The Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has invited the screenplay of Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots for its permanent script collection....
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R Balki’s Paa goes tax free in West Bengal
AB Corp Ltd and Reliance BIG Pictures' Paa has been declared tax-free in West Bengal with effect from 8 January, 2010....
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Do Knot Disturb to premier on Colors
MUMBAI: David Dhawan’s comedy film Do Knot Disturb that released on 2 October, 2009 will be premiered worldwide on television on Colors. Do Knot Disturb revolves around the life of a rich businessman married...
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Legendary Charlie Chaplin to get animated via short films
Animated short films for television inspired by Charlie Chaplin's Hollywood films are being developed by DQ Entertainment....
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Kingston Digital to distribute Michael Jackson’s This Is It on USB flash drive
MUMBAI: Kingston Digital announced an agreement with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to deliver Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT on a special Kingston Data Traveler USB flash drive. Timed to the DVD and Blu-ray...
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Sony Music releases music of MNIK worldwide on iTunes
MUMBAI: Karan Johar has collaborated with Sony Music for the music of his forthcoming film My Name is Khan (MNIK) starring Shah Rukh Khan – Kajol. Sony Music has released the songs of...
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After Aamir Khan, it’s now SRK’s turn to promote his forthcoming film
MUMBAI: For the promotion of 3 Idiots, Aamir exploited all avenues of the media. And now that Shah Rukh Khan is gearing up for the release of his first film of the year, My...
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Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal to host Chevrolet Apsara Awards
MUMBAI: Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal to host the star studded Chevrolet Apsara Awards on Friday 8 January, 2010. Rampal has been out of Mumbai for quite some time, now. He was in...
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Sony partners with Shaadi.com for Yash Raj’s Rishta.com
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television has entered into a partnership deal with Shaadi.com, the matrimonial service for YRF’s show Rishta.com. As per the alliance, Shaadi.com will host a dedicated micro-site for Rishta.com on www.shaadi.com/rishta/ with...
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Recording Academy and EMI Music team up to release the 2010 GRAMMY nominees CD
MUMBAI:The Recording Academy’s GRAMMY recordings has partnered with EMI Music to release the 2010 GRAMMY nominees CD, the 16th edition of the best-selling series highlighting artists and songs nominated for the 52nd Annual GRAMMY...
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John Shaffner re-elected as Television Academy chairman & CEO
MUMBAI: The board of governors of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has elected new officers for the 2010-11 term, which begins 7 January, 2010. Television Academy chairman & CEO John Shaffner...
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LG Electronics and DivX enter into a strategic alliance to include DivX TV
MUMBAI: DivX and LG Electronics enter into a strategic alliance to include the newly-launched DivX TV Internet television platform in LG’s next-generation network Blu-ray disc players and home theater systems with NetCast Entertainment Access....
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Universal launches Blu-ray giveaway on Facebook
MUMBAI: Universal Studios has launched Blu-ray giveaway, under the tag line We’re giving away 2,010 Blu-rays to kick off 2010! Every week day through 29 January, the studio will give away 25 four-movie packages...
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Four-week delay for Warner Blu-ray titles at Netflix
MUMBAI: Netflix Inc. and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment have reached a new agreement, according to which new DVD and Blu-ray titles from WB will be available for rental 28 days after their release. At...
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Samsung, Dreamworks and Technicolor form 3-D alliance
MUMBAI: Samsung Electronics America, DreamWorks Animation SKG and Technicolor have formed a global strategic alliance for the delivery of a complete 3-D home entertainment solution in 2010. The three companies have joined forces to...
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Blu-ray raked in $1.1 Billion in 2009
MUMBAI: According to preliminary data from Adams Media Research, Blu-ray movie sales in 2009 generated revenues of $1.1 billion, up nearly 100% from the previous year. 12.6% of the money from disc sales in...
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Shahid Kapoor to host award show
MUMBAI: Shahid Kapoor is back to work. After a short break with his friends in Goa, the actor is back in Mumbai, rehearsing for an awards show. Shahid will be hosting an award show...
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Reliance MediaWorks steps into UK; acquires iLabs
Reliance MediaWorks has acquired the assets of iLabs UK Ltd., one of only two film processing facilities operating in London's SOHO....
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Raj Television Network ventures into movie distribution
Raj Television Network has acquired exclusive theartical rights of the forthcoming Tamil movie Kutty for certain areas in Tamil Nadu....
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POW! Entertainment expands ties with Disney
MUMBAI: POW! (Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment Inc, led by comic book and motion picture icon Stan Lee, is deepening its ties with The Walt Disney Company. "Enhancing our relationship with one of the...
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Hinduja Group’s In Entertainment appoints Sunir Kheterpal as CEO
The Hinduja Group has appointed Sunir Kheterpal as the CEO of IN Entertainment. Kheterpal comes on board from Reliance BIG Entertainment....
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Studio 18 to release Rann in the overseas
Studio 18 will release Ram Gopal Varma's forthcoming film Rann in the US, UK and UAE on 29 January....
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Mahesh Manjerekar completes shooting City Of Gold
MUMBAI: Mahesh Manjerekar has finished shooting his forthcoming film City Of Gold. The film is being produced by DAR Media and this will be the first release under their banner. As reported earlier...
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Sandra Bullock ranks as top money-making star of 2009
Sandra Bullock has been voted as the top money-making star of 2009 in Quigley Publishing Company's poll & is the first female to win since Julia Roberts in 1999....
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Reliance Big Pictures files FIR against Ghaizabad theatre for pirating 3 Idiots
MUMBAI: Reliance Big Pictures has filed FIR in Ghaizabad against Galaxy Cinema based in Kaushambi, UP suspected of aiding to make pirated DVDs of the recently released hit 3 Idiots. Based on the...
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IMAX achieves $100 million box office milestone in Q4 2009
IMAX Achieves $100 million box office milestone in the fourth quarter that ended 31 December, 2009, which is an 225% increase over last year's Q4 box office....
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Avatar breaks more records in IMAX
MUMBAI: James Cameron’s Avatar continued its record-breaking box office run over its third weekend, grossing approximately $8.7 million from 179 IMAX theatres domestically from 1 January through 3 January, 2010. The film registered more...
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Shah Rukh Khan to perform at Chevrolet Apsara Awards
MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan will be performing at the Chevrolet Apsara Producers’ Guild Awards to be held on 8 January, 2010 at Chitrakoot Grounds, Andheri. The Chevrolet Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild...
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Samsung and RealD to bring 3D experience to the home
MUMBAI: RealD and Samsung Electronics will soon be bringing 3D experience to the home. RealD’s 3D technology will be integrated into Samsung’s line-up of 3D TVs. Samsung will support the proprietary stereoscopic RealD Format...
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Film Movement announces theatrical day-and-date iTunes Indie movie release
MUMBAI: Film Movement has announced a theatrical day-and-date iTunes Indie movie release. Documentary film MINE, distributed by Film Movement, will be released in theaters nationwide kicking off with its San Francisco theatrical premiere concurrent...
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Reliance BIG Pictures to release Abohomaan 22 January
MUMBAI: Reliance Big Pictures first Bengali release in 2010 will be Rituparno Ghosh’s film Abohomaan. The film will release on 22 January, 2010 release. Abohomaan has been well received at various international film festivals including...
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Avatar crosses $1 billion mark worldwide
MUMBAI: Avatar crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office after three weekends in release, making it the fourth-biggest movie of all time. James Cameron’s epic action adventure earned $1.02 billion,...
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2012 Blu-ray to release in March
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release the film 2012 on Blu-ray in March 2010. 2012 will release in two editions: a single-disc release and a two-disc special edition (exclusive to Blu-ray) with over...
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Redbox rents two million DVDs on New Year’s Eve
MUMBAI: Redbox rented more than two million DVDs on New Year’s Eve surpassing the company’s previous one day rental record by more than one-hundred-seventy-thousand rentals. District 9, G-Force, Paranormal Activity and Julie & Julia...
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Warner Bros. India promotes George John as director marketing
Warner Bros. Pictures India has promoted George John as director - marketing (theatrical). He was earlier senior marketing manager at the company....
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Eros International plans to raise Rs 3.5 billion via IPO
Eros International's wholly-owned subsidiary Eros International Media to raise approximately Rs 3.5 billion via an initial public offering (IPO)....
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Aamir’s 3 Idiots breaks Om Shanti Om box office record in North America
3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan has become the highest grossing Hindi film in North America dethroning Shah Rukh Khan's Om Shanti Om....
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Priyanka Chopra’s tips to single women for New Year celebrations
MUMBAI: Being single on New Year’s Eve can be refreshing or painful, depending on people’s perspective. However actress Priyanka Chopra gives a few tips to all single woman on how to bring in the...
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3 Idiots breaks all records at the box office; nets Rs 116 million in India
In one of the most amazing box office runs for an Indian movie, 3 Idiots has crossed the Rs 100 crore mark in net box office collections worldwide by the end of last week....
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James Cameron’s Avatar breaks Titanic’s box office records in India
James Cameron's Avatar has broken the box office collections of Cameron's previous money spinner - Titanic - in India by grossing Rs 56 crore in less than two weeks....
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Rajkumar Hirani breaks silence on Chetan Bhagat regarding 3 Idiots
3 Idiots director Rajkumar Hirani clears the air on the controversy surrounding 3 Idiots created by Five Point Someone author Chetan Bhagat....
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Avatar continues to shatter IMAX box office records
MUMBAI: James Cameron’s Avatar continued its box office run during its second weekend, grossing approximately $8.8 million from 179 IMAX theatres domestically from 25 December through 27 December, 2009, registering approximately 12% of the...
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Uday Chopra penned nine drafts for Pyaar Impossible
MUMBAI: Actor Uday Chopra has turned scriptwriter with his forthcoming film, Pyaar Impossible. However, being a scriptwriter didn’t come easy to him. Uday had to write almost nine drafts of the film before going...
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UTV gears up to release four movies from January – March
UTV Motion Pictures is now looking at releasing four films between January - March 2010 beginning with Chance Pe Dance....
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Warner Bros. Pictures to set industry box office records
Warner Bros projected to break all-time industry worldwide box office record of $3.66 billion for 2009, with a projected year-end gross of $3.99 billion in global receipts....
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Reliance BIG TV to premier Kurbaan and Wanted
MUMBAI: Reliance BIG TV is set to premiere the super hits Kurbaan and Wanted on its PPV platform. Both the movies are a part of New Year offerings to its subscribers. Reliance BIG TV...
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Fame India opens new multiplex in Vadodara
MUMBAI: Fame India commenced operations at its new multiplex at Fame Vihar, Vadodara from 27 December. The new multiplex has three screens and an overall capacity of 994 seats. With this new addition, the...
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