Movie memorabilia go under the hammer - Batman's batpod fetches £312,000

It was auction time at the Prop Store live auction at the BFI IMAX in London and the Batpod prop that had been used in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Rises has been auctioned off for £312,000. This unique vehicle of Batman, the caped crusader was used in the 2012 superhero blockbuster from Christopher Nolan's trilogy.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 29 September 2016.

Other movie memorabilia that went under the hammer were Batman's Batsuit from the sane movie - it was bought for £192,000 and the costume from 2005's Batman Begins reached a whopping £96,000.
Then there was legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg's clapperboard from 1975's Jaws - it went for £84,000. Next was the Sloth Mask from 1980s classic comedy The Goonies - it fetched £36,000. And, Harry Potter's Acceptance Letter for Hogwarts, complete with the wax seal, from 2001's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was sold for £8,400.


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The British star Adele's latest album 25 has gone diamond platinum in the US within a year after it was released. It has sold more than 10 million copies in America alone and she was awarded with a diamond plaque in New York after performing the last of six sell-out shows in Madison Square Garden.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 28 September 2016.

Earlier, her 2011 album, 21, had also reached diamond status and as per the Recording Industry Association of America, that album has sold more than 14 million copies to date. It is a record of sorts because no other artist has managed to go diamond platinum once, let alone twice, in 12 years.
Before Adele, the last person to sell 10 million copies of one album was Usher in 2004 - with Eminem and Norah Jones also securing diamond status with their 2002 records.
Adele's decision to keep '25' off streaming services for seven months after its release could have given her sales a boost.
The success of her third studio album, which features singles including Hello and Send My Love (To Your New Lover), has helped cement her status as the century's top-selling artist and, it has been announced that Adele was nominated in four categories at MTV's Europe Music Awards. These include best song for Hello, and best female act.


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Mark Wahlberg talks about movie on Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig was involved in an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in which eleven persons lost their lives. The explosion resulted in oil spills of unimaginable magnitude and a film on the subject is due to be released in UK cinemas.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 27 September 2016.

Speaking on the film, Mark Wahlberg has said he hopes that big oil companies will learn from the Deepwater Horizon explosion. The Oscar-nominated actor enacts the role of Mike Williams who was the last person to make it out alive from the BP oil rig.
The Deepwater Horizon explosion caused the worst oil spill in US history and, the movie teaches the importance of being calm under pressure. He expressed hope that enough has been done to ensure that such a disaster never happens again.
The lifestyle of oil rig workers also struck a chord for Wahlberg on a personal level because his job also takes him away from his family on a regular basis.


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Tension on the Indo-Pak border has its effect on Bollywood movies

There are a number of Bollywood movies in the pipeline in which Pakistani actors play some roles and, the ongoing tension with India's neighbor is creating problems for Indian movie makers. The right-wing brigade in Maharashtra, namely, the Raj Thackeray led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has set a 48-hour deadline on Friday for Mumbai-based Pakistani artistes to leave the country.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 24 September 2016.

MNS has categorically said that artistes from Pakistan, who have made Mumbai their home, should quit the city and the state of Maharashtra within next 48 hours. In the opinion of the agitators, actors like Fawad Khan (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil) and Mahira Khan (Shah Rukh Khan's costar in `Raees') are hijacking opportunities available to Indian artistes.
Incidentally, both the actors have big-budget starrers due for release next month. Actors Fawad Khan ('Madamji') and Ali Zafar ('Dear Zindagi') too will have to face the wrath of the MNS who will stop their shoots mid-way. In addition, party activists will ensure that films starring Pakistani artistes are not released either in Mumbai or in the state.
Mumbai police have assured that the actors will be provided security if required. All foreign nationals, who are in Mumbai on valid documents provided by Government of India, need not worry. Adequate protection will be extended to them as and when required.


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Tamil film Visaranai that has already won three National Awards including best Tamil film, is directed by Vetrimaran and produced by Dhanush. It is India’s official entry for Academy Awards 2017 in the Foreign Language Film category.
Dhanush, the producer of the film under his banner Wunderbar Productions, had expressed pride after the film bagged three National Awards. The film Visaranai was adjudged best Tamil film, actor-director Samuthirakani bagged the best supporting actor award for his role in Visaranai and the thriller also won the best editing award for late TE Kishore.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 22 September 2016.

The story of the critically-acclaimed film is about police brutality and is adapted from M Chandrakumar’s novel Lock Up. It is based on lives of four migrant workers who are accused of a crime they never committed. The film portrays these migrant workers from Tamil Nadu being picked on by the police in Guntur. This leads to them being enmeshed in a web of crime and politics and they are finally killed in an encounter. The movie has similarities to some real-life events.
The choice of this Tamil movie has, for the second successive year, bucked the trend of choosing Hindi language films for the prestigious awards.


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The story of “Torbaaz” is based in Afghanistan and is about child suicide bombers of Afghanistan, who have been trained to believe that killing is a virtue and glory is in an afterlife.
The film is produced by Raju Chadha and Rahul Mittra.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 17 September 2016.

Sanjay Dutt has said that he is keen to be a part of films that are highly content driven and wants to create a memorable slate of films for my fans. Girish Malik, the director of the film, is impressed with the actor ans has said that he had got into the world of ‘Torbaaz’ quite easily. He was the first choice for the role.
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The north London-born singer and grime artist Skepta has won the 25th Mercury Prize, the UK's most prestigious music award. He won the award and the £25,000 prize for his fourth studio album Konnichiwa and the ceremony was held at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London.
The album was released on Skepta's Boy Better Know record label which he had co-founded with his brother JME in 2005 and it was described by industry figures as "confident, funny, clever, scary, personal and political".
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 16 September 2016.

He beat the bookies' favourite, David Bowie, who would have become the first posthumous winner of the prize for his album Blackstar.
The other artists who were vying for the prize were (i) Radiohead for A Moon Shaped Pool - the fifth time the band had been nominated (ii) Laura Mvula for The Dreaming (iii) Bat For Lashes for The Bride (iv) The 1975 for I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It (v) Making Time by Jamie Woon (vi) Made In The Manor by Kano (vii) Love & Hate by Michael Kiwanuka (viii) Adore Life by the Savages (ix) Channel The Spirits by The Comet Is Coming (x) Anohni for Hopelessness.
A Bowie tribute was planned for the ceremony that would feature a performance of his track Lazarus by Dexter star Michael C Hall, who is set to launch a Bowie stage production in London next month. Incidentally, the Mercury Prize was established in 1992.


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“Fan”, directed by Maneesh Sharma stars Shah Rukh Khan in the dual role of a fan and a superstar and it will screen in the ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ section.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 14 September 2016.

Some of the other films thst would try to get attention at the festival are Konkona Sengupta’s directorial debut “A Death in the Gunj”, documentary “An Insignificant Man”, which chronicling the birth of Aam Aadmi Party and the rise of its leader Arvind Kejriwal, the now Delhi Chief Minister.
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In the opinion of Chris Pratt, the upcoming sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy will be one of the biggest movies ever in Hollywood. He feels the sequel titled Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is exceptional. When pressed for details about the James Gunn-directed film Chris Pratt shrugged off the question saying that the instruction is not to say anything but it’s going to be terrific.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 11 September 2016.

The 37-year-old actor Chris Pratt has claimed that the audience is in for something they have never seen before. The film is set for release on May 5, 2017 in US theaters. It is set to the backdrop of “Awesome Mixtape #2” and the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy carries on with the team’s adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage.
Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Karen Gillan and Michael Rooker will reprise their roles as Gamora, Drax, the voice of Rocket, Nebula and Yondu respectively. In addition, Pom Klementieff, Kurt Russell, Tommy Flanagan and Sylvester Stallone are also among the cast members.


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Dwayne Bravo is a stylish West Indies cricket all-rounder but, by virtue of the IPL he now has strong bonds with India and appears to be slowly but steadily making inroads into Bollywood. He has lent his voice to a song in Tum Bin 2 and has expressed his deep admiration for the beauteous Deepika Padukone.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 9 September 2016.

While mentioning her name, Bravo said that she is his favorite star and that he had met her at Yuvraj Singh’s fashion event. As to whether he would like to romance Deepika in a movie, he admitted that he would definitely love to work with her.
About his singing, he admitted that learning Hindi words was a little tough but he enjoyed the entire experience of singing. He calls SRK his boss and said that he is still in touch with the superstar Khan who owns the IPL team KKR. Bravo also expressed his desire to meet Salman Khan whom he has met only once yet again.


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It has been confirmed that British rock band Coldplay will perform in Mumbai on November 19 on the occasion of World Toilet Day - it will be the debut edition of the Global Citizen Festival. The organizers have refuted reports that tickets for the fest have been set at astronomical prices.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 10 September 2016.

In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had participated in the Global Citizen Festival in New York and, next year, in 2015, Chris Martin had met the Prime Minister to discuss Swachh Bharat, Namami Gange and Beti Bachao - Beto Padhao. This program in Mumbai appears to be the result.
Coldplay consists of Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion. Martin had visited India last year for the Global Poverty Project to oversee innovative projects addressing sanitation in local communities and is the curator for the Global Citizen Festival. The organizers have said that like its annual festival in Central Park, entry to the Indian Festival will be free.


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That there is gender inequality in Hollywood has been revealed from a study of top 100 films released last year - the study has shown that 31.4 per cent of named or speaking roles went to women compared to 68.6 per cent for men. Also, just 32 per cent depicted a woman as a lead - the rest were men. And, to cap it all, just five films portrayed women over 45 in lead roles compared to 26 movies with a man of similar age in a similar part.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 8 September 2016.

The study was conducted by the University of Southern California and in view of the facts above, it can be said that Hollywood is a place of ‘pervasive and systematic’ inequality. Women were more than three times as likely as men to be shown in revealing or sexy clothing and hardly 19 per cent of the directors were female, compared to 81 per cent who were male.
The study concludes that despite the recent controversies over diversity in Hollywood and equal pay, women are still ‘grossly underrepresented’ in the industry. Popular films in 2015 with strong female roles like ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ and ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’, had apparently led to a ‘misplaced optimism’ that things had changed.


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It has now been confirmed that Bollywood would now see two stalwarts of Hindi cinema join hands in the movie Thugs of Hindostasn - the actors are perfectionist Aamir Khan and the Shahenshah of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan. They will come together for the first time in the history of Hindi cinema.
It will be Yash Raj Films’ new project titled Thugs of Hindostan which will be directed by writer-director Vijay Krishna Acharya. He has previously directed Aamir in Dhoom 3 but has never directed Amitabh Bachchan.
The movie is scheduled to release on Diwali next year and the leading lady of the film is yet to be announced.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 7 September 2016.

Right now Aamir Khan is busy with his next Dangal, which is based on wrestler Mahavir Phogat’s life and his struggles to make his daughters, Geeta and Babita, wrestlers. Dangal is scheduled for release this Christmas. Big B is, at present, busy promoting Pink starring Taapsee Pannu, Angad Bedi, Kriti Kulhari, Piyush Mishra and Andrea Taring. It will release on September 16.
Shooting for the film Thugs of Hindostan would start early next year.


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Akira is a movie of a different kind. Directed by A R Murugadoss, its cast includes Sonakshi Sinha, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anurag Kashyap, Amit Sadh. It unleashes the actor in Sonakshi Sinha.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 2 September 2016.

Akira, in Sanskrit, means graceful strength and Sonakshi Sinha goes about fighting violence against women as well as cliches of how actresses in Bollywood are supposed to be. She plays the role of a college student from a dysfunctional family. She is short on temper and quick to let her fists do the talking and is, in short, a misfit in her small town.
Her parents send her off to Mumbai in the fond hope that the big city will calm her down. But, she just cannot handle violence against women and wrongs of any kind. Therefore, she finds herself in a mess where she is pitted against Anurag Kashyap’s corrupt, coke-snorting police officer. However, she throws the punches - unlike male heroes like a Khan or a Kumar and beat the baddies to a pulp.
Sonakshi Sinha must give her audience more of the actor inside her instead of the pretty girl dancing with the star of the moment.


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