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  • Colors Infinity unleashes four new shows this festive season

    Colors Infinity unleashes four new shows this festive season

    MUMBAI: Colors Inifinity has lined up a slew of shows like Broadchurch, State Of Affairs, The Honorable Woman and Strictly Come Dancing this festive season.

    While Broadchurch and State of Affairs have already launched on the channel, The Honorable Woman and Strictly Come Dancing are slated to launch on 16 and 21 December respectively.

     Season 1 & 2 of the British crime-drama series Broadchurch airs every Wednesday at 9 pm. The series follows the disrupted lives of the residents of Broadchurch; a small, coastal town. The community faces harrowing police investigations and unwanted media attention when the corpse of an 11 year old boy, Danny Latimer is discovered. Discover the secrets of Broadchurch with the out-of-town detective Inspector Alec Hardy played by David Tennant and detective Sgt. Ellie Miller played by Olivia Colman.

     Colors Infinity airs the first season of State of Affairs at 9 pm every Thursday. The show is an American espionage thriller series, starring Katherine Heigl as CIA analyst Charleston Tucker, who is tasked with assembling and presenting the President’s daily briefing on the most vital security issues facing the country, and Alfre Woodard as the first black woman to be elected President of the United States, Constance Payton.

     On Wednesday, 16 December, Strictly Come Dancing’s season 11 will make its debut on the channel at 8 pm. The show sees celebrity-professional dancer duos take on each other in ballroom. The format of the show has been exported to over 40 countries, having inspired several other reality dance shows and spin offs.

     The last one in the row is the first season of The Honorable Woman, a British political spy thriller, which revolves around the life of Nessa Stein played by Maggie Gyllenhaal an Anglo-Israeli businesswoman who finds herself amidst an international pandemonium when she inherits her family’s arms business. The series will premiere on 21 December at 9 pm.

  • Disney donates $2.5 mn toward building of Martin Luther King, Jr. national memorial

    Disney donates $2.5 mn toward building of Martin Luther King, Jr. national memorial

    MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company Foundation led a Hollywood effort to raise awareness and financial backing for the building of the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial by donating $2.5 million and underwriting the “Dream Dinner” fundraiser.

    With $47 million now raised by the foundation, a Congressional match kicks in that brings the total to $57 million of the $100 million needed for the project.

    The Walt Disney Company president and CEO Bob Iger said, “Everyone can do his or her part to help make sure this great man’s legacy will do more than endure, but will grow, and that Martin Luther King, Jr.’s story will be known and inspire generations to come. That is why it is my privilege and honor to present a $2.5 million check from The Walt Disney Company Foundation that will go towards realizing the dream of this magnificent memorial.”

    Those who attended to support the Dream Dinner included: Morgan Freeman, Alfre Woodard, Jack Valenti, Tommy Hilfiger, Gary Cowger of General Motors, Clarence Avant, Usher, Holly Robinson Peete, Rodney Peete, Victoria Rowell, and Antwone Fisher.

    Other companies and individuals who donated to the memorial alongside Disney were: News Corporation, the David Geffen Foundation, Steven Spielberg, Warner Bros., NBC Universal, Intel/Revelations Alliance, Jeffrey Katzenberg, the William Morris Agency, Norman Lear, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLC, Nu Image/Avi Lerner, Robert Day, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, Jewish Federation, Jarvis Stewart, and Mosaic Sales Solutions, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, and Interior Music Publishing.

    “I am proud that the entertainment industry and the citizens of Los Angeles turned out in full force to support a long overdue national memorial to Dr. King,” said Jack Valenti, former president of the Motion Picture Association and a member of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation Executive Leadership Cabinet.

    The Los Angeles Dream Dinner is the third in a series of dinners to raise awareness and funds for Dr. King’s Memorial. J.W. Marriott, Jr. and Colin Powell co-hosted a Washington, D.C. Dream Dinner in October 2005. George Lucas, Deborah and Carlos Santana, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell and Bill Walton participated in a November, 2005 San Francisco Dream Dinner.

    Los Angeles Dream Dinner donors will join the following major contributors to the project: General Motors, Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation, The Ford Motor Company Fund, Toyota, Procter & Gamble, NBA/WNBA, George Lucas, WalMart, Victor MacFarlane, AFLAC, Fannie Mae and its Foundation, The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, Horowitz Family Foundation, Federated Department Stores Foundation, Bell South, Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Delta Airlines Foundation, and Washington Mystics owner Sheila Johnson. Among national figures supporting the memorial are the Honorable Andrew Young, General Colin Powell, the Honorable Jack Kemp, and David Stern.