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  • Denzel Washington’s next a Broadway: A Raisin in the Sun

    Denzel Washington’s next a Broadway: A Raisin in the Sun

    MUMBAI: Renowned actor Denzel Washington has got another big credit in his kitty. This time he will be seen opposite Diahann Carroll in the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun. The play was originally done by Lorraine Hansberry 55 years ago.

     

    Previews will be seen from 8 March 2014 and the opening night will be 3 April next year at the Barrymore Theatre, where the original production started half a century ago. The play is based on the various dreams and conflicts between three generations. Washington will be playing the second generation son and father.

     

    Directed by Kenny Leon, A Raisin in the Sun will only be on for 14 weeks. Washington has previously worked on several big flicks such as The Preacher’s Wife, Malcolm X, The Hurricane and is currently going to be seen in 2 Guns with Mark Walberg. Apart from acting, he has also indulged in directing and producing movies. He has also got Equalizer waiting to be released next year. He has also won a Best Actor Academy Award for Training day.

     

    Others who are part of the cast are Stephen Tyrone Williams, Jason Dirden, and Stephen McKinley Henderson. Washington has won several accolades in his more than two decades of acting career.

  • Imax theatres in the US sell out for ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’

    Imax theatres in the US sell out for ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’

    MUMBAI: Imax theatres in the US are reporting sell-outs of its ‘Star Trek Into Darkness‘ sneak peek shows on 15 May with showings in Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, Houston, San Diego and Minneapolis now at capacity.
     
    Interest Paramount adds continues to be strong at other Imax locations across the US, which are offering fans the opportunity to be the first to see the film at 8.00 pm that evening. In response, Paramount Pictures has moved the film‘s Friday, 17 May release up a day to 16 May.
     
    Tickets are available on the film‘s movie app, a technology that allows users to delve deeper into the ‘Star Trek‘ universe, and can also be accessed via Imax.com or through Fandango.com, Movietickets.com, as well as other ticketing platforms and at theatre box offices.
     
    The Imax release of the film will feature approximately thirty minutes of footage filmed with the extremely high-resolution IMAX® cameras. These specific sequences will expand to fill more of the screen exclusively in Imax.

  • Four Indian films to screen at Seattle Intl. fest

    Four Indian films to screen at Seattle Intl. fest

    MUMBAI: Four films from India – Adaminte Makan Abu, Valley of Saints, The Last Marble and Water Problem – are scheduled to be screened at the upcoming Seattle International Film Festival, scheduled to take place from 17 May to 10 June in Seattle, Washington.

    “In this contemplative tale of hope, family, and sacrifice, an aging South Indian Muslim couple struggles to complete a once-in-a-lifetime religious pilgrimage to Mecca,” reads the festival website about Salim Ahamed‘s Adaminte Makan Abu.

    Valley of Saints Water Problem, a two-minute film by students at the American India Foundation, is described as a “youth-made photo essay illustrating the challenges of getting fresh water in rural India”.

    The film opens with misty hillsides and trickling water but tension draws the viewer into Musa Syeed‘s world where fiction and documentary seamlessly blend along the beautiful landscape of Kashmir‘s Dal Lake.

    The Last Marble is an eight-minute short film about a street kid by Manjari Makijany, daughter of veteran actor MacMohan.

    Seattle International Film Festival, founded in 1976, is considered as one of the top festivals in North America.

  • George Clooney arrested

    George Clooney arrested

    MUMBAI: George Clooney and his father have been arrested at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington.

    The protesters were accusing Sudan‘s president Omar al-Bashir of provoking a humanitarian crisis and blocking food and aid from entering the Nuba Mountains in the county‘s border region with South Sudan.

    Clooney and others, including Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia and NAACP President Ben Jealous, were arrested after being warned three times not to cross a police line outside the embassy.

    They were handcuffed and placed into the back of a U.S. Secret Service van.

    Clooney said earlier that he hopes to draw more attention to the issue and that if action is not taken in the next three to four months “we‘re going to have a real humanitarian disaster.”

  • CNN to air docs on the US presidential candidates Obama, McCain

    CNN to air docs on the US presidential candidates Obama, McCain

    MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNN will examine the lives of the two men contending to be the 44th president of the US in two upcoming documentaries, launching CNN’s extensive political convention coverage. Both hour-long documentaries premiere the weekend before the candidates’ respective convention kicks off.

    Obama Revealed airs on 23 August at 11:30 am and 7:30 pm and on 24 August at 11:30 am. McCain – Beneath the Armor airs on 30 August at 11:30 am and 7:30 pm and on 31 August at 11:30 am.

    CNN International senior VP Katherine Green says, “The public rarely gets an opportunity to see presidential candidates away from the glare of the cameras, the crowds and the structured events. These documentaries offer a real insight into the lives of the candidates and those around them.”

    White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux looks at Senator Barack Obama in an hour-long report that premieres on CNN International on Saturday, 23 August . Malveaux has been covering extensively the Obama presidential campaign, including traveling to Hawaii, where she’ll report on the senator’s early years. She has interviewed the candidate, his wife and his sister.

    CNN’s chief national correspondent John King’s report on Senator John McCain premieres on 30 August. Reporting from Arizona, Washington, DC and Vietnam, King reveals McCain’s complexities and analyses the political challenges that lay before him in the most important campaign of his life.

  • CNN announces senior appointments

    MUMBAI: CNN International has made two senior level appointments, laying the foundation for future growth and development across CNN’s global network.

    Journalist and news programming executive Katherine Green has been appointed to the lead position of senior vice president of CNN International programming. Green, most recently vice president/news director of WTTG/Fox 5 News in Washington, D.C., will be based at the network’s world headquarters in Atlanta. In addition, Mike McCarthy, managing editor for CNN International, has been promoted to the new position of vice president of coverage and feature programming.

    In her new role at CNN International, Green will oversee all of the editorial production, program development, network talent and day-to-day operations of CNN International. CNN International executive VP, MD Tony Maddox says, “Katherine brings a unique and formidable track record in programming innovation, a wealth of editorial talent and really exciting ideas to this job. This is one of the key appointments for the international group, and Katherine’s exceptional management skills are what we need as we aggressively move into an era of digital development and growth for the network.”

    During a career spanning more than 20 years, Green has been instrumental in launching new and innovative news broadcasts and winning numerous awards, including more than a dozen Edward R. Murrow awards, several Emmy awards and other honors from the Associated Press and other organizations. She has a long track record for both market growth and leadership in various U.S top 10 markets including Washington, D.C, Baltimore, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla., and New York.

    Green said, “CNN epitomizes global news with a quality and integrity that other networks can only aspire to match. To be able to shape CNN International for the future is a rare opportunity and a challenge I relish.”

    For his new role, McCarthy will remain based in Atlanta and will oversee major breaking news and the growing strand of feature programs produced in CNN’s London, Hong Kong and Atlanta production centers. “Mike is an exceptional journalist and newsroom leader, and his promotion solidifies a management team exceptionally equipped to energize our programming and create content not just for television but rapidly growing platforms inside and outside of CNN,” Maddox adds.

    McCarthy has served as CNN International’s Atlanta-based managing editor since November 2002. Prior to this appointment, he was senior executive producer for news and business coverage from CNN’s regional production center in London, where he was instrumental in creating CNN International’s feature strand as well as relaunching the European morning wheel of programming with integrated news and business coverage.

    McCarthy said, “One of the keys to our success in the future is harnessing the incredible reach of CNN International’s resources to create new and engaging multi-platform programming for an increasingly diverse and sophisticated audience”.

    McCarthy joined CNN as a senior producer, business news in May 1999. He previously held the post of deputy programme editor at the London News Network, responsible for London Today and London Tonight.

  • Rolando Santos is CNN Intl senior VP, international relations

    Rolando Santos is CNN Intl senior VP, international relations

    MUMBAI: Rolando Santos is joining CNN International as senior VP, international relations. The announcement was made by CNN international MD Chris Cramer. In this role, Santos will play an integral part in the development of future CNN services around the world while working closely with CNN’s International affiliates and joint venture partnerships.

    Santos, currently executive vice president and general manager of Headline News, takes up his new role with CNN in mid-September. Cramer says, “Rolando has unrivaled experience in the creation of numerous CNN services, including CNN en Español in 1997, CNN + in Spain and CNN Turk in 1999,” Cramer said. “As we continue to build upon CNN’s international heritage and global influence, he is the perfect choice to work alongside our worldwide partners, affiliates and colleagues.”

    As a member of CNN International’s senior management group, Santos will work closely with Turner Broadcasting’s global business development teams identifying potential new platforms and editorial partnerships. He will also assume editorial liaison with some of CNN’s sister channels, CNN-IBN in India and CNN Turk in Turkey and will oversee CNN’s International Professional Program, which brings together journalists from around the world for hands-on editorial training in Atlanta

    He says, “I have enjoyed working in the international arena and helping launch so many successful CNN services around the world and, more recently, building Headline News into the dynamic news channel that it has become. This is the perfect opportunity to return and help shape CNN’s international growth and future.”

    Since 2002 Santos has served as executive VP and GM of Headline News, responsible for its development and overall operations. Prior to that he was president of CNN en Español, CNN’s 24-hour Spanish-language news network, where he oversaw all daily operations and editorial content of CNN en Español and CNN en Español Radio. He was also played a significant role in the development and launch of new international news networks such as CNN+ and CNN Turk.

    Additionally, he oversaw the Spanish-language newsgathering operations, including a fully bilingual staff in Atlanta, a worldwide network of Spanish-speaking correspondents and eight full-service bureaus in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Washington, D.C., Buenos Aires, Jerusalem, London and Mexico City.

  • NGC commissions ‘Seconds From Disaster’ for third time

    NGC commissions ‘Seconds From Disaster’ for third time

    MUMBAI: Following the success of the first two series of Seconds From Disaster National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) and National Geographic Channel (NGC) have commissioned Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) to produce a third series of the show.

    Each of the 13 one hour shows have been filmed in high definition and investigates some of the world’s most infamous disasters.

    The show will use CGI and dramatic reconstructions to recreate the fateful moments that led to each catastrophe. Eyewitness testimony from survivors coupled with visuals and scientific analysis heightens the emotional impact of this series, filmed in locations around Europe and the US.

    The show will explore events including the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. That saw over 1500 people perish. The fateful journey of Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, DC in 1982 killing 78 people. It also looks at the 1972 Olympic massacre in Munich resulting in the deaths of 11 athletes and one German police officer at the hands of international terrorists; and the devastation of the recent Asian Tsunami which claimed the lives of more than 230,000 people.

    Darlow Smithson head of factual Tom Brisley says, “The first two series were highly successful for DSP, NGC and NGCI, and we are delighted that it has become such a strong returning brand. Each series has brought to life disasters with gritty realism through the use of cutting edge CGI effects and reconstructions.

    “In the third series particularly, we’ve been able to secure exceptional access to survivors who have been unwilling to talk in the past. In true DSP style, we’ve approached this third series with greater ambition, covering bigger and more complex events than ever before”.

    NGCI executive VP content Sydney Suissa says, “Right from its first broadcast, Seconds from Disaster established itself as one of our signature series. The production values combined with powerful storytelling and impeccable research make the series compelling week in and out. I am delighted that we can offer our viewers a third season”.

    NGC US executive VP John Ford says, “Viewers have enthusiastically embraced this series because it gives them the opportunity to understand disasters from a scientific point of view, leading to new insights into how these tragic events occurred in the first place. To know exactly what happened, and to see it through the magic of CGI, is a stunning new technique.”

  • BBC announces programming strategy around 9/11 anniversary

    BBC announces programming strategy around 9/11 anniversary

    MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that it will mark the fifth anniversary of 9/11 by special reports and programming.

    9/11 – The Twin Towers airs next month on BBC One. It tells the 11 September 2001 story through the testimonies of survivors, victims’ families, emergency workers and city officials. Stanley Praimnath, a banking executive, recalls how he saw a plane heading towards his office window. Amazingly, he survived, but Melanie de Vere, a 30-year-old British publishing executive helping to host a conference in the Windows on the World suite of the North Tower, was not so fortunate.

    A Path to 9/11 will be aired on 12 and 13 September on BBC Two, starring actor Harvey Keitel, traces the origins of the 9/11 attacks, drawing on the findings of the 9/11 Commission Report. On 9/11 itself, BBC News bulletins and BBC News 24 will feature live reports from Ground Zero in New York, with packages from Jeremy Cooke.

    BBC World will co-present from New York with Katty Kay. Peter Marshall will be reporting for BBC Four’s The World and BBC Radio Five Live’s The Mayo Show will be in Manhattan with reports from Peter Allen in Kabul.

    Other BBC Radio News outlets will feature live reports from the British Memorial Garden in New York.

    On the BBC News website, Stephen Evans – who was in New York on the day in 2001 – will give an overview on how the city has changed since then, how the upstate town of Warwick has coped, what US Muslims feel about the attacks today, and the health effects on those who cleared the dust from the city.

    The site will feature reports on how the rest of the world has changed since the attacks and Peter Taylor will be analysing the current state of play in the ‘war on terror’ and his series on Al-Qaeda will be shown in September on BBC TWO.

    There will also be graphics showing the collapse of the Twin Towers and a guide to the four hijackings that took place on 9/11. BBC World Service has three shows – Have Your Say, a two-hour co-production with WBUR, Boston (9 September); A Very American Witch Hunt: 9/11 Stories presented by Michael Buchanan (8 September); and Assignment with Stephen Evans.

    In addition, BBC World Service is sending extra correspondents to the US including Rob Watson, Defence and Security correspondent, who will be in Washington to report on the ‘war on terror’.

  • XM Satellite Radio surpasses 7 million subscriber mark

    MUMBAI: US satellite radio service provider XM Satellite Radio has more than seven million subscribers. XM Satellite Radio CEO Hugh Panero says, “With more than seven million subscribers today, XM has achieved yet another major milestone as the leader in satellite radio” .

    XM broadcasts live daily from studios in Washington, DC, New York City, the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Toronto and Montreal. It has over 170 digital channels of choice from coast to coast. The genres cover commercial-free music channels, sports, talk, comedy, children’s and entertainment programming and the most advanced traffic and weather information.