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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hollywood primed for film on Indian math genius
A NEW Hollywood film starring Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan will put the spotlight on the Indian math genius best known for his work on the theory of prime numbers. Ramanujan, who died in 1920, was considered one of the brightest minds in mathematics, despite his lack of a formal education. Patel, who caught Hollywood’s […]