MUMBAI: The late pop icon Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch will be bought by French fashion tycoon Christian Audigier. The US based designer, plans to create a Jacko-themed complex similar to Elvis Presley’s Graceland and...
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Lindsay Lohan launches production company
MUMBAI: Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan has joined hands with business partner Kristi Kaylor to start her own production house called Unforgettable Productions.Lohan and Kaylor are planning to create television and movie projects, which may...
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George Clooney parts with Warner; inks deal with Sony Pictures
MUMBAI: George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures are in final negotiations to sign an exclusive two-year theatrical development and production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Picture Entertainment and...
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Manila movie pirates busted; 1.5 million pirated DVDs seized
MUMBAI: Manila pirated movie retailers and the organized crime syndicates behind them are reeling from a series of lightning raids unleashed by Manila authorities recently.Officers from the Optical Media Board (OMB) supported by 80...
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RealD Live to bring 3D alternative entertainment broadcasts to theatres
MUMBAI: RealD, an outfitter of 3D theatres, announced RealD LIVE, a new product that works with the company’s Cinema Systems enabling RealD equipped theatres to display live event broadcasts from anywhere in the world...
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Shazam launches enhanced music discovery application on Apple store
MUMBAI: Shazam has released an updated version of its music discovery application on the App Store. The new version utilizes the iPhone OS 3.0 enhancements to offer iPhone and iPod touch Shazamers expanded features,...
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Tap low-cost content protection choices: MPAA
MUMBAI: Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) CTO Jim Williams recommended terrestrial broadcasters tap low-cost content protection choices at the ITU-AIBD workshop on digital terrestrial television broadcasting. Broadcasters at the workshop were engaged by...
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Box Office: Kambakkht Ishq nets Rs 420 mn at Indian box office in wk 1
Eros International & Sajid Nadiadwala's Kambakkht Ishq has done a net business of Rs 420 million at the Indian box office in its opening week....
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UTV Software Comm’s FY’09 net down 40% at Rs 465 million
UTV Software Communications reported a drop of 40 per cent in its consolidated net profit for the financial year ended 31 March, 2009....
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Ambika Soni inaugurates retrospective of Shakti Samanta films
MUMBAI: The Minister of Information & Broadcasting Ambika Soni inaugurated the retrospective of Shakti Samanta Films on 10 July at Siri Fort Auditorium II, New Delhi. Director and son of late Samanta, Ashim Samanata...
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