MUMBAI: Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp and National Geographic Entertainment will co-distribute the documentary Life In A Day to digital theatres across the country. The film is directed by Oscar-winner Kevin Macdonald and executive produced...
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Rentrak signs multi-year contract with Media World
MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has inked a long-term TV Essentials contract with Media World, a subsidiary of Imagina US, which is a production company in the US Hispanic TV industry. The TV Essentials contract will...
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Mayer Hawthorne signs to Universal Republic Records
MUMBAI: Universal Republic Records has signed alternative soul impresario Mayer Hawthorne. His full-length debut for the label, How Do You Do, will hit US shelves and digital retailers this fall, and the buzz single...
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Jiyo To Aise Jiyo
Three brothers live together after the death of their parents. The eldest, Ramprasad, is married to Laxmi; the second, Jagdish, is married to Pinky; while the youngest, Kundan, is yet to marry. After Jagdish's...
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Salman Khan & Asin bond in gym during Ready shooting
MUMBAI: T-Series Ready, which is directed by Anees Bazmee and stars Salman Khan and Asin in the lead is gearing up for release this weekend. The Salman-Asin starrer is shot mainly in Sri Lanka...
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David Dhawan’s Rascals not inspired by Hollywood film
MUMBAI: Word doing the rounds is that Rupali Aum Entertainment and Sanjay Dutt Production’s next Rascals, which is directed by David Dhawan, has been inspired by Hollywood film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The Hollywood flick...
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Box Office: Kung Fu Panda 2’s opening weekend gross highest for Hollywood animation films in India
Kung Fu Panda 2 has left Rio behind & is now the highest grossing Hollywood animation film in India in its opening weekend....
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Lady Gaga’s Born This Way becomes fastest-selling album of 2011 worldwide
MUMBAI: Lady Gaga’s Born This Way has become the fastest-selling album of the year around the world. With 288,000 copies sold its first day (23 May) and 1,108,000 its first week in the US,...
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IIFA to hold Music Workshop in Toronto
MUMBAI: A new addition to the IIFA Weekend itinerary is the IIFA Music Workshop. Initiated this year, it aims to showcase Indian music, which is a major and unique facet of Indian cinema. The...
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Box Office: The Hangover 2 crosses $200 million mark worldwide
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ The Hangover Part II made it a memorable Memorial Day weekend at the box office. The blockbuster comedy has now crossed $200 million worldwide, the fastest of...
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Mary J. Blige records original song for DreamWorks’ The Help
MUMBAI: DreamWorks Pictures and Geffen Records announced that multiple Grammy Award–winning recording artist Mary J. Blige wrote and recorded an original song for the soundtrack of DreamWorks Pictures and Participant Media’s The Help, a...
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Subhash Chandra to receive 2011 International Emmy Directorate Award
MUMBAI: Indian media magnate Subhash Chandra, who owns the Essel Group of companies and Zee TV, will receive the 2011 International Emmy Directorate Award. Chandra will make history as the ‘first ever’ Directorate Award...
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Big Cinemas launches longest traveling fan mail for Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One
MUMBAI: BIG Cinemas launched India’s longest traveling fan mail during the theatrical trailer launch event of the Shah Rukh Khan starrer Ra.One. The 3600 feet long fan mail was personally launched by Khan and...
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Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone to head Intl Rome Film Fest jury
MUMBAI: The Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone has been appointed president of the jury of the International Rome Film Festival, which is scheduled to take place from 27 October to 4 November, 2011. He will...
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Alcatel-Lucent & Percept Knorigin ink alliance for digital entertainment in India
MUMBAI: Percept’s digital media company Percept Knorigin (PK) and Alcatel Lucent have signed a collaboration agreement to expand the distribution of digital entertainment content to subscribers across India. PK will use Alcatel-Lucent’s Digital Media...
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Akshay Kumar to jump from chopper at Filmistan Studios for KKK 4?
MUMBAI: The original ‘Khiladi’ of Bollywood Akshay Kumar will be performing a dare devil stunt tomorrow evening at Filmistan Studio in Goregaon, for the reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 4. According to sources,...
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Kangana Ranaut plays the new retro widow in Double Dhamaal
MUMBAI: The retro Bollywood widow is all set to make a comeback in Reliance Entertainment’s and Maruti International’s Double Dhamaal. The film sees Kangana Ranaut play a character inspired by Jaya Bachchan’s role in...
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Filmmaker Nishikant Kamat in demand as an actor
MUMBAI: After Farhan Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap and Tigmanshu Dhulia, it’s the acclaimed filmmaker Nishikant Kamath who’s being recognized as an actor of substance. Praise for his performance in 404 as a psychologist, who turns...
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