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Now, UTV Movies goes to the US

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Hindi film channel UTV Movies will begin transmission in the US through DTH by January next year, officials said.
UTV Movies is the film channel of UTV Global Broadcasting Ltd (UGBL) and is currently available in countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. It was also introduced in the Asia Pacific [...]

DVR usage making big changes in television viewing

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Figuring out a prime-time schedule is usually one of CW network chief Dawn Ostroff’s most important duties. Never, however, has it seemed to matter less.
The promise inherent in digital video recorders — that viewers can be in control of their own TV schedules — is rapidly being fulfilled this fall, and the business is changing [...]

Rajesh Khanna’s ‘Anand’ hits TV

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

eteran actor Rajesh Khanna is reliving the good old days. He is to star in a small-screen serial in which he will play a character similar to his most memorable role of ‘Anand’ in the flick of the same name. The guru-kurta-clad serene ‘Anand’ will be seen in a serial named ‘Raghukul Reet Sadaa Chali [...]

Amy Winehouse says meeting prison-returned hubby would be ‘overwhelming’

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Amy Winehouse, who is yet to meet hubby Blake Fielder-Civil after his prison release and rehab check-in, has revealed that she expects the reunion to be ‘overwhelming’.
The Grammy Award-winner, who reportedly fumed over her beau for calling his ‘other woman’ Sophie Schandorff first post his jail release, said that they are an extremely emotional couple.
“We’ll [...]

Self-censorship hits big bucks videogames over religion

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Violence may still be rife in the world of videogames, but when it comes to religion, caution remains the watchword in the big bucks business.
Sony’s decision this month to delay one of the most anticipated games in the history of PlayStation, LittleBigPlanet, to avoid offending Muslims, is the latest sign that videogame-makers are playing prudence [...]

High taste

Monday, October 20th, 2008

She is the ramp’s sweetheart and with that height and voluptuous figure to flaunt , Sameera Reddy can give any anorexic model run for her money. But when it comes to her fashion quotient, she says, “I am not demanding at all.
I like fashion but I won’t kill for it; unless of course it’s something [...]

Stop giving prominence to voices that spread hatred: Naseer

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shahis critical of giving prominence to voices that spread hatredas he emphasises that it is not the view of the majority ofthe community he represents. Shah, who is depicting the liberal face of Islam inthe new venture ‘Shoot On Sight’ based on the 2005 London tubebombings, also disapproves of the ‘theory of [...]

Madonna and Guy Ritchie to divorce - spokeswoman

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

U.S. pop singer Madonna and British film director Guy Ritchie have agreed to get divorced, the singer’s spokeswoman in London said on Wednesday.
The announcement of the couple’s decision to split ends months of speculation about their relationship.
“Madonna and Guy Ritchie have agreed to divorce after 7-l/2 years of marriage,” Madonna’s representatives in New York and [...]

Pressure on G7 leaders as Wall St erratic at open

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

Leaders of the world’s leading economies confronted a financial system in shambles on Friday as they gathered in Washington with panic selling in the stock markets, credit frozen solid and the world teetering on recession.
Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven gathered in Washington ahead of a weekend meeting, in search of [...]

Kid Rock goes digital with Rhapsody

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Kid Rock has ended his resistance to digital music services by granting Rhapsody a four-month exclusive offering of his recordings.
Starting Friday (October 3), Rock’s music on Rhapsody, the online music service run by RealNetworks, is available for digital-rights-management-free purchase as full albums only, while individual songs can be downloaded only under the subscription plan, or [...]