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  • ESPN to give Mumbai action buffs a dose of X Games excitement on the big screen

    ESPN to give Mumbai action buffs a dose of X Games excitement on the big screen

    ESPN’s film Ultimate X, The Movie produced in conjunction with Touchstone Pictures will hit Mumbai shores on 24 May, through SPE India.

    The film, which will be shown at the Imax dome theatre in Mumbai, chronicles the excitement and explosive drama of action sports shown on ESPN and takes a behind the scenes look into the channel’s Summer X Games.

    The 2001 X Games in Philadelphia take centrestage in the film, covering the extensive preparations atheletes go through for sports like skateboarding, biking, moto X, and street luge competitions where athletes lie their backs on their boards and speed feet first on to the giant screen. In addition, the film will present the stories of the athletes themselves.

    And the state government is attempting to push through a local act at a time when the Central government has proposed an amendment of its Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 to incorporate conditional access systems.

    Special P.O.V. camera mounts on bikes, skateboards and motorcycles guarantee an intense experience, says the company. The film moves back and forth between action, sound bites with faithful followers of the X Games, interviews with competitiors like Bucky Lasek, Mat Hoffman, Dave Mirra. The open and frank nature of the interviews illustrates the nave attitudes of both the participants and the audience, especially when it comes to the issue of injury.

    A special highlight sees coloured cycles soaring fifty feet above the ground. Riders perform aerial acrobatics with their machines. The 40 minute film written and directed by Bruce Hendricks, has a puslating soundtrack, either from the likes of Fat Boy Slim, Moby and 3rd Strike.

  • CNN launches ‘The Music Room’

    CNN launches ‘The Music Room’

    There’s more music in the air. CNN International today announced the launch of a new weekly programme The Music Room. 

    The show features some of the world’s best musical talent, from unknowns to Grammy winners, performing live and explaining the inspiration behind their work, according to an official release.

    Sponsored by Toyota, The Music Room features in-depth coverage of the world’s leading artists and bands as well as a showcase of upcoming talent, joining artists on the road and in the studio while exploring their craft and inspirations, their plans and sometimes their frustrations, the release says.

    The launch show of The Music Room features two of the divas of R&B, Nelly Furtado and Alicia Keys, as well as a visit to the New York home of Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty. International artists appearing on forthcoming shows in interviews or performing live in The Music Room studio include Moby, Michael Stipe, Hikaru Utada, Fatboy Slim, Natalie Imbruglia, Coldplay, Gorillaz, Manu Chao, The Strokes, No Doubt, Kylie Minogue, Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Alanis Morissette, Ja Rule, and Usher. 

    The Music Room is a half-hour weekly show that airs at 7 pm on Sundays reachung 172 million households around the world, the release says. Regular features of the programme include a look at rising stars and emerging talent in ‘Breaking Through’, coverage of music from around the world in the Global Beat!, and regular visits to the world of dance and electronic music with the Beat Club feature. 

    The show features charts from a number of countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia as well as covering the best of the new album releases and delves deeper into the music industry and issues such as copyright piracy, artists’ relationships with record labels and the latest technology. The programme will also be visiting festivals around the world over the next few months, including the Caracas Pop Festival and the Winter Music Conference in Miami (the top gathering for DJs and dance music).

    Anchoring The Music Room is 24-year-old Sasha Rionda, a Swiss Mexican who speaks Spanish, English, German and French. Prior to joining ‘The Music Room’ in March 2002, Rionda was a correspondent for the Latin American network Cinecanal for whom she reported from New York and Las Vegas. She has also appeared as a guest host for the Wild On the Beach Australia program on the North American entertainment network E!

    The Music Room is also backed by a dedicated website, www.CNN.com/themusicroom, featuring special articles on the artists appearing in the show, background information, biographies and program details.