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  • Golden Globes nominations out

    Golden Globes nominations out

    MUMBAI: The nominations for the 69th Golden Globe Awards 2012 are out.

    Films that have been nominated for Nest Motion Pictures-Drama are: The Descendants, The Help, Hugo,The Ides of March, Moneyball and War Horse.

    Nominations for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama have gone to Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis for The Help, Rooney Mara for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady and Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin.

    Nominations for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama have been bagged by George Clooney for The Descendants, Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar, Michael Fassbender for Shame, Ryan Gosling for The Ides of March and Brad Pitt for Moneyball.

    Films that have been nominated as Best Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical are 50/50, The Artist, Bridesmaids, Midnight in Paris and My Week With Marilyn.

    Actresses who have been nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical are
    Jodie Foster for Carnage, Charlize Theron for Young Adult
    Kristen Wiig for Bridesmaids, Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn and Kate Winslet for Carnage.

    Actors who have been nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Comedy or musical category are Jean Dujardin for The Artist, Brendan Gleeson for The Guard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt for 50/50, Ryan Gosling for Crazy, Stupid, Love and Owen Wilson for Midnight in Paris.

    Directors nominated as Best Director are Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris, George Clooney for The Ides of March, Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist, Alexander Payne for The Descendants and Martin Scorsese for Hugo.

    Other categories for which nominations are also declared are
    Best Animated Feature Film, Best Foreign Language Film,
    Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture,
    Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture,
    Best Screenplay — Motion Picture,
    Best Original Score — Motion Picture and
    Best Original Song — Motion Picture among many others

  • Hip Brands bags global licensing rights to Psyclops

    Hip Brands bags global licensing rights to Psyclops

    MUMBAI: Hip Brands, the third party licensing banner within The Jim Henson Company, has acquired global licensing rights (excluding the Philippines) to Psyclops.

    This is a multiplatform product and online experience for tweens, teens and youngadults, featuring one-eyed characters that embrace the world of music, art, dance, and technology.

    The agreement was announced by The Jim Henson Company senior VP of global consumer products Melissa Segal at. Psyclops was first introduced in 2009 in the form of a mobile application that allows consumers to create unique animations and music videos synced to their iPods.

    Since then Psyclops creators, product developer Joy Kovaleski and creative director Jeff Muncy quickly leveraged the popularity of the app, introducing unique iPod and iPhone covers featuring the Psyclops characters, and a fully interactive web-based music and dance community.

    Marketing and publicity support for the brand has included celebrity seeding at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards and a presence at the MacWorld show. Upcoming support includes a presence at Comic-Con in July.

    New video shorts are being produced for the web and an active social media network campaign is in development. Under its global licensing contract, HIP Brands will seek to develop an extensive range of PSYCLOPS branded consumer products in key categories such as toys, designer plush,apparel, home furnishings, stationery, gifts, social expression, personal care, publishing, food and electronics.

    Segal said, “In the two years since the creators first introduced Psyclops, teens and tweens have been engaging with these colorful, graphically appealing, one-eyed characters online, and as aunique and distinctive means for personalizing their iPods and iPhones. Psyclops is a fresh, iconic, interactive and immersive pop culture brand, and offers incredible opportunities to tap into the growing youth consumer base on a variety of levels.”

    Psyclops creative director Jeff Muncy said, “We‘re so happy to be working with Hip. Having worked with the Henson team on other projects, I know first-hand of their ability to deliver a fully developed global licensing programme for Psyclops and we‘re just eager to get started.”
     

  • ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘The Office’ triumph at Sag Awards

    ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘The Office’ triumph at Sag Awards

    MUMBAI: At the Screen Actors Guild (Sag) Awards in the US, ABC’s medical soap Grey’s Anatomy, which airs in India on Star World, and NBC’s sitcom The Office won the top prizes for best ensemble in a drama and comedy respectively.

    With the exception of The Office most of the other wins in television followed the same pattern as the Golden Globe awards. Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons won for their roles in HBO’s Elizabeth I.

    Alec Baldwin, who stars in 30 Rock and America Ferrera, who stars in Ugly Betty, won in the comedy categories. In the drama category the trophies went to Hugh Laurie for House and Chandra Wilson for Grey’s Anatomy.

    In film, all the acting wins were the same as the Golden Globes. So Mirren won for The Queen, Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson won for Dreamgirls and Forest Whitaker won for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. The only differance is that the ensemble award went to the comedy Little Miss Sunshine which beat Dreamgirls, The Departed, The Queen and Babel.

    At the Oscar Awards which will air on Star Movies on 26 February 2007, the acting awards should mirror both the Sag and Golden Globes. With this kind of predictability a lot will depend on what the host Ellen DeGeneres and the organisers come up with to sustain viewer interest. The big one Best Picture is up in the air though Little Miss Sunshine is a little bit in front having won both Sag and the producers guild awards.

  • Tandberg TV provides interactive applications to coverage of Golden Globes

    Tandberg TV provides interactive applications to coverage of Golden Globes

    MUMBAI: Tandberg Television has provided an interactive television experience for entertainment fans via polls, trivia, winner predictions, fashion critiques and backstage video feeds during the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards on 15 January on NBC.

    The Tandberg Television interactive application created for NBC’s 2007 Golden Globe Awards provided viewers with the ability to vote in a variety of film and television polls and answer trivia questions., informs an official release.

    “We are pleased to be working with Tandberg Television again to give our viewers an enhanced digital entertainment experience that adds an exciting element to our live programming,” said NBC Digital Entertainment and New Media executive vice president Vivi Zigler. “NBC.com has been aggressively exploring interactive features for our programming and this is another great example.”

    During the broadcast of this year’s Golden Globe awards, viewers could provide winner predictions, fashion critiques by logging on to http://www.nbc.com/Golden_Globes_2007 at NBC.com. and earn points for their participation or even compare responses to those of other players. Additionally, NBC gave away $5000 to a randomly selected winner from all registered users, adds the release.

    As part of the interactive experience, fans could rate the speeches and learn facts about their favourite actors, TV shows and movies, as well as have exclusive access to live backstage video feed and a real-time blog written by a behind-the-scenes NBC producer.

    “The interactive television (iTV) application we developed for this year’s Golden Globes broadcast demonstrates the direction that the television industry is heading,” said, Tandberg Television senior vice president, programmer sales Joe Franzetta. “Television viewers no longer want to passively watch television, so we develop interactive applications that provide an exciting and active experience that is much more personalized and immediate to the consumer. At Tandberg Television we are committed to providing a wide array of innovative interactive technologies that will alter the television landscape moving forward.”

    The Flash two-screen application marks the third project developed by Tandberg Television as an interactive application for an NBC special (2006 Golden Globes, 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 2006).

  • BBC Drama bags 10 nominations for Golden Globe Awards

    BBC Drama bags 10 nominations for Golden Globe Awards

    MUMBAI: BBC Drama productions has bagged 10 nominations at the Golden Globe Awards. Bleak House, a BBC/WGBH and Boston/Deep Indigo Production for BBC One, has been nominated in the category of Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for television in the Golden Globe Awards.

    Gillian Anderson is shortlisted for her role as the captivating Lady Deadlock in the Best Performance by an actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture mde for television.Adapted by writer Andrew Davies, the twice-weekly, 14-part drama has been produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark, asserts an official release.

    Gideon’s Daughter, a BBC America/TalkBack production for BBC One, has garnered two acting nominations in the Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for television for stars Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt who have been shortlisted in the supporting role category.

    Written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, Gideon’s Daughter, is a companion piece to Friends and Crocodiles.Tsunami, The Aftermath, a HBO/Kudos Production for BBC Two by writer Abi Morgan, has received three nominations in the Golden Globes. Sophie Okonedo and Chiwetel Ejio for are shortlisted in the Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for television.

    Toni Collette has been nominated in the supporting role category. Finally, Heroes, the new series from creator/writer Tim Kring – licensed by the BBC from NBC Universal International Television Distribution – is nominated in two categories: Best Television Series – Drama, and actor Masi Oka is shortlisted for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for television. The series is due to broadcast on BBC Two in 2007.

    BBC Fiction controller Jane Tranter said, “We’re all delighted that the talent behind our recent drama productions, combined with the best of British acting talent, have earned much deserved presitigious Golden Globe nominations.”

    The Golden Globe Awards will be held on 15 January in Los Angeles.

  • Paramount Motion Pictures tops Golden Globe Awards with 15 nominations

    Paramount Motion Pictures tops Golden Globe Awards with 15 nominations

    MUMBAI: Paramount Motion Pictures Group has received 15 nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards beating all other studios. This also marks a record for Paramount.

    Babel, the first film to be green-lighted by Paramount Vantage, topped all films with seven nominations; Dreamgirls, produced by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, followed with five nominations; and the co-productions (with Warner Bros.) Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima received one and two nominations respectively, states an official release.

    Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a unit of Viacom, produces and distributes filmed entertainment through the Paramount Motion Picture Group which includes Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies.

    PPC operations also include Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Digital Entertainment, Paramount Studios and Worldwide Television Distribution.