English Entertainment
Star World announces #TheBestBoss contest on World Boss Day
MUMBAI: The Office certainly holds a special place in every fan’s heart for mixing that special mockumentary styled humor no other show has been able to manage. Star World, India’s leading English entertainment channel has brought this rib-tickling comedy series to television screens for the first time, in India! Currently airing on the channel every weekday at 8PM, The Office is the go-to show that is surely a comic relief after a heavy day at work. Whether you watch it for the very first time or re-watch a random episode.
With the World Boss Day being observed today, how best to commemorate this occasion but to celebrate Michael Scott, the idiosyncratic boss of a paper company, who has a real talent for always doing the wrong thing and coming off as the most uncouth and idiotic man in the room but always with a heart of gold!
Celebrating this day, Star World announces an intriguing digital contest #TheBestBoss across its social media platforms on World Boss Day. Through this campaign, Star World will engage with its audiences and give away some exciting merchandise to all the fans of this classic comedy series!
With the idea to engage with its Indian audiences and reward their ‘Best Boss’ across offices, the digital contest spanning across Instagram, will also see promotions on other digital platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Through this contest, Star World will urge its audiences to share experiences and stories of why their Bosses are the best compared to the World’s Best Boss – Michael Scott, himself! Star World will conclude by announcing winners who will get to gift some exciting branded merchandise to their bosses!
Developed by Greg Daniels – the award winning comedy writer known for celebrated television series such as Parks & Recreation, Saturday Night LIVE, The Simpsons and more, the show stars some of the Hollywood’s renowned actor – Steve Carrell of Evan Almighty and Crazy Stupid Love, along with the most loved personality and Oscar nominee – John Krasinski. Also starring Jenna Fischer, Mindy Kaling, and Rainn Wilson, the show has been known for popularizing the mockumentary format on television. This show was nominated for 9 Golden Globe awards and 42 Primetime Emmy awards during the course of its run, for its writing as well as for the cast’s stellar performances.
So, go on and participate in this contest, and get a chance to win some fancy merchandise to gift it your Boss. If it’s the appraisal time, try not to be a suck up; be subtle.
And once back from your 9 to 5, catch some more of ‘The Office’, a show that not just tickles your bones but also gives you many characters and instances to relate to. Watch all seasons of this awesome show currently airing only on Star World every Monday to Friday at 8PM!
English Entertainment
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.
