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  • OPPO inspires people to push their limits with Finder Campaign

    OPPO inspires people to push their limits with Finder Campaign

    MUMBAI:  OPPO has partnered with English actor Eddie Redmayne, rock climber Alex Honnold and technology reviewer Marques Brownlee to inspire people to continue pushing their boundaries and strive for better. Conveying the spirit to explore more possibilities, OPPO’s latest Finder Campaign salutes these explorers who have pushed themselves to achieve new heights in their respective fields.

    With the aim to inspire and empower people with explorer stories to find their own X factor, like the ‘explorers’ did, OPPO’s Finder Campaign is a unique campaign that urges people take a step further to explore the ultimate with their capabilities. From the beginning, exploration has been embedded in OPPO’s DNA and the Find series signifies the spirit of exploration. Committed to offering a true premium smartphone experience to its consumers, OPPO will launch its much-awaited 

    premium flagship series – Find X2 series in India on 17 May 2020. 

    OPPO’s Find X2 has enabled the ‘Explorers to constantly create new possibilities for themselves and strive to achieve more. Earlier this year, OPPO also announced the British actor, Eddie Redmayne, as its global brand ambassador. Eddie’s deep devotion to the performing art and courage to explore more echoes with OPPO’s relentless pursuit of the perfect synergy of innovation. In his video talking about the Find X2, Eddie says, “Every time we play someone else, we find out something new about ourselves. Every time we use the Find X2, we find more.” Watch the video here.

    For Alex Honnold, the famous American Rock climber, the use of OPPO Find X2, is based on an infatuation with self-improvement. The Find X2 is there for Alex as a climbing companion, for all his endeavours in reaching new heights. 

    OPPO Find series is the symbol of OPPO’s exploration spirit，and each product embodies OPPO's thinking of the future. Featuring the best in class display with 120 Hz refresh rate for ultimate viewing experience, an advanced image technology and ultimate charging technology with 65W SuperVOOC 2.0, OPPO’s latest flagship Find X2 series strives to bring out the best.

  • Sony PIX is set to bowl over fans this april with an amazing movie line-up

    Sony PIX is set to bowl over fans this april with an amazing movie line-up

    MUMBAI: Sony PIX fans are in for a power packed April. From the newest season of PIX Premiere League and the legendary Harry Potter franchise on World Book Day to the Indian Television Premiere of Early Man, Sony PIX is set to hit it out of the park.

    Giving the cricket fans a continued adrenaline rush, Sony PIX, known for the biggest Hollywood blockbusters and premieres, will air all-time hit movies every night at 11 pm for the post-match fun with PIX Premiere League. And with Sony PIX, everyone can be a winner as the channel is giving viewers a chance to win every day. Simply answer the question asked during the telecast of the 11pm movie and win exclusive merchandise.

    April is also the day when ‘reading’ is celebrated. On World Book Day (April 23), Sony PIX will air one of the most successful books-to-reel adaptation – the Harry Potter movies! Potterheads are in for the biggest Pottermania.

    To end the month with a bang, Sony PIX will premiere Early Man on April 28 for the first time in India. Starring the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, and Timothy Spall, the animation film is a feel-good movie for audience of all ages.

  • Oscar-winning ‘Danish Girl’ unsuitable for TV despite theatrical release, Sony expresses regret

    NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The Oscar-winning Hollywood film The Danish Girl, which had been released in theatres in the country in January 2016 with an ‘Adults only’ certificate and no cut, has been denied its television premiere in India on Sony Le PLEX HD channel.

    A Central Bureau of Film Certification (CBFC) source said that TV channels are generally not permitted to screen films with ‘A’ certificate, but can apply for a fresh certificate whereby some scenes found offensive can be sliced and the film screened with a ‘U/A’ certificate.

    The internationally-acclaimed film’s theme is loosely based on the story of Lili Elbe, a 1920s painter who was born into a man’s body as Einar Wegener and underwent the first gender confirmation surgery in the world.

    The CBFC source said this theme was unsuitable for viewing by the Indian TV audience, particularly children. As to why the route of suggesting cuts was not recommended to the rights-holders or the TV channel, the source said that it was difficult to edit a film when the subject itself is so controversial and unsuitable for TV viewing.

    The film had been slated for telecast on Sunday evening, and the Sony Network channel Sony Le PLEX HD sent out a tweet apologising for being unable to telecast the film as the necessary certification had not been received. But, the channel promised to keep up efforts to get the certification and inform the viewers. Even as it regretted any inconvenience caused.

    The Danish Girl is a 2015 British-American biographical romantic drama film directed by Tom Hooper, based on the 2000 fictional novel of the same name by David Ebershoff and loosely inspired by the lives of Danish painters Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener.

    The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery. Others in the film are Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch, Amber Heard, and Matthias Schoenaerts.

    On its Twitter handle, Sony stated:

    Sony Le PLEX HD‏ @SonyLePLEXHD  Mar 24

    We know how much you wished to watch The Danish Girl this Sunday & regret the inconvenience caused. We thank you for your constant support.

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  • Dev Patel joins Oscar as new member

    Dev Patel joins Oscar as new member

    MUMBAI: After adding 271 people last year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sent out invitations to more than 300 people this year to be their new members, including actors Eddie Redmayne, Emma Stone and Dev Patel. The new invitees were from Oscar winners, nominees, and other notable names in the industry.

     

    Eddie Redmayne’s role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything not only won him the best actor award, but also saved him a member’s place in the Academy. Others include Emma Stone, who was nominated for best supporting actress for her performance in Birdman; rapper Common who grabbed best original song for his Selma soundtrack; and Dev Patel, whose film Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars in 2009.

     

    In the music category, the All Of Me singer, John Legend who collaborated with Common in the Selma theme song Glory has also made it to the list of invitees. Another new member in the music branch is Nine Inch Nails’ vocalist Trent Reznor who scored David Fincher’s Gone Girl.

     

    Other actors in the new list include Elizabeth Banks, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Tom Hardy, Kevin Hart, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Chris Pine, Daniel Radcliffe, Jason Segel and JK Simmons.

     

    The new directors who join this year’s invitees are James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy), Justin Lin (Fast and Furious 6), Edgar Wright (The World’s End), and Joe Wright (Anna Karenina).

  • Katherine Waterston to star opposite Eddie Redmayne in ‘Harry Potter’ spinoff

    Katherine Waterston to star opposite Eddie Redmayne in ‘Harry Potter’ spinoff

    MUMBAI: Katherine Waterston will star opposite Eddie Redmayne in Warner Bros. Pictures’ Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, set in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding world.

     

    Waterston will play the pivotal role of Tina, short for Porpentina, a witch who – unlike the beloved characters from Rowling’s Harry Potter books – works her magic in the U.S. She meets magizoologist Newt Scamander (Redmayne) when he stops in New York City on his travels to find and document magical creatures.

     

    Warner Bros. Pictures president of creative development and worldwide production Greg Silverman said, “Katherine Waterston is a rising star, who was a revelation in our film Inherent Vice, earning the praise of both critics and audiences. We are thrilled to have her back in the Warner Bros. family, especially in one of our most anticipated titles for 2016, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

     

    David Yates (director of the last four Harry Potter films) will direct from Rowling’s screenplay, inspired by Newt Scamander’s Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

     

    The film is being produced by David Heyman, producer of all eight Harry Potter features; Rowling; Steve Kloves, who scripted all but one of the Harry Potter films; and Lionel Wigram, who served as an executive producer on the last four installments of the franchise.

     

    Waterston recently starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice, for which she shared in an Independent Spirit Award for Best Ensemble. She also stars in the upcoming biopic Steve Jobs, under the direction of Danny Boyle.

     

    Warner Bros. Pictures will release Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in 3D and Imax on 18 November, 2016.

  • Eddie Redmayne cast in Warner Bros’ wizarding world adventure

    Eddie Redmayne cast in Warner Bros’ wizarding world adventure

    MUMBAI: Academy Award-winning actor Eddie Redmayne has been cast as Newt Scamander in Warner Bros. Pictures’ wizarding world adventure Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

     

    Redmayne will play J.K. Rowling’s creation Newt Scamander, the Wizarding World’s preeminent magizoologist, who in his travels has encountered and documented a myriad of magical creatures, ultimately leading to his penning the Hogwarts School textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

     

    Warner Bros. Pictures president of creative development and worldwide production Greg Silverman said, “Eddie Redmayne has emerged as one of today’s most extraordinarily talented and acclaimed actors. We are thrilled to welcome him into J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, where we know he will deliver a remarkable performance as Newt Scamander, the central character in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

     

    Making her screenwriting debut on the film, Rowling has developed the character of Scamander and his primer – taken from her Harry Potter series – to further explore the unique wizarding world she has crafted in print and bring it to life on screen.

     

    David Yates, who directed the last four Harry Potter films, will direct Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

     

    “Eddie is a fearless actor, brimming with invention, wit and humanity. I couldn’t be more excited about the prospect of working with him as we start this new adventure in J.K. Rowling’s wonderful world, and I know she feels the same way,” said Yates.

     

    The film is being produced by David Heyman, producer of all eight Harry Potter features; Rowling; Steve Kloves, who scripted all but one of the Harry Potter films; and Lionel Wigram, who served as an executive producer on the last four installments of the franchise.

     

    Redmayne won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the 2014 biopic The Theory of Everything. His stunning portrayal of Stephen Hawking in that film also brought him Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA and Golden Globe Awards.

     

    Warner Bros. Pictures will release Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in 3D and Imax on 18 November, 2016.

  • Oscars 2015: ‘Birdman’ takes home four awards including Best Picture

    Oscars 2015: ‘Birdman’ takes home four awards including Best Picture

    MUMBAI: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) has pipped other contending movies like Boyhood, Whiplash, The Grand Budapest Hotel, American Sniper, The Imitation Game, Selma and The Theory of Everything at the 87th Academy Awards to take home the Best Picture statuette.

     

    Birdman won a total of four Academy Awards, which are as follows: Best Picture, Best Director (Alejandro G. Inarritu), Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki) and Best Original Screenplay (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo).

     

    The Oscar for the Best Actor went to Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), whereas the Best Actress award went to Julianne Moore (Still Alice). On the other hand, the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor went to JK Simmons for Whiplash, whereas Patricia Arquette won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Boyhood.

     

    Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel tied for the most number of nominations (nine) and incidentally both movies won four Oscars each. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel won the award for Achievement in Costume Design (Milena Canonero), Best Original Score (Alexandre Desplat), Best Production Design (Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock) and Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier).

     

    The Oscar for Achievement in sound mixing went to Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley for Whiplash, whereas the Oscar for Achievement in sound editing went to Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman for American Sniper.

     

    Whiplash won Tom Cross an Oscar for Achievement in film editing, whereas Interstellar took home the Oscar for Achievement in visual effects (Paul J Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R Fisher). The Oscar for Best original song went to Common and John Legend for their song ‘Glory’ from the Martin Luther King drama Selma.

     

    The Oscar for the Best foreign-language film went to Polish film Ida, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. On the other hand, The Phone Call (Mat Kirkby, James Lucas) took home the award for Best live-action short film. The Best documentary short subject went to Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Dana Perry). The Best animated short film was won by Feast (Patrick Osborne, Kristina Reed).

     

    The Oscar for the Best Adapted screenplay went to Graham Moore for The Imitation Game. The Best animated feature film award went to Big Hero 6. The Best documentary feature award went to the Edward Snowden docu Citizenfour (Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky). On the other hand, the Oscar for the Best original score went to Alexandre Desplat for The Grand Budapest Hotel.

  • BAFTA: Redmayne, Moore win top honours; ‘Lunchbox’ loses to Polish film

    BAFTA: Redmayne, Moore win top honours; ‘Lunchbox’ loses to Polish film

    MUMBAI: Held at the Royal Opera House in London on 8 February, 2015, the 68th edition of the annual British Academy of Film and Arts (BAFTA) awards was hosted by Stephen Fry in the presence of a string of international film celebrities.

     

    Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore received the top acting honours for their roles in The Theory Of Everything and Still Alice respectively. The American coming-of-age tale Boyhood won a BAFTA for ‘Best Film’ while the award for the ‘outstanding British Film’ went to The Theory Of Everything.

     

    India’s acclaimed movie, The Lunchbox was nominated for the foreign film category. It was competing with Russian drama, Leviathan, Brazilian-British adventure drama thriller film, Trash and Belgian drama Two Days, One Night but eventually Polish-Danish drama movie Ida, was named the winner in the category.

     

    Actress Nimrat Kaur, the leading lady of The Lunchbox looked lovely on the red carpet in a pink Georges Hobeika dress.

     

    Below is the complete list of BAFTA 2015 winners: 

     

    Film: Boyhood, Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
     

    Director: Boyhood, Richard Linklater
     

    Leading Actor: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything
     

    Leading Actress: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
     

    Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
     

    Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
     

    Adapted Screenplay: The Theory Of Everything, Anthony Mccarten
     

    Animated Film: The Lego Movie, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
     

    British Short Animation: The Bigger Picture, Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka 
     

    British Short Film: Boogaloo And Graham, Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
     

    Cinematography: Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki
     

    Costume Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Milena Canonero
     

    Documentary: Citizenfour, Laura Poitras
     

    EE Rising Star: Jack O’Connell
     

    Editing:Whiplash, Tom Cross
     

    Film not in the English Language: Ida, Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska
     

    Make-Up And Hair: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon
     

    Original Music: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat
     

    Original Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
     

    Outstanding British Film: The Theory Of Everything, James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony Mccarten
     

    Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer: Stephen Beresford, David Livingstone,Pride
     

    Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
     

    Sound: Whiplash, Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann
     

    Special Visual Effects: Interstellar, Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley

  • ‘Boyhood’ wins top honours at the Golden Globe Awards 2015

    ‘Boyhood’ wins top honours at the Golden Globe Awards 2015

    MUMBAI:  Richard Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ walked away with top awards at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, including the best drama, best director and best supporting actress.

     

    Held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California, the glamorous evening was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the third consecutive and final time. Produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Golden Globe Awards 2015 honoured the best in film and American television of 2014.

     

    The first award of the night went to JK Simmons for best supporting actor for his performance as a domineering jazz teacher in the acclaimed indie ‘Whiplash’.

     

    Amy Adams accepted the award for best actress in a comedy or musical for her performance in ‘Big Eyes’ while Michael Keaton, who played a former superhero star mounting a serious play on Broadway, won the best actor in a comedy or musical for ‘Birdman’.

     

    ‘Birdman’ also won the best screenplay award while The DreamWorks sequel ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ took best animated film.

     

    Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ won the best picture, comedy or musical while the Stephen Hawking biopic ‘The Theory of Everything’ won best score for Johann Johannsson, and the Russian entry ‘Leviathan’ took best foreign language film.

     

    Eddie Redmayne won the Golden Globe for best actor in a motion picture, drama, for portraying Stephen Hawking in ‘The Theory of Everything’ while Julianne Moore took the best dramatic actress award for playing a professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in ‘Still Alice’.

     

    The Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award went to George Clooney.

     

    Here is the full list of winners:

     

    Best Motion Picture, Drama

    Boyhood

     

    Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

     

    Best TV Series, Drama

    The Affair

     

    Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy

    Transparent

     

    Best Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

    Fargo

     

    Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

    Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

     

    Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

    Julianne Moore, Still Alice

     

    Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

    Michael Keaton, Birdman

     

    Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

    Amy Adams, Big Eyes

     

    Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama

    Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

     

    Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama

    Ruth Wilson, The Affair

     

    Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical

    Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

     

    Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

    J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

     

    Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

    Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

     

    Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical

    Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin

     

    Best Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

    Billy Bob Thortnon, Fargo

     

    Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

    Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman

     

    Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture for TV

    Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart

     

    Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture for TV

    Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey

     

    Best Director, Motion Picture

    Richard Linklater, Boyhood

     

    Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

    Birdman

     

    Best Foreign-Language Feature

    Leviathan (Russia)

     

    Best Animated Feature

    How to Train Your Dragon 2

     

    Best Original Song, Motion Picture

    “Glory,” Selma

     

    Best Original Score, Motion Picture

    The Theory of Everything