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  • First Trailer of the new reboot of Annie released

    First Trailer of the new reboot of Annie released

    MUMBAI: Sony Pictures has just released the first trailer of the Annie reboot which showcases Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) stars as Annie, a young, happy foster kid who’s also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014.  Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they’d be back for her someday, it’s been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. 

     

    But everything’s about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks – advised by his brilliant VP, Grace and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor, Guy – makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Stacks believes he’s her guardian angel, but Annie’s self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it’s the other way around.

     

    Along with Wallis, the film also stars Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx (Ray), Cameron Diaz (Charlie’s Angels), Rose Byrne (X-Men: First Class), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Oz) and Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire).

  • Carly Ray Jepsen steps in Cinderellas shoes

    Carly Ray Jepsen steps in Cinderellas shoes

    The pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen, who rose to fame in 2012 with her pop single “Call Me Maybe,” will go from the concert stage to the theatre stage early next year when Jepsen will also make her Broadway debut in the title role of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

     

    Jepsen will step into the glass slippers from 4 Feb onwards for a 12-week run. She will be joining Fran Drescher, who is also making her debut on the same date and has been cast as the cruel stepmother. Jepsen is replacing Laura Osnes, who will complete her yearlong run in January.

     

    Rae Jepsen, 28, grew up with dreams of acting on Broadway and performed in high school productions like Annie, Grease and The Wiz in British Columbia before turning her focus to creating her own music. She also attended the Canadian College of Performing Arts after high school.

    Jepsen is also working on a new album planned for release next year. Call Me Maybe sold over 10 million copies in 2012, when it was the best-selling digital single worldwide.

  • Sting to do a cameo on The Michael J. Fox Show

    Sting to do a cameo on The Michael J. Fox Show

    NEW DELHI: The world-renowned musician and 16-time Grammy Award winner Sting will star in the new comedy sitcom The Michael J. Fox Show, which currently airs on Star World Premiere HD.

     

    Sting will appear as himself in the upcoming Christmas themed episode of the show. He will perform a new song from his latest album, The Last Ship. The show’s makers are keeping the storyline under wraps to build anticipation.

     

    Excited about working with the British musician, Michael J. Fox said in a release: “We have been working with Sting for our Christmas show and I really am in love with the episode. I am eager to see viewer reactions to Sting being a part of our Christmas gala.”

     

    Though the storylines are being kept a secret, Betsy Brandt, who plays Mike’s wife, teasingly hinted on the storyline wherein her character Annie and her husband Mike (Michael J. Fox) try getting even with the other, outdoing the other in Christmas gifting.

  • Rose Byrne to star in the remake of Annie

    Rose Byrne to star in the remake of Annie

    MUMBAI: Sony‘s remake of Annie will now have Rose Byrne as a part of the ensemble. She will be playing the role of Grace, the assistant to Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks, played by Jamie Foxx.

    She is the fourth to sign on the movie which already has Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhane Wallis who became the youngest person ever to receive an Oscar nomination for her role in Beasts of the Southern Wild and Cameron Diaz.

    The film is set to be released on Christmas this year and is produced by Jay Z and Will Smith. The adaption of the ‘Great Depression‘ era comic strip is set in modern times.

  • Crest Animations’ ‘Jakers!…’ wins Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding children’s animated program

    Crest Animations’ ‘Jakers!…’ wins Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding children’s animated program

    MUMBAI: Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks has won a Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children’s Animated Program. Crest Animation Studios provided all the overseas services like modelling, rigging, texturing, animation, lighting, rendering and compositing for this series.

    Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks is a 3D, computer animated series that follows the adventure of a spunky eight-year-old pig named Piggley and his friends Dannan the Duck and Ferny the Bull, who live on a farm in Ireland.

    The award was conferred at the 33rd Annual Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Awards on 22 April. The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards is a presentation of the National Television Academy in cooperation with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

    Crest Animation Studios CEO A K Madhavan said, “It is a matter of great pride for us to be recognised for our quality of work by one of the most powerful body representing the American Television Industry. We have won accolades in the past like the BAFTA award and an ANNIE nomination for our work in Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks. We have also won the Apsara Award for Tenali Rama; it is a special feeling, to be one of the best among the international players.”

    Crest is moving ahead on its way to become a globally recognized Computer Graphics Imaging (CGI) animation studio. Crest’s US-based subsidiary, RichCrest Animation (RCA), and Lions Gate Entertainment (LGE) have announced a three-picture co-production and co-financing arrangement to produce three state-of-the-art animated feature films for worldwide theatrical release.

    RCA and LGE would equally share the cost of production, as well as the profits. The rights to the first film under the agreement – Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, based on the Caldecott Medal-winning story by William Steig (the creator of the blockbuster Shrek) have been acquired, and the film is in development.