Tony Scott laid to rest
August 26th, 2012 - 2:34 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 26 (IANS) "Top Gun" director Tony Scott, who committed suicide by jumping off a bridge, was laid to rest in a private funeral.Tony, brother of well-known Hollywood ... Read more...
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Rahman to rock Olympics with Punjabi beats!
June 30th, 2012 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) A.R. Rahman is set to team up with Hollywood director Danny Boyle again - this time to compose a song for the London Olympics' ... Read more...
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I liked Hrithik as actor, dancer in ‘Kites’: Hollywood director
June 29th, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Indian film industry's song and dance culture has found a fan in "Step Up Revolution" director Scott Speer, who is also impressed with Bollywood ... Read more...
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Bollywood last alternative to Hollywood: Director Dibakar Banerjee (Interview)
May 26th, 2012 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Hollywood may have wiped out the "whole world's indigenous film industry" but Bollywood has held up, giving room to talent from all over the globe, ... Read more...
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Italian gets funeral 64 years after being killed
May 24th, 2012 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, May 24 (IANS) An Italian got his funeral Thursday more than six decades after he was killed by the mafia.The 34-year-old Placido Rizzotto was killed in 1948 in ... Read more...
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Pakistani daily rues Osama film shoot disruption in India
March 5th, 2012 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 5 (IANS) The disruption by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) of Hollywood director Kathryn Bigelow's film shoot in the Indian city of Chandigarh on Al Qaeda chief Osama ... Read more...
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Bigelow’s Osama film shooting gets hostile ride in Chandigarh
March 2nd, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 2 (IANS) Anti-Pakistan and anti-Osama bin Laden slogans, a Hollywood film crew running for cover, police reinforcements rushing in... this is not exactly what Oscar-winning Hollywood director Kathryn ... Read more...
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Chandigarh becomes Osama’s Abbottabad - for Hollywood film
March 1st, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 1 (IANS) The two places may be 600 km apart, but Oscar-winning Hollywood director Kathryn Bigelow has chosen Chandigarh and its surroundings in Punjab to depict the Pakistani ... Read more...
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Suu Kyi biopic, a risky journey for director Besson
December 6th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 6 (IANS) Making "The Lady", a film on Myanmar's untiring face of resilience Aung San Suu Kyi, involved too many challenges for Luc Besson. From shooting secretly to ... Read more...
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Director Brett Ratner admits sleeping with Olivia Munn
November 4th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) “Tower Heist” director Brett Ratner has admitted that he is the director that actress Olivia Munn referred to in her book “Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The ... Read more...
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Spielberg confirms ‘Jurassic Park 4′
October 27th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 27 (IANS) Hollywood director Steven Spielberg has confirmed that he is working on the fourth instalment of "Jurassic Park" and that the sequel will be an improvement from ... Read more...
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Spielberg fined in Italy
July 26th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, July 26 (IANS/AKI) Hollywood director Steven Spielberg was fined for violating boating rules while vacationing on the Italian island Sardinia.Spielberg paid 151 euros to the Coast Guard after angry ... Read more...
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Hollywood director thought Buddha, Everest belonged to India
July 24th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 24 (IANS) What does Bollywood director Nikhil Advani have in common with Hollywood documentary maker Howard Worth? For starters, both thought the Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, ... Read more...
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Supergroup being formed for the 2012 Olympic
April 26th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, April 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) London is gearing up for the Olympic Games in 2012. With the way that the previous Olympic Games was held in Beijing, London was undoubtedly under pressure ... Read more...
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Shayamalan to direct Will Smith, Jaden in next
April 5th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 5 (IANS) Hollywood director M. Night Shayamalan, has roped in Will Smith and his son Jaden for his new sci-fi film and says it was his dream ... Read more...
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India’s media, entertainment sector now a $14.5 bn industry (Lead)
March 21st, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) The Indian media and entertainment industry logged an 11-percent growth in 2010 to touch $14.5 billion (Rs.652 billion) and is projected to expand at a ... Read more...
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Spielberg’s dinosaur drama for TV delayed again
March 14th, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, March 14 (IANS) Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's television series, "Terra Nova", a prehistoric dinosaur drama, has been pushed back in order to improve upon the special effects in ... Read more...
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My sci-fi characters close to reality: Hollywood director
February 18th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Priyanka Sharma
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Unperturbed by the comparison of his film "I Am Number Four" with other super-hit teenage fantasy dramas, Hollywood director D.J. Caruso says the closeness ... Read more...
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Kevin Smith says that ‘Hit Somebody’ is his final film
January 26th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Jan 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Famous Hollywood director, Kevin Smith has confirmed that “Hit Somebody” is going to be his last movie.The directors plans to retire and take up different challenges ... Read more...
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Orson Welles’s Lost Movie To Hit The Theaters Soon
January 25th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
featuring John Huston, Dennis Hopper, Peter Bogdanovich and Oja Kodar will finally get some fresh winds and light and be out of the canes.'Within weeks' the film will be released ... Read more...
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Himesh Is Coming Out With An International Album Titled ‘@ Da EGE’
January 24th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
We all remember Singer Himesh Reshammiya I suppose! Yes, he is the singer with the nasal twang who became immensely popular in Bollywood, few years back with his catchy songs ... Read more...
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Top Hollywood Actresses Vying For A Role In New ‘Batman’ Movie
January 14th, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Ace Hollywood director Christopher Nolan, who has cult movies like 'Memento' and 'Inception' in his kitty, is actress-hunting for his upcoming movie, as sources have reported. ... Read more...
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Sanjay Gupta among Forbes’ 10 ‘Most Influential Celebrities’
January 13th, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 13 (IANS) Noted Indian American physician-TV presenter Sanjay Gupta figures among Forbes' 10 "Most Influential Celebrities" with famed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg narrowly edging out television show ... Read more...
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‘Bend it like Beckham’ becomes 1st western film to be broadcast in N. Korea
December 31st, 2010 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Pyongyang, Dec 31 (ANI): Indian-origin Hollywood director Gurinder Chadha's film "Bend it like Beckham" will become the first western-made film to be broadcast on TV in North Korea.According to The Guardian, ... Read more...
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‘Spielberg banned in Middle East after Israel war donation’
December 18th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 18 (IANS) Films made by veteran Hollywood director Steven Spielberg were banned by 14 Middle East countries after the "Jurassic Park" filmmaker donated $1 million to Israel during the 2006 ... Read more...
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Harrison Ford is a director’s ‘quintessential cowboy’
December 13th, 2010 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 12 (IANS) Hollywood director Jon Favreau has praised his "Cowboys & Aliens" star Harrison Ford as the "quintessential cowboy" and said he was delighted to have him in the ... Read more...
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Facebook founders pledge to give away wealth to charity
December 10th, 2010 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz have joined 15 other billionaires in a pledge to donate over half of their wealth to charity.Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old chief ... Read more...
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Ronni Chasen’s Murder Shocks Hollywood
November 17th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Ronni Chasen, the 64 year old veteran Hollywood publicist, who ran her own PR firm, Chasen & Company and was responsible for organizing several successful high ... Read more...
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Spielberg to make biopic on racer James Hunt
November 15th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 15 (IANS) Hollywood director Steven Spielberg is to make a biopic on legendary British racing driver James Hunt.Executives at the director's DreamWorks studio are said to be keen on ... Read more...
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I feel less pressure making ‘The Hangover 2′: Director
November 8th, 2010 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 7 (IANS) Hollywood director Todd Phillips says he feels less pressure making "The Hangover 2" as he knows the audience is eagerly waiting for the film.The director made the original ... Read more...
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12th Mumbai Film Festival ends
October 29th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
By Shaikh SharikMumbai, Oct.29 (ANI): The 12th Mumbai Film Festival, organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images, ended with a gala closing ceremony.The eight-day-long film festival showcased over 600 films from ... Read more...
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Steven Spielberg says he has fallen for England’s natural beauty
October 28th, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 28 (ANI): Director Steven Spielberg has talked about how the beauty of Dartmoor in England mesmerized him during the shooting of his new blockbuster 'War Horse'.The Hollywood director had ... Read more...
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Leonardo DiCaprio may star in ‘The Great Gasby’
October 20th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Oct 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Hollywood director Baz Luhrmann has been finding it difficult to decide for many years to make The Great Gasby by F. Scott Fitzgerald into a ... Read more...
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Patrick Wilson Will Be Starring In “Young Adult” With Charlize Theron
October 20th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Oct 20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Hot and dashing Patrick Wilson will hit the screen once again with the new flick "Young Adult". The movie will be directed by the Ace Hollywood ... Read more...
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Gulshan Grover cast opposite Salma Hayek in Hollywood movie
October 17th, 2010 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Bollywood badman Gulshan Grover has been roped in as the lead opposite Mexican beauty Salma Hayek in Hollywood director Bill Duke's next film "The Driver"."I was ... Read more...
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