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SYFY MARCH SATURDAY ORIGINAL MOVIES FEATURE DINOSHARK, FROM CULT MOVIE LEGEND ROGER CORMAN, AND DARK RELIC, STARRING JAMES FRAIN (THE TUDORS) New York, NY — February 26, 2010 — Legendary cult movie producer Roger Corman unleashes a nightmarish half dinosaur-half shark onto a resort area and James Frain (The Tudors) portrays a knight battling a murderous demon in Syfy’s March Saturday Original Movies. In Dinoshark, airing Saturday, March 13, at 9PM (ET/PT), a lush Mexico vacation spot is terrorized by a mysterious prehistoric creature no one believes exists, except a young fishing boat captain (Eric Balfour, 24, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre). To prevent a bloodbath, the captain must stop “Dinoshark” before it invades an inland waterway full of pleasure boats and swimmers. Dinoshark is produced by Roger Corman and Julie Corman. Roger Corman, who received an Honorary 2010 Oscar, is the legendary director and producer of numerous low-budget cult classics, among them It Conquered the World,

In Greek mythology a Titan is someone who is a giant. Giant not by size but by deeds who would their rule their domain with absolute power. The two titans Atlas and Hercules are legends of the mythical world. Hercules for beating the odds all alone with just his strength and wit along with Atlas who literally carries the world on his shoulders. Truly if the game of cricket was mythology then Sachin Tendulkar is a Titan. Sachin Tendulkar’s shoulder carry no less of a burden and he has often single handedly taken on odds we cannot imagine or identify with. But today in his 442nd One Dayer, with his 17,598th run and a good 100 runs after he had scored his 46th century, the little master that Tendulkar is, scored the first double century ever scored in international limited overs cricket. He now owns the world record for most runs scored ever, most centuries ever and also the highest individual score ever. In both formats of the game Tendulkar his at the top and by miles. No player has

I think we saw a great Test match today between India and South Africa. Both teams were playing for the number one spot and rain on the fourth day had made it possible for South Africa to play for a draw, win the series and get the No 1 Ranking for Test cricket. But Indian team had other plans and Harbhajan Singh took 5 wickets to win India the match. India now hold on to their No 1 ranking. I though it would be nice to look up what Harbhajan Singh does in Eden Gardens Kolkatta. Obviously he seems to relish bowling there as it is also the place where he took a hat trick against Australia way back in 2001. I thought about looking up some distinct statistics to see actually how much does Harbhajan actually love Eden Gardens in Kolkata. It is incredible to be honest. He has taken 355 wickets in his career in 83 Tests that is a average of 4.27 wickets. Now compare it to 07 Tests and 46 wickets at Eden Garden in Kolkata. He has taken a astounding 6.5 wickets per Test in Kolkata. On a light

Indian Premier League fever is catching up. Last time I did write about the new advertisement for IPL season 3. Here is a new and interesting twist. This year there will be eight teams as usual but next year there will be ten teams in the fray. That means two new teams. Here is a list of cities which might host the new teams. Ahembdabad, Nagpur, Kanpur, Dharamshala, Indore, Cuttack, Gwalior, Vishakapatnam, Rajkot, Pune, Baroda and Cochin. I think the front runners are probably Ahmedabad and Pune. Let me tell you why? The base price of the new teams to be bid on will be 225 million dollars. That is almost twice the amount spent on the latest highest bid which was for Mumbai Indians. I single out these two cities as likely to be bid on as these are on the only cities which can help the owners recover their millions. Pune being close to Mumbai and has a huge population for sustaining a franchise. Also Ahmedabad is a bustling city at the cusp of being a mega city will be ideal place to se

IPL when it was held in 2008 was a massive success and shook the cricketing world. In all probably it has also shifted the power base of Cricket to India very significantly. In 2009 when IPL was was shifted out of India and in South Africa. IPL is back in India this year and Sony has put out a advertisement titled “Saare Jahan se Accha”. It obviously is in reference that there is no place like India have the IPL taking place. Do watch the video below and let me know your thoughts on the advertisement.

Craig Kieswetter makes his debut after an irresistible run of form for the England Lions and plays as a specialist batsman at the top of the order with Matt Prior keeping wicket. Alastair Cook's first ODI in charge started tidily, winning the toss and choosing to field first on sweltering afternoon in Dhaka. Cook returns to the one-day side for the first time since November 2008, and along with Kieswetter gives England yet another opening combination. At the toss he insisted his game has expanded since then, and in Asian conditions, where the first 15-overs are crucial for the batting side, he will need to prove that. On a pitch that is expected to be slow, dry and low it could be tough for the middle-order batsmen against the spinners and Bangladesh, banking on their superior knowledge of home conditions have plenty in their side. Bangladesh included Mashrafe Mortaza, their most experienced paceman, who returns from injury for his first ODI since January las

Rahul Vishwakarma , the Nepal left-arm spinner who grabbed a match-winning 7 for 15 against USA to help his team win the ICC World Cricket League Division 5 trophy, has been reprimanded for misconduct. The reprimand was issued by ICC match referee David Jukes, who did not convene a disciplinary hearing as Vishwakarma pleaded guilty to the charge. Through his admission, Vishwakarma was found to have breached Section 12 Article 2.1.6 of the ICC Code, which relates to "pointing or gesturing towards the pavilion by a bowler or other member of the fielding side upon the dismissal of a batsman". "Mr. Vishwakarma has apologised for his actions, and has given me an assurance that we will not see a recurrence," Jukes said. The charge was brought by the two on-field umpires Tyron Wijewardene and Sarika Prasad at the conclusion of the match which Nepal won by five wickets.

Tasmania have one hand on their second FR Cup title in three seasons after Tim Paine's century drove them to 6 for 304 at the MCG. A lacklustre Victorian effort in the field left the hosts needing everything to go right in their chase if they are to avoid losing the one-day final for the fourth consecutive summer. Paine and Michael Dighton set up the big total with a 132-run opening stand that made Victoria pay for dropping Dighton twice. The wicketkeeper Matthew Wade should have had Dighton on 9 when he put down a one-handed opportunity off Darren Pattinson and the batsman had another life on 42 when he cut to point and Aiden Blizzard spilled a straightforward chance low to the ground. Dighton was in a belligerent batting mood and forced boundaries all around the ground, including one straight down the ground that nearly struck the bowler John Hastings in the head. Dighton was the dominant man in the opening partnership and the scoring rate slowed when he was bow

A superb match needed a Super Over to split the teams and New Zealand prevailed to repay Brendon McCullum for his amazing century. McCullum became the second-highest scorer in a Twenty20 international with an unbeaten 116, but after Michael Clarke and Cameron White exploded in the reply the scores were tied at 214 after 40 overs. A six-ball tiebreaker was required and the calm Tim Southee delivered another tight over to allow only six runs for White, David Warner and Brad Haddin. Shaun Tait's waywardness, including two wides, assisted the locals and Martin Guptill finished the game with a four over point from the third legitimate delivery. The hosts were upset by a meek performance in Friday's one-sided defeat , but McCullum showed his might with an unforgettable 56-ball demolition on a small ground that was rocking at the start and the end. Things were much quieter as Clarke organised the chase with 67 from 45 and White provided some much-needed muscle with

Kannada comedian B.K. Shankar died after a brief illness Saturday but sadly hardly any from the state's film industry paid their last respects to the actor who has worked in over 200 movies, industry sources said Sunday . Shankar, 56, was suffering from severe jaundice and was declared dead by attending doctors in his residence. His final rites were performed in his hometown Gadag, 400 km from here, Saturday evening. He is survived by his wife, a son and three daughters. Shankar became popular with his trademark dialogue delivery in the Uttara Karnataka accent. He started off with Kannada professional theatre where he was typecast to play comic roles. His first break in the film world came with 'Sanchari' though it was 'Aththege Thakka Soase' that was released first. Shankar's performance in many films directed by Phani Ramachandra like 'Ganeshana Maduve', 'Ganeshana Galaate' and 'Gowri Ganesha' were app

Peter Andre had sex with a woman, linked to Orlando Bloom in the past, just eight days after his divorce with Katie Price, it has emerged. The singer romped a former Pixie Lott stylist, Maddy Ford, after meeting her in a birthday party of his friend/champion windsurfer Nick Baker and wife Michelle Clack's child on October 31 last year. Ford has revealed the details of their fling that lasted three months. "Michelle told me Peter was looking for someone who was 'the complete opposite" of his ex-wife Katie - and yet he seemed more than interested in me with my fake boobs and false eyelashes!" the News of the World quoted her as saying. She added: "He had already seen my picture on Facebook, thought I was 'gorgeous' and wanted to meet me. I thought he would be a useful work contact. "I was quickly introduced to him. But about an hour later I was at the bar when I sensed someone behind me. "It was P

A controversial reconstruction of Michael Jackson's death has been shown on US television. The 30-minute macabre re-enactment was broadcast in the US on cable channel VH1, reports News of the World. It shows an actor playing Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray trying to revive the singer with chest compression heart massage - first on a bed and then on the floor. The reconstruction shows Murray using a mask to force oxygen into the star's lungs. Later, the Jackson lookalike is seen on a slab in a Los Angeles mortuary. He is also shown on a post mortem table before being put into a mortuary drawer.

A coroner's reports into Brittany Murphy's death have revealed that the actress filled a prescription for painkiller Vicodin just 11 days before she died late last year but 109 pills were missing when she was found collapsed in her Los Angeles home. Officially, pneumonia and drug intoxication have been ruled as the cause of the 'Clueless' star's death; the report says the 32-year-old Murphy was issued 120 pills of Vicodin on December 9 and only 11 were found in the bottle when she suddenly died on December 20. According to gossip web site TMZ, the LA coroner's office has not been able to trace the doctor who issued the prescription, reports the New York Post. It is not known why Murphy was taking the painkiller. Vicodin should not be taken more than 4 times daily, and the max Murphy should have taken at the time would be 44 instead of 109.

Popstar Mariah Carey says she has been insecure about her looks since the age of 19. The 40-year-old singer confessed she has been conscious of this for about 21 years now. 'I remember starting out and being at a record company at 19 and having someone tell me, 'This is your good side and this is your bad side. Don't ever let anyone take pictures of you from that side. You look terrible from that side,' and so on. It created this whole complex,' she said. Carey, whose mother is Irish-American and her father was an African-American of Venezuelan descent, said she has always had the complex because she's mixed-race, reports femalefirst.co.uk. 'I felt very different as a bi-racial person. Growing up where I did, being half-black and half-white was a weird and difficult thing because I didn't quite fit in either place and I moved around a lot,' she said. 'So when I went from that to this world it was like, let's cr

Courtney Love relied on prostitutes to help her find drugs when she was staying in unfamiliar places. The Hole frontwoman, who was sentenced to six months in rehab in 2005 after breaking the terms of her probation and then leaving a 28-day treatment programme without permission, used to be so dependent on drugs she would call on sex workers to pay her a visit to help her find a dealer, reports The Daily Express. However, she insists she's now clean and sober. She says, "I had this rock and roll trick that I would do. I'd be in the worst (place)... like Cleveland (Ohio) or Cologne, Germany... Munich... I wanted drugs because I used to do drugs and I don't do them any more. "I would call up a hooker agency and I would ask for the ugliest hooker, because the ugliest hooker would know (where to get drugs). "They would think I was a lesbian and come with all sorts of things (sex toys) and I'd be like, 'No,

BAFTA nominated Freida Pinto, after spending four months in Israel, has finished the shooting of "Miral", which will be released later this year, according to reports. Pinto, 25, plays Miral, a girl raised in a Jerusalem orphanage in 1950s, with story spanning several decades. Shot in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in Israel, other cast of this poignant historical drama film includes Oscar nominated Willem Dafoe (Shadow of the Vampire), Alexander Siddig (The Boundary), and Hiam Abbass (The Syrian Bride). Directed by Oscar nominated Julian Schnabel (Before Night Falls), written by Rula Jebreal, produced by Oscar nominated Jon Kilik (Babel), cinematography by BAFTA nominated Eric Gautier (Clean), music by Olivier Daviaud (L'homme de la lune), and edited by Oscar nominated Juliette Welfling (Le scaphandre et le papillon), it chronicles efforts to establish a Jerusalem orphanage after the creation of Israel in 1948. Indo-American state

David Cameron is expected to declare that it is his "patriotic duty" to oust Gordon Brown when he speaks at the Conservative's spring conference. The Tory leader is due to say the party has a duty to win because Britain is in a "complete and utter mess". He is set to deliver his 40-minute speech without notes as he rallies the party for the general election amid signs their poll lead is narrowing. The Conservatives have announced their election slogan is "Vote for Change". The election must be held by June, but it is widely expected to take place on 6 May. 'Broken society' Recent polls have suggested the Conservative lead over Labour may be narrowing, and Mr Cameron is under pressure to appeal to voters. In his keynote speech to the conference in Brighton, he is expected to say: "It is an election we have a patriotic duty to win because this country is in a complete and utter mess, and we have to sort it out." In an arti

The U.S. "will be there" if Chile asks for rescue and recovery help after a powerful earthquake struck the South American nation, President Barack Obama said Saturday. He also warned people in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the West Coast to heed the instructions of local authorities about evacuations and other measures in advance of a tsunami moving across the Pacific Ocean. "We can't control nature, but we can and must be prepared for disaster when it strikes," he said in a statement at the White House. Obama spoke as the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning — its highest alert — for Hawaii. That alert was later canceled after the tsunami effects on Hawaii proved to be less serious than anticipated. The Navy was moving more than a half dozen vessels Saturday to try to avoid damage from the tsunami, at the time of the more serious warning. Before he spoke, Obama had a 20-minute conference call with staff

Australia's players could be a step closer to taking part in the IPL after receiving advice that the terrorist threat from the 313 Brigade was not credible. However, Tim May, the chief executive of the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations, has said there could still be "mass withdrawals" unless players receive a commitment that the IPL's security plans will be implemented at all venues. The Australian IPL players currently on tour in New Zealand were given a briefing by a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade official at the team hotel in Christchurch on Saturday. The Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) has now been told by the security adviser Reg Dickason that the 313 Brigade threat is not credible but that does not mean the issues are resolved. "Reg is comfortable that the threat is not credible but we still haven't received a commitment that the security plans will be implemented as laid out," Marsh t

Shaun Marsh has failed to recover from a back injury in time to take part in the Chappell-Hadlee Series starting in New Zealand on Wednesday. Marsh suffered the injury before an ODI in Sydney on February 12, but the treatment hasn't worked and he will stay home. Australia had hoped Marsh, who was originally in the Twenty20 unit, would be back in time for the five-match ODI series. His injury means the squad currently has only 13 players, although there is the option of keeping someone in New Zealand from the Twenty20 side. David Warner has been in brutal touch against New Zealand and West Indies, including 67 from 29 in Sydney last week, and is a leading contender to add to his seven ODIs. Brad Haddin and Adam Voges also opened during the home campaign, giving Australia some flexibility ahead of Wednesday's opening game in Napier. Australia's ODI squad Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, A

New Zealand took their winning streak over Australia to five with a 17-run success in the second Twenty20 in Christchurch. The visitors had a chance to end their drought when they held the hosts to 115 for 9, but they were unable to break free in their reply and were dismissed on the final ball for 98. Australia were a worrying 35 for 3, with Alex Blackwell and Lisa Sthalekar already gone, before Shelley Nitschke and Jess Cameron (16) combined. After Cameron was unfortunate to be lbw trying to sweep Kate Broadmore, Nitschke lifted the pace with a couple of strong boundaries to fine leg and straight down the ground, but they still needed 39 off four overs. The asking rate was too high and Ellyse Perry (6) holed out at long off, giving Sara McGlashan the first of two good catches. Her running take at long-on took care of Nitschke for 45 off 51, ending Australia's charge, but McGlashan wasn't finished and her long throw helped run out Rene Farrell. Suzie Bates go

The year has barely begun and there are plenty of movies in the can awaiting their big screen release. Looking at the list, I can only admit to being stoked about two: Iron Man 2 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 . Yee haw! Most of the films on the list fall into my ambiguity zone – I couldn’t care less one way or another. Yet some fall into the “there’s absolutely no way I’d waste $10.50 plus the cost of snacks on this one” category. Here they are, in order of their release. You may or may not agree with my assessments, so have at it in the comments section: Valentine’s Day (in theaters now): Another vanity project that crams in as many big names that would say “Yes.” Directed by Garry Marshall, the “all star cast” includes (in alphabetical order) Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biehl, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jessica Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner,

PRIYANKO SARKAR: What made you switch from feel-good romances to films with social and political messages? I don't know. It was just my state of mind and my wanting to give out that message. I just hope My Name Is Khan reaches out to a wider audience and people connect with it and the message comes through. Every film has to make you walk out with some feeling or the other. Y.P. RAJESH: It's interesting you say that because you are known for candy-floss romances. I am all for bubblegum and candy floss. In fact, I am dying to watch Valentine's Day. But now I have moved on. I am 37 and I'll be 40 in three years. For me to do bubblegum and mush now is a bit too much. Aditya Chopra and I are the only two filmmakers who have been through the transition. In the '90s, we were catering to the demands of the audience at that time and suddenly we were competing with the Farhan Akhtars and Ashutosh Gowarikers in 2001. PRIYANKA SINHA: People say that you make

Film: 'Prince'; Music Director: Sachin Gupta; Lyricist: Sameer; Singers: Atif Aslam, Shreya Ghoshal, Garima Jhingon, Alisha Chinoy, Hard Kaur , Monali and Sachin Gupta; Rating: ** Atif Aslam dominates the soundtrack of Vivek Oberoi -starrer 'Prince'. Composer Sachin Gupta sure seems impressed with the popular singer as almost all the songs have been crooned by Aslam. The film offers seven originals and nine remixes. The soundtrack opens with 'O mere khuda' with Atif Aslam and Garima Jhingon behind the microphone. The energetic song starts with a bang and has a powerful impact. This refreshingly upbeat song with a strong orchestration is the best in the album. The song has a dance mix attached to it, which is quite similar to the original. Up next is Shreya Ghoshal and Atif Aslam's 'Tere liye', a fast-paced romantic number. The song offers nothing new but is enjoyable in parts. However, it's an Atif song all alo

Jacques Audiard's powerful prison drama "Un Prophete" (A Prophet) swept the board at the "Cesar" awards on Saturday, picking up the best film, best actor and best director prizes at France's annual version of the Oscars. "A Prophet", one of the outstanding films at last year's Cannes film festival, was named as best foreign film at the BAFTA awards last week and is in the running in the same category at the Academy Awards on March 7. A dark tale of a young, illiterate petty criminal who gardually climbs up a brutal prison hierarchy, "A Prophet" took nine awards on the night, leaving little for the rest of the field. Audiard, whose previous films include "De battre mon coeur s'est arrete" (The Beat My Heart Skipped), picked up the best director award, while the film's star Tahar Rahim, took both the award for best actor and best newcomer. Niels Arestrup also won the prize for best support

Regular sabbaticals, a welding course in New York and now martial arts for self-gratification - Abhay Deol, who is gearing up for his next outing 'Road, Movie', believes in living life in packages. 'I had taken a sabbatical from my Bollywood life when I went to New York. I was there only for a year; so it's not long enough. I have been taking sabbaticals here and there. I work in cycles,' Abhay told IANS in a telephonic interview from Mumbai. 'I have done that before. I have spent time in Spain, England and I've travelled within India too in between projects because it's just part and parcel of the way I live. I like travelling and being on the road. And once I finish my next film, it will happen again,' he said. After pursuing a course in welding and metal work at the Arts Students League of New York last year, the 33-year-old is now training in martial arts. Asked if the training was for his home production 'Basra'

Wal-Mart sees an opportunity in the online movie business and has extended their empire to include the purchase of Vudu, although the financial terms were not disclosed to the masses. Just in case you aren't too familiar with what Vudu does, the company offers software built into TVs and Blu-ray players, enabling subscribers to rent or purchase high-definition movies and TV programs over the Internet where they can watch instantly without waiting for a Blu-ray disc or DVD to arrive in their mailbox. Currently, Vudu has licensed content from most of the major studios with around 16,000 movies on offer, and ought to keep you occupied during your most bored moments. Will Wal-Mart be successful in this effort?

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DSLRs these days come with the LiveView function that makes it easy to preview whatever you're going to shoot, and the Pixel LV-W1 Wireless Remote Control comes in handy to help you shoot remotely to capture very different looking images. The transmitter is clipped to the flash hot shoe, while connected to the camera through the USB port. It will then broadcast the LiveView feed to the receiver which boasts a 3? LCD display at 960 × 240 resolution. There is an 80m working range, alongside an 8-hour battery life that makes it great for remote photography. Compatible with both Canon and Nikon DSLRs, it retails for approximately $335 a pop.

Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technologies (AIST) recently showed off a flexible organic TFT array sheet as well as a flexible LCD panel that comprises of a monochrome polymer network (PN) LCD panel as well as an A4-size organic TFT array sheet. The latter boasts 1,600 x 1,200 resolution, and is touted to be the largest TFT sheet made by using printing technology in the world. While it isn't enough for action movies, it ought to be sufficient for e-book readers. No idea on when manufacturers will adopt this in their products though.

In a crowded gathering at Nayana Auditorium next to Ravindra Kalakshetr, a a touching awards evening in memory of one of the pillars of Dr Rajakumar family – SP Varadaraju 4th annual awards were presented to a veteran film actor Sadashiva Brahmavar and veteran theatre personality BP Rajamma by former bureaucrat of the Karnataka Government Chiranjeevi Singh. The trophy, shawl, garland and Rs.5000 cheque was given to the two veterans amidst a thunderous applause. The former bureaucrat Chiranjeevi Singh remembered that he is honoring BP Rajamma after 33 years once again. When I was posted in Mandya district in 1977 I had done the honor on behalf of the government and now it is for the second time said the learned bureaucrat Chiranjeevi Singh in his flawless Kannada. Known for authority on Kannada films, culture and heritage of Karnataka Chiranjeevi Singh suggested the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce and Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy to come out with 101 DVD’s of clas

Another black complexioned hero Sathya’s debut film as hero ‘Gundra Govi’ released the audio album of the film at the Bell Hotel in Bangalore on Thursday evening in the presence of Krishnamurthy a social servant in Magadi taluk, directors T.S.Nagabharana, KM Chaitanya, B Suresha, Producer K Manju, Lahari Velu, director Tharesh Rao, Producer Gopalakrishna, music director of the film Phoenix Raja, Hemanthkumar the Nelamangala friend of producer hero Sathya and heroine of the film were present at the audio release. Directors Chaitanya and Suresh who saw two songs and some clippings of the film ‘Gundra Govi’ hailed the ability of the director and are confident of good show from this film. Lahari Velu advised the producers not to come to cinema industry just because of satellite rights. Govi Govi….Gundra Govi title song…Haage Hadu Hogu Omme…Amrutha Kano….Rangana Muddhu Nayana…Muttalilla Mana Needalilla…are the songs in the film.

Known in the Kannada film circle as a comedian of over 200 films, a stalwart in the theatre too B K Shankar died on Friday in his native place Gadag due to Jaundice. B K Shankar, a veteran in comedy roles was recognized for the use of Hubli-Dharwad accent of Kannada beautifully in films. B K Shankar leaves behind his wife, a son and three daughters. Shankar evinced interest in theatre activity from school days. When he was 18 years he joined the theatre group at gate keeper. He later showed interest in make up division and lent the tools in the make up division. He was picked to play the female roles in his young age on stage. Later he was recognized for his wit and humor. In the films like Ganeshala Galate, Ganesha Subramanya, Gowri Ganesha etc Shankar was recognized for his style of Kannada dialogue delivery. In the Gururaja Kate film ‘Sanchari’ Shankar appeared before the camera for the first time to big screen but his first release was ‘Attege Thakka Sose’ of Ankalag

The national award winning actress Thara showed her magnanimity on Friday evening by presenting Rs.10000 cheque to the veteran theatre artist B P Rajamma and veteran Kannada film actor Sadashiva Brahmavar. At the fourth annual S P Varadaraju awards at Nayana Sabhagangana actress Thara was a surprise guest and even more surprising when she did the honors to the two veterans. There was round of applause for Thara when she handed over the cheque of Rs.10000 to the two veterans and presented a silk Saree for B P Rajamma and Silk dhoti and Shawl to Sadashiva Brahmavar.

For the final leg of shooting the first film in India to shoot in Seven Wonders of the World ‘Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu’ team is leaving for Dubai instead of China for the 40 seconds portion shoot for two days. It features the Seven Wonders of the World. As the permission to shoot at the Great Wall of China was a problem the unit of ‘CNN’ headed by producer NM Suresh is leaving on March 9 to Dubai. Back from Dubai director Raghuram will do the final portions for the film at the place where he started the film. That is at Kanteerava studio and the last shot will be on the lines of Muhuruth of the film disclosed the first time director Raghuram. Producer NM Suresh is feeling happy for 72 days shoot with no compromises. It is because of Shivarajakumar I have been able to get everything done so smoothly. In a place like Rome Shivarajakumar spent money from his pocket to get the shooting done. Like this he has helped on so many occasions for this film. No one should blame such an

ABC hasn’t given up entirely on FlashForward yet, but they’ve clearly given up on the forgotten . Futon Critic reports that a FlashForward clip episode will replace the original episode of the forgotten that was scheduled for March 16 at 10pm, pushing it off the schedule entirely (possibly to the summer, or just to DVD). FlashForward has to recover from its fall ratings decline, which saw its final original episode garner just a 2.1 adults 18-49 rating, or its going to be canceled . ABC knows that too, and is throwing the deadweight that is the forgotten overboard to put as much behind FlashForward as possible. Stay tuned.

via NBC: 183 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE WATCHED THE OLYMPICS ON THE NETWORKS OF NBC UNIVERSAL THROUGH 15 DAYS 24.5 Million Average Viewers Friday Night on NBC in Primetime up 54% From Comparable Friday at 2006 Winter Games 69 Million People Watched the Olympics Friday on the Networks of NBC Universal, 17 Million More Than the Comparable Day at the 2006 Winter Games. VANCOUVER – February 27, 2010 – 183 million Americans have watched the Vancouver Olympics on the networks of NBC Universal through 15 days of the Games; five million more than watched the first 15 days of the 2006 Winter Games (178 million), according to data available today from The Nielsen Company. When the viewership number is available tomorrow, the Vancouver Games (with still one day remaining) will surpass the Nagano Games, Albertville Games and Torino Games and will trail the *tabloid-fueled Lillehammer Games and likely be just below the Salt Lake City Games as the most-watched Winter Olympics in history.

As I noted earlier this week, with its Winter Olympics boost, NBC has moved ahead of ABC for 3rd place in the all important (because it determines advertising revenue) adults 18-49 ratings for the season . Now Variety wonders whether ABC has the ratings juice to take back 3rd place. While it’s clear that NBC has more problems in primetime than any other major network — it possesses only two of the season’s top 20 entertainment series — gaudy ratings for sports (both the just-concluded Winter Olympics and a record-setting year for the NFL’s “Sunday Night Football”) have padded its average to the point that it carries a nice lead over third-place ABC into the season’s final 12-plus weeks. NBC was projected to finish the week of Feb. 21-28 (which ended with the Closing Ceremonies from Vancouver) with a 3.0 season average in adults 18-49 to a 2.65 for fourth-place ABC. That 13% advantage likely will be trimmed to about 10% the following week, though, as the Alphabet air