with Lost star Evangeline Lilly....
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Indian Music Industry rolls initiative to combat mobile piracy
Music Mobile Exchange, a division of The Indian Music Industry has launched the first of its kind in the world mobile licensing, in Andhra Pradesh....
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