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  • Star World to launch Lee Daniel’s musical drama series ‘Star’

    Star World to launch Lee Daniel’s musical drama series ‘Star’

    MUMBAI: After creating the juggernaut series Empire, multi award-winning director and creator Lee Daniel’s brings a brand new television series. Titled Star, he musical drama series is based on the lives of three girls who overcome numerous hardships to realize their musical dreams. The show launches on Star World and Star World HD on 22 December and will air every Thursday at 9 pm soon after the U.S. telecast.

    This series that revolves around dreams, perseverance and glamour will fill the Empire hiatus gap before the latter returns in March 2017.

    Starring Queen Latifah and Benjamin Bratt, the show is staged around Star Davis played by Jude Demoreset, a tough chick from the wrong side of the tracks. Within the first 15 minutes Star is seen rescuing her younger sister, Simone played by Brittany O’Grady after plunging a knife into the latter’s foster father. Together with bestie Alexandra Crane played by Ryan Destiny – who’s trying to escaping her ivory tower in Manhattan – the ladies drive to Atlanta seeking shelter with Star and Simone’s godmother, Carlotta Brown played by Latifah. With a number of struggles paving her way forward, Star must face her life’s most difficult phase – the road to building a successful singing career.

    Star gives viewers an opportunity to navigate the dark corridors of the world of music through the eyes of three hard-working, independent and talented girls who dare to dream.

    Promo Link: https://www.facebook.com/StarWorldIndia/videos/10154632514566745/

  • Star World to launch Lee Daniel’s musical drama series ‘Star’

    Star World to launch Lee Daniel’s musical drama series ‘Star’

    MUMBAI: After creating the juggernaut series Empire, multi award-winning director and creator Lee Daniel’s brings a brand new television series. Titled Star, he musical drama series is based on the lives of three girls who overcome numerous hardships to realize their musical dreams. The show launches on Star World and Star World HD on 22 December and will air every Thursday at 9 pm soon after the U.S. telecast.

    This series that revolves around dreams, perseverance and glamour will fill the Empire hiatus gap before the latter returns in March 2017.

    Starring Queen Latifah and Benjamin Bratt, the show is staged around Star Davis played by Jude Demoreset, a tough chick from the wrong side of the tracks. Within the first 15 minutes Star is seen rescuing her younger sister, Simone played by Brittany O’Grady after plunging a knife into the latter’s foster father. Together with bestie Alexandra Crane played by Ryan Destiny – who’s trying to escaping her ivory tower in Manhattan – the ladies drive to Atlanta seeking shelter with Star and Simone’s godmother, Carlotta Brown played by Latifah. With a number of struggles paving her way forward, Star must face her life’s most difficult phase – the road to building a successful singing career.

    Star gives viewers an opportunity to navigate the dark corridors of the world of music through the eyes of three hard-working, independent and talented girls who dare to dream.

    Promo Link: https://www.facebook.com/StarWorldIndia/videos/10154632514566745/

  • Oprah Winfrey to be honoured at Santa Barbara Film Festival

    Oprah Winfrey to be honoured at Santa Barbara Film Festival

    MUMBAI: It is going to be a proud moment for all Oprah Winfrey fans. The famous anchor of the Oprah Winfrey Show will honoured at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival which commences from 30 January 2014.

     

    Winfrey, 59, will be given the ‘Montecito Award’ in recognition of her critically-acclaimed performance in Lee Daniels’ The Butler. The ‘Montecito Award’ is traditionally bestowed to stars who have given standout acting performances throughout their careers.

     

    Last year, Lincoln star Daniel Day-Lewis was honoured with the ‘Montecito Award’.

     

    The festival will conclude on 9 February 2014.

  • ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’ hits $100 million

    ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’ hits $100 million

    MUMBAI: The independent historical drama – headlining Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey – took in $5.4 million in its fifth weekend for The Weinstein Co, pushing the movie’s North American total to a stellar $100 million.

     

    Daniels becomes one of only a handful of black directors to have a film clear that mark, not accounting for inflation.

     

    One reason for The Butler’s success is that it is playing to all audiences, according to Harvey Weinstein’s team. On opening weekend, 52 per cent of ticket buyers were black; now, 67 per cent of the audience is white. The Butler is also becoming a family play.

     

    The Butler opened in mid-August, hoping to mirror the success of The Help, another civil-rights themed drama. The Butler isn’t likely to match The Help’s lifetime domestic gross of $169.7 million, but The Help was different in featuring both black and white lead actors.

     

    In the film, Whitaker plays a White House butler who serves through eight presidential administrations, a character inspired by the real-life story of the late Eugene Allen.

     

    Winfrey, who plays the butler’s wife, has provided an enormous marketing boost for the movie because of her avid fanbase. The Butler already is considered an awards contender, particularly for Whitaker and Winfrey’s performances.

  • Mila Kunis to play Jacqueline Kennedy

    Mila Kunis to play Jacqueline Kennedy

    MUMBAI: Most likely Mila Kunis will essay the role of Jacqueline Kennedy in a new film. She is in talks to feature as the wife of former US president John F Kennedy in the film to be directed by Lee Daniels. If Kunis signs on, she will become the latest actress to portray Jackie Kennedy.

    Daniels has written a new screenplay called The Butler, about a staffer Eugene Allen, who served in the White House for 34 years serving eight different presidents from 1952, it is understood.
     
    Also linked to the project are Hugh Jackman, John Cusack and Oprah Winfrey.

    Earlier, Katie Holmes played US’s first lady in The Kennedys, the History Channel mini-series.