Ifran Khan
Cheers to Irrfan Khan for his tour de force on In Treatment.
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The intensely charismatic Bollywood veteran best known ...
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Slumdog Milllionaire, Twilight
Teen romance — whether with vampires or in Mumbai slums — is all the rage at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.
Twilight leads this year's field with seven nominations, just edging out the six-time nominated Slumdog Millionaire. Both are up for Best Movie.
Joining the two in the Best Movie race are The Dark Knight, High School Musical 3: Senior Year and Iron Man.
Slumdog and Twilight will duke it out in ...
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Slumdog Millionaire
If you haven't heard the buzz surrounding Slumdog Millionaire, we'd like to know exactly which rock you've been hiding under the last few months. Let us catch you up: This touching, compelling drama from Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) was last year's critical darling and pretty much made a clean sweep of the awards circuit, ultimately taking home the Oscar for best picture. So if you are one of those people who are in the dark (shame on you), now you can see the movie in stunning high definition with this beautiful Blu-ray transfer.
The sights and sounds of Mumbai come alive
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Rubina Ali
Indian police said they found no evidence to suggest the father of a Slumdog Millionaire child actress tried to sell his daughter.
"So far there is no evidence of any offence, hence there is ...
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Rubina Ali
Mumbai police are investigating a report that the father of a Slumdog Millionaire child star tried to sell her, but he says he was the victim of a "dirty" undercover scheme by a British tabloid whose reporters attempted to trick him.
The News of the World claimed Rafiq Qureshi, who lives in the slums with his daughter, offered to sell 9-year-old Rubina Ali for roughly $300,000.
"They played dirty with us, but ...
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Rubina Ali
The Oscar-winning producers of Slumdog Millionaire are giving back to the children who face life in the Mumbai slums depicted in the movie.
The filmmakers announced they would donate £500,000 (about $742,000) to create a five-year program that will provide healthcare and education for children, according to People. The program will work in conjunction with Plan, an international children's development organization.
"Having benefited so much from the hospitality of the people of Mumbai, it is only right that some of the success of the movie be ploughed back into the city in areas where it is needed most and where it can make a real difference to some lives," Slumdog director Danny Boyle said in a statement.
In addition to this donation, the Jai Ho Trust has been established to take care of two of the film's child stars, Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail. This trust...
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Anil Kapoor
Who wants to cast a Slumdog Millionaire star? 24 does.
Fox's hit drama has announced that Anil Kapoor, who played game show host Prem Kumar in the Oscar-winning indie, will join the cast for Season 8, which premieres in early 2010. Just last week, 24 star Kiefer Sutherland announced his plan to stick around for at least one more of Jack Bauer's very bad days.
In Season 8, Kapoor will play...
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Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience
So much for world domination.
Despite plenty of hype and a weekend theater-invasion tour, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience opened second to Madea Goes to Jail, earning $12.7 million. The soft opening was well below industry expectations, which had the trio earning about twice as much. Fellow teen idol Miley Cyrus' 3-D picture, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds, opened to $31.1 million last year.
Madea Goes to Jail locked in the top spot for the second consecutive week with $16.5 million, putting its 10-day tally at $64.9 million.
Nipping at the Jonas Brothers' heels was ...
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Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail
Fame isn't the only thing two Slumdog Millionaire kids are getting as a result of their Oscar-winning movie: They're also getting houses.
Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, who played the younger versions of the focal characters, will receive new homes from the Indian government, according to BBC News.
An outcry arose after the low-budget movie raked in nearly $100 million because the children continued to live in actual slums of Mumbai's ...
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