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  • Amitabh Bachchan refuses fees for The Great Gatsby

    Amitabh Bachchan refuses fees for The Great Gatsby

    MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan has said that he will act for free in his Hollywood debut film, The Great Gatsby, that stars Leonardo DiCaprio.

    Bachchan declared that he had waived his fee as he was making a “mere one scene appearance”. The actor will play Meyer Wolfsheim, a Jewish man described as a gambler in F Scott Fitzgerald‘s classic novel.

     
    The Great Gatsby is the story of 1920s high society in the US, the golden age of excess before the ‘Depression‘.

    The $126 million film is currently being shot in Australia.

  • Hollywood Foreign Press grants $10,000 to IFFLA

    Hollywood Foreign Press grants $10,000 to IFFLA

    MUMBAI: The Hollywood Foreign Press has given a grant of $10,000 to the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) for promoting cultural exchange through films, Totally, the organisation gave away grants amounting to $1.5 million to film-related organisations and charities.
     
    The organisations that were awarded grants in the same category as IFFLA were American Cinematheque and FilmAid International.
     
    Leonardo DiCaprio accepted a cheque for $350,000 on behalf of the Film Foundation, founded by Martin Scorsese for the preservation and restoration of classic films.
     
    Others who accepted donations include Mark Wahlberg, Gerard Butler, Hugh Dancy, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Bacon, Lea Michele, Taylor Lautner, Elizabeth Olsen, Yoshiki and Jim Sturgess.

  • ‘Lost’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy, ‘Weeds’ competing at Golden Globe Awards

    ‘Lost’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy, ‘Weeds’ competing at Golden Globe Awards

    MUMBAI: Nominations for the 64th edition of the Golden Globes have been announced.

    ABC’s hospital soap Grey’s Anatomy and Showtime’s Weeds got four Golden Globe nominations, including best drama and best comedy, respectively.

    Keeping Grey’s Anatomy company for best drama are Lost, 24, Heroes, and Big Love. For comedy the nominees are Desperate Housewives, Weeds, Entourage, The Office and Ugly Betty. In India the Golden Globe Awards will air on Star World next month.

    HBO led the television categories with 14 nominations, followed by ABC with 11, NBC with nine and Showtime with six. HBO’s Elizabeth I and Mrs. Harris got nominated for best mini series or TV movie. Tsunami The Aftermath which will air in India on HBO on 26 December picked up acting nominations for Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Okonedo and Toni Collette.

    On the film side Babel with its multiple narrative threads picked up six nominations along with Martin Scorcese’s gangster epic The Departed. Director Clint Eastwood got two nominations for directing the war films Flags Of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima. So it is a Clint vs Marty showdown again. Leonardo Dicaprio got two nominations for acting in The Departed and Blood Diamond. On the actress side Helen Mirren is the favourite for the playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen.