New York: With the Sundance Film Festival starting next Thursday and the Oscars not too far off, the movie buffs at online travel adviser Cheapflights (http:///www.cheapflights.com) have compiled a top 10 list of their favorite film festivals across the globe. Reuters has not endorsed this list: 1. Sundance Film Festival - Park City, Utah, United States Sundance Film Festival started out in 1978 as an event designed to attract more...
11:46 AM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned home on Saturday after attending the crucial two-day G-20 summit in Cannes, which asked tax havens to adopt prudential norms for sharing of information to check money laundering and terror funding. Singh concluded his visit to the French coastal resort on Friday, where heads of 20 most influential economies deliberated for two days in the midst of worsening European crisis triggered by the...
08:35 AM, Nov 05, 2011
Cannes: As Eurozone crisis threatened to engulf global economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday warned that "prolonged" uncertainty and instability in Europe will hurt other countries too and suggested that the IMF can help rescue the situation. Observing that everyone has a stake in the orderly functioning and prosperity of Europe, including the Eurozone countries, Singh told the G-20 Summit, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) must keep the situation...
10:30 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Cannes: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Cannes today in this French coastal resort to attend the crucial summit of world's 20 powerful economies (G20), saying difficult decisions are needed swiftly to address the crisis in Eurozone and elsewhere. Government sources said the G20 faces a big test in ensuring that concrete steps are taken for recovery of the global economy. The sources said that no country in the 17-nation...
09:28 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Cannes: The threat of a Greek exit from the euro zone hung over a meeting of G20 leaders on Thursday after France and Germany made it clear that Athens must decide urgently whether it wants to stay in the 12-year-old currency bloc. The summit on the French Riviera had been meant to focus on reforms of the global monetary system and steps to rein in speculative capital flows, but a...
09:27 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Cannes: The G20 summit kicks off in Cannes on Thursday under the shadow of escalating euro zone worries. World markets have been in turmoil after the Greek Cabinet backed the Prime Minister's call for referendum on EU debt deal. And now the 8 billion euro bailout has been held till that referendum takes place. There is an acknowledgement from the Indian side that this summit is going to be even...
06:44 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Cannes: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived to the picturesque town in French Riviera on Wednesday for the sixth G20 Summit over the next two days with engagements that also include a host of bilateral meetings. According to officials, even though the summit is expected to focus on resolving the Eurozone crisis, the prime minister will have a lot to say in areas such as growth, development, financial regulation, jobs and...
12:30 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Mumbai: Long queues of mostly youngsters and celebrities are a common sight at the 13th Mumbai Film Festival, which is attracting huge crowds thanks to the excellent lineup of nearly 200 films, many of which had made it to Cannes. "In the last two years, the festival has become very good. The films that I missed at Cannes, I am watching here. So far I have watched seven films. I...
05:46 PM, Oct 18, 2011
Currently Aishwarya is busy shooting for Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Heroine', which she will finish by July end. ...
03:08 PM, Jun 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Silent National Anthem, an ad campaign that features deaf and mute children "singing" the 'Jana Gana Mana' through sign language, won a silver at advertising's highest awards - Cannes Lions 2011. Media reports say, after the shortlists on day one came the awards on day two of the Cannes Advertising Festival. Mudra Groups Silent Anthem for Reliance MediaWorks has bagged a silver and two bronze lions at...
05:11 PM, Jun 21, 2011
While Aishwarya Rai Bachchan completed a decade at Cannes, Sonam Kapoor made her impressive debut. ...
11:03 AM, May 24, 2011
The two week celebration of World Cinema at the 64th Cannes Film Festival ended on Sunday. Here's a look at the big winners at Cannes this year. ...
10:14 AM, May 24, 2011
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I have finally figured - going through the Cannes red carpet pictures and reading the movie reviews while indulging in guilt free (or so I ...
05:17 PM, May 23, 2011
Cannes: The 2011 Cannes film festival ended on Sunday with an awards ceremony where US director Terrence Malick's film 'The Tree of Life' won the Palme d'Or for best picture. Following were the main prize winners on the night: Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) for best film - 'The Tree of Life' directed by Terrence Malick (United States) Grand Prix runner-up prize - 'Once Upon A Time In Anatolia' directed by...
10:49 AM, May 23, 2011
Cannes: US director Terrence Malick won the Palme d'Or for best picture at the Cannes film festival on Sunday for 'The Tree of Life,' a meditative, metaphysical epic starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. Only his fifth feature, the two-hour 20-minute contemplation on the origins of life and where we go when we die was among the favourites to walk off with the coveted award, one of the most prized...
07:24 AM, May 23, 2011
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