The Emmys welcomed plenty of movie stars to television’s biggest awards show, including Julia Roberts, Woody Harrelson, Kevin Spacey, Mark Ruffalo and the reigning Oscar winner for best actor, Matthew McConaughey. All were sent home empty-handed.
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Basic cable channel AMC was rewarded at the Primetime Emmy awards for “Breaking Bad” and broadcasters landed top honors, while pioneering streaming service Netflix Inc was shut out of the major categories on Monday. Premium cable channel network HBO again dominated with 19 awards in total, 15 of them in creative arts categories handed out earlier this month. Its only major acting award on Monday went to Julia Louis-Dreyfus for political comedy “Veep.” Broadcast network ABC’s “Modern Family” won best comedy series for the fifth consecutive time. AMC, a unit of AMC Networks Inc, took home the best drama prize for the final season of “Breaking Bad,” one of six awards for the network.
By Mary Milliken and Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – For all the talk about newcomers raising the game of television, the industry on Monday chose to bestow its top Emmys on the long-running shows “Breaking Bad” and “Modern Family” and long-time television actors who held off challenges from film stars. “Breaking Bad,” AMC’s unlikely tale of a teacher-turned-drug kingpin Walter White, won the night’s biggest honor, the Emmy for best drama series, for the second year in a row while lead Bryan Cranston took best drama actor for the fourth time in that role. It held off the ballyhooed HBO anthology, “True Detective,” the bayou thriller starring Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey and fellow film star Woody Harrelson, who Cranston beat. “Thank you so much for this wonderful farewell to our show,” said “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan, who also celebrated Emmy wins in best supporting actor and actress categories for Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn.
New Delhi, Aug 26 (ANI): Several political leaders have questioned the NDA Government’s move to provide Z+ security cover to BJP MLA Sangeet Som, who is an accused in the Muzzafarnagar riots case. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said, “This is very uncanny about this government that the people who actually suffered in the riots do not have a shelter above their heads, and those who are supposed to be responsible for these riots, are being provided Z+ security. I condemn this.” Tariq Anwar of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said, “How can a person who plays with the feelings of a community, and thereby, creates communal tension, be provided with Z+ security.
Rani Mukherjee is being showered with praises over her dashing police act in her latest release ‘Mardaani‘. Although the film saw average start at the box office, it gained multiple positive reviews from the critics. Bollywood people also gave thumbs up for the film. The further news update about the film revealed that ‘Mardaani‘ is declared as tax-free in Madhya Pradesh by the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan watched the flick and took Twitter to write about it. He posted a tweet, “After a very long time went along with family to watch a movie. Mardaani turned out to be a soul stirring saga highlighting a societal evil. I congratulate Rani Mukherjee for a wonderful and powerful performance in Mardaani. Aditya Chopra has done well to produce this movie. Trafficking of young girls and women is worst evil which needs to be eliminated. Mardaani has brought it into focus. We will give ‘tax free’ status to Mardaani in Madhya Pradesh considering the bold social message conveyed by it.”
‘Mardaani‘ makers were delighted to know about this news and are expecting from the other states to make the film tax-free.
The funky rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh is coming up with his next music album featuring Sonakshi Sinha in one of the music videos of it, as we reported earlier. Singh already has many super hit tracks on his name including “Lungi Dance”, “Party All Night”, “Chaar Botal Vodka” and “Sunny Sunny”. And now, he will again capture the audience with his new album. Today will be the album launch of ‘Desi Kalakaar’ and the music video featuring Sonakshi and Honey will also be unleashed, as per the report.
The music album ‘Desi Kalakaar’ is presented by T-Series and comprises of eight tracks. The head honcho of T-Series, Bhushan Kumar revealed that Honey has already garnered positive response to his earlier songs like “Blue Eyes” and ‘Issey Kehte Hai Hip Hop” and that’s what encouraged him to team up with the rapper. Apart from this, Honey’s craze among the youth also made Kumar to join hands with him. Honey is much excited about this album and said that the unconventional music of the album will take the music buffs to their roots. Each song has a story to tell and marks Honey’s transition from rapper to singer, as told by Singh.
The adult entertainer turned Bollywood actress Sunny Leone is enjoying a mammoth fan-following over her hot appearance on the silver screen. Within no time, she became a known name in the industry and her kitty got full of film assignments including regional films.
After ‘Jism 2‘ and ‘Ragini MMS – 2‘, Sunny will next feature in ‘Tina & Lolo‘, which is touted to be an action-entertainer. The seductress will also star in the upcoming film ‘Patel Rap‘ opposite Ram Kapoor. In this flick, Ram will play a noisy Gujarati man, who loves to fantasize about Sunny Leone, who will essay a Hindi film actress. The film is helmed by Devang Dholakia and is said to be a family entertainer.
Sunny Leone recently posted a tweet about her newly donned Marilyn Monroe look. She tweeted “I got a new haircut and color!! You like??!! Hahahahaha”. The bombshell is flaunting a blonde wig in the picture. Well, we will keep guessing the reason behind this new look of Sunny!
Remo D’Souza‘s directorial ‘ABCD – Any Body Can Dance‘ released in 2012, was India’s first 3D dance film and it was loved by the audience, especially by the youth. And now, the sequel of this flick is in the wing. It is expected to be bigger and better than the original with Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor featuring in it.
Going by the report, the sequel ‘ABCD 2’ will hit the screens on June 26, 2015. The release date of the movie was announced on Twitter by Varun. He posted a tweet, “#abcd2 will release on 26th June 2015 in 3d will give details later.” The sequel is said to be filmed in Los Angeles and the lead lady Shraddha Kapoor is following a high-protein diet for it, as per the buzz. The film will be loaded with multiple extravagant dance sequences and ten sizzling songs.
‘ABCD 2’ will retain the other star cast of the original including Prabhu Deva, Kay Kay Menon, Lauren Gottlieb, Salman Yusuf Khan and Dharmesh Yelande.
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hip hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight, who was shot and wounded at a Los Angeles nightclub over the weekend, was resting at a local hospital but had “lost a lot of blood,” his family said on Monday. Knight, 49, was struck by bullets early on Sunday morning when a gunman opened fire at a club in West Hollywood during a party in advance of the MTV Music Video Awards across town at The Forum in Inglewood. Knight, best-known as the co-founder of Death Row Records, home to such rap stars as Dr Dre, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg, suffered multiple gunshot wounds but was expected to survive, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a written statement. “The family of Suge Knight ask that you keep Suge in your prayers and to stray away from the negativity portrayed by the media,” Knight’s family said in a statement posted on his Facebook page.
Los Angeles, Aug 26 (IANS) “Modern Family” received trophies for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards here Monday night. Hosted by Seth Meyers, the award ceremony began with the announcement of winners in the Comedy category. While Ty Burrell went home with trophy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for playing Phil Dunphy in the popular show “Modern Family”, the show’s director Gail Mancuso bagged the Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series award.
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