Venture tried to lure filmmakers to comic world
Virgin Comics, a team-up between Virgin Books and India-based comics newspaper publisher Gotham Entertainment that had Hollywood dreams, announced Tuesday that it is closure its New York offices and will reorganize its operations.
Citing "the stream macro-economic downswing," the companionship, under CEO Sharad Devarajan and president Suresh Seetharaman, said it hopse to restructure the business and consolidate its operations to a Los Angeles base.
Eight people have been set off.
The company launched in 2006 with Sir Richard Branson, Deepak Chopra and director Shekhar Kapur among its founders. It began by publishing comics inspired by Indian/Hindu mythology and then moved into a billet known as Director's Cut, which attempted to bait filmmakers into the comic world in the hopes of subsequently getting the books set up as film projects
Guy Ritchie, John Woo, Nicolas Cage, Ed Burns, and musician Dave Stewart were among the contributors to the line, with Ritchie's "The Game Keeper" finding a home base at Warner Bros.
The comics were slickly produced but Virgin remained a marginal comic book thespian, with it titles suffering low sales.
The future of the film projects is unclear though the party did say it would not stay idle.
"We remain excited nearly the business and partnerships we have built through Virgin Comics and are working towards a restructuring that properly takes the business fore," Devarajan aforesaid in a statement.
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Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Reports: DeGeneres and De Rossi Wed
There was much terpsichore: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are married, according to reports. (INFphoto)
In the biggest celebrity join since California legalized same-sex marriage, DeGeneres, 50, and de Rossi, 35, wed Saturday night in an intimate observance at their Beverly Hills home, People and Us Magazine reported.
A publicist for DeGeneres didn't respond to messages left field by The Associated Press on Saturday and Sunday.
After the California Supreme Court's ruling in May, the talk-show host announced that she and de Rossi would wed after iV years together.
The ceremony was attended by 19 guests, including DeGeneres' mom, Betty, and de Rossi's mother, Margaret Rogers, who had flown in from Australia, People.com reported Saturday night.
DeGeneres said afterwards winning her fourth straight Daytime Emmy for tattle show host in June that a date had not been set, and that she would prove "a lilliputian bit" of the nuptials on her show.
While opponents in California have collected signatures to put a measure on the November ballot for a organic amendment to ban gay marriage, Hollywood was throwing its support behind the newlyweds.
"One of my front-runner people of all time is Ms. Ellen DeGeneres," Katherine Heigl, star of "Grey's Anatomy," told Associated Press Television News at a Hollywood charity event on Saturday night. "So I wish all the best, all the felicity, all the joy that comes with that credentials ... just the joy of being able to standpoint up and say that. In front of everyone you love and care about in front of each other and to walk by legal is huge."
Tila Tequila, whose dating reality show fame is built jolly on her affinity for both hands and women, passed on her good wishes � with solely one small complaint.
"I love Ellen (DeGeneres); I watch over her show all the time," Tequila told APTN. "I just want to say kudos, and I am really sorry you didn't invite me to your wedding."
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Saturday, 9 August 2008
John Mayall and Friends
Artist: John Mayall and Friends
Genre(s):
Blues
Discography:
Along for the Ride
Year: 2001
Tracks: 13
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Jay Z remixes Winehouse hit
London (ANI): Jay-Z performed a remix version of Amy Winehouse hit 'Rehab' at Norway's Hove Festival - a warm-up for his Glastonbury gig this weekend. The rapper remixed the Rehab track last year and the result would lend itself to a duet with Winehouse, reports the Sun. She plays Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage before him and a duet is possible - provided she has recovered enough after being diagnosed with emphysema. His headline performance at Hove in Arendal also included reworkings of 'Umbrella', 'Smack My B***h Up' and 'American Boy.' During the middle of the set, a stage visual of George W. Bush morphed into presidential candidate Barack Obama, which prompted cheers from the crowd.
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Madonna and Guy Ritchie heading for a trial separation?
Madonna and Guy were at the Cannes Film Festival last week and “they did not look like two people who were very happy in each other�s company,” a source said. “She looked frail and pale, like someone under tremendous strain, and he seemed utterly miserable.”
Madonna, 49, is said to be fed up of the constant arguing “about everything” with Guy, who is ten years her junior; and she has often complained the ‘Snatch’ director drinks ‘way too much for his own good.’
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Sunday, 15 June 2008
Dancing on Ice stars pick up bug
'Dancing on Ice' stars Gareth Gates and Greg Rusedski may have to miss this week's show after picking up a bug.
According to reports, the skating stars have been too ill to rehearse their routines in recent days and may not be able to take part in Sunday night's live show.
A source told The Mirror: "Gareth and Greg both became poorly yesterday and we're all crossing our fingers they recover for Sunday."
"Sometimes it lasts 24 hours, sometimes three days, and leaves you feeling very weak."
"It's important we stop anyone else going down with it. We're doing everything possible to keep contestants apart so they can't cross-infect."
According to reports, the skating stars have been too ill to rehearse their routines in recent days and may not be able to take part in Sunday night's live show.
A source told The Mirror: "Gareth and Greg both became poorly yesterday and we're all crossing our fingers they recover for Sunday."
"Sometimes it lasts 24 hours, sometimes three days, and leaves you feeling very weak."
"It's important we stop anyone else going down with it. We're doing everything possible to keep contestants apart so they can't cross-infect."
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Broadcasting Titan Pappas Files For Bankruptcy
Pappas Telecasting, one of the nation's leading privately-held broadcasting companies,
has filed for bankruptcy. Although the company owns 30 TV stations, only 13 have
been put into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. All are in medium- to upscale markets, in
cluding Omaha, Sioux City, El Paso, Reno, San Francisco, and Houston. The company
indicated that its stations affiliated with the CW network had been particularly
hard hit given that network's poor ratings. It also blamed the overall "extremely
difficult business climate for television stations across the country," which have been required
to make the costly switch from analog to digital broadcasting even as the current
recession has reduced advertising revenue.
12/05/2008
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