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  • AXN to premiere ‘The Voice’ s12

    MUMBAI: It’s time we move from stunts to saxophones, action to accordion, and thrill to trumpets with the most awaited music reality show.

    AXN is back with the latest season of the popular singing reality competition The Voice. Season 12 premieres from 4 March, every Saturday – Sunday at 8 pm.

    The three-time Grammy Award winner Gwen Stefani will accompany Alicia Keys, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton in this season.

    The show’s innovative format features five stages of talent competition: the first being the blind auditions, followed by the battle rounds, the knockouts, the live playoffs and finally the live performance shows.

  • 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.

  • NBC’s ‘The Voice’ season 9 names Adam, Blake, Gwen & Pharrell as coaches

    NBC’s ‘The Voice’ season 9 names Adam, Blake, Gwen & Pharrell as coaches

    MUMBAI: Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams will be the season nine coaches and Carson Daly as host for NBC’s musical competition series The Voice.

     

    The ninth season will begin in September.

     

    “With such an astounding group of coaches at the peak of their musical ingenuity and Carson returning as our host, we are thrilled for what season nine will bring. The expertise and camaraderie of this panel will provide an immeasurable experience for the artists and must-see entertainment for all who are watching,” said NBC Entertainment president, alternative and late night programming Paul Telegdy.

     

    Levine and Shelton have been Voice coaches since the series inception in 2011. Season nine will mark the third season for Williams and the second for Stefani.

     

    “I can’t believe we’re already on the ninth season. Time after time, coming back, it honestly feels like the first day of school. It’s become a second family for me and I’m always so excited to come back to it,” Levine said.

     

    Shelton added, “Adam, Gwen, Pharrell and I had a blast together in season 7 and I’m excited we’re back together again. They are all so talented but I’m pretty damn excited about another winning season for Team Blake.”

     

    Stefani said, “I’m coming back and am so excited! I can’t believe I get to return to ‘The Voice.’ It’s so inspiring to be around such incredible talent and music. I’m looking forward to working again with Adam, Blake and Pharrell. I love those guys.”

     

    “I am grateful to have a role on the show among such an incredible group of great people and am looking forward to another season of talented artists,” Williams said.

     

    Daly said, “For eight seasons The Voice has enlisted world-renowned coaches, amassed the most talented singers ever on TV and we are just warming up! Season nine will continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible when you have a dream. I’m so honored to continue to be front and center of this consistently exhilarating show.”

  • Taylor Swift joins ‘The Voice’ as adviser

    Taylor Swift joins ‘The Voice’ as adviser

    MUMBAI: Pop star Taylor Swift is all set to join the seventh season of NBC’s reality singing competition The Voice as a guest mentor, according to media reports.

     

    Swift, 24, is said to be taking part in an episode as an advisor to the contestants. She will be part of mentors that will include Stevie Nicks, Gavin Rossdale, country music vocal group Little Big Town, and Alicia Keys. She will serve in the same capacity that Coldplay singer Chris Martin aided the show in its sixth season, advising contestants across all four teams.

     

    This will not be the first time that the singer will be seen on the show. She was a guest performer in the fourth season and was featured in a segment of the episode.

     

    Swift will also be performing with The Voice coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and newcomers Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams, according to the Huffington Post.

     

    She will also be working with veterans Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, as well as new coaches Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams, who were added to the lineup for the upcoming season.

     

    The seventh season of The Voice will premiere on 22 September. Swift’s appearance will coincide with the release of her fifth album, “1989,” which has been touted to be the singer’s first “official pop album.”

  • Paris Hilton’s self-titled debut album to release on 22 August

    Paris Hilton’s self-titled debut album to release on 22 August

    MUMBAI: Hotel heiress, movie actress, reality television star, model, author, perfumer, nightclub impresario and style icon Paris Hilton will add “pop diva” to her résumé with the release of her self-titled debut album for Warner Bros. Records on 22 August.

    Hilton collaborated with several top-notch producers to give her club-ready dance pop an urban edge, including hip-hop’s reigning hit-maker Scott Storch (50 Cent, Beyoncé), Jonathan “J.R.” Rotem (Rihanna), and Dr. Luke (Pink, Kelly Clarkson). 

    She also worked with songwriting heavyweights Kara DioGuardi (Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, Ashlee Simpson), Billy Steinberg (Madonna, Cyndi Lauper), and Sheppard Solomon (Natalie Imbruglia), as well as rappers Jadakiss and Fat Joe (on Fightin’ Over Me). Grammy-winning engineers Tony Maserati (Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé) and Serban Ghenea (Kelly Clarkson, Justin Timberlake, Pink) mixed the album, which was recorded over the course of the last year in Miami and Los Angeles, states an official release.

    From the bona fide hit single Stars Are Blind, which is currently at number 16 on Billboard’s Pop chart, to the club banger Turn It Up to the infectious I Want You, Hilton’s debut flaunts the knowing pop smarts of her idols Madonna, Gwen Stefani, and Blondie’s Deborah Harry, adds the release.