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  • Aashish Khan and Zakir Hussain bag Grammy nominations

    Aashish Khan and Zakir Hussain bag Grammy nominations

    MUMBAI: Nominations for the 49th Grammy Awards have been declared and Mary J. Blige has continued her winning streak, having garnered eight Grammy nominations.

    Musician duo from India Aashish Khan and Zakir Hussain have been nominated for the ilk of Best Traditional World Music for their album, Golden strings of the Sarode.

    Keeping it nip and tuck Red Hot Chili Peppers tracks closely while securing six nominations followed by James Blunt, the Dixie Chicks, John Mayer, Danger Mouse, Prince, Rick Rubin, William and John Williams each earning five nods and Beyonce, Bryan-Michael Cox, Gnarls Barkley, Israel Houghton, T.I, and Justin Timberlake with four each.

    The 49th Annual Grammy Awards will take place in Los Angeles at the Staples Center on Sunday 11 February 2007 and will be hosted by Stephen Colbert and broadcast nationwide on CBS at 8 pm ET.

    2007 Grammy Nominees for the Top five categories are as follows:

    Record of the year

    – Be Without You, Mary J. Blige
    – You’re Beautiful, James Blunt
    – Not Ready To Make Nice, Dixie Chicks
    – Crazy, Gnarls Barkley
    – Put Your Records On, Corinne Bailey Rae

    Album of the year

    – Taking The Long Way, Dixie Chicks
    – St. Elsewhere, Gnarls Barkley
    – Continuum, John Mayer
    – Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
    – FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake

    Song of the year (nominated songwriters)

    – Be Without You- Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jason Perry
    – Jesus Take the Wheel- Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson
    – Not Ready to Make Nice- Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison and Dan Wilson
    – Put Your Records On- John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou and Corinne Bailey Rae
    – You’re Beautiful- James Blunt, Amanda Ghost and Sacha Skarbek

    Best new Artist

    – James Blunt
    – Chris Brown
    – Imogen Heap
    – Corinne Bailey Rae
    – Carrie Underwood

    Best Pop performance by a duo or group with vocal

    – The Black Eyed Peas for My Humps
    – Death Cab For Cutie for I Will Follow You Into The Dark
    – The Fray for Over My Head (Cable Car)
    – Keane for Is It Any Wonder
    – Pussycat Dolls for Stickwitu

  • MTV Movie Awards 2006 to exploit various screens

    MTV Movie Awards 2006 to exploit various screens

    MUMBAI: Aiming to tap any screen, MTV Networks launches 2006 MTV Movie Awards through various interactive platforms.

    The network has set up an interactive hub www.movieawards.mtv.com, viewers will be able to access every aspect of the Movies awards.
    In addition, the network will unveil My Movie Awards on MTV Overdrive, creating opportunity to watch and customize the entire movie awards ceremony, plus experience exclusive content not seen during the show.

    There users can re-experience the awards in their own unique, customized way through MTV Overdrive which will have the entire show in bite-size on-demand segments.

    By creating a personalized highlight reel of the show, or simply watch it in its entirety on demand — it’s all up to the fans. Viewers will also be able to access exclusive footage not seen on-air including, revealing backstage diaries from the night’s celebrities, an in-depth look at the hottest red carpet fashions, interviews with the big winners, and much more.

    My Movie Awards will debut immediately following the on-air premiere of the 2006 MTV Movie Awards on 8 June.
    “Watch the show in its entirety, or mix and customize your favorite moments, My Movie Awards is unlimited access for fans to experience the show exactly as they demand it,” said MTV president Christina Norman.

    “It speaks to our mission — give our audience the opportunity to tap into MTV on any screen they want to — and the Movie Awards promises to be another standout MTV multiplatform event.”

    Jessica Alba will be hosting the 2006 MTV Movie Awards in California. Taking the stage to debut new music and deliver eagerly awaited live performances at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards are Christina Aguilera and punk rockers, AFI.

    Kate Beckinsale, Jamie Foxx, Owen Wilson, Justin Timberlake, Matt Dillon, Will Ferrell, T.I., Kate Hudson, Ludacris, Rebecca Romijn, Kate Bosworth, Famke Janssen, John C. Reilly and Brandon Routh are the first to be announced in the growing list of stars presenting at this year’s ceremony, which promises to be more than an award show, but a movie unto itself, informs an official release.

    Up for starring roles at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards are the 40-Year Old Virgin and Wedding Crashers, each receiving five nominations. Also vying for the spotlight are Batman Begins, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Hustle & Flow, Sin City and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith with three nominations each.

    MTV will also celebrate the all new categories of Best Hero, Sexiest Performance and the ‘mtvU Student Filmmaker Award’ for the first time ever.

    Tenth Planet Productions will once again join MTV to produce the 2006 MTV Movie Awards. Joel Gallen will executive produce the show for the 12th consecutive year, and will also direct the show. Salli Frattini is executive producer for MTV. Rick Austin is Producer and Kathy Flynn will serve as event producer.

    The 2006 MTV Movie Awards will be seen in 171 countries /territories via 50 music programming services, and in 23 languages in more than 479.5 million households, informs the official release.