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Romedy Now sets the festive season aglow this October
MUMBAI: One of India’s English General Entertainment channel, Romedy Now has the perfect celebration in store for viewers to magnify the Diwali bonanza. It has come up with three new properties – Welcome Goodness (Dusshera Special), Diwali Delights, and the Romedy Sparkler. Presenting the best series such as F.R.I.E.N.D.S., 2 Broke Girls and many more along with the best movies, Romedy NOW will make sure you have a truly terrific Diwali filled with happiness, love and laughter.
This season, party it up with your favorite characters from Ally McBeal, F.R.I.E.N.D.S, Two Broke Girls, Jake in Progress and Traffic Light. From two cupcake entrepreneurs, to three best friends at different stages in their life, Romedy NOW has the best guest list this October. Whether you’re hanging out with your favorite Manhattan gang, a hopelessly romantic lawyer or a Don Juan celebrity publicist, Romedy NOW is the place to be.
Dusshera is a special time to remember the goodness and happiness that surround us celebrate every night at 9pm and 11pm. With a vibrant line-up featuring Spanglish, PS I love You, No Strings Attached, Grown Ups, 28 Days, Message In A Bottle, The Devil Wears Prada, That Thing You Do, Crazy, Stupid, Love and the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, join Romedy NOW for nine colorful nights of revelry culminating on October 3rd 2014.
Gather your family and friends close and have a blast this Diwali with your favorite destination for love and laughter. Starting Saturday 4th October 2014, celebrate the joy of family and togetherness with a heartwarming line-up on Romedy NOW featuring The Family Stone, The Notebook, Guess Who, Madagascar, Monster-in-Law, Horrible Bosses, License to Wed, 17 Again, America’s Sweethearts, 28 Days, What’s Your Number and 27 Dresses. Gear up for a sparkling Diwali every night 8 PM onwards from 4th October to 23rd October 2014 with Diwali Delights, powered by Snapdeal.com.
As the Diwali fireworks light up the night sky, join in the celebrations with the Romedy Sparkler this month – The Lucky One, powered by HUL. Do you believe in second chances? When fate protects marine Logan Thibault (Zac Efron) during combat and sends him travelling halfway across the world for a photograph, he finds everything he’s been searching for. Don’t miss the magic as a battered marine and wary, single mother learn to love again in this incredible story of fate and second chances on Saturday, 18th October 2014 at 11PM.
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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.
