2009 Golden Globe Awards Nominees/Nominations for TV (the 2009 Golden Globe Awards Winners for TV will be highlighted as announced)

January 11th, 2009

Best Television Series, Drama

* Dexter
* House
* In Treatment
* Mad Men
* True Blood

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama

* Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
* Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
* January Jones, Mad Men
* Anna Paquin, True Blood
* Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama

* Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
* Michael C. Hall, Dexter
* Jon Hamm, Mad Men
* Hugh Laurie, House
* Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors

Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical

* 30 Rock
* Californication
* Entourage
* The Office
* Weeds

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical

* Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
* America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
* Tina Fey, 30 Rock
* Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
* Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical

* Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
* Steve Carell, The Office
* Kevin Connolly, Entourage
* David Duchovny, Californication
* Tony Shalhoub, Monk

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

* A Raisin in the Sun
* Bernard and Doris
* Cranford
* John Adams
* Recount

Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

* Judi Dench, Cranford
* Catherine Keener, An American Crime
* Laura Linney, John Adams
* Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel
* Susan Sarandon, Bernard and Doris

Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

* Ralph Fiennes, Bernard and Doris
* Paul Giamatti, John Adams
* Kevin Spacey, Recount
* Kiefer Sutherland, 24: Redemption
* Tom Wilkinson, Recount

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

* Eileen Atkins, Cranford
* Laura Dern, Recount
* Melissa George, In Treatment
* Rachel Griffiths, Brothers & Sisters
* Dianne Wiest, In Treatment

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

* Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
* Denis Leary, Recount
* Jeremy Piven, Entourage
* Blair Underwood, In Treatment
* Tom Wilkinson, John Adams

2009 Golden Globe Awards Nominees/Nominations for Film (the 2009 Golden Globe Awards Winners for Film will be highlighted as announced)

January 11th, 2009

Best Motion Picture, Drama

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Frost/Nixon
* The Reader
* Revolutionary Road
* Slumdog Millionaire

Best Motion Picture, Comedy

* Burn After Reading
* Happy-Go-Lucky
* In Bruges
* Mamma Mia!
* Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Actor, Drama

* Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
* Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
* Sean Penn, Milk
* Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Actress, Drama

* Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
* Angelina Jolie, Changeling
* Meryl Streep, Doubt
* Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
* Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Best Actor, Comedy or Musical

* Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Colin Farrell, In Bruges
* James Franco, Pineapple Express
* Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
* Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey

Best Actress, Comedy or Musical

* Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
* Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
* Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!
* Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey

Best Supporting Actor

* Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
* Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
* Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
* Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress

* Amy Adams, Doubt
* Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Viola Davis, Doubt
* Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
* Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best Director

* Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
* Stephen Daldry, The Reader
* David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
* Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road

Best Screenplay

* Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
* David Hare, The Reader
* Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
* Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* John Patrick Shanley, Doubt

Best Foreign Language Film

* The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
* Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
* Gomorrah (Italy)
* I've Loved You So Long (France)
* Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Animated Feature Film

* Bolt
* Kung Fu Panda
* WALL-E

Best Original Score

* Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Clint Eastwood, Changeling
* James Newton Howard, Defiance
* A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
* Hans Zimmer, Frost/Nixon

Best Original Song

* "Down to Earth," WALL-E; music by Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman; lyrics by Peter Gabriel
* "Gran Torino," Gran Torino; music by Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens; lyrics by Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
* "I Thought I Lost You," Bolt; music & lyrics by Miley Cyrus, Jeffrey Steele
* "Once in a Lifetime," Cadillac Records; music & lyrics by Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring, Jody Street
* "The Wrestler," The Wrestler; music & lyrics by Bruce Springsteen

Akshay Invites Amitabh | akshay Kumar has invited Amitabh Bachchan for CC2C Premiere

January 12th, 2009

Akshay has from the start had a high regard for the Big B. He was the one who recently said unequivocally that Amitabh is the real king of Bollywood no matter what other stars go on proclaiming.

Now, Akshay wants Big B to be present at the London premiere of 'CC2C'. Akki personally called Big B to invite him. And since Amitabh is presently in London for make-up tests for his forthcoming venture Pa , it makes easy for him to attend the premiere.

Big B wrote on his blog: "Akshay called at 5.30 a.m. and said, 'CC2C is premiering at Leicester Square, London, on January 12. I shall be honoured if you could come and join us.' I told him I shall."

However, Akshay also cautioned Big B: "Just don't bring your brains and thinking cap along."

True indeed. 'CC2C' is a madcap comedy about a Chandni Chowk cook who is taken to China after being mistaken as the reincarnation of a warrior.

The film has already premiered at Los Angeles, New York and Toronto. London is the fourth destination of the grand international premiere. After this, the film will be showcased in Dubai and Bangkok. A Chinese premiere has been canceled.

Chandni Chowk to China Breaks Record to be Release On 125 Screens

January 12th, 2009

Warner Bros' first Bollywood production 'Chandni Chowk to China' makes the largest-ever opening of any Bollywood film in US and Canada with its release on more than 125 screens in over 50 markets.

In addition, the Akshay Kumar starrer will also be released in 40 international markets, opening day-and-date with North America in 25 markets, according to Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. The other markets will open the film in the weeks ahead.

Shriya Kishore, Nandini Vaid Femina Miss India 2009

January 11th, 2009

Shriya Kishore, 22 and Nandini Vaid, 23 are now official contestants of Femina Miss India 2009. Both hail from Delhi and will compete against several other lovelies to represent India at international beauty pageants this year.

Mohit Lalwani gets eliminated from Indian Idol

January 12th, 2009

It was most unexpected. But shocking results have become the norm on Indian Idol. The three contestants standing in the bottom three this week were the most talented Bhavya Pandit, the good-looking and talented Mohit Lalwani and Bhanupratap. Bhanu’s performances have been off color in the past few weeks. While Annu Mallik’s blue-eyed girl Bhavya has been working against all odds to prove her worth. Mohit has always won accolades for his performances. But when Bhanu was declared safe this week, the choice was like choosing between the devil and the deep sea.

It was not Mohit’s day. The music graduate from Ramjas College, Delhi bid good bye to the Indian Idol stage after making a remarkable return in the Wild Card Entry. But it is not good bye to music and singing he promised. He promises to be back in Mumbai and along with his best buddy Prasenjit Kosambi he hopes to do some great work in music. Meanwhile he is going to pray hard that Prasenjit wins the title this year. Great dosti going on here…

Stay tuned to Indian Idol to watch the journey on Top 8 contestants every Friday - Saturday on Sony Entertainment Television.

‘Jugaad’ doesn’t fly for Pakistani singer Adeel

January 12th, 2009

It seems that no amount of ‘Jugaad’ can really help Adeel, a singer from Pakistani, who finds himself completely cornered out in Bollywood. One of the songs that he sung for the film Jugaad has been completely scrapped from and won’t find any place in either the promotional campaign or the final cut. This comes in the wake of 26/11 terror attack in which Pakistan has been accused of being involved. The current tension between the two countries hasn’t even spared the artists from across the boundaries as a result of which an obviously bitter and upset Adeel finds himself in a tight spot.

“I had worked extra hard on the song, ‘Kise Awaz Dun’ as well as it’s promotional video for Jugaad. After the terror attack, I could see this coming but still when I was informed about the altogether scrapping of the song, I indeed felt quite bad”, says Adeel who wasn’t even invited for the music launch of Jugaad that was held on 2nd January.

Producer Sandiip Kapur doesn’t regret scrapping the song and the music video even after investing quite a lot on it’s recording and shoot, “Keeping in mind the sentiments of people and the general mood in the country, we decided to scrap the music video and not to give any extra attention to the song ‘Kise Awaz Dun’. We had signed Adeel about an year back because he is very handsome and it looked like a very good marketing activity for the film. However, Jugaad would have to do without him now.”

Buzz has it that even though Adeel repeatedly tried calling Sandiip Kapur, the producer refused to invite the singer to Mumbai for the music launch. Some other Pakistani artists who have faced the axe after the terror attack are singer Ghulam Ali and comedians Shakeel Siddiqui and Kashif.

JUGAAD is based on the sealing drive by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi that had happened a few months back. Shot at various locations in Delhi and Gurgaon, the film is the real life story of its producer Sandiip Kapur. Starring Manoj Bajpai, Hrishita Bhatt, Vijay Raz, Sanjay Misra and debutant Nitin Arora, Jugaad is the voice of struggle of a successful CEO who wants to survive and restart his life from a scratch. None of his ‘Jugaad’ and connections work in his favor to save him from complete devastation.

A film which is a combination of loss, pain and comical satire, Jugaad is directed by Aanand Kumar (DELHI HEIGHTS) with music by Sachin Gupta, screenplay & dialogues by Bunty Rathore & Priyaank Dube and cinematography by Prem Anand. It’s produced under the banner of Promodome Films.