
Bangalore: Karnataka is going to miss out on Aamir Khan's much anticipated TV debut, 'Satyamev Jayate', and this is because the film and TV industry has self enforced a ban on dubbing. It's perhaps one of the most anticipated television shows of the year. It's a ban that's self imposed and not written anywhere. The Kannada film industry allows remakes in Kannada but a dubbed version of any movie or...

08:22 AM, May 04, 2012

London: British teen band One Direction became the first UK group to enter the US Billboard 200 chart at number one on Tuesday. The band sold more than 176,000 copies of their debut album 'Up All Night', making chart history in the United States, with the record soaring straight to the top of the digital charts within minutes of its official release on March 13th, a statement from the band's...

02:33 PM, Mar 22, 2012

New Delhi: Literature is best left alone in the spirit of celebrated French-Swiss filmmaker Jean Luc-Godard's philosophy that good literature makes bad cinema, says filmmaker and writer Saeed Akhtar Mirza. "I feel as a form literature exists in the written word - let it be here as the raison d'etre why somebody writes. Whenever I read a good book, it never crosses my mind to make a film," Mirza told...

01:55 PM, Mar 15, 2012

London: Mercedes gave their new Formula One car a track debut away from prying eyes on Thursday amid lingering suspicions that the late arrival meant the team had something to hide from copycat rivals. The team said Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg each did 50km at Silverstone circuit for what was officially a private filming day before the launch of the W03 at the second pre-season test in Barcelona next...

04:03 PM, Feb 17, 2012

London: Actress Angelina Jolie ended up in tears following a standing ovation from the audience at a screening of her new movie 'In The Land of Blood and Honey' in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo. The screening of the movie, written and directed by Jolie, took place in an auditorium of 5,000 Tuesday. The movie is about romance between a Serbian soldier and a Bosnian woman the 1990s war in...

11:54 AM, Feb 16, 2012

London: Pop star Rihanna is set for her television debut as she has signed up for a talent hunt show to discover a new fashion designer. "I've always had a great love of fashion. It's a constant source of inspiration and is a big reason why I've grown into the artist I am today. I am excited to follow the journey of our aspiring contestants and see how their individuality...

12:44 PM, Jan 27, 2012

London: Actor James Franco is to release his first novel 'Actors Anonymous', which is loosely inspired by his experiences in Hollywood. The 33-year-old has sold the book to online retailer Amazon, reported Daily Mirror. Although its Franco's debut novel it is not his first book - he previously released a collection of short stories entitled 'Palo Alto'. The actor is well renowned for his love of changing his work constantly,...

02:04 PM, Jan 06, 2012

London: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has revealed that she has been working on a script for a movie about Afghanistan but she is not very confident about it as of now. "I don't even think it's good. Maybe I'll dig it out, but I don't have the confidence yet to start even thinking in that way," femalefirst.co.uk quoted her as saying. The 36-year-old, stepped behind the camera to make her...

12:00 PM, Dec 27, 2011

Mumbai: Buzz is that the Hollywood hottie refused to do 'Dhoom 3' but recently chatted with Shah Rukh for a possible Bollywood debut. It could have been her debut in Bollywood, if Hollywood hottie Heather Graham hadn't refused 'Dhoom 3', opposite Aamir Khan. Apparently of the handful of Hollywood stars, including Oscar winner Natalie Portman and Eva Longoria who had been approached to star in 'Dhoom 3', Heather was on...

07:39 PM, Dec 24, 2011

London: After spending five years developing the project, actress Scarlett Johansson is now fully focused on her directorial debut. The actress is stepping behind the camera for a movie adaptation of Truman Capote's Summer Crossing, which was thought to be lost for more than 50 years but was eventually published in 2005. "It's a project I've been developing for five or six years. I'm writing it right now with Tristine...

12:33 PM, Dec 17, 2011

Los Angeles: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie's directorial debut 'In The Land Of Blood And Honey' is up for the 2012 Stanley Kramer prize. The 36-year-old actress stepped behind the camera to write, co-produce and direct the movie about a romance between a Serb soldier and a Bosnian Muslim woman during the Bosnian Civil War in the 1990s. The film has now won its first accolade, being named as the recipient...

01:45 PM, Dec 16, 2011

New York: Actress Angelina Jolie, who is gearing up for the release of her directorial debut 'In the Land of Blood and Honey', says she never intended to direct. "I never intended to write and direct a film. But after going to a lot of countries over 10 years and meeting people post-conflict in places like Afghanistan or Darfur, where the question of intervention comes up, I wanted to express...

12:41 PM, Dec 13, 2011

Los Angeles: The first directorial project by Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is named in legal documents filed in federal court by Croatian journalist and author James J Braddock. The journalist claimed that he published an article about a woman raped by soldiers before Jolie wrote similar storyline for 'In the Land of Blood and Honey', reported Ace Showbiz. Three weeks before the premiere of the film premiere date, a lawsuit...

03:28 PM, Dec 05, 2011

Los Angeles: Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson is set to expand her career by turning director with 'Summer Crossing'. The 26-year-old actress, who is teaming up with Oscar-winning producer Barry Spikings in the project, will work on the movie adaptation of Truman Capote's first novel, Ace Showbiz reported. It focuses on an 18-year-old young woman who breaks free of her rich family to discover her own identity and sexuality after World...

12:46 PM, Nov 19, 2011