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Dubbing by superstars like Shah Rukh Khan enhances Hollywood films’ market value
4 days, 14 hours ago

Dubbing by superstars like Shah Rukh Khan enhances Hollywood films’ market value

Live Mint  

Dubbing by Indian superstars like Shah Rukh Khan and Mahesh Babu can greatly lift the reach and box office potential of Hollywood films releasing in the local theatres. Trade experts say that voices of names like Khan and Telugu actor Mahesh Babu for local dubbed versions can enhance the box office potential of such Hollywood films by nearly 40% in …

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Ahead of Deadpool and Wolverine release, a look at 5 Hollywood films that did massive business in India
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Ahead of Deadpool and Wolverine release, a look at 5 Hollywood films that did massive business in India

India TV News  

The film Deadpool and Wolverine is all set for its release in India. Amidst the constant discussions about this Hollywood film, have a look at these five Hollywood films, which have earned the most in India. Avatar: The Way of Water Avatar The Way of Water tops the list of highest-grossing Hollywood films in India. Avengers Endgame The superhero film …

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Mia Goth and Ti West are on a mission to convert horror skeptics with ‘MaXXXine’
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Mia Goth and Ti West are on a mission to convert horror skeptics with ‘MaXXXine’

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — As Mia Goth and filmmaker Ti West walked the red carpet this week for the premiere of “MaXXXine,” the final installment of the pair’s buzzy horror trilogy, a group of hired “protesters” stood outside the TCL Chinese Theatre chanting and holding signs with messages like “Horror is not art” and “Hollywood is Satan’s playground.” The marketing stunt …

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Shruti Haasan on her Hollywood debut, gender parity and why she considers herself a storyteller
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Shruti Haasan on her Hollywood debut, gender parity and why she considers herself a storyteller

The Hindu  

In the vibrant realm of entertainment, where talent meets perseverance, Shruti Haasan, singer, composer, and actor, stands as an example of artistic versatility and social consciousness. For me, a perfect balance is really a commercial film in which I have value.” From Bollywood to Hollywood Asked about her debut thriller Hollywood film directed by Daphne Schmon, The Eye, Shruti shares …

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MGM's history includes 50 films a year, casinos, a bankruptcy and those ruby slippers. Here's how it survived 100 years
8 months ago

MGM's history includes 50 films a year, casinos, a bankruptcy and those ruby slippers. Here's how it survived 100 years

ABC  

"Ars gratia artis" – art for art's sake. "MGM made musicals extremely modern — it was the high point of musicals in Hollywood," Dr Isaacs said. "In 1990, to an Italian gangster — who might have been able to manage one of Kerkorian's casinos in Las Vegas quite nicely, but only sullied Leo's reputation in Hollywood," he said. "It propped …

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Hollywood films lose their appeal amid changing Chinese preferences
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hollywood films lose their appeal amid changing Chinese preferences

China Daily  

Visitors to a cinema in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, line up to buy tickets on New Year's Eve. "Hollywood's routine narrative style has lost its appeal in China," Zhi Feina, a professor at the Chinese National Academy of Arts, told China Daily. Zhi, a chief expert for the Chinese Film Industry Research Report, found that the decline in Hollywood movies' influence …

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Comedian Russell Brand is spotted with his growing family for the first time since rape accusations made against him: Star, 48, sported £1,400 cardigan on visit to upmarket Tebay services with wife La
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Comedian Russell Brand is spotted with his growing family for the first time since rape accusations made against him: Star, 48, sported £1,400 cardigan on visit to upmarket Tebay services with wife La

Daily Mail  

Russell Brand was spotted with his growing family at a motorway service station amid a police probe into rape claims against him. The comedian, 48, was seen at upmarket Tebay services on the M6 in Cumbria with wife Laura Gallacher, 36, and their children It is the first time he has been seen with his family since four women publicly …

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Hollywood studios still aren’t hiring many women and people of color to direct films
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Hollywood studios still aren’t hiring many women and people of color to direct films

LA Times  

Greta Gerwig, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé had the industry proclaiming 2023 the Year of the Women. It also blasted the studios’ promises for more inclusion after George Floyd’s murder and the #StopAsianHate movement as “performative acts” and “not real steps towards fostering change.” “One film or one director are simply not enough to create the sea change that is still …

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Catch Me If You Can to Holidate: Popular Hollywood films you can watch during New Year
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Catch Me If You Can to Holidate: Popular Hollywood films you can watch during New Year

India TV News  

With intriguing storylines, powerful dialogues, and aesthetic sets, netizens never forget a few movies for a long time and would love to watch them again and again on special occasions. Let's take a look at a few of the popular Hollywood films that you can watch this New Year. The film tells the real-life story of Frank Abagnale Jr, a …

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Hollywood Strike: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman’s ‘Deadpool 3’ production halted
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood Strike: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman’s ‘Deadpool 3’ production halted

The Hindu  

The production of Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s much-awaited film Deadpool 3 has been halted amid the ongoing SAG AFTRA strike. The news came just a few days after Ryan and Hugh dropped the first look from the film as Deadpool and Wolverine on their Instagram stories. The first look emerged on the heels of news that Jennifer …

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South India and Hollywood, a cinematic romance
1 year, 8 months ago

South India and Hollywood, a cinematic romance

Live Mint  

Large-scale Hollywood films such as Avatar- The Way of Water, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Top Gun: Maverick have seen over 50% of their overall box office revenues in India come from the south from specific dubbed versions. Traditionally, films with impactful stories, VFX effects, and larger-than-life cinematic experience have always drawn the largest crowds in southern …

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India’s ‘RRR’ an unlikely underdog in Hollywood awards race
1 year, 11 months ago

India’s ‘RRR’ an unlikely underdog in Hollywood awards race

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s awards season has found an unlikely underdog in “RRR.” S.S. Rajamouli’s three-hour maximalist action epic is one of India’s most expensive and top-grossing films of all time. To give their film a final push, Rama Rao Jr. and Charan traveled to Los Angeles to walk the Globes grey carpet, mingle with the likes of Cate Blanchett …

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Most awaited Hollywood films of 2023: Oppenheimer to sequels of Aquaman, Ant-Man, Dune & Mission Impossible
2 years ago

Most awaited Hollywood films of 2023: Oppenheimer to sequels of Aquaman, Ant-Man, Dune & Mission Impossible

India TV News  

Most awaited Hollywood films of 2023: The film industry is expecting another successful year in 2023, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has caused a crowded schedule of blockbusters, adaptations, and original films for 2023, including the long-delayed Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. Dune Part …

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Michelle Yeoh named Time’s Icon of the Year
2 years ago

Michelle Yeoh named Time’s Icon of the Year

The Hindu  

Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh has been named 2022’s Icon of the Year by Time magazine. Yeoh, who was a staple in Hong Kong action films, made her Hollywood debut in 1997 with the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. However, it was only in 2022 did Yeoh get global acclaim for her performance in the genre-bending …

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Small Indian cinemas take on big Hollywood studios
2 years, 2 months ago

Small Indian cinemas take on big Hollywood studios

Live Mint  

With big films such as Avatar: The Way of Water and Black Adam releasing in the coming months, small theatre owners are increasingly finding their clientele, usually in small towns and cities, unable to afford the ticket prices that the big studios are demanding. Hollywood studios insist on higher ticket prices, minimum guarantees and virtual print fees that price out …

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Brahmastra lessons for Bollywood: Go Indian with script idea, look to Hollywood for event movie flair
2 years, 3 months ago

Brahmastra lessons for Bollywood: Go Indian with script idea, look to Hollywood for event movie flair

Firstpost  

Now that we’ve exulted enough over how Brahmastra might emerge as Bollywood’s magic weapon in the struggle against flops and boycotts, it is time for the Hindi film industry to get the bigger picture. Beyond his film’s cosmetic dazzle and narrative warts, Ayan Mukerji has shown how new Bollywood films must be made if they must capture audience imagination. It …

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Chris Evans and the Captain America hangover: Why Hollywood stars can’t beat image trap of franchise hits
2 years, 4 months ago

Chris Evans and the Captain America hangover: Why Hollywood stars can’t beat image trap of franchise hits

Firstpost  

With Chris Evans in The Gray Man, the old jinx reared its head all over again in Hollywood. Hollywood actors scaling stardom through franchise roles have eternally struggled to shed the image that the particular performance brings in its wake, quite often never managing to overcome the hex. Playing the psychopathic ex-CIA agent Lloyd Hansen in The Gray Man was …

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Bob Rafelson, New Hollywood era director, dies at 89
2 years, 4 months ago

Bob Rafelson, New Hollywood era director, dies at 89

Associated Press  

DENVER — Bob Rafelson, an influential figure in the New Hollywood era of the 1970s who was nominated for two Oscars for “Five Easy Pieces,” has died. Rafelson directed and co-wrote “Five Easy Pieces,” about an upper-class pianist who yearns for a more blue-collar life, and “The King of Marvin Gardens,” about a depressed late-night-radio talk show host. “Five Easy …

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James Caan, hot-headed Sonny of 'The Godfather', passes away at 82; Hollywood celebs in mourning
2 years, 5 months ago

James Caan, hot-headed Sonny of 'The Godfather', passes away at 82; Hollywood celebs in mourning

India TV News  

James Caan, the Oscar-nominated actor known for roles in the “The Godfather," ”Brian's Song,'' “Misery,'' and ”Elf,'' died Wednesday at age 82. — Billy Dee Williams, who starred with Caan in the 1971 TV football movie “Brian's Song," via Twitter. Notable films of James Caan Caan also had substantial roles in other notable films, including 'Misery', 'Elf', 'Thief', 'Godfather Part …

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Hollywood Films releasing on June 17: Lightyear to Spiderhead, this weekend is loaded with thrill
2 years, 6 months ago

Hollywood Films releasing on June 17: Lightyear to Spiderhead, this weekend is loaded with thrill

India TV News  

Hollywood Films releasing on June 17: This Friday is loaded with thrill and a lot of entertainment with some notable films releasing in Hollywood. From Chris Hemsworth's Spiderhead making its way to Netflix to Disney animated movie Lightyear, there is a variety of films to watch for the fans. Have a look at the films releasing on June 17 here- …

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How Tom Cruise survived the end of the star era
2 years, 7 months ago

How Tom Cruise survived the end of the star era

Live Mint  

Tom Cruise jets into Cannes on Wednesday for the first time in 30 years to launch "Top Gun: Maverick", and much has changed in the film industry since his last visit—except his continued box office power. When Cruise was last in Cannes for the premiere of the ill-fated "Far and Away" with his then-wife Nicole Kidman, he was just one …

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Samantha pulls off high octane action stunts
2 years, 9 months ago

Samantha pulls off high octane action stunts

Deccan Chronicle  

Actor Samantha is going places and she has raised the bar for herself. After The Family Man 2 and the super hot special song she did in Pushpa, she’s now all set to pull off high octane action sequences — for the first time in Telugu and Tamil cinema — in her next film Yashoda, a thriller. The film’s director-duo …

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How Josh Hartnett became the best A-lister to turn his back on Hollywood
2 years, 10 months ago

How Josh Hartnett became the best A-lister to turn his back on Hollywood

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy When we first see Josh Hartnett in Sofia Coppola’s directorial debut …

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Spider-Man No Way home perched at 3rd spot among all Hollywood films ever released in India
2 years, 11 months ago

Spider-Man No Way home perched at 3rd spot among all Hollywood films ever released in India

India TV News  

In just 18 days since its theatrical release, 'Spider-Man: No Way Home', with Tom Holland and Zendaya playing the lead roles, has become the third highest grosser among Hollywood films in India, after 'Avengers: Endgame' and 'Avengers: Infinity War'. Among Hollywood films in India, 'Spider-Man' is within leaping distance from the pickings of 'Avengers: Infinity War', but is still quite …

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