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  • Zee Café brings home the biggest show of 2014; House Of Cards

    Zee Café brings home the biggest show of 2014; House Of Cards

    MUMBAI: The American political drama; “House of Cards” is all set for its Indian television premiere this February on Zee Café. Starring Academy award winner Kevin Spacey as the protagonist along with Golden Globe winner Robin Wright, House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), a politician, who exacts his revenge on those who betrayed him. The show also stars Corey Stoll and Kate Mara in lead roles.

    The show is helmed by noted American playwright and screenwriter, Beau Willimon with Hollywood bigwig David Fincher onboard as one of the executive producers. The first few episodes have been directed by David Fincher, who is well known for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “The Social Network” and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” amongst other Hollywood blockbusters.

    Touted as one of the best political drama series of the year, House of Cards more than proved its mettle with the numerous nominations and wins at prestigious award ceremonies. It garnered a total of 9 Emmy nominations and 3 wins including the prestigious “Outstanding directing for a Drama Series”, creating history with this win as it was the first time that a major category award was given to an online video provider. The show also earned 4 Golden Globe nominations including, best drama, best actors for leads Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright and best supporting actor for Corey Stoll, with Robin Wright bagging the Globe for “Best Actress in a TV series-Drama” category. The show also made a mark at the SAGs with Kevin Spacey’s nomination for the Best Actor in a TV series category. Awards aside the show has also become immensely popular with a massive fan following including the likes of President Obama and Amitabh Bachchan amongst others.

    Anurag Bedi; Executive VP and Business Head, Zee Café states, ‘House Of Cards is a ground breaking show and there is already a lot of buzz and excitement surrounding it.  The content has a universal appeal and the viewers here are definitely going to enjoy watching the show.’

     House Of Cards premieres on Zee Café on 20th February, Monday to Friday at 11.00 pm.

     

  • Nominations of Golden Globes out

    Nominations of Golden Globes out

    MUMBAI: The Hollywood Foreign Press has come out with its list of nominees for the 69th annual Golden Globes.


    While The Artist led film categories with six nominations, including best motion picture, comedy or musical, The Descendants and The Help followed with five nominations with Moneyball, Ides of March and Midnight in Paris each earning four nominations.


    A detailed list of the main categories follows: motion picture, drama: The Descendants The Help, Hugo,The Ides of March, Moneyball and War Horse. Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: 50/50,The Artist, Bridesmaids, Midnight in Paris and My Week With Marilyn.


    Best animated feature film: The Adventures of Tintin, Arthur Christmas, Cars 2,Puss in Boots and Rango. Best Foreign Language Film: The Flowers of War (China), In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA), The Kid With A Bike (Belgium), A Separation (Iran) and The Skin I Live In (Spain).


    Best performance by an actor in a motion picture-drama: George Clooney, The Descendants, Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar, Michael Fassbender, Shame,Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March and Brad Pitt, Moneyball. Best performance by an actress in a motion picture-drama: Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis, The Help, Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady and Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin.
     
    Best performance by an actor in a motion picture-comedy or musical: Jean Dujardin, The Artist, Brendan Gleeson, The Guard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50, Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love and Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris. Best Performance by an actress in a motion picture- comedy or musical: Jodie Foster, Carnage, Charlize Theron, Young Adult,Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids, Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn and Kate Winslet, Carnage.


    Best director-motion picture: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris, George Clooney, The Ides of March, Michel Hazanvicius, The Artist,Alexander Payne, The Descendants and Martin Scorsese, Hugo. Best screenplay-motion picture: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, The Ides of March, Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, The Descendants, and Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball.