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ABC Family to air television premieres of Disney movies
MUMBAI: ABC Family has acquired the network television premiere of several Disney movies as part of its deal with Disney-ABC Domestic Television.
The channel will air the television premiere of Beverly Hills Chihuahua in 2010. The network will also hold the television premiere of Walt Disney‘s upcoming 3-D movie G-Force in 2011. The film will be released in theatres this summer.
A Christmas Carol that releases this November is slated for a TV premiere in 2012. ABC Family also plans to premiere the studio‘s two recent films, Race to Witch Mountain and Bedtime Stories, in 2012.
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Rashmika Mandanna, Shanaya Kapoor and Naila Grrewal climb IMDb’s Indian celebrity rankings
Upcoming films and returning shows are driving fan interest across Bollywood and streaming
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s popularity contest has a new weekly scorecard, and the numbers are telling. IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list for this week places Shanaya Kapoor at number six, buoyed by buzz around her film Tu Yaa Main. Naila Grrewal slots in at seven on the back of the returning comedy series Maamla Legal Hai, while Rashmika Mandanna climbs to eighth, riding mounting anticipation for Cocktail 2.
The list, available exclusively on the IMDb app for Android and iOS, tracks trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week, drawing on data from more than 200m monthly visits to the platform worldwide.
Further down the rankings, Raaka is keeping two of its biggest names in the spotlight. Deepika Padukone holds 11th position, with Allu Arjun close behind at 13th, as the film continues to find traction with audiences.
The list offers fans a weekly pulse on who is breaking through, who is holding steady, and who is fading. It is a barometer as unsparing as the box office itself.
