Cinema News from last 72 hrs

ACC Appointments

Anti Terrorism Day is being observed throughout the country today. Employees in Govt. offices, Public Sector Undertakings and other public institutions in the country

Chiranjeevi Offers Wide Opportunities to Foreign Film Producers in India
Tourism Minister’s Address at the Cannes Film Festival

Technology for ensuring single window clearance to be set up soon- Secretary (I&B)
Online mechanism to provide single window clearance to be ready in 3 months
India to consider providing special package of Indian films for Cairo International Film Festival

Government urges all tax Payers to Disclose their True income and pay Appropriate taxes within the Current Financial Year;
A Compliance Management Cell has been set-up to Ensure Follow-up Action and Track Return Filing and Tax Payment of the Target Segment; 70,000 Letters are being sent in 2 Batches to High Priority Cases in this Month

With the aim of giving further impetus to cooperation in the field of healthcare, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad

India and China today here signed three Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) on buffalo meat, fisheries and pharmaceuticals;

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singer Kelly Rowland and Mexican singer-actress Paulina Rubio have signed onto "The X Factor" judging panel replacing Britney Spears and music mogul L.A. Reid, the Fox television talent competition produced by Simon Cowell said on Monday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CBS said on Monday that the network will delay airing the season finale of sitcom "Mike & Molly" in the aftermath of the Oklahoma tornados, due to similarities between the events and the episode's storyline.

(Reuters) - British theater company Ambassador Theatre Group's subsidiary Lyric Theatre LLC has purchased Foxwoods Theatre, currently home to the "Spider-Man" musical, from Live Nation Entertainment Inc, the companies said on Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Prince has signed a new deal with Kobalt Music Group to market and distribute his future work without giving up control over his rights, the company said on Monday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer, the group's manager Tom Vitorino said.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang had his Indian interlocutors in splits when he told them how he had loved watching Bollywood movie 3 Idiots.        

CANNES (Reuters) - He's played a science-fiction hero, policeman and even Hamlet. But now actor Keanu Reeves is taking on a new role - as director of a contemporary martial arts movie aimed at both Chinese and Western audiences.

CANNES, France—Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word—"Bollywood"—remains controversial.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Disney said on Monday it will produce a new "Star Wars" animated series to air on television in the fall 2014, giving fans of the science-fiction franchise fresh stories before the next live-action film hits theaters in 2015.

CANNES (Reuters) - A tragic love story between two Palestinians living under Israeli occupation received a standing ovation at the Cannes film festival on Monday and broke new ground as the first film fully funded by the Palestinian cinema industry.

CANNES, France (AP) — Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word — "Bollywood" — remains controversial.

CANNES, France - Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word — "Bollywood" — remains controversial.

Sreesanth, a former Indian Test pacer and a member of the Rajasthan Royals team, is facing spot-fixing charges along with two Royals teammates, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila.