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  • Studio Blo gets its Hollywood script with Chad Greulach in the frame

    Studio Blo gets its Hollywood script with Chad Greulach in the frame

    MUMBAI: Lights, camera… algorithm! India’s Studio Blo, the country’s pioneering AI film studio, is ready to roll on its biggest project yet, a Hollywood partnership with veteran producer Chad Greulach, whose credits stretch across Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and Discovery.

    Greulach’s cinematic résumé is no small scroll, he’s worked with names that light up marquees and arenas alike: Leonardo DiCaprio, Snoop Dogg, John Legend, Lenny Kravitz, Gene Simmons and Criss Angel, to name a few. Now, he’s stepping into the world of AI storytelling with Studio Blo to craft original entertainment IPs for the American market where human creativity meets machine precision.

    The partnership will see the duo co-develop AI-powered stories and content for studios, music labels, channels and brands, while also expanding Faimous, Studio Blo’s AI-led celebrity IP engine into Hollywood. The move aims to merge AI’s creative horsepower with star-driven storytelling, opening new frontiers in how celebrity and content intersect.

    For Studio Blo, the announcement marks another bold step in a journey that’s already caught global attention. Its current slate includes “Warlord”, an AI-generated TV series co-produced with acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, which explores the emotional and philosophical edges of AI and human imagination.

    “Our collaboration with Chad marks a defining moment in our journey where India will make stories for the world,” said Studio Blo co-founder and CEO Dipankar Mukherjee. “We’re using our proprietary AI tech stack as a creative collaborator with the finest global talent. Chad’s expertise will help us craft AI-first stories that are emotionally rich, visually stunning and globally resonant.”

    Greulach, for his part, sees the partnership as the future in motion. “The future of entertainment lies at the crossroads of technology and creativity, and Studio Blo is right at that intersection,” he said. “Dipankar and his team aren’t just experimenting, they’re reimagining storytelling itself. Together, we’ll build entertainment IPs that fuse human artistry with machine intelligence to captivate audiences everywhere.”

    As AI reshapes every frame of the creative process from script to screen Studio Blo is positioning itself as India’s breakout player in the global AI entertainment ecosystem, proving that the next big Hollywood story might just be coded in India.

    With this alliance, Studio Blo isn’t just crossing continents, it’s blurring the line between imagination and innovation, showing that in the world of film, even intelligence can be artificial but emotion never is.
     

  • 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).

  • Paramount to re-release Oscar winning ‘Selma’ in the US

    Paramount to re-release Oscar winning ‘Selma’ in the US

    MUMBAI: In honor of the 50th anniversary of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Paramount Pictures will re-release its Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning film Selma in the US for a special encore engagement. The film will play in theaters across the US beginning 20 March. 

     

    Moviegoers, who purchase a ticket to see Selma at a participating theater, can receive an additional ticket free. This limited time offer is only available at participating theater box offices. 

     

    Selma won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for “Glory” by Common & John Legend. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director. 

     

    Selma, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films, is the story of a movement. The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay’s Selma tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history. The film also stars Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi, Common, Carmen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint, with Tim Roth and Oprah Winfrey as “Annie Lee Cooper.”

     

    The film is produced by Christian Colson, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Oprah Winfrey, the film is executive produced by Brad Pitt, Cameron McCracken, Diarmuid McKeown, Nik Bower, Ava DuVernay, Paul Garnes and Nan Morales. The film is written by Paul Webb. Selma is directed by Ava DuVernay.

     

  • John Legend to speak at Marketo’s 2015 Marketing Nation Summit

    John Legend to speak at Marketo’s 2015 Marketing Nation Summit

    MUMBAI: Musician and producer John Legend will be a special guest speaker at the 2015 Marketing Natio Summit, which is being held from 13 – 15 April at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The summit is being organised by Marketo, a provider of engagement marketing software and solutions.

     

    Legend joins speakers like Marketo CEO Phil Fernandez, media entrepreneur Arianna Huffington and education reform crusader Salman Khan.

     

    Legend is a singer, songwriter, producer and philanthropist, who has won nine Grammy awards and the 2015 Academy Award for Best Original Song for the motion picture Selma. Legend will deliver a special guest keynote at the Marketing Nation Summit’s Day One agenda on 14 April.

     

    Each year, the Marketing Nation Summit brings together over 6,000 of the brightest minds in marketing, offering a variety of sessions that discuss the next era of marketing, engagement marketing strategies, best practices and workshops for every level.

     

  • Common & John Legend to perform together at The Oscars

    Common & John Legend to perform together at The Oscars

    MUMBAI: Musical artists Common and John Legend will perform their Oscar-nominated song “Glory” at the 87th Oscars. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will be held on 22 February.

     

    Show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said, “Common and John Legend are artists who have always lifted our spirits and made us think. The Oscar stage is that much more profound because of their presence and we welcome them.”

     

    “Glory,” written by John Stephens (a.k.a. John Legend) and Lonnie Lynn (a.k.a. Common) for the film “Selma,” is nominated for Original Song. The four other nominated songs are “Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie,” “Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights,” “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me” and “Lost Stars” from “Begin Again.”

     

    Common won a Grammy in 2002 for Best R&B Song for “Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop),” and in 2007 for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for “Southside,” with Kanye West. His many acting credits include the films “American Gangster,” “Wanted,” “Date Night” and “Selma,” in which he plays the role of Civil Rights leader James Bevel.

     

    Legend is a nine time Grammy-winning singer/songwriter. His critically acclaimed debut album, “Get Lifted,”scored multiple Grammy Awards in 2006, including Best R&B Album, Best New Artist and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. The follow up was the platinum-selling “Once Again,” which garnered a Best Male R&B Performance nod. Legend’s most recent highly acclaimed fourth studio album, “Love in the Future,” scored two Grammy nominations and features his break out hit, “All of Me,” which is his highest selling and charting song to date and also earned a 2015 Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance.

  • AHI registers record sales for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards

    AHI registers record sales for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards

    NEW JERSEY: In anticipation of the upcoming ceremony set to air live in the US on 26 January, on the CBS Television Network, Alfred Haber, President of Alfred Haber, Inc. (AHI) announced yesterday the company has racked up record sales for the 2014 56th Annual Grammy Awards, the 3 and a half hour extravaganza billed as Music’s Biggest Night.

     

    With the 2014 show marking 25 years of representation of the Grammy Awards by AHI, global broadcasters to sign on for this spectacular show that continues to be the world’s most popular televised music event include:  Channel 4 (UK), Rogers Media (Canada), ProSieben (Germany), WOWOW (Japan), D17/Canal Plus (France), Televisa (Mexico), Fox International Channel (Asia), Viacom 18 (India), Turner (Latin America), Shanghai Media Group (China), M-Net (Africa), TV 2 (Turkey), NetMedia (Indonesia), Ren-TV (Russia), TV2 (Denmark)  and Cignal TV (Philippines).

     

    “With over a quarter of a century of representation, we at Alfred Haber, Inc. are honored to once again be representing the Grammy Awards to the international television community,” commented Haber.  “Music has the ability to transcend all language barriers and borders and this remarkable event is something that, this season, will be enjoyed by audiences in more than 190 territories the world over.”

     

    Performers announced thus far for this year’s show include current Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles with four-time Grammy winner and 2014 MusiCares Person of the Year Carole King; nominees Daft Punk with nominee Nile Rodgers, nominee Pharrell Williams, and 25-time Grammy winner Stevie Wonder; nominee Kendrick Lamar joined by nominees Imagine Dragons; nominee John Legend; nominee Lorde; nominees Macklemore & Ryan Lewis; nominee Paul McCartney; eight-time Grammy-winning group Metallica with Grammy Cultural Ambassador to China Lang Lang; nominee Kacey Musgraves; nominee Katy Perry; nominees P!nk and Nate Ruess (of FUN.); nine-time Grammy winner Ringo Starr; Taylor Swift; nominee Robin Thicke with Grammy-winning group Chicago; nominee Keith Urban; and a special “Grammy Moment” featuring two-time Grammy winner Merle Haggard, three-time Grammy winner and 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Kris Kristofferson, seven-time Grammy winner Willie Nelson, and current nominee Blake Shelton. 

  • MSN India streams ‘Showgirl’ Kylie’s Homecoming Tour

    MSN India streams ‘Showgirl’ Kylie’s Homecoming Tour

    MUMBAI: MSN India will stream Kylie Minogue’s Showgirl Homecoming Tour on 24 January at 11 am. The tour will streamlive from Melbourne where Minogue is performing and can be viewed on its website.

    Showgirl- The Homecoming Tour is the comeback tour of the Australian-pop singer who cancelled the orginal Showgirl- The Greatest Hits Tour on 17 May after her diagnosis of breast cancer. The concert features “Got to be certain”, Minogue’s second top five hit at the single charts.

     
    “MSN India has always aimed at bringing the best of international entertainment to Indian users. Through MSN Control Room we have already featured leading international artists like Beyonce Knowles, Snoop Dogg, John Mayer, John Legend, Rod Stewart and Pink. Kylie Minogue is an artist who continues to make waves worldwide for her exciting music and her Homecoming Tour will simply take your breath away.” said, MSN India executive producer Krishna Prasad. 

    MSN has in the past brought to users international artists like Beyonce Knowles, Snoop Dogg, John Mayer, John Legend, Rod Stewart and the latest Pink’s “I’m not dead’ Concert.
     

    MSN India had announced its association with Control Room in October last year. The partnership will see MSN as the exclusive online worldwide destination for Control Room’s live music programming via live and on-demand video streaming.

  • Channel [V] heats up Asia’s live concert scene

    Channel [V] heats up Asia’s live concert scene

    MUMBAI: Pan Asian music broadcaster Channel [V] is heating up Asia’s concert scene with a series of live concerts to be staged in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore in January 2007.

    The channel will bring music aficionados music and live concerts from such diverse acts as operatic supergroup Il Divo; Grammy-winning R&B singer-songwriter-pianist John Legend; and post-grunge modern rockers Hoobastank. The brioadcaster is also promoting the concerts of Korean sensation Rain in Malaysia and Singapore.

    Star executive VP, content Ross Crowley said, “These concerts celebrate Channel [V]’s commitment to bringing world-class music to Asia both live and on-air. We’re proud to support these and other outstanding international and Asian musicians with original programming, concert ticket giveaway contests and dedicated online initiatives. Channel [V] is devoted to promoting quality music throughout Asia.”

    Channel [V] has associated itself with a number of other international artists’ Asian tours. The channel was the official TV partner of the concerts of British rock group Oasis, Grammy-winning hip hop singer Kanye West, New York punk pioneer Blondie, Glasgow rock quartet Franz Ferdinand and sassy pop act Pussycat Dolls. In addition, sister channel STAR WORLD was the official TV partner for the July 2006 concert of Coldplay in Hong Kong and the upcoming Eric Clapton tour, which will take the legendary guitarist and singer through Hong Kong and Singapore early next year.

    To build up momentum for the concerts of Il Divo, John Legend, Hoobastank and Rain, Channel [V] will launch a number of programmes such as the Il Divo Special and a series of special On the Record episodes.