AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER SPIKE LEE IMMERSED IN MICHAEL JACKSON DOCUMENTAR​Y

AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER SPIKE LEE IMMERSED IN MICHAEL      JACKSON DOCUMENTARY 

FILM FOCUSES ON THE KING OF POP’S GROUND-BREAKING BAD ALBUM,TOUR AND VIDEOS TO CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEALBUM’S RELEASE 

It was announced today that Academy Award nominated filmmakerSpike Lee, in conjunction with the Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music, isin the final stages of post production of a Michael Jacksondocumentary focusing on Michael’s landmark BAD album andworldwide tour. The project marks the first ever in-depth, behind the scenesfilm project to chronicle a Michael Jackson album, and is being filmed amid the25th anniversary celebration of the iconic album,record-breaking world tour and groundbreaking short films that changed musichistory. The documentary features over 40 interviews conducted personally bySpike Lee with Michael’s confidants, choreographers, musicians and othercollaborators who collectively unveil the real story of this “coming of age”project through their vivid recollections of what it was like to work day inand day out and live this project with Michael. BAD’s lastinginfluence is captured through interviews with some of today’s top artists,including Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Cee Lo Green and Sheryl Crow, who was aback-up singer on the BAD tour. 
The MichaelJackson BAD documentary joins an incredible body of Spike Leedocumentaries including the Peabody and Emmy Award winning, When TheLevees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts and its follow up, If God Is WillingAnd Da Creek Don’t Rise, Kobe Doin’ Work, and the Oscar Nominated, 4Little Girls.  Lee directed both short films for Michael Jackson’s“They Don’t Care About Us” in 1996. 
Spike Leecomments, “I’m more than just a huge fan of MichaelJackson, and having the chance to actually know him and work withhim, I deeply care about his legacy.  With this BAD projectI was able to uncover just what made this such a huge, important coming of agein his career and unearth compelling stories surrounding the making of thealbum, the long awaited follow-up to Thriller – the best-selling album ofall time - the short films and the tour that may have never seen the lightof day.” 
Among theinterviewees are Oscar-winning film director Martin Scorcese, Joe Pytka andother filmmakers who worked with Michael to bring the stories in his songs tolife on the screen through short films that remain today some of the most vividand creative storytelling by a musical artist as well as one of his Michael’spersonal engineers, Matt Forger, who worked with Michael at the recordingstudio at Michael’s Hayvenhurst home where the songs first came to life,keyboardist Greg Phillinganes, who worked on the album and then the BAD Tour.Also shedding light on the BAD album, short films and tour areindividuals like former CBS Head Walter Yetnikoff, as well aschoreographers Jeffrey Daniel and Vincent Paterson. 
John Branca andJohn McClain, co-executors of The Estate of Michael Jacksoncomment,  “Spike Lee’s genius as a storyteller combined with hispassion and first-hand appreciation of Michael’s artistry makes him the logicalfilmmaker to tell the story of BAD. We are thrilled to be workingwith him on this unique project.” 
The third andfinal album collaboration for Jackson and Quincy Jones, BAD launcheda pivotal coming of age for the King of Pop as a performer, composer andproducer. The album was #1 around the world, made history with five consecutive #1singles on the Billboard chart, produced ten chart-topping singles, nine groundbreaking short films and to date,the BAD album has generated over 45 Million units insales. BAD was nominated for six Grammys and won two; thealbum earned Michael the first-ever Video Vanguard Award at the MTV VMAAwards.  Songs on the original album are:   “Bad,”“The Way You Make Me Feel,” “Speed Demon,” “Liberian Girl,” “Just Good Friends”featuring Stevie Wonder, “Another Part of Me,”  “Man in the Mirror,”“I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Dirty Diana,” “Smooth Criminal,” with “LeaveMe Alone” added to the CD version of the album once released. 
Spike Lee’s filmsupports the 25th anniversary of BAD, which willalso be celebrated with the September 18th release of BAD25, a must-have deluxe package featuring three CDs, two collectiblebooklets, and features the first-ever authorized DVD release of a concert fromthe record breaking BAD tour, the concert at Wembley Stadiumon July 16, 1988 attended by Princess Diana, Prince Charles and a sold-outcrowd of 72,000 fans. A BAD 25 two CD standard edition featuringthe original album plus the CD of demos and new remixes will also be madeavailable as a standalone edition of the DVD and a picture disc of the originalalbum.
More details on this and otherexciting projects relating to BAD’s 25th anniversary will beannounced soon.

Aditi Rao Hydari to sing the Hindiversion of Ice Age 4 Song!!

One of the most successful animationfranchises in India, the Ice Age series is back again with the fourthinstallment of the fun!
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift willwitness exciting new environments and new and bigger adventures- the high seas,new islands and quite a few new characters as Cinema's most beloved trios–Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon their greatest adventure to date!
What’s more actress Aditi Rao Hydarihas been roped in to sing a special Hindi version of the Ice Age theme song: “WeAre Family”!
The international version which hasbeen sung by Jennifer Lopez and other actors who are voicing key characterswill be given a unique Indian touch with a music video being planned as well!
Speaks the spunky actress on herassociation with Ice Age 4, “FoxStar Studios India will give a unique touch to fun family theme of Ice Age 4 withthe peppy song "We Are Family", which is a global hit already. I willbe singing in Hindi and I feature in a special music video as well!”

Aditi we hear is also a huge fan of the series..….“Theseries just grew on me. I feel that the antics and funny camaraderie of Sid,Manny and Diego make this series watchable again and again! I love how thesecompletely different animals become friends unwittingly and go through the mostunusual and unique adventures together in each film. It is perhaps one of the best examples of a complete family film,where there is something for everyone. It has a powerful story, fantasticaction, eccentric wit and comedy, and it's in 3D!”
Ice Age 4apparently will be the biggest release for an animated film in India, both interms of promotions as well as distribution reach and is going to be the firstanimated film to be dubbed in Tamil and Telugu, apart from Hindi.
Directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier,the film stars the voices of Ray Romano, JohnLeguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifahand many more new names such as Jennifer Lopez, Kunal Nayyar, Peter Dinklage,etc.
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift 3D releaseson 27th July 2012

Frienda Pinto Stunned Flaunt Magzine

Bollywood newbie EvelynSharma is the new fashionista!

We’ve seen an ‘event’ful week with promotional jigs for BolBachchan, Cocktail and Barfi along with restaurant and magazine launches. But whileknown names like Priyanka Chopra, Nargis Fakhri, Sophie Choudry, Ileana D’Cruz,Jiah Khan, Shriya Saran and Shazahn Padamsee vied for attention, one name thatshined naturally bright was Bollywood newbie Evelyn Sharma.
No wonder, fashion hotspace Style Me India has chosen thishalf-Indian half-German model-turned-actress among ‘the best dressed celebs’ whosashayed at parties last week.
A thoughtful choice indeed; considering Evelyn not onlyturned heads at various fashion and corporate events, but also shared the stagewith the ladies man Akshay Kumar at the music launch of her debut film From SydneyWith Love (FSWL).
Shaking up the fashion world off late, Evelyn stole the showwhen she wore a stunning pink dress with an adorable hairdo at the BlackberryProsche event, followed by a gorgeous black KhushiZ gown at the FSWL musiclaunch; fabulously matching up to Akshay Kumar’s black suit.
To add to this, the beauty was spotted rocking thefashionista styles with a very graphic Nishhk (Nishka Lulla) skirt, paired witha sexy ruffled blouse at the Nokia App Tasting event in Tote.
And as if all this hi-glam show wasn’t enough, the stunner blewmore minds away at the launch event of the Ellipsis restaurant hosted bydesigner Arjun Khanna. Donning a simple FCUK red dress with cherry red lips, Evelynturned out to be one of the few to dare the 1920s theme of the party! 
Apart from a funky role in FSWL directed by veteranfilmmaker Pramod Chakravorty’s grandson Prateek Chakravorty, Evelyn Sharma playsa very spiritual girl opposite Prateik Babbar in Issaq, a glamorous dream girlin T-Series’ next tentatively titled Class of 2013, and a sexy ditz in AyanMukerji’s Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani; the Ranbir Kapoor-Deepika Padukone starrerunder Karan Johar’s banner Dharma Productions.

VIVECK VASWANI SURPRISE BIRTHDAY BASH - Life begins at 50

For Viveck Vaswani, it was half a century and still makinghis mark on the batting pitch as his friends Devang Dholakia and Zeeba Khan ofVogue Creations and his protégé Amaan Khan,  threw a special bash for him at Tote on TheTurf, Mahalakshmi.
Naturally, Amaan Khan was the first to arrive withdirectors Shawn Arranha, Devang Dholakia and Zeeba Khan. Interestingly, theyoung lad Amaan bears a striking resemblance to SRK, who is also Viveck’s protégé.Bollywoodmade a beeline for the bash though it was a brunch. From Jackie Shroff toSudhir Mishra to Ashutosh Gowariker to Kabir Bedi to Hemendra Aran and Gitanjali Sinha, PallaviJoshi, Vivek Agnihotri, Sudhir Mishra, Rajeev Paul, Premal Goragandhi, VaishaliDesai, Pitobash, Rajshree, Ashmith Kunder, Atul Kasbekar,Lalit Pandit, Praveen Dusanj, Mahesh Shetty, Mohit Chadda, SharonPRabhakar, Jyti Goel, Milap Zaverri, Sunjiv Puri, Joe Rajan,  Ram Michandani, Deven Khote, Gautam andKrishna Ghanasingh among others, the list seemed practially endless.Cake cutting, khana and of course cocktails and mocktails made for the fun andjoy as Vivek turned a year younger, cutting colourful cakes.
Said he, “The surprise bash, it seems, was Amaan’s idea andDevang and Zeeba were sweet to decide they would throw it with him. Between thethree of them, they made my day very special. I was so touched to see that mostof my friends were there, I am feeling good I turned 50 actually.”