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MUMBAI: Iran has criticised Hollywood for awarding its top honour to the Iran hostage drama Argo. “This anti-Iran movie lacks artistic value,” said Culture and Islamic...
MUMBAI: Petro Vlahos, who pioneered blue- and green-screen technology to Hollywood, has passed away. He was 96. Paying his respects to Vlahos, senior visual effects supervisor...
MUMBAI: On Hollywood‘s biggest night, the Oscar Awards ABC will rake it big. The broadcaster says that it has sold out spots. J C Penney, Coca-Cola,...
MUMBAI: Regal Entertainment Group, a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, has entered into an agreement to...
MUMBAI: Hollywood studio Lionsgate which acquired Summit Entertainment last year, has consolidated the media business for the combined entity with WPP’s Mindshare. The move has been...
MUMBAI: Time Internet (TIL) has developed mobile applications for its flagship online music portal, Gaana.com. Simultaneously, Gaana.com is now available as an app for Android, iOS,...
MUMBAI: Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt is all set to play Pontius Pilate, the man who killed Jesus Christ, in a film. The actor is said to...
MUMBAI: ‘Lincoln‘ continued to gain strong momentum in the Hollywood awards season. The Steven Spielberg biopic got 12 nominations. Just behind is Ang Lee‘s ‘Life of...
MUMBAI: Hollywood is preparing to dish out sequels of Iron Man, Die Hard, The Hunger Games, Thor and The Fast and the Furious in 2013. Robert...
MUMBAI: Odisha born US based producer – writer Solila Parida is making Hollywood debut with film ‘Desires of the Heart‘ which deals with reincarnation and love...
MUMBAI: So excited is Emraan Hashmi after bagging the pivotal role in Danis Tanovic‘s upcoming film that he has decided to help the director by doing...
MUMBAI: Steven Spielberg has ruled out directing another high-octane blockbuster. The director said he was drawn to his latest film Lincoln as it was a pared-down...
MUMBAI: Bringing perhaps a gentler touch to a ceremony helmed for the past three years by Ricky Gervais, comedy duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will...
Mumbai: Hollywood star Bruce Willis might soon come to India to promote his upcoming film Looper. If all goes well, the Hollywood actor might fly...
MUMBAI: The annual TCM Classic Film Festival is set to return in Hollywood for its fourth edition from 25 to 28 April next year. The 2013...
MUMBAI: Director Michael Bay has teamed up with his bosses at Doritos to launch Crash the Super Bowl, a contest that will allow wannabe moviemakers to...
MUMBAI: The first signs of cooperation between Hollywood filmmakers and their Chinese counterparts are showing up. In August, DreamWorks Animation, known for making animated hits like...
Mumbai: Richard Gere will be honoured with a special award at the Zurich Film Festival that is to begin from 20 September. The 62-year-old actor...
MUMBAI: Uday Chopra is all set to have an international version of YRF’s 2005 hit Bunty Aur Babli. With a re-written script in hand, Chopra is...
MUMBAI: Production house Liquid Noise Films North has secured funding of nine Hollywood-backed movies with a total budget of more than ?200 million across the North-East...
MUMBAI: The venue for the Oscars has been renamed. The 3,400-seat theatre, formerly known as the Kodak Theatre, re-opened on Monday with a new audio-visual system...
MUMBAI: Marvel Studios and Disney’s superhero ensemble film, The Avengers, has become the fourth highest Hollywood grosser in India, according to UTV Motion Pictures. The big...
MUMBAI: The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences opened its open-air theatre in Hollywood on May 19 in the presence of Academy president Tom Sherak...
MUMBAI: Having collected Rs 140 million in its opening weekend, Marvel Studio’s The Avengers grew through the week to net Rs 246.7million from its first week...
MUMBAI: The first ever Look East: Korean Film Festival will take place on 23 and 24 June in Hollywood with a weekend of notable Korean film...
MUMBAI: Today is Charlie Chaplin‘s birthday. He would have been 123 today. Best known for his role as The Tramp, Chaplin wrote, directed and starred in...
MUMBAI: In its hope to target Hollywood with cheaper labour and studio rentals in India, Annapurna Studios has added five state-of-the-art studios with an investment of...
MUMBAI: Bittoo Boss is an attempt at making one of those cute movies that work once in a while. It is about an innocent and hard...
MUMBAI: The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) will honour Eros International group executive chairman Kishore Lulla and Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter and Alesia Weston...
MUMBAI: South hero Rana Daggubati will shortly make his debut in international cinema with Aditya Bhattacharya’s A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, being produced by Asif Noor,...
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures is gearing up to release Marvel Studios’ The Avengers in India on 27 April. The film has also been dubbed for Hindi,...
MUMBAI: Hollywood actress Jessica Biel will play Vera Miles in Sacha Gervasi‘s Alfred Hitchock and the Making of Psycho. The 30-year-old has joined an all-star cast...
MUMBAI: The ball has started rolling for more collaboration and cross pollination of knowledge, technology and talent between two of the world’s largest film communities –...
MUMBAI: Star India CEO and Ficci Broadcast Forum chairman Uday Shankar set the ball rolling at the inaugural of the 13th edition of the Ficci Frames...
MUMBAI: The recent move of the Chinese government to comply with a World Trade Organisation order to treat US films more fairly has been lauded by...
MUMBAI: While major players like Reliance Big Pictures and Dharma Productions are already testing out Hollywood waters, there’s a new entrant on the scene. Shah Rukh...
MUMBAI: English GEC Star World has created a block called ‘Crime At Ten‘ that will kick off on 5 March. With the crime related shows airing...
MUMBAI: Octavia Spencer, winner of the Oscar in the ‘Best Supporting Actress’ category for The Help, has made her intention clear of turning a producer. “I...
MUMBAI: With the final ballots due to reach the Academy’s accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the run for the 2011-2012 Oscars will begin after the race for the...
MUMBAI: Imax has welcomed China’s move to import more Hollywood films after recent deal signed by the Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping and Hollywood studios. Imax is...
MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan, who has played the narrator or sutradhar‘s role in many films, has excused himself from being one in the Hollywood film John Carter....
MUMBAI: This year‘s Oscars will see one significant absentee that of Kodak as the company is cancelling its naming contract on the Hollywood Theatre. In the...
MUMBAI: The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce will honour Jennifer Aniston with the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 22 February. It may be noted that Aniston received...
MUMBAI: China-based Sun Redrock Investment and Harvest Fund Management have decided to create a whopping $800-million fund to invest in tentpole productions in Hollywood and elsewhere...
MUMBAI: New York-headquartered digital imaging company, Eastman Kodak Company, has opted for a pre-mature exit from its 20-year naming rights deal worth $75 million for Hollywood‘s...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Fox, 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia have announced that Ford, Coca-Cola and AT&T will return as the official sponsors for the 11th season of...
MUMBAI: Hollywood sirens Megan Fox and Lindsay Lohan are in the race to play Elizabeth Taylor in a new TV movie. The Jonah Hex star is...
MUMBAI: For the first time in India, a realistic model of Swami Vivekananda in full Stereoscopic 3D format has been attempted by Ramakrishna Math, Chennai in...
MUMBAI: With the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) having planned to shift the prestigious Oscar awards venue from Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, it...
MUMBAI: Chalis Chaurasi has that early era Hollywood storyline; one educated, English speaking ex-criminal leading a gang of three other criminals to make a big hit...
