Fisher Stevens regrets 'Short Circuit' role where he played an Indian character: 'It definitely haunts me'

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The Producers Guild of India is launching a wide-scale vaccination drive for its members and associated production crews.

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coronavirus variant that is a hybrid of strains first found in India and the UK. The country's health minister said lab tests suggested it might spread more easily than other versions of the virus.

Vision Film has acquired rights to I Love Us, a romantic drama from Danny A. Abeckaser’s 2B Films. Abeckaser stars with Jackie Cruz, Katie Cassidy, Harlow Jane, David James Elliott, Robert Davi, Jasper Polish, Greg Finley, James Madio, David James Elliott, Elya Baskin and Courtney Lopez in the ensemble, which wrapped production at the end of March after a shoot in Los Angeles. It will get a 10-city theatrical run along with VOD in September.

Shalini Dore Features News EditorThe 2019 Indian Film Festival Los Angeles concluded on May 27 with the grand prize going to Thamizh’s directorial debut “Seththumaan” (Pig) and Karishma Dev Dube’s short “Bittu.”“It’s a phenomenal first feature, gentle and impactful, done with heart and guts, that is at the same time very candid and very mature and complex,” the features jury said of “Pig,” calling it “a film that impressed us tremendously, both in terms of filmmaking and dramaturgy.”The jury

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Naman Ramachandran The ongoing war of words between Twitter and the government of India has just kicked up a notch, with the government firing a strongly worded broadside against the social media platform.The saga began in February over ongoing farmers’ protests around the Indian capital Delhi, supported by the likes of Rihanna and Greta Thunberg, which the government sought to muzzle, and was unhappy at the tardiness of the platform’s execution.

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Wild Indian, Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr’s debut feature that had its world premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Michael Greyeyes, Chaske Spencer, Jesse Eisenberg, Kate Bosworth star in the pic, which will get a theatrical release later this year.

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Naman Ramachandran Popular messaging service WhatsApp is suing the Indian government over privacy issues as draconian new rules governing social media come into effect from Wednesday.The lawsuit “asks the Delhi High Court to declare that one of the new rules is a violation of privacy rights in India’s constitution since it requires social media companies to identify the ‘first originator of information’ when authorities demand it,” according to news agency Reuters which first broke the

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Naman Ramachandran The South Indian state of Tamil Nadu has written to India’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar demanding a ban on Amazon Prime Video India series “The Family Man” on the grounds that it depicts Sri Lankan Tamils in a “highly objectionable manner.”The objection is on the basis of a trailer alone. The series is scheduled to stream from June 4.

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Covid Recovery said there were "encouraging signs" that the virus was under control across the country. Speaking on the BBC 's Good Morning Scotland show, the SNP MSP revealed the vaccine is working against the strains currently in circulation.

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