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Some deleted MySpace music tracks are back from the dead
MySpace conducted a server migration activity last month that resulted in 50 million songs getting accidentally deleted. However, an anonymous academic group had a copy of those tracks during their research work and now peace is restored.According to The Verge, the group was studying music networks while MySpace was still active and as part of their research, it downloaded 1.3 terabytes of music from the service. When the news of the data loss broke out, the group contacted the Internet Archive and agreed to share the files.The Internet Archive has now published a catalogue of 490,000 MySpace songs uploaded to the service between 2008 and 2010. These songs are less than one percent of the estimated 50 million songs which were lost during the botched migration.The retrieved collection is now available through an online interface designed to resemble MySpace's original music player. You can search through the database using the 'Hobbit' searcher.
'Shivling' under wooden planks at 'Dabangg 3' set creates row
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan got embroiled in a controversy when photographs of a "Shivling" covered with wooden planks during the shooting of his film "Dabangg 3" surfaced on social media Thursday. Salman, who is shooting for the film in the religious town of Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh, later issued a clarification and said the "Shivling" was covered with wooden planks to protect the idol and maintain its sanctity. The film's set was created on the banks of the river Narmada in Maheshwar. The photographs, which went viral on social media, triggered a war of words between the ruling Congress and the main opposition BJP. BJP MLA from Huzur in Bhopal district Rameshwar Sharma, in a statement, said incidents of religious sentiments of Hindus getting hurt have gone up ever since the Kamal Nath- led Congress government was formed in December last year. He demanded registration of an FIR against those behind the incident, which he claimed, showed disrespect to Lord ...
EC to decide on Modi biopic on Friday
The Election Commission (EC) will on Friday decide the fate of the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which, the opposition has alleged, violated the model code of conduct, the poll panel said on Thursday.
Actor Rajpal Yadav meets Sheila Dikshit, seeks party ticket from Delhi
Actor Rajpal Yadav on Thursday met Delhi Congress president Sheila Dikshit at her residence here, triggering speculation that he could join the party and contest the May 12 Lok Sabha election from a seat in the national capital. Yadav confirmed the meeting with the former Delhi chief minister and said he has often paid visits to Dikshit. He said he plans to contest the Lok Sabha election from Delhi. A senior Delhi Congress leader said Yadav sought the party ticket from North East Delhi seat, currently held by Delhi BJP president and popular Bhojpuri singer-actor Manoj Tiwari. "However, talks are on for an alliance with AAP and nothing is certain so far. So no commitment was made to him," said the Congress leader. In 2016, Yadav had floated the Sarva Sambhav Party. "Everything will be clear in 2-3 days," Yadav told PTI when asked whether he will contest on a Congress ticket or as a candidate of his own outfit. Yadav studied at the National School of Drama from 1994 to 97.
China's top film festival to screen five Indian movies under BRI category
China's top film festival will screen five Indian films, including Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali', under the category of films from Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries despite strong reservations expressed by India over the trillion-dollar project. Three other Indian movies, including Shah Rukh Khan's 'Zero', will be screened in other categories. The films will be screened at the Beijing International Film Festival (BIFF) being organised by Beijing municipal government from April 13 to April 20. The five Indian movies to be screened under BRI countries category included three of Ray's movies - 'Pather Panchali', 'Apur Sansar', 'Aparajito' - romantic comedy 'Love per Square Foot' and thriller 'Ittefaq'. Bollywood movie 'Sir' will also be screened separately. The festival will be closed with 'Zero'. It is significant that China has included the Indian movies clubbing them along with those from the BRI countries ahead of this month's second Belt and Road Forum(BRF) which is likely
'PM Narendra Modi' to not release on Friday, confirms Omung Kumar
Amid rising controversy, the release of 'PM Narendra Modi', which was earlier slated to hit the theatres on Friday, has been postponed.The director of the film, Omung Kumar, told ANI, "It is not releasing tomorrow. But the film will release soon and everyone will get to know about it soon. We don't want to reveal the date right now. The opposition had come forward and tried things. It's late but we know what date to release it on."Talking about the original release date of the film, Kumar said: "We started working on the film. We had decided that the film will come out sometime later this year or maybe next year. We began working on the film in January and thought the right timing to release the film will be sometime in April.""We didn't know when the elections are taking place. It just fell at the same time. We shot the film in just 38 days and everything was planned and perfect," he added.Talking about the controversy surrounding the film, the filmmaker also added that the movie is .
Food truck concept quite exciting: Saif Ali Khan
Actor Saif Ali Khan who starred in a film called "Chef" and is a foodie finds the food truck concept quite exciting.
IPRS distributes royalty of over Rs 20 crore
Mumbai-based Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS) on Thursday distributed royalty of more than Rs 20 crore to composers, song writers and publishers.
Release of Modi biopic 'PM Narendra Modi' delayed, CBFC chief says film yet to be certified
The release of "PM Narendra Modi", a biopic on the prime minister, has been pushed indefinitely, its producer Sandip Ssingh said on Thursday, a day before the film was scheduled to be screened in theatres across the country. Prasoon Joshi, chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), said the film is undergoing due process of examination and certification. The film was originally set to release on April 12 but producers had advanced it by a week, claiming "public demand". "This is to confirm, our film 'PM Narendra Modi' is not releasing on 5th April. Will update soon," Ssingh posted on Twitter on Thursday. Though he did not clarify further, the censor board chief said the process is still underway. "Since there are a lot of queries around the certification of the film, (I) would like to give a clear picture: the film is going through the due process of examination and certification according to the requisite guidelines and is yet to be certified as the process is not ...
'Game of Thrones' star Lena Headey 'heartbroken'
Actress Lena Headey has admitted she was "heartbroken" as she couldn't attend the New York premiere of "Game of Thrones" because of illness.
NFAI shares censor board records from 1920s
Cine enthusiasts interested in understanding how film censorship worked in its early phase now have access to a treasure trove of rare and historical data provided by the National Film Archive of India (NFAI). The NFAI Wednesday shared that it had digitalised and uploaded documents related to film certification, published as Bombay and Bengal Government Gazettes from the year 1920 to 1950. The records consist of detailed information like name of the film that has come up for certification; length; number of reels; country of origin; who applied for the censor; the producer of the film, the day the committee viewed the film and the day when the film received certification. "This will help film researchers about understanding how Indian films were certified, the process of certification was done in early days. We have a large paper collection at the archives consisting of posters, still photographs, postcards, song booklets, old journals and magazines in different languages. We have ...
EC to take final call on release of PM biopic on Friday
The Election Commission said it will take a final call on the release of a Hindi biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, as Opposition raised the pitch for deferring the release of the film by citing poll code violation. We have sought comments from the producer of the movie and also from BJP's general secretary...that also has been received. The file is under examination and it has been listed for tomorrow (before the EC), Deputy Election Commissioner Sandeep Saxena told reporters here on Thursday. The Commission will take a final call tomorrow, he said. The official said the EC's decision, based on the directives of Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra, will be a response to the complaint raised by Congress in this regard. Saxena said the Commission has already told the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to take a call on the issue as it had "no role" in the issue. The EC officials said as Lavasa and ...
Patriotic films weren't 'saleable' for Sunny Deol
Actor Sunny Deol, who has featured in movies like "Gadar - Ek Prem Katha", "Border" and "23rd March 1931: Shaheed", says he never did patriotic films because the theme was saleable.
Congress poll promise of curbing monopolies in media 'anachronic': Jaitley
Congress party's poll promise of curbing monopolies in media and ending cross-ownership of media segments is "anachronic" and aimed at restricting free journalism, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Thursday. In its election manifesto, the Congress has promised to pass a law to curb monopolies in the media, cross-ownership of different segments and control of the media by other business organisations. If it comes to power, the party also said it would enact a legislation to preserve the freedom of the internet and prevent its arbitrary and frequent shutdowns. "The media chapter (of the Congress' manifesto) contains suggestions each one of which will regulate and restrict free journalism and otherwise multiplicity of Indian media. It is anachronic. "It is not in tune with the times. However, even while drafting this chapter, a new facility is sought to be provided to the terrorists and the insurgents," Jaitley said in a blog. On the proposal regarding the internet, Jaitley said the ...
Nawazuddin Siddiqui joins 'No Land's Man'
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will star in and co-produce Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farookis "No Lands Man".
BIFF: China includes 5 Indian films in BRI category
China's top film festival will screen five Indian movies under the category of cinema from countries that seemingly support Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -- a trillion-dollar connectivity project opposed by New Delhi over its key artery cutting through the disputed part of Kashmir.
Clarke's life changed after brain haemorrhages
Actress Emilia Clarke says her perspective on life changed after she suffered two brain haemorrhages.
There has to be basic honesty: Javed Akhtar on Modi biopic credit row
Javed Akhtar says it was unfair on "PM Narendra Modi" producers part to rehash his old song and put his name in the credits on the film's poster when he hadn't even worked on the remake version. On March 22, Akhtar took to Twitter to say that he had not written any songs for the Vivek Oberoi-starrer and was "shocked" to find his name on its poster. Akhtar, in an interview with PTI, said the practice was against "basic honesty". "Nowadays, it has become a frequent practice that people buy rights of a song from an old film. They re-record it and use it. This is not fair," Akhtar said. The veteran lyricist said the producer of the Modi biopic had picked up a song "Ishwar Allah" that he had done for Deepa Mehta's "1947: Earth" and they re-recorded it after buying the rights from T-series. "They gave my name in the poster as the songwriter of this film. I was never the songwriter of this picture. Why give my name on the poster? If you want to thank or honour me, tell me why did you deprive
Ranbir gets curious about cameraman's 'chappal'
"Yeh chappal kahaan se liya (Where did you buy these slippers from)?" Ranbir Kapoor took a paparazzo by surprise when he posed the funny question to him at the airport here recently.
Release of Modi biopic 'PM Narendra Modi' delayed, CBFC sources say no clearance yet
The release of "PM Narendra Modi", a biopic on the prime minister, has been pushed indefinitely, its producer Sandip Ssingh said on Thursday, a day before the film was scheduled to be screened in theatres across the country. Sources in the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) said the film is yet to get a clearance. The film was originally set to release on April 12 but producers had advanced it by a week, claiming "public demand". "This is to confirm, our film 'PM Narendra Modi' is not releasing on 5th April. Will update soon," Ssingh posted on Twitter on Thursday. Though he did not clarify further, censor board sources said the process of getting CBFC certification is still underway. "The film has not been granted certification. It is still under process," a source from the censor board told PTI. The film, fronted by Vivek Oberoi and directed by "Mary Kom" maker Omung Kumar, was in the news with various political parties saying that releasing it less than a week before the ...