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Pakistan boycotts ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, US dramas

PAKISTANI movie distributors and TV stations are boycotting an Oscar-nominated film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden and popular US dramas to avoid offending sensibilities or sparking a violent backlash.   Pakistan may have a starring role in Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty”, which dramatises the 10-year CIA hunt for the 9/11 mastermind, but […]

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Naomi Campbell wins damages over India elephant polo story

MODEL Naomi Campbell won damages from a British newspaper on Thursday (January 30) over a report claiming she was planning to organise an elephant polo tournament for her partner’s birthday in India, her lawyer said.   The Daily Telegraph formally apologised in court for the story published in November and agreed to pay a “substantial […]

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Michelle Obama surprises Oscars by presenting Best Picture award

US first lady Michelle Obama made a surprise and unprecedented appearance on Sunday (February 24)’s Oscars telecast when she presented the award for Best Picture, the first time a president or first lady has ever presented an Academy Award.   Appearing live on screen from the White House in Washington, almost 4,800 km from the […]

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Norah charms Delhi with mix of old and new hits

OPENING with her current popular number ‘Happy Pills’ and signing off with the global hit ‘Come away with me’, Norah Jones fulfilled the Delhi audience’s  every wish belting out a mix of old and new songs at her  maiden performance in the city.   “I’m very excited to be here. This is only my second […]

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Amitabh Bachchan to attend 2013 Cannes film festival

AUSTRALIAN director Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ will open the 2013 Cannes film festival, the world’s most important cinema showcase, organisers said on Tuesday (March 12).   The adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s account of ‘Roaring Twenties’ America combines serious literary heritage and A-list star power, with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role.   DiCaprio […]

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The Great Gatsby to open Cannes Film Festival

  CANNES was setting up for Wednesday’s (May 15) big opening film, The Great Gatsby, with Amitabh Bachchan due to put in an appearance both at a press conference and later at the red carpet gala screening. In the Cannes market, the posters were projecting the Indian films that will be shown in the next […]

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India and Cannes – an enduring relationship

  INDIA is the ‘guest country’ at this year’s Cannes Film Festival which runs from May 15-26, as the country marks 100 years of feature film production. Interestingly, it was the French, who introduced moving picture to India, when the frères Lumiere made an appearance at the Watsons Hotel, Bombay on July 7, 1896 and […]

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Indian cinema on a mission at Cannes to dispel Bollywood image

INDIAN movie actors and a new wave of directors are on a mission at the Cannes film festival – to show that their industry, which turns 100 this year, is more than just Bollywood.   The largest Indian contingent to date is on the French Riviera at the world’s leading cinema showcase to promote the […]

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Shyamalan on new sci-fi film After Earth

        INDIAN American director M Night Shyamalan, who has made supernatural thrillers such as The Sixth Sense and The Lady in the Water, is hoping that the upcoming sci-fi Hollywood film After Earth will reveal another dimension to his storytelling style. Shyamalan does not believe that he has been pigeonholed as the horror director, but he […]

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Winfrey heads Forbes celeb ‘power’ list

TELEVISION talk show queen Oprah Winfrey was named the most powerful celebrity in the world on Wednesday (June 26) as Forbes.com released its annual list of the top movers and shakers in the entertainment industry.   Winfrey, 59, who was ranked in the top spot despite her signature daytime television show Oprah ending its 25-year […]