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  • Schmooze’s meme-based dating campaign tops trends and captivates Gen z

    Schmooze’s meme-based dating campaign tops trends and captivates Gen z

    MUMBAI: AI-powered dating app Schmooze has made waves on social media with its ‘Memebaseddating’ campaign, which puts humour at the centre of modern matchmaking. Aimed at Gen z, the campaign quickly gained traction, with memes and witty posts flooding online spaces and sparking widespread conversation.

    The hashtag quickly gained traction, generating over 13 million impressions and securing the one trending spot on X (Twitter), with more than 2,500 organic posts driving engagement. Instagram giant ‘Sarcastic_us’, boasting 11.2 million followers, further amplified its reach, ensuring memes dominated digital conversations.

    Schmooze’s campaign even caught the attention of Stephen Colbert, who gave it a playful nod on The Late Show. His witty take on meme-based dating boosted the app’s pop culture presence, drawing even more curiosity to the platform.

    Taking the campaign beyond screens, Schmooze brought meme culture to the streets with branded auto-rickshaws in major Indian cities like Delhi, Bengaluru, and Kolkata. Wrapped in humour-infused taglines, these vehicles transformed daily commutes into moments worth sharing.
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    The transit media execution, powered by Brandonwheelz, enhanced visibility across urban hubs. “By merging digital narratives with real-world interactions, we created an engaging brand experience,” said Brandonwheelz CEO & co-founder Mohammed Asghar.  

  • Star English Network shows nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards

    MUMBAI: The Primetime Emmy awards recognizes the best TV series and are touted as the ‘Oscars of Television’ in its 69th year. The best shows of the year declared on 13 July as the nominations for the biggest and most coveted international television awards were announced. 8000 entries from across the past 12 months were reviewed by the academy and the top contenders across categories emerged with Westworld, This Is Us, Feud: Bette and Joan, Veep, Big Little Lies and several more.

    The Star english entertainment network too has reason to celebrate as the maximum nominations have been bagged by the shows broadcast across its channels. With a staggering 50 Emmy nominations across key categories it goes to prove that Star indeed is home to the most popular and critically acclaimed international shows.

    The 69th Primetime Emmy Award ceremony itself will be simulcast LIVE exclusively on Star World, Star World HD and Star World Premiere HD at 5:30 AM on 18th September with a primetime repeat at 8:00 PM. Furthermore, one of the most loved, witty and curious talk show hosts on television –Stephen Colbert of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert fame will host the Emmy Awards this year, certain to make television viewing a delightful and hilarious affair.

    Here is the list of shows that air on Star World and Star World Premiere who have received nominations in the key categories announced today:

    DRAMA SERIES
    This is Us
    Westworld
    LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
    Viola Davis for How to get away with murder
    Keri Russell for The Americans
    Evan Rachel Wood for Westworld

    LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
    Sterling K. Brown for This is us
    Anthony Hopkins for Westworld
    Matthew Rhys for The Americans
    Milo Ventimiglia for This is Us

    LIMITED SERIES
    Big Little Lies
    FEUD: Bette And Joan
    The Night Of
    LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOVIE
    Nicole Kidman for Big Little Lies
    Jessica Lange for FEUD: Bette And Joan
    Susan Sarandon for FEUD: Bette And Joan
    Reese Witherspoon for Big Little Lies

    LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOVIE
    Riz Ahmed for The Night Of
    John Turturro for The Night Of

    COMEDY SERIES
    Black-ish
    Modern Family
    Silicon Valley
    Veep

    LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
    Pamela Adlon for Better Things
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep
    Tracee Ellis Ross for Black-ish

    LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
    Anthony Anderson for Black-ish
    Zach Galifianakis for Baskets

  • Stephen Colberts blink-and-miss cameos in The Hobbit

    Stephen Colberts blink-and-miss cameos in The Hobbit

    Anyone who watches The Colbert Report knows host Stephen Colbert is obsessed with anything Tolkien. The director of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit franchises, Peter Jackson, even describes him as the biggest Tolkien geek he knows.

     

    And after countless show dedications to the franchises and a set visit, it appears Colbert finally lived out his nerd fantasy in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

     

    It’s easy to miss, but Colbert disguised as a Laketown spy has been seen in the film. Colbert was not the only one to join in the fun – his family joined him! His two sons can be seen running across the screen and his wife is shown lighting a match.

     

    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is the second film in The Hobbit trilogy. It opened 13 December and is still doing well on the box office.