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November 7, 2025 7:19 PM

IFFI 2025 to showcase innovation, inclusivity and global cinema; Rajinikanth to be honoured for 50 years in film

The countdown to the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has begun, with the curtain raiser held in New Delhi on Friday. The festival, organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with the Government of Goa,...

October 17, 2025 9:40 AM

Singer Sam Fender wins Mercury Prize for album ‘People Watching’

Rocker Sam Fender won the Mercury Prize for his third album "People Watching" on Thursday, beating the likes of band Pulp and singer FKA Twigs for the British music award. Loud cheers erupted when the 31-year-old's name was called out at the ceremon...

October 9, 2025 5:02 PM

Hollywood talent agency CAA says OpenAI’s Sora poses risk to creators’ rights

Hollywood's premier talent agency, Creative Artists Agency, said on Thursday OpenAI is exposing artists to "significant risk" through its new AI video-generating tool Sora. The Los Angeles-based CAA, founded in 1975, represents thousands of actors, ...

September 24, 2025 11:31 AM

Jimmy Kimmel defends free speech as he returns to late-night television from suspension

Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television on Tuesday defending U.S. political satire against "bullying" by the Trump administration, six days after his on-air comments about the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk led Walt Disney DIS.N to...

September 24, 2025 11:22 AM

WaveX launches seven new incubation centers to boost media, entertainment and AVGC-XR startups

The startup accelerator platform WaveX, under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting’s WAVES initiative, has announced the launch of seven new incubation centers across India to support startups in the Media, Entertainment, AVGC (Animation,...

September 23, 2025 9:56 PM

President Murmu presents 71st National Film Awards, confers Dadasaheb Phalke Award on Mohanlal

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday presented the 71st National Film Awards at a glittering ceremony in New Delhi, honouring excellence in Indian cinema across multiple categories. The President also conferred the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award f...

September 19, 2025 12:27 PM

Trump applauds Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and seeks to punish critical broadcasters

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated the suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves and said TV broadcasters should lose their licenses over negative coverage of his administration, adding fuel to a national debate over...

September 18, 2025 9:50 AM

Disney’s ABC pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ off air after remarks about Kirk

Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Wednesday it was pulling "Jimmy Kimmel Live" off the air, after comments by the late-night show's host about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk prompted a threat by the head of the top U.S. communica...

September 17, 2025 11:22 AM

Redford’s vision boosted independent films and voices beyond Hollywood

In 1981, Robert Redford launched an experiment when he invited the makers of 10 low-budget movies to what film critic Roger Ebert described as a "cinematic summer camp" in the Utah mountains. Four decades later, Redford and the annual Sundance Film ...

September 17, 2025 11:44 AM

National Award-winning film ‘Chalo Jeete Hain’ to be re-released nationwide from Sep 17

National Award-winning film Chalo Jeete Hain will be re-released across the country from September 17 to October 2, with screenings planned in lakhs of schools and nearly 500 cinema halls, including PVR Inox, Cinepolis, Rajhans and Miraj, the Informa...

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