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Jerry Seinfeld has been back in the spotlight after nearly 10 years since Seinfeld ended its run. Of course, he’s never really left, with syndicated reruns playing daily, but the stand-up comic has been back with new material in the marketing for the animated film Bee Movie alone, let alone the movie itself.

Among your choices on Hollywood’s holiday menu, you can have talking bees and chipmunks or savage aliens and predators. You can have jolly elves and pretty princesses or vicious gangsters and the mother of all mythic monsters. You can have music, or you can have blood. And in at least one case, you can have both.

A federal mediator was trying to help Hollywood writers and producers reach a last-minute deal Wednesday on a new contract, hoping to help them avert a strike that could slow production of new TV shows and films.

"Let me tell you something," Saw IV star Lyriq Bent begins, "When that drag queen pig mess comes on, you ain’t going to be saying that shit." He’s responding to a query about the hot mess currently selling the latest installment of the Saw franchise. You’ve all seen the poster by now: the patent leather dominatrix pumps, the wheelchair, the pig head mask...what?

Celina Jaitley is pretty ecstatic these days. The actress, who bagged the international project 'Love Has No Language', has now been appointed the Egypt Tourism Board's brand ambassador in India. via Earth Times

New Delhi, Oct 29 : The biggest competitor faced by both Hollywood and Bollywood in India is piracy, said Dan Glickman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Motion Picture Association of America at a CII ... via New Delhi News.Net

“Our audience is intelligent enough to know (the brand-integrated opening sequences) are ads, but they're also intelligent enough to know they are relevant and entertaining. If we thought we were alienating our audience, we wouldn't do it.”

IFC has signed up Dewar's scotch whisky as the sponsor of its Wednesday night "Back to Basics" double-feature film program, and now the cable channel that boasts of being uncut, uncensored and commercial-free ... via Hollywood Reporter

“We feel films made in the Indian sub-continent are often neglected and the Festival will provide them with a platform”

A scene from film Garam Bhaat Othoba Nichhok Bhut-er Golpo Pakistan may be the focus country of the week-long South Asian Film Festival that began here on October 24 but Bangladesh takes the distinction of ... via The Daily Star

“I have not dropped the case. In the next hearing, FFI (Film Federation of India) is expected to provide a proper selection process. That's my ultimate aim. However, I have let 'Eklavya' proceed to the Oscars”

By Arpana, New Delhi, Oct 30 : "Eklavya" is out of the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India next month, but director Bhavna Talwar's "Dharm" is in. via Newkerala.com

“My goal is to build bridges between the Indian and US film industries to address these issues.”

New Delhi, Oct 30 : Lauding India's efforts to stop piracy, Motion Picture Association of America Chairman Dan Glickman has said that New Delhi is way ahead of Beijing in anti-piracy drive. via South Asian Women Forum

The historic Trafalgar Square here came alive with the sights and sounds of India Sunday as thousands of people gathered to witnessed the annual Diwali spectacle organised by the Mayor of London. via Earth Times

“Before that (starting a family), I have to find the right man.”

Not surprisingly for a woman as busy as Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, everything has to be planned minutely -- even having a relationship and starting a family. via Raw Story

“There had been mounting concern within the community worldwide that Sikhs and their stories were continuing to be depicted inaccurately in popular films, especially in those emanating from Bollywood”

The Spinning Wheel Film Festival showcasing outstanding Sikh films and movies made by Sikh men and women the world over will get under way in Hollywood next month. via India Gazette

Film Schools in Mumbai are choc-a-bloc. Admissions are simple but not cheap. Here's a low down on the way film schools in Mumbai work. via Buzzle.com

“How can I not have Mr. Bachchan and Abhishek? Both father and son have a special appearance in my film. They come in a scene just before the song”

New Delhi, Oct 26: In Shah Rukh Khan's much-flaunted mega item number in his forthcoming "Om Shanti Om", old timers Dharmendra, Jeetendra and Mithun Chakraborty shake a leg along with a bevy of 28 other top ... via Newkerala.com

“I think if folks start uploading their works on Jaman we'll be taken more seriously as a group”

Indie filmmakers from around the world are gaining a new Internet platform for their movies as US website Jaman bets on a global appetite for films made without the help of Hollywood. via The Age

“Jab We Met', which is releasing Friday. The film is said to be a copy of Mahesh Bhatt's hugely popular 'Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahi”

Director Imtiaz Ali has teamed up with Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapoor for his second romantic comedy, 'Jab We Met', which is releasing Friday. via India Gazette

“Adding today's popular multicultural programs on the Charter.net portal takes entertainment on the web to the next level”

Tuesday said it will stream international, foreign-language movies and TV programming on its Web portal. via BroadcastNewsroom

“The film ran for few days in America. It was also released in East Africa and the cut version was showcased in France”

Fifty years after release, Mehboob Khan's 'Mother India' about a woman's struggle and strength continues to be a cult film unmatched in theme and scope - and still the enduring archetype of the sacrificing, ... via Earth Times

“Though he is no more with us but he has left his family and his work which will always keep him alive. Work was worship for him. He used to constantly look for new subjects. His films always identified with the common man.”

Legendary Bollywood showman Raj Kapoor's grandson Ranbir launched the Hindi version of 'Raj Kapoor', a compilation of memoirs on the icon's personal and professional life, authored by his aunt Ritu Nanda at a ... via Earth Times

“K", who decides to kick the habit, after his wife threatens to leave him. This then leads him to the "Laboratory”

Mumbai, Oct 27: The two big movies which released yesterday, opened to mixed responses at the box office. via Sahara Samay National

“There will be no entertainment programme at these functions. The awards ceremony will be held at the closing function. This would be followed by the screening of the closing film”

Panaji, Oct 27 : There will be no entertainment programmes in the 38th edition of the International Film Festival of India , which will be held here in November end, to ensure that the focus of the event ... via Newkerala.com

Amid a galaxy of stars and a stage with industrial backdrop, befitting the commercial capital of the country, the gala awards night blossomed at the Andheri Sports Complex on Thursday night. via The Peninsula

“It's a beautiful romance with a good blend of comedy and emotions”

October 25, 2007 10:49:23 AM IST Bollywood Trade News Network The typical round of pre-release trials of the keenly awaited JAB WE MET has started in Mumbai and the initial feedback that has come in has been ... via Glamsham.com

The United Kingdom has emerged as a major market for Indian films, thanks to the presence of over two million people of south Asian origin who ensure that at least one Bollywood film figures in the UK top ten ... via Earth Times

“That's as far as I go. My face is ugly enough. I can't do anything to improve it. Nothing can save it.”

Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan rubbishes rumours that he is going to shave his head for his first international film Shantaram to be directed by US-based Indian director Mira Nair. via Sify

“This is the first true HD player for India. It's a significant event as the film industry's movie makers and distributors are all taking a keen interest by including HD in all their future Home Video distribution plans.”

New Medium Enterprises will unveil the world's first Multi Layer Disc and Player format and High Definition Bollywood film titles in India at the Times AV Revolution Expo at Bombay Exhibition Center. via DesignLines

“Watching them, I was deeply moved while learning more about these incredible events and incredible people.”

ABCNEWS VideoSource, the news and Creatas Footage a royalty-free, broadcast-quality stock footage library, with Secure Online Ordering ');" onMouseOut="setTimeout ',500);" class=hotlink2>stock footage licensing ... via BroadcastNewsroom

“Quick, dust off whatever gay dramas we have!''”

Adam B. Vary of Entertainment Weekly asks why Hollywood hasn't put out a gay-themed film since the commercially and critically acclaimed 'Brokeback Mountain.' Brokeback was more than a movie. via Observer.com - All Articles

“I always do films for others but this is for me...to satisfy my emotions and feelings. I have two more scripts ready. One is on AIDS and another on female infanticide, which I will produce and direct myself”

By Sanu George, Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 26: Having directed several mainstream movies, mostly comedies, in Bollywood, Priyadarshan is now making a film for his own satisfaction. via Newkerala.com

The Xbox Live service in India will have a new game rental option. Microsoft India has just announced that the Xbox Live service will finally become available on November 5th and that, to help make up for the ... via Bit-tech.net main Feed

New Delhi, Oct 25: Claiming that she was receiving several offers to work again in films, Bollywood starlet and companion of underworld Don Abu Salem, Monica Bedi, has moved the Supreme Court seeking freedom ... via Sahara Samay National

“If you change your fundamental principles about creativity and your understanding of society for the sake of getting your movies released, you might as well not make movies”

When Zhang Yuan released "East Palace, West Palace" in 1996, its bold exploration of the power play between a police officer and a gay man set off alarms among China's highly sensitive censors. via MyTELUS

“Why do we place so much importance on international offers? To me, making a name in Bollywood is far more important than trying to find a place abroad.”

Dusky actress Koena Mitra is busy doing a lot of horse-riding and other rugged activities these days apparently for an international project, details of which she refuses to divulge. via India Gazette

“Looks like family socials and serious drama are out”

Big-ticket films are biting the dust at the Bollywood box office this year, but a slew of low budget comedies is bringing some cheer to the industry in an otherwise gloomy season. via RadioSargam.Com

“Therefore, we are looking for a cultural and tourist exchange between the two countries”

New Delhi, Oct 25: With the screening of Egyptian films in the capital, Egypt is aiming to promote bilateral cultural ties besides giving a fillip to its tourism sector. via Sahara Samay National

Microsoft India today announced that it will make available Xbox Live by November 5 with exclusive local content. via Business Standard

“If you travel internationally with a Muslim surname, you might be considered as a terrorist”

MUMBAI * Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says his next film will look at discrimination faced by Muslims after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States. via The Peninsula

“The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou", has created "unique and stylized universes inhabited by characters searching for something to search for”

Director Wes Anderson attends the New York Film Festival screening for "The Darjeeling Limited" in this Sept. via Myrtle Beach Online

“If I had done the same to you, would you have accepted me?”

ISLAMABAD: Encouraged by improved political ties with Pakistan, the Indian High Commission screened one of the best Bollywood movies - Arth' at its auditorium the other day for a select Pakistani audience. via South Asian Media Net

An official confirms that Salman will be doing a film for Ashtavinayak, which will be released next year, and the shooting will also begin next year, however, the other details like the cast and credits are ... via RadioSargam.Com

“What you make of that one chance is up to you”

At least half a dozen children from top Indian film families are debuting this year in Bollywood, a clannish industry that has for generations shoehorned its sons and daughters into instant stardom. via WNED.org

THE head of the American production company that made Ang Lee's new Chinese-language spy thriller "Lust, Caution" says he's cautious about expanding its release in the US because of its Asian flavor and a ... via Shanghai Daily

Film: 'Aa Dinagalu'; Cast: Chetan, Archana, Atul Kulkarni, Ashis Vidyarthi, Sharath Lohitashva, Girish Karnad; Director: Chaitanya; Music Director: Ilayaraja; Producers: Syed Aman and M.S. Ravindra Director ... via India Gazette

“Sivoo is excited to help Charter bring on-demand multicultural entertainment to mainstream consumers”

Anita Lamont, 314-543-2215 Charter Communications, Inc. today announced the availability of popular international movies and television programming on its web portal Charter.net . For its inaugural launch, ... via PR-inside.com

October 22, 2007 7:25:44 PM IST Bollywood Trade News Network After a marathon shooting session of his much talked about movie YUVRAAJ in Austria, Subhash Ghai is ready with yet another directorial venture ... via Glamsham.com

“Presently I am writing a script that is based on one of the stories by Rabindranath Tagore. However, I have not decided to direct the same script as yet”

By Shweta Thakur and Maanwi Malik, New Delhi, Oct 23 : Ace fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee, who has been dressing up Bollywood stars, is now all set to direct them too. via Newkerala.com

“Shool". He also has no qualms about making a film on someone else's script. "My next film 'Dev D' is written by Vikram Aditya Motwani. I am open to making films on other people's scripts as well.”

By Arpana, New Delhi, Oct 23: He always strives to tell untold stories. And, sure enough, director Anurag Kashyap now wants to make movies on Indian comic books, the Hindu holy city of Varanasi and a thriller ... via Newkerala.com

“We are making the case that there is a departure toward politically correct filmmaking that has a negative effect on family.”

Hundreds of Christian filmmakers gathered on Monday in Texas to study entertainment pioneer Walt Disney and how they believe his corporate heirs at the Walt Disney Co went astray from his family-friendly ... via Scotsman.com News

“I am not really into musicals. Everyone is asking me to dance now and I can't dance”

Mumbai, Oct 22 : Ashok Amritraj, a leading Hollywood filmmaker and entrepreneur, has launched his latest celluloid offering, which is a cross-cultural film with a cast of Bollywood and Hollywood actors. via New Delhi News.Net

The second RomaCinemaFest got under way Thursday with a low-key reception along the red carpet and high expectations for the coming days. via Hollywood Reporter

“I'm still very much a stranger in the Mumbai film industry. Chopra is someone whom I can strangely gel with. That's still a rarity for me in Bollywood.”

By Subhash K. Jha, Mumbai, Oct 19 : It seems like the season of improbable collaborations. via Newkerala.com

“The director behaved like a psycho on the sets. Even after shooting hours, he tried to misbehave”

From correspondents in Tamil Nadu, India, 01:31 PM IST The decision by the Tamil Film Producers Council and the South Indian Film Artistes Association to ban a director from making any film for one year after ... via India eNews

“The director behaved like a psycho on the sets. Even after shooting hours, he tried to misbehave”

From correspondents in Tamil Nadu, India, 01:31 PM IST The decision by the Tamil Film Producers Council and the South Indian Film Artistes Association to ban a director from making any film for one year after ... via India eNews

Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, who starred in some of Bollywood's biggest hits such as 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' and 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai', are reuniting as lead actors in a film for the first time in seven ... via Daily Times

Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, who starred in some of Bollywood's biggest hits such as 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' and 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai', are reuniting as lead actors in a film for the first time in seven ... via Daily Times

“There's probably not one new story to tell that hasn't been told about white people”

Tyler Perry's triumph at the box office with "Why Did I Get Married?" has heartened the growing number of studios looking to crack the market for black films. via WNED.org

“NSW has a great deal to offer Bollywood producers”

Sydney Harbour and Bondi Beach are among Australian tourism icons that could soon feature regularly in Bollywood films. via The Sydney Morning Herald

“NSW has a great deal to offer Bollywood producers”

Sydney Harbour and Bondi Beach are among Australian tourism icons that could soon feature regularly in Bollywood films. via The Sydney Morning Herald

“NSW has a great deal to offer Bollywood producers”

Sydney Harbour and Bondi Beach are among Australian tourism icons that could soon feature regularly in Bollywood films. via The Sydney Morning Herald

At the only working movie theater in Indian Kashmir, this is what a moviegoer endures: a frisking, a walk past sandbagged bunkers and a once-over by soldiers in body armor carrying assault rifles. via PR-inside.com

EROS INTERNATIONAL ALIGNS WITH RAKESH ROSHAN FOR KRAZZY 4 London, 17th October 2007 - Eros International, the leading integrated company within the Indian media & entertainment sector announced the acquisition ... via RadioSargam.Com

Out gay horror director Tim Sullivan takes on "attitude adjustment camps," privately run facilities for "troubled" youths in his supernatural thriller Driftwood , set for DVD release on Nov.13.

Good film from anywhere in the world will find an appreciative audience among movie lovers globally, and the work of Danish director Susanne Bier has come in for love and praise in America, even though it has not been widely shown.

In the opening minutes of Sleuth, an older writer, Andrew Wyke (Michael Caine), receives a young male visitor, Milo Tindle (Jude Law), in a house that is so freighted with security cameras and laser-beam sensors that its owner would appear to be awaiting a home invasion by eco-terrorists or the Serbian Army. After a very short interval of polite chit-chat, the older man turns to needling the younger one. Wyke rejects the notion that Tindle is an actor, insisting he must be a hairdresser; even the name Milo seems to raise hackles: "Are you sure you’re not Hungarian?" During all the edgy fencing, we are kept at a distance, forced to view the men through the video monitors. Just as our frustration peaks, director Kenneth Branagh invites us in, in time to hear Wyke pull the pin on the first of many verbal grenades. "So I understand you’re fucking my wife."

Halle Berry and Benicio del Toro star Brian and Audrey are a comfortably successful couple with two kids, a nice house, and a thriving business.

Halle Berry, two-time Oscar winner.

It could happen.

After taking home the golden guy for 2001's 'Monster's Ball,' Berry embarked on what should have been a career-destroying string of turkeys like 'Catwoman' and 'Perfect Stranger.'

She redeems herself in Susanne Bier's aching drama 'Things We Lost in the Fire' with performance of depth, power and vulnerability.

And Benicio Del Toro (another past Oscar winner) matches her step for step.

In the wrong hands, the situation posed by Allan Loeb's screenplay quickly could have turned to treacle. Audrey Burke (Berry) loses her builder husband, Brian (David Duchovny, seen only in flashbacks), to street crime. In her grief and loneliness she asks Brian's oldest friend, the substance-abusing former lawyer Jerry (Del Toro), to move in with her and the kids. Read more

A movie director withdrew a legal challenge Thursday aimed at blocking India's choice for a foreign film Oscar because the court hearings dragged on too long _ rendering the petition pointless. via WKRN-TV Nashville

“Gandhi himself talks of his flaws in his letters. It makes one understand the depth of a person. Here is a man with a mission, asking for sacrifices from the family and nation. Gandhi is deeply inspiring, but very complex”

The fifth edition of Australian Indian Film Festival kicked off Wednesday with the critically acclaimed Feroze Abbas Khan's 'Gandhi, My Father' at Cinema Paris in the ritzy Entertainment Quarter that houses the ... via Earth Times

Being Ben Affleck's younger brother has its perks. With all the paparazzi targeting Ben, Casey leads a pretty normal life.

“Without that moment, the tower of cards really falls apart”

'The Kite Runner' author Khaled Hosseini is commending the delayed release of the film adaptation of his novel over fears for the actors' safety.

Movie distributor Paramount Vantage delayed the debut for six weeks, until Dec. 14, after three of its adolescent male stars said they could be targeted for their participation in a homosexual rape scene. The studio _ the art-house label of Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures _ is moving the boys and their families from socially conservative Afghanistan, possibly until next spring. Read more

EU Tube--the European Commission's answer to YouTube--is lighting up with hits on a sexy new 44-second ad to promote European films.

“An average of five entertainment clips - the same as are provided by ITN On to customers such as MSN, Yahoo!, Virgin Mobile and 3 - will be posted on YouTube each day.”

TV:- Britain's ITN On has launched a advertising funded channel on YouTube. It'll focus on entertainment plus sports and film made specifically for the Net, says Press Gazette . via P2pnet.net

“People who believe in black magic and all this should watch the movie at least one time so that their concepts are clear.”

New Delhi, Oct 12: It was a day of reckoning for two major Bollywood flicks--"Laaga Chunari Mein Daag" and "Bhool Bhulaiya" -- that hit theatres across the country today. via Daily India

“The only solution is to change the mindset of the people”

MYSORE: Expressing deep concern over an increase in the depiction of violence in recent Kannada films, Regional Officer, Central Board of Film Certification , A. Chandrashekar has said that while only seven per ... via The Hindu

A Hong Kong movie company said Monday it plans to make a biographical movie about Bruce Lee's late kung fu master Yip Man, announcing a project similar to a film planned by famed art-house director Wong ... via PR-inside.com

“Hum Ek Hain (1946)', 'Aandhiyan (1952)', 'Rahi (1953)', 'Hum Dono (1961)', 'Guide (1965)', 'Jewel Thief (1967)', 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971)”

London, Oct 15: Veteran actor Jaya Bachchan has thanked the legendary actor Dev Anand for rejecting Zanjeer, which later turned the fate of mega star Amitabh Bachchan. via Sahara Samay National

ITN launches ad-funded YouTube channel By Staff 15-10-2007 11:30 AM Related: ITN's multimedia division, ITN On today has launched a channel on YouTube. via Netimperitive

“It was a little disparaging the way things were put in that letter”

India's Oscar selectors accused Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science of "disparaging" comments on Monday after it questioned the country's official award entry this year. via Reuters

“It would be all over. We are looking at getting the best of the services from both India and abroad. The film would be getting a world class treatment.”

Harman Baweja would have to wait for his debut film to hit the marquee. His Love Story 2050 has been pushed to 2008. via Sify

Bookmark this page : Noted Hollywood actress Sharon Stone presented spiritual guru Mata Amritanandamayi with an award for her humanitarian work at the human rights film festival Cinema Verite in Paris. via AndhraNews

There was no immediate word on what caused the blast at the Shringar Cinema in Ludhiana, an industrial town in the northern state of Punjab.