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Sony PIX brings to you ‘Hollywood’s Finest’ – the ultimate countdown to Oscars 2019
MUMBAI: Ninety-one years of recognising and applauding the best of talent in the movie business, Oscars is the most looked forward to event in Hollywood. While the fans wait for this year’s Oscars on February 25, Sony PIX brings the ultimate countdown to satiate one’s hunger with the finest, most acclaimed, most cherished and most revered Hollywood stories as part of ‘Hollywood’s Finest’.
The 3-week-long movie festival will showcase some of the finest Hollywood movies, ranging from over 3 decades and with over 1000 awards to its credit. The specially curated line-up has something for every Hollywood movie buff – from Mad Max: Fury Road, The Departed and The Dark Knight Rises to Goodfellas, The Help, The Shawshank Redemption and more.
Sony PIX has also partnered with popular hangout joints, Raasta and Doolally Taproom to bring Hollywood closer to the movie buffs. Through the week leading to the big night, fans who consider Oscars to be their Holy Grail can visit Doolally and Raasta in Mumbai and Raasta in Delhi to be a part of the ultimate Hollywood quiz. Winners who prove their fandom will win exclusive Hollywood collectibles. Movie fans can also head to Sony PIX’s social media pages for an exciting quiz which is sure to test and challenge one’s knowledge about Hollywood.
With just a few days to go until the coveted Oscars night, there's plenty to look forward to. To begin with, tune-in to Hollywood’s Finest, every Monday to Friday at 9 PM, until 1st March, only on Sony PIX.
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Ellison takes his Paramount-Warner Bros case straight to theater owners
The Skydance chief goes to CinemaCon with promises and a skeptical crowd waiting
CALIFORNIA: David Ellison strode into a room packed with thousands of cinema owners and executives at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday and did something rather bold: he looked them in the eye and asked them to trust him.
The chief executive of Paramount Skydance vowed that his company would release a minimum of 30 films a year if regulators greenlight its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has made theater owners deeply, and loudly, nervous.
“I wanted to look every single one of you in the eye and give you my word,” Ellison told the crowd. “Once we combine with Warner Bros, we are going to make a minimum of 30 films annually across both studios.”
It was a confident pitch. Whether it landed is another matter. Cinema operators have already called on regulators to block the deal, and scepticism in the room was hardly concealed.
Ellison pushed back by pointing to recent form. Paramount, born from the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media last August, plans to release 15 films this year, nearly double the eight it put out in 2025. Progress, he argued, was already underway.
He also threw theater owners a bone they have long been chasing: all films, he pledged, would run exclusively in cinemas for a minimum of 45 days, drawing applause from a crowd that has spent years fighting for exactly that commitment across the industry.
“People can speculate all they want,” Ellison said, “but I am standing here today telling you personally that you can count on our complete commitment. And we’ll show you we mean it.”
Fine words. The regulators, however, will have the last one.
