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Paramount lays off Vantage
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures has downsized its art-house division Paramount Vantage (formerly known Paramount Classics). Paramount seeks to combine the marketing, distribution and physical production operations.
Paramount Vantage has been responsible for benchmark releases like Babel, No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood. Paramount Vantage will continue as a production label under the administration of president Nick Meyer.
The move of combining the operations is to boost the strengths and resources and thereby reducing possibility of errors. The consolidation will eliminate three senior executive positions including distribution executive VP Rob Schulze.
Paramount also seeks to save $5 million to $10 million in expenses and will allow Vantage to produce about six to eight movies a year. The merged marketing department will be led by Paramount worldwide picture marketing president Gerry Rich.
Megan Colligan and Josh Greenstein will hold the post of co-presidents of marketing. The distribution operation will be led by Jim Tharp, and physical distribution will be supervised by Georgia Kacandes. Vantage employs about 80 people.
Last month, Warner Bros. announced that it would close Warner Independent Pictures, its specialty film division, and Picturehouse, the independent movie arm of New Line Cinema.
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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.
