MIKE POSNER receives GRAMMY Nomination for SONG OF THE YEAR

Don't tell Mike Posner he's the odd duck in the 59th Grammy Awards Song of the Year category.

Yes, his "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" is up against stiff competition from Beyonce, Adele, Justin Bieber (for whom Posner co-wrote 2012's "Boyfriend") and Lukas Graham. But you won't find him waving a white flag.

"What's meant to be will be," Posner -- who was visiting his parents in suburban Detroit on Tuesday (Dec. 6) when the nominations were announced -- tells Billboard. "I'm incredibly grateful to be nominated. I think I deserve to be nominated. I think everybody else in the category deserves to be nominated. There were a lot of good songs this year. I'm not the only good writer, but I'm one of them. And it feels good to be recognized by other writers and other musicians and the people who vote for the Grammys and have them telling me my stuff doesn't suck. That's nice to hear from your peers."

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Posner woke up to the Grammy nomination news with an early call from Island Records chief David Massey. "I didn't pick up 'cause I was still kind of sleepy," he recalls. "Then I looked at my phone and saw I had a lot of text messages, so I called him back and said, 'What happened?' Then he told me and, yeah, it's pretty surreal, man. It's quite an honor. My mom just went 'Whoo!' "My dad goes, 'You gonna be on TV?' I said, 'Yeah, I think so. Not today, though.'"

The Grammys, meanwhile, have always been on Posner's radar as a major career goal. "I think about it every morning -- seriously," he says. "It's a goal of mine, and I'm pretty good at making my goals happen when they're the ones I really care about. Like my list of things I want to do: Play Jimmy Fallon with the Roots. That happened. Finish the album [At Night, Alone.]. That happened. So, yeah, I think (a Grammy win) is going to happen at some point -- if not this year, one year."

"Ibiza," which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and went double platinum, is the first single from Posner's sophomore album, his first studio set in six years after a couple of false starts and a label switch. It appears on At Night, Alone. in both a delicate singer-songwriter version and an EDM-flavored remix by Seeb. Posner is gearing up for some projects in the new year, as well. A book of his poetry, Teardrops and Balloons, will be published March 24, and he has a new musical project called mansionz with fellow writer-producer blackbear.

FELICITY JONES AND ROGUE ONE TEAM KICK-START PROMOTIONS IN TOKYO

The much anticipated Rogue One: A Star Wars story is set to release on 16th December and its team kick started celebrations at the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo yesterday to promote the film. Felicity Jones wore a quirky satin striped dress for the event

“I feel like I’m standing on sacred ground,” Director Gareth

Edwards told the crowd of journalists recently.

One the major theme of the film that has been highlighted is that it contains a strong female lead. “People keep saying how amazing it is having a female lead and i just sort of feel, well, of course!” said Felicity Jones, “It shouldn’t be such a big deal. We are half the population.”

Gareth Edwards agrees agreed saying, “Obviously we have a female lead but I didn’t want to view it that way because the typical thing to do is to go overly into a badass stereotype of a tough woman that no one relates to.”

“Rogue One” tells the story of a group of unlikely heroes, who in a time of conflict band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction.

This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is all set to hit the Indian theaters on 16th December, 2016

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Drake, Justin Bieber and Metallica make it to the Grammy’s 2017

The Grammy has dropped its nominations for 2017 featuring chartbusters Drake, Justin Bieber and Metallica in its list.

 Drake holds the worldwide list of top artists in the leading line receiving 8 nods for the year including ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Best Rap Album of the year’. Like last year, this year too Drake holds the nomination for ‘Best Rap Song/Performance’ for his pop song “Hotline Bling” and “Come and See me” for best R&B song.The Grammy’s holds a total of 8 nominations for Drake including “Work” for Record of the Year and Best Rap Performance (“Pop Style”).With his music all over the year, Drake also breaks the records of Apple iTunes along with being certified 4 Times Platinum by the RIAA Managing the same Feat for 2016-17. 

Following suit, Justin Bieber’s Purpose also receives nominations for ‘Album of the year’ competing with Adele’s 25 and Beyoncé’s Lemonade. Although Purpose was released in the 2015, it still stands nominated after the cut off of the 2016 Grammy ceremony bagging nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album and Song of the year for the song “Love Yourself.”The chart-breaking comeback by Metallica stands true to the real spirit of the band by picking up nominations for “Hardwired…to self destruct” as ‘Rock song of the year’.The Grammy of 2017, indeed holds a massive competition with some of our favourite artists and albums in the battleground with their amazing numbers.

WIZCRAFT CREATES MAGIC WITH THE BIGGEST BOLLYWOOD THEATRICAL EXTRAVAGANZA ~ 'JAAN E JIGAR' PREMIERES THIS DECEMBER 9TH AT DUBAI PARKS& RESORTS ~

India’s leading entertainment and Communication Company, Wizcraft weaves its magic yet again with its theatrical creative endeavor, ‘JAAN E JIGAR’. This remarkable two hour show blended with prefect Bollywood masala premieres this December 9th at Dubai Parks. Touted as one of the biggest Bollywood theatrical, ‘JAAN E JIGAR’ is a spectacular two hour show, produced and conceptualized by Wizcraft. The musical extravaganza is an original piece of theatre, created & directed by the creativity of the multitalented Viraf Sarkari, Director, Wizcraft International Entertainment. 

On the screening of his premier Viraf Sarkari commented, ”It was an exciting and challenging journey of almost 3 years creating, producing & directing Jaan-E-Jigar, I am very thankful on behalf of wizcraft to Dubai Parks & Resorts for providing the biggest Bollywood musical stage for the screening. Jaan E Jigaar is being staged at the world’s 1st Bollywood Park at Dubai parks & resorts.”

Set in the royal town of Ishqabad, this musical extravaganza will take you through the fantasy tale of two brothers named Jaan and Jigar, in a classic story of good vs. evil written by Kausar Munir.

Audiences are in for an awe inspiring experience featuring the latest technology, coruscating stage lights, amazing visual displays, the majestic glimpses of the royal town, traditional costumes by renowned designer Neeta Lulla, choreography by talented Shaimak Dawar& Glen D’mello& Art Direction by Omung Kumar make “JAAN-E-JIGAR”, a unique and biggest theatrical show promising a brilliant visual treat.‘JAAN E JIGAR’ premiere at the Dubai Parks& Resorts will be attended by a few Bollywood & Dubai celebrities.

Wiz Viraf Sarkari

Director, Wizcraft Entertainment International Pvt. Ltd

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Wiz Viraf Sarkari, one of the founder directors of Wizcraft International Entertainment has immense experience in the field of Entertainment and hospitality from the onset of his career. Viraf has strengthened the company’s technical infrastructure and expanded the organisation’s scope of business in India and across the globe.

Prior to that, Viraf was a partner in Mumbai’s most popular nightclub Xanadu. He began his career as a management trainee & then Night Manager with Hotel Airport Plaza, after completing his Diploma in Hotel Management.

As Director of Wizcraft, Viraf is closely involved in producing mega productions & concerts in India & internationally. Viraf’s career encompasses extensive expertise in producing & directing mega events to engage live and television audiences worldwide. These include 50 years of Indian Independence Celebrations, 30 years of Mauritian Independence Celebrations, the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the National Games, and Afro Asian Games 2003, South Asian Games in Colombo, Oman Tattoo Military Festival, International Indian Film Academy Weekend, Awards since its inception & many more public events. In 2006 Wiz Viraf produced & directed the 11 minute Delhi 2010 Handover segment at the Closing Ceremony of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games and in 2010.

Wiz Viraf has been closely involved in producing mega productions and concerts in India and internationally. Viraf Produced & Directed the Unforgettable Show – World Tour featuring the Bachchan Family & also many other Bollywood superstars. He was also Executive Producer & Director of the 2010 Commonwealth Games Ceremonies to be held in New Delhi, followed by the ICC Cricket World Cup Opening.

Virafs dream to promote a world class Entertainment & Leisure Destination has initiated the development of Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon. He has provided the Creative Vision for this destination & is the Executive Producer & Director of a long running & the World Biggest Bollywood Musical show Zangoora, hosted at Kingdom of Dreams