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  • Fox’s ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ lights a fuse at MTV Movie Awards

    Fox’s ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ lights a fuse at MTV Movie Awards

    MUMBAI: There was a healthy dose of star voltage at the MTV Movie Awards on Saturday 3 June in Los Angeles. The show had the theme behind the scenes at the movies and poked fun at awards shows in general. Fox’s comedy Napoleon Dynamite went home with the Best Picture trophy.

    Leonardo Dicaprio picked up the award for best actor for playing the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes in The Aviator. The award for best fight went to Uma Thurman and Daryl Hannah for Kill Bill Volume 2. In recognition of his iconic status to the MTV audience, Tom Cruise accepted the first-ever MTV Generation Award – from none other than his new sweetheart Katie Holmes. The audience also went wild for the nostalgic 1980’s hit Breakfast Club reunion. The film’s stars Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Anthony Michael Hall accepted the Silver Bucket of Excellence Award.

    The band Yellowcard performed a rendition of the movie’s legendary theme song Don’t You (Forget About Me) as clips from the classic ’80s movie played on the giant screens in the background.

    In keeping with the show’s theme threaded throughout the show were different “backlot scenes,” set in giant letters that spelled out MOVIE, to reflect various film genres, which introduced the award categories.

    When the cast of the upcoming film Fantastic Four presented the Breakthrough Female award, they made their grand entrance through a giant catacomb. Jessica Biel and Emile Hirsch were “attacked” by zombie arms as they made their way onstage to present the Best Frightened Performance award.

    Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, and Jessica Simpson from the upcoming The Dukes of Hazzard movie introduced the Best Musical Performance award by entering through a subway car scene – where they came upon a “subway musician” Jimmy Fallon.

    Other scenes included a nod to Japanese monster movies, a samurai sword fight, and a romantic love scene. Ben Stiller won best villain for his role as a menacing gym owner in Dodgeball. At the show he raised an egg in his hand to demonstrate the evils of high cholesterol.

    “Take a look at this little fella. He’s killed more people than all the Hollywood bad guys combined. Crush cholesterol now!” joked Stiller.
     

     

  • HBO serves up a movie treat this November

    Party on Saturday Nights with `Napoleon Dynamite’,

    `Against The Ropes’, `Man of the House’ and `The Longest Yard’

     

     

    New Delhi, October 30: As the winters dawn, HBO, the movie channel you have always loved, gives you reasons to stay home. This November HBO warms you up with some of the most celebrated movies and Original Series that will keep you hooked to the television. Don’t miss a super hit Hollywood movie on `Blockbuster of the Month’, a brand new premiere every Saturday night on `HBO Saturday Nights’ and charismatic action in the all new block `It’s A Guy Thing’.

     

    Make sure to catch Wesley Snipes, Jessica Biel and Kris Kristofferson in the HBO Blockbuster of the Month `Blade: Trinity’ on November 1 at 9 PM. In this third installment of the film series adapted from Marvel comics, a new challenge awaits the vampire hunter known as Blade (Wesley Snipes, The Detonator, Unstoppable). A group of vampires have resurrected the ancient and all-powerful Count Dracula (Purcell, Mission: Impossible II).

    To defeat him, Blade must team up with the Nightstalkers, a group of similar-minded hunters led by Abigail (Jessica Biel, Elizabethtown, Stealth). Director David S. Goyer successfully continues the Blade cinema series, satisfying fans with plenty of nocturnal monster mystique and leather-clad vampire slayers smashing through floors and ceilings, breaking windows with their bodies, and occasionally defying gravity.

    To spice up your Saturday nights this November, HBO presents a blend of Comedy, Drama and Action on HBO Saturday Nights at 9 pm. The life of a ninja-loving teenager gets complicated after he is introduced to some new aspects of life. Enjoy the story of this teenager in the fun-filled comedy Napoleon Dynamite on November 4. Meg Ryan plays a woman struggling to prove herself in the male-dominated, testosterone-laden world of boxing in ‘Against the Ropes’.

    Watch her being the proverbial woman succeeding in a man’s world on November 11. Tommy Lee Jones plays a no-nonsense undercover texas ranger trying to protect fun loving college girls from the drug mafia in a comedy that bursts with high energy – `Man of the House’ on November 18. Watch a revered football superstar, played by Adam Sandler, reluctantly training an inmate football team to play against the prison guards in a no holds barred game in `The Longest Yard’. Also starring Chris Rock and Burt Reynolds, the movie is scheduled for November 25.

     

    HBO brings non-stop action packed movies for all who love adventure and enjoy action with its new block `It’s A Guy Thing’ every Saturday at 2 pm. A group of martial arts warriors have only six days to save the Earth from an extra-dimensional invasion. Earth Realm Warriors battle against the forces of Outworld in ‘Mortal Kombat Annihilation’. Treat yourself to this master dose of martial arts on November 4.

    Be ready to blow your socks off with the adventure and action of ‘Starship Troopers 2: Hero of Federation’ on November 11. Catch all the fun and enjoy wonderful visual effects in this blockbuster directed by one of the greatest visual effects wizards in movie history, Phil Tippet.

     

    The cast and the fun of conning of Ocean’s Eleven returns with its sequel and blockbuster Ocean’s Twelve. Meet your favourite stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta Jones, Matt Damon in this cool crime caper on November 18. Clint Eastwood plays a veteran cop who gets stuck with a rookie cop (Charlie Sheen) to chase down a German criminal (Raul Julia.) in ‘The Rookie’ on November 25.

     

    Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award winning series ‘Deadwood’ Season 2, starring Ian MacShane, Timothy Olyphant, Molly Parker and others, continues on HBO every Wednesday night right after the 9 pm movie. Find out this November what happens in the lawless town of Deadwood in the five brand new episodes of the second season of this HBO Original Series exclusively on HBO.

     

    HBO brings the best of Hollywood by premiering the top blockbuster movies on television first in South Asia through exclusive licensing deals with four major Hollywood studios – Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Columbia/ TriStar), Universal and Warner Bros.

     

    Prime time viewing on HBO includes HBO Blockbuster Of The Month, a special television event that premieres a mega blockbuster movie every month, HBO Saturday Nights, which premieres a new box office hit each week throughout the year; HBO Sunday Super Hits, which showcases the blockbuster hits, star-studded hits, favourite genre hits, Asian hits, highly acclaimed hits and so much more. In addition, HBO features at least 3- 4 new movie showcases every month to offer viewers an interesting mix of Hollywood movies based on exciting themes.

     

     

     

    For further information, please contact:

    Manisha Manchanda, HBO Asia
    Tel: 0124 – 4028888
    Email: manchanda_manisha@hboasia.com.sg

    Nalini Neha, CMCG India
    Tel-fax: 011 – 29216471 – 73
    Email: nalini.neha@cmcgindia.com