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  • Star Select HD to air ‘Southpaw’ on 17 Sept

    Star Select HD to air ‘Southpaw’ on 17 Sept

    MUMBAI: Star Movies Select HD will broadcast a film that is the true portrayal of fighting back to redemption. The television premiere of Southpaw will be held on 17 September at 9 pm. The feeling is echoed by the riveting story of Billy Hope starring Jake Gyllenhaal and acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua.

    Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife played by Rachel McAdams, an adorable daughter enacted by Oona Laurence and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend (Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson) leaves him, Hope hits rock bottom. Billy enters the hardest battle of his life as he struggles with redemption and to win back the trust of those he loves.

    It’s a story of a boxing champion, who lost everything that he loved and resolves to fight back with every ounce of his strength and will to earn his life back. Southpaw dares to depict a fighter’s greatest challenger — himself.

    Artistes like Eminem, 50 Cent, Gwen Stefani and The Weekend have played a pivotal role in making Southpaw an inspiring story of hope.

    The film has also gained a lot of appreciation for its music.

  • Star Select HD to air ‘Southpaw’ on 17 Sept

    Star Select HD to air ‘Southpaw’ on 17 Sept

    MUMBAI: Star Movies Select HD will broadcast a film that is the true portrayal of fighting back to redemption. The television premiere of Southpaw will be held on 17 September at 9 pm. The feeling is echoed by the riveting story of Billy Hope starring Jake Gyllenhaal and acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua.

    Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife played by Rachel McAdams, an adorable daughter enacted by Oona Laurence and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend (Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson) leaves him, Hope hits rock bottom. Billy enters the hardest battle of his life as he struggles with redemption and to win back the trust of those he loves.

    It’s a story of a boxing champion, who lost everything that he loved and resolves to fight back with every ounce of his strength and will to earn his life back. Southpaw dares to depict a fighter’s greatest challenger — himself.

    Artistes like Eminem, 50 Cent, Gwen Stefani and The Weekend have played a pivotal role in making Southpaw an inspiring story of hope.

    The film has also gained a lot of appreciation for its music.

  • Denzel Washington wins Lifetime Achievement Award

    Denzel Washington wins Lifetime Achievement Award

    NEW DELHI: Well-known actor Denzel Washington received the Donostia lifetime achievement award during the opening gala of the 62 San Sebastian Film Festival, which concluded on 30 September.

     

    Directed by Antoine Fuqua, The Equalizer, starring  Washington was chosen to open the San Sebastian Festival.

     

    Sixty-year old Washington, is an actor, film director, and film producer. He has received much critical acclaim for his work in film since the 1990s, including for his portrayals of real-life figures such as Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Melvin B. Tolson, Frank Lucas, and Herman Boone. Washington is a featured actor in the films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and was also a frequent collaborator of the late director Tony Scott.

     

    Washington has received two Golden Globe awards, a Tony Award and two Academy Awards for Best during a career which began in 1974 and in which he has so far starred in about fifty films. 

     

    Also, Richard Linklater’s 12-year project Boyhood was chosen the best film of the past year by the members of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESC).

     

    This is the first time a film by Richard Linklater receives FIPRESCI’s Grand Prix, which has already gone to Michael Haneke, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jafar Panahi, Pedro Almodóvar, Jean-Luc Godard, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, among others, since its establishment in 1999.