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Meet a witty Aamir in Koffee with Karan
MUMBAI: After a brilliant start to the #KoffeeCentury with the Khan brothers; Karan Johar keeps the celebrations going by inviting Bollywood’s Mr. Perfectionist and acting powerhouse, Aamir Khan in Koffee with Karan. He will be accompanied by his onscreen daughters from his upcoming movie Dangal, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra. The episode will air on Star World and Star World HD on Sunday at 9 pm.
The usually elusive and restrained Khan will be seen getting unabashed, witty and cool. From admitting that he would most definitely succumb to a beautiful woman’s charms to pulling Johar’s leg when he states that he only pretends to like Koffee with Karan, Aamir is candid in a never before seen avatar.
He also goes on to confess to being so emotional that he cried while watching the trailer of Dangal on YouTube for the first time and also reveals his hidden talents when he cheekily states that all a girl needs to do is get close to him to impress him and he will do the rest.
Shaikh and Malhotra join in the banter as they claim that Khan has no friends except them. They also go on to accuse Khan of stealing their answers in a bid to win the Koffee hamper in the Rapid Fire Round.
Link to sneak peek: https://www.facebook.com/StarWorldIndia/
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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.
