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Acclaimed director James Cameron's much-anticipated 3D sci-fi epic 'Avatar' became critics' favourite by bagging six honours at the 2010 Critics Choice Movie Awards. 'Avatar' claimed six honours all technical awards, including best action movie, best visual effects, best sound, best editing, best art direction and best cinematography, reports contactmusic.com. 'Inglourious Basterds' came a close second by picking up three awards and 'The Hurt Locker' recieved two of the event's biggest awards for best directing (Kathryn Bigelow) and best picture. Rob Marshall's 'Nine' became the night's big flop. Despite scoring 10 nominations for the awards last month, the musical-romantic film was completely shut out.

Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan has denied rumours of her featuring in an explicit sex tape. Lohan was upset after the release of a saucy 47-second video shot that reportedly featured her during an intimate bedroom session with an unidentified man, reports dailystar.co.uk. However, she has denied these rumours, saying: 'I haven't even heard of this'

Image via Wikipedia Singer-actress Mariah Carey is all set to launch her own champagne - called Angel Champagne by MC. The special champagne will hit stores towards the end of 2010 and join her 2006 Mariah Zinfandel wine in supermarkets, reports contactmusic.com. Carey announced the launch of the drink Friday and poked fun at her performance at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Jan 6

From screenings and fittings to gift suites and pre-parties, preparations were under way citywide this weekend for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards. Here's a sampling: GLOBES GLEE: The cast of TV's "Glee" said they were developing new rituals to prepare for Sunday's Golden Globes, where the Fox show is up for best comedy series and stars Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch are nominated for their performances. "I've never done an award show so I guess I'll have to start a ritual," said Lynch, who plays mean-spirited cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on the show. "I bet I will probably get up and have coffee like I always do." Other "Glee" stars dreamed of more luxurious preparations. "I will cleanse myself in the waters of Nepal," said Mark Salling, who plays Puck. "I should have a ritual, like I should bathe in milk or something extravagant," said Jayma Mays, who plays the show's prim and pr

Golden Globe Awards host Ricky Gervais has firm ideas about who should win Sunday and who should have been nominated in the first place — for instance, him. Gervais said he plans to follow in the footsteps of Bob Hope, who, as Academy Awards host, jokingly whined about being overlooked for his movies. Gervais failed to get a nod for "The Invention of Lying," which he starred in, co-wrote and co-directed. "There will be questions asked," Gervais warned, adding he might drag the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the ceremony's organizer, onstage for questioning. "Look forward to that," he said, with more than a touch of glee. He also places tongue-in-cheek blame on Daniel Day-Lewis, who's up for musical or comedy acting honors for "Nine." The oft-acclaimed Day-Lewis has received Oscars for the dramas "There Will be Blood" and "My Left Foot." "How dare he move in on comedy? It's just not fair,

Robert already has a post on a long NY Times article chronicling many things including the recent troubles at NBC. My favorite part of that article is the very fine chart above. It’s meant to demonstrate how far NBC has fallen lately, but if you step back from the current media frenzy of “Woe is NBC”, what the top chart says to me is “Woe is Broadcast Television”. (I have my own similar chart that I do annually with a bit more detail, but nobody does business graphics that look better than the NY Times) And while the bottom chart says “NBC has really slid in the last 8 years”, it also shows that NBC’s been in worse relative shape before (as have the other broadcasters) and recovered from it, so their relative position among broadcast networks is almost certainly temporary. (I have my own chart showing the cyclical nature of the business in the Eras of Network Television, and while it’s not nearly as fine as what comes from the NY Times, it was put into a recent book on the media indust

The Masturbating Bear is dead. As a deal nears for Conan O’Brien’s exit from NBC, one thing is certain: The characters and recurring comedy bits O’Brien originated during his 16-plus years on “Late Night” and “The Tonight Show” will not follow the host when he leaves NBC. The Peacock owns the intellectual property behind such popular O’Brien characters as Pimpbot 5000 and Conando, as well as recurring segments such as In the Year 3000 and Desk Driving. Sources involved in the settlement negotiations say NBC is keeping the copyrighted and trademarked elements of O’Brien’s shows as part of the deal. That means the bits and characters will likely never be seen after O’Brien’s “Tonight” ends its run Jan. 22.

In a long piece that will appear in Sunday’s New York Times that is part run-down on the recent issues regarding late night, and part “history of NBC,” NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker says that it was new NBC entertainment chief Jeff Gaspin who suggested a 30 minute Jay Leno show at 11:35 and moving Conan to 12:05. “That’s what he wanted to do, and I said, O.K., give it a shot,” Zucker said, with the Times noting the shot exploded in their faces. But Zucker took the blame for Leno at 10pm. “At the end of the day Jay at 10 o’clock didn’t work, and I take responsibility for that,” Zucker told the Times. “I think part of why there’s been such a visceral reaction to this is we’ve talked about change and taking risks, and that’s something I’ve always been associated with,” Zucker said. “And not being afraid to take chances.” Mr. Zucker also suggests that for all the recent focus on NBC woes, it will ultimately pass. “We live in a society today that loves a soap opera,” Zucker said. “Three

Yes, we know, Dave tapes his Friday Late Show earlier in the week, but Conan’s Tonight Show winning streak and ratings surge continued on Friday night. Conan drew another 1.9 rating with adults 18-49 in Nielsen’s top 24 local People Meter markets (the same rating he drew on Thursday) lapping Letterman’s .8 with viewers 18-49. And for the first time in weeks Conan also won with households, with a 3.2 rating versus a 3.0 for Letterman.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali has a new creative honcho in his 'Guzaarish' team. It's an uncredited honour, though. The passionate filmmaker has found a friend, philosopher and guide in his old pal Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Known to be insanely possessive about his projects, SLB is famed for taking all the creative decisions himself. Not any longer. An insider on his set whispers, "Sanjay consults Aishwarya on everything connected with 'Guzaarish'. Her words really matter to him and he asks her to be present on the sets even when she is not required for a scene." Apart from her stunning physicality and talent, what has earned respect for Ash in the eyes of Bhansali is her unstinting professionalism. After co star's Hrithik's recent b'day bash, when everyone partied till the wee hours of the morning, it was only Ash who reported on time for next day's shooting.Point noted. Ash Bhansali likes it! source: YAHOO!

Priyanka Chopra and her 12 roles in 'What's Your Raashee' are likely to earn her recognition in the 'Guinness Book Of World Records'. And after Chopra's dozen, another artiste with 10 credits to a film is likely to sashay her way into the 'Limca Book Of Records.' Her claim to fame? Deepshikha Nagpal will make it as, 'the only woman to have the rare distinction of being a woman involved in all the departments of film making.'Earlier, her calling card mainly was her unerring resemblance to the late Parveen Babi. Ms. Nagpal, though, has proven that she has far more talent to offer. 'Yeh Dooriyan' her cine effort boasts of Deepshikha tackling a clutch of ten skills as its producer, director, actor, casting director, story writer, screenplay writer, dialogue writer and post production assistant! Phew!! If you've survived that, here's more! The intrepid gal has additionally helped out in two departments, for which she hasn't taken c

A special screening of Marathi film 'Harishchandrachi Factory', India's official entry to the Oscars, was held at Rashtrapati Bhavan Saturday evening. The film, that will hit theatres Jan 29, was screened at the President's Estate auditorium in the presence of President Pratibha Patil and its director Paresh Mokashi. The lead cast of the movie, including Nandu Madhav and Vibhawari Deshpande, and noted theatre and film actor Mohan Agashe were present at the screening. 'The first citizen of the country liked our performance and she appreciated our work. We hope to reach out to the countrymen and hope they like it too,' Madhav told IANS here. Added Deshpande: 'We are still thrilled and it's great to be appreciated by the president of the country. It's amazing.' Co-produced by UTV Motion Pictures, Paprika Media and Mayasabha Production, the Dadasaheb Phalke biopic is the directorial debut of Mokashi, who is a Mumbai-based theatre actor-director. The

Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan Saturday visited a city private hospital where Marxist leader Jyoti Basu is described by doctors attending on him as in a very critical condition. Bachchan, who was here in the city to promote his film 'Rann', spent half-an-hour at the hospital and spoke to doctors about Basu's condition. 'He waited with all of us on the ninth floor of the hospital. He has left a 'get well soon' note for Basu,' CPI-M leader Md. Salim told reporters on emerging from the hospital after Bachchan left. Draped in a black suit and red tie, Bachchan, however, did not speak to the media. He left the hospital premises after a namaskar (with folded hands) to hundreds of his fans who gathered outside. 'Though he was asked to go to the seventh floor (where Basu is staying), he maintained that he will inquire about Basu's condition from the doctors and not go to the seventh floor as dialysis was going on.' Others pres

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) With all eyes now on 'My Name Is Khan', channel NDTV 24X7 is bringing an exclusive preview to the movies' star cast, filmmaker and its making with the hit trio of Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. The channel has tied up with Dharma Productions for the special series also called 'My Name Is Khan', said a press release. NDTV chairman Prannoy Roy will interview Johar, Shah Rukh and Kajol, who will share their trials and tribulation of working as a team and some moments from the movie. The film is about Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh), an autist, who is mistaken for a terrorist while travelling in the US. It releases Feb 12. In the first episode of the NDTV series, Shah Rukh talks about his childhood desire to dress up like Amitabh Bachchan's character in 'Satte Pe Satte'. He also shares the experience of his first day on set with Madhuri Dixit and friend and co-actor Kajol, about the advice given to him by actors like Anil Kapoor and

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MS Dhoni has been ruled out of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong because of a back strain. Virender Sehwag, his deputy, will lead India in the match scheduled to start on Sunday, and Dinesh Karthik will replace him as the keeper, the Indian team manager Arshad Ayub confirmed. Dhoni suffered a back spasm during morning practice, retired to the dressing room and sent Virender Sehwag for the traditional captain's pre-match conference. However Sehwag, in his inimitable style, just offered: "He is fine, just taking a break and he is enjoying in the dressing room." "The spasm continued and refused to go away," Ayub told Cricinfo. "Dhoni didn't want to take any chances and decided at the team-meeting in the evening that he wouldn't play the Test. Karthik will replace him." Karthik played two games as an opener in the recently concluded tri-series. Dhoni had earlier suffered a back spasm during India's tour of New Zealand early last y

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