Anurag Kashap to Receive French Honor
France to honor bestow its Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters honor on Indian filmmaker at Cannes.
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David Campling Dies; Sound Editor Worked on 'Platoon'
Film and sound editor David Campling, who worked on such films as "Platoon" and "The Terminator," died May 9 in Los Angeles of cancer. He was 73. Campling earned a BAFTA nomination for his sound work…
Jane Fonda Cements Standing at Chinese Theater
Ask Jane Fonda about getting her hands and feet immortalized in concrete at the Chinese Theater and the thesp says, "I'm very excited; I was hoping this would happen before I died."
Hindi Singer Shamshad Begum Dead at 94
Throaty-voiced thrush Shamshad Begum, one of Bollywood's earliest singers, died on April 23 in Mumbai, India. She was 94 and had been ailing for some time. Before Lata Mangeshkar put her stamp on…
'Miss Lovely,' 'Filmistan' Take Indian Film Fest Top Honors
Ashim Ahluwalia's 2012 Cannes entry "Miss Lovely" (pictured above) took the top jury prize at the Indian Film Festival Los Angeles on Sunday. The feature audience award went to Nitin Kakkar's…
Banff to Fete Craig Ferguson with Ustinov Comedy Award
It'll be a great day for Canada: Craig Ferguson is to receive the Banff Festival's Peter Ustinov Comedy Award. Ferguson, host of CBS' "The Late Late Show," will take part in a one-on-one sesh at the…
Indian fest salutes Bajaria and Monga
There may not be a gay mafia or a Jewish mafia in Hollywood, but according to Mindy Kaling there is definitely an Indian ladies mafia and she and Universal TV's Bela Bajaria are part of it.
'Gangs of Wasseypur' Opens Indian Film Fest Los Angeles
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap looked pretty relaxed at the April 9 kickoff for the Indian Film Festival Los Angeles, where his "Gangs of Wasseypur" was the opener. On the Arclight red carpet, the helmer…
Versatile British Actor Richard Griffiths Dead at 65
Richard Griffiths, the versatile British actor who played the boy wizard's unsympathetic Uncle Vernon in the "Harry Potter" movies, has died. He was 65.
Univision Ups Spokeswoman Talan
Univision has tapped Monica Talan exec VP of corporate communications and PR, the Spanish-language broadcaster announced Wednesday.
