Analysts have given a thumbs up to the Reliance Industries (RIL) and Walt Disney Co. (Disney) proposed a joint venture (JV). The stock of the Mukesh Ambani-controlled company gained nearly 1.5 per cent on Thursday to Rs 2,952 levels as compared to the S&P BSE Sensex that traded marginally weak, down 0.2 per cent to 72,172 levels in intra-day trades.
Walt Disney Co and Reliance Industries on Wednesday announced signing of binding pacts to merge their media operations in India to create a Rs 70,000 crore behemoth. Reliance and its affiliates will hold 63.16 per cent in the combined entity while Disney will hold the remaining 36.84 per cent, the companies said in a statement.
'We have a feeling that a section of the entertainment industry has united to punish us for our success.'
Priyamani's got style tips for everyone -- boomers, Gen X, Z and Y, millennials and Gen Alpha.
'There have been and will continue to be, so many captivating stories in colonial India.' 'Obviously, most of the white people were British, so if I am going to take on a role in a film set in one of the most turbulent periods of Indian history, then it only stands to reason that my character would be of British descent.' 'But that doesn't mean all my roles are negative.'
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights demanded Sony Pictures Networks take down an episode of the dance reality show Super Dancer Chapter 3 where judges were allegedly seen asking a minor 'vulgar and sexually explicit' questions regarding his parents on stage.
'I remember that when I was about seven years old, a doctor saw me and told my family that I would only survive for six months and that the disease had no cure. But my mother never gave up. She would always say, 'My son is born to become a renowned wrestler'.'
The three male leads on F.R.I.E.N.D.S. seem to have given Courtney's big shining moment a miss
'But hey, even lone wolves howl at the moon every now and then, right?'
'It doesn't matter if you are from abroad or Indian, we are told that there's a prime time for a female actor.' 'It's time that people understand there is no certain age for women to thrive in.'
None of R D Burman's collaborations was as rewarding and resplendent as with Gulzar, who turns 89 today, August 18, 2023, says Subhash K Jha.
'Mandakini's son Rabbil has directed a music video entitled Maa O Maa, for which he requested his mother to come out of her shell.'
'I don't care what opinion people have of me. I am God's favourite child.'
Parents in Bollywood are seriously thinking of packing off their children to 'safer' places.
'The past one year has been a whirlwind for me. Professionally, it couldn't get any better.' 'Sadly, it was also the year I lost my father.'
'The pandemic had a significant impact on child trafficking.' 'With economic hardships, traffickers exploited the situation to target desperate parents and children.'
Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal has lodged a police complaint alleging that she has been receiving rape threats on 'Instagram' after she wrote to the Centre demanding filmmaker Sajid Khan's ouster from reality show Bigg Boss.
'Because of a little out of sight, out of mind, I did end up losing out on good projects.'
'Whatever I have directed has been so far from my world.'
There are whispers in the entertainment industry about the company Jacqueline Fernandez keeps, after pictures of her kissing alleged extortionist Sukesh Chandrasekhar surfaced online.
'He can and will restrain his son from being part of the entertainment world.'
Haasan, addressing office bearers in Chennai, said he has been invited by Rahul Gandhi to participate in the Yatra.
The Stardust 50th Anniversary Honours awards saw the who's who of Bollywood on the red carpet.
Television actor Tunisha Sharma was founding hanging on the sets of a serial in Mumbai on December 24, one more instance of a showbiz aspirant allegedly taking the extreme step.
In an entertainment industry notorious for its spinelessness, young Ishaan Khattar won many hearts on Saturday, October 23, by showing up at the Pandeys' residence to meet Ananya, with a bouquet of flowers.
'Here, you are friends only as long as you are working together.'
I spent almost all my life trying to figure out how anyone could express so many shades of human feeling in her voice, wonders Subhash K Jha.
Since the purported seizure on Friday night, social media has gone abuzz with gossip about her alleged relationship with the senior Trinamool Congress leader.
'Life was a canvas and Pradeep Sarkar painted with full intensity -- be it an ad film or a feature film.'
'Keeravaaniji doesn't work in isolation.' 'He responds to stories, situations and the emotional core of a film.' 'That's why his tunes are so different.' 'Unchiseled emotional masterpieces.'
The MP said the government should stand by the entertainment industry when some people are trying to tarnish its image.
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) on Monday announced the appointment of former Supreme Court judge Justice Vikramjit Sen as the Chairman of its newly formed self-regulatory body Digital Media Content Regulatory Council (DMCRC).
'You can't allow people to hijack any situation for the sake of political mileage.' 'This is what makes our actors vulnerable.'
When her only project with Karan's Dharma productions Ungli (directed by Rensil D'Silva) clocked seven years, Karan posted the movie poster and deleted her presence entirely.
Though Bachchan did not take any names, her remarks come a day after BJP's Lok Sabha MP and Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan said there was problem of drug addiction in the film industry and also actor Kangana Ranaut's recent remarks calling Bollywood a 'gutter'.
'A lot of people are shying away from taking the vaccination.' 'It's high time we started a trust campaign for the vaccination so that those who are suspicious of the vaccine would realise it is completely safe.'
The Indian entertainment industry has come away empty-handed from the International Emmy Awards 2021 in New York City on November 22.
Tentatively titled Scam 2003: The Curious Case of Abdul Karim Telgi, the show will be adapted from the book Reporter Ki Diary, authored by Sanjay Singh, who is credited with breaking the story back in time.
'This film has changed me from within.'
Manjusha Niyogi, 26, who was found hanging earlier in the day, attempted to die by suicide earlier as well, the police said.
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