RICKI AND THE FLASH

Language:           English 

Release date:    11-Sep-15           

Genre:                  Comedy / Drama / Musical         

Director:              Jonathan Demme           

Cast:                      Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer, Audra McDonald, Sebastian Stan and Rick Springfield        

Three-time Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep goes electric and takes on a whole new gig – a hard-rocking singer/guitarist – for Oscar®-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in the uplifting comedy Ricki and the Flash.  In a film loaded with music and live performance, Streep stars as Ricki, a guitar heroine who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom, but is now returning home to make things right with her family.  Streep stars opposite her real-life daughter Mamie Gummer, who plays her fictional daughter; Rick Springfield, who takes on the role of a Flash member in love with Ricki; and Kevin Kline, who portrays Ricki’s long-suffering ex-husband.

STAR MOVIES : A FEVER THAT NEEDS NO CURE ; OSCAR FEVER GRIPS STAR MOVIES

The glitz and glamour of a star-studded event starts much before the doors to the magical night open. It starts at the beautiful red coloured path laid out before the celebrities as they enter the gala event. Star Movies considers its viewers as the celebrities with the right to their own red carpet introduction to Hollywood’s biggest stage – The Oscars on 23^rd Feb 5:30 am. With the biggest night of Hollywood just around the corner, it’s no wonder that the official Home of Oscars in India – Star Movies has created a unique experience for its viewers. The run-up to the Oscars will have Star Movies showcase the most celebrated movies at the awards – The Oscar Fever. Get ready to feel the essence of beautiful cinema that has been graced by Oscar awards and nominations Monday to Friday 7pm starting 9^th February.

This elite lineup includes the mighty Gladiator, the magical Frozen and the eccentricities of Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Star Movies viewers will re-visit a writer’s view on classics like U-571 and Inglorious Basterds that captured the imagination of movie lovers and critics alike. Walking back from the future will be Arnold in Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Who can forget War Horse, Aladdin, Ratatouille and Toy Story 3 – the heartwarming stories that made movie lovers fall in love with the craft of storytelling.

With a stellar partnership of 16 consecutive years with the Academy Awards, Star Movies has always strived to bring to its viewers the beauty of Hollywood with films which have formerly been nominated or have been winners of the most prestigious day for Hollywood. 

Movie lovers across the country will stay tuned weeknights at 7pm as they lounge in their comforters reeling under the Oscar Fever only on Star Movies.

Ranbir Kapoor: It takes a lot of courage to make a film like ROY!!

Ranbir Kapoor joined team ROY in the capital city along with  Arjun Rampal, Jacqueline Fernandez, Producer Bhushan Kumar & Director Vimrajit Singh!!

Ranbir took out time from his tight schedule to make way for one of the most anticipated films ROY which is all set to hit the screens this February

Speaking about the film Ranbir said. " There is a different approach to this film, I think it s take a lot of courage to produce such a film, Kudos to producer Bhushanji as a producer which is not a typical  hindi format, its not a typical  love story, romance is there but  its not a typical boy girl romance in Bollywood, so I think its breaking form and content is something which is very risky, at the same time something very brave to do ( by Director Vikramjit) I am very excited as this is my first release after Besharam!!

Well! get set as ROY is all set to hit the screens on 13th Feb with a stellar cast & performances by Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Rampal & Jacqueline Fernandez!!

FOX leads Oscar Nominations 2015 and is re-releasing The Grand Budapest Hotel and Gone Girl in Indian theaters!

After 20th Century Fox won the triple crown of box office, as market share leader for 2014 in India (Hollywood) , International and Global box office, breaking industry records for a calendar year in both the International ($3.73Billion) and Global box office categories ($5.52Billion), the studio has score the maximum Oscar nomations for 2015!!     

There the two top-nominated films: “Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” boast of 9 nominations each along with two more nominations for “Wild,” and miscellaneous nominations for X Men Days Of Future Past and Dawn Of Planet Of The Apes (Best Visual Effects), How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Best Animated Feature), Gone Girl (Actress In A Leading role)

What's more , for all the Indian movie fans out there, the studio is re-releasing The Grand Budapest Hotel and Gone Girl in theatres from next week!!

List Of Nominations

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Best Sound Editing ; Best Sound Mixing ; Best actor in a supporting role ; Best actress in a supporting role ; Best Cinematography ; Best Original Screenplay ; Best Director ; Best Actor ; Best Picture

"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Best Picture; Best Director ; Best Original Screenplay ;Best Film Editing ; Best Original Score; Best Cinematography ; Best Costume Design;
Best Makeup and Hairstyling ; Best Production Design

Best Visual Effects : "X-Men: Days of Future Past"

Best Animated Feature : "How to Train Your Dragon 2"

Best Visual Effects : "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"

Actress In A Leading role: Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

Actress In A Supporting Role: Laura Dern (Wild)

Fox International sets a new industry record for box office in a calendar year by grossing more than $3.7 billion in 2014. That eclipses the prior industry record set by Paramount ($3.21B) in 2011 by over $500m GBO.

India also saw Fox Star Studios setting a new record with 10 Hollywood hits in 2014, including X Men: Days of Future Past, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, How to Train your Dragon 2, Exodus, Rio 2, Gone Girl, Penguins of Madagascar, The Fault in our stars, Maze Runner & Night at the Museum 3. Fox Star Studios managed to generate about 3 times box office over the previous calendar year, and retained its No.1 position for the 3rd time in the past 6 years in Hollywood. Fox Star Studios have had a great run in India, with the biggest Hollywood grossers of all time Avatar (No.1 with Rs. 144 Crores GBO) & Life of Pi (No. 2 with 95 Crores GBO), and various other blockbuster franchises including  X Men films & Ice Age films.

UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP'S SAM SMITH BAGS FOUR AWARDS AT THE JUST CONCLUDED 57TH GRAMMY AWARDS CEREMONY IN LA

Win includes the prestigious `Record of the Year’, `Song Of The Year’ and `Best New Artist’ Awards!

It's been a big year for Universal Music Group’s artist Sam Smith with the young Brit taking home some of the biggest laurels the Grammy’s have to offer. The British Singer won two of the top Grammy awards `Record Of The Year’ and `Song Of The Year’for his heartbreak single “Stay with Me (Dark child Version),”and was also anointed the`Best New Artist’. His debut album “In The Lonely Hour” won `Best Pop Vocal Album’.

Just over two years ago, Sam Smith captured hearts throughout the world when he released a stripped-back, acoustic video of “Lay Me Down”. Two years later and Sam Smith is still the name on everyone’s lips as last year saw Sam sell over five million copies worldwide of ‘In The Lonely Hour’ making him one of the fastest-selling British debut artists of all time.

2014 saw Sam go from newcomer to international superstar having now collected an impressive array of prestigious music awards with four more to his name after last night’s Grammys.  It was also recently announced he was the only artist in the world last year to reach over 1 million album sales in both the UK and the US.

As he accepted the award for `Record of the Year’, the 22-year old Smith said, "I want to thank the man who this record is about, who I fell in love with last year. Thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four Grammys."

Smith also sent out a message to viewers earlier during the telecast urging audiences to accept themselves for who they are saying, "Before I made this record, I was doing everything to try and get my music heard, I tried to lose weight and I was making awful music and it was only until that I started to be myself that the music started to flow and people started to listen."

Commenting on Sam Smith’s Grammy win, Sunil D’Sa, Vice President – Marketing, Universal Music Group, South Asia says, “Sam Smith was one of the exciting new artists that we broke in India in 2014. His debut album “In The Lonely Hour” was one of the highest selling International albums last year here. And now with his well-deserved Grammy haul, we are confident that this album will scale new heights in India and establish Sam as a talent to reckon with. 5 million+ album sales globally, 4 prestigious Grammy awards, it’s time for every music fan in India to experience the brilliance of Sam Smith!”

2015 is shaping up to be bigger than the last year with Sam’s escalating success and multi-national sales making him one of the UK’s most exciting home-grown talents.

`In The Lonely Hour’ is available exclusively on Universal Music across all physical and digital platforms.