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Viewers celebrate their love for hollywood blockbusters on my Star Movies at 9
MUMBAI: Home to the biggest blockbusters, Star Movies leads the way in engaging audiences by giving them an opportunity of a lifetime to showcase their love for Hollywood films! My Star Movies at 9, for the first time ever, presents fans with a special proposition. Not only will they get to watch their favorite films on Star Movies, but they will also be featured on TV.
My Star Movies at 9 recognizes the spirit of movie buffs and their love for Hollywood films. Viewers sent in tributes to their favourite blockbuster describing what they love most about it. A select set of fans have been showcased with their tribute through music, poetry and dance and lead the promotional campaign on Star Movies with their zeal! Star Movies will kick off the slot on 19th March with a social media campaign that will bring alive emotions of joy, laughter and tears for movie enthusiasts through personalized digital illustrations.
With My Star Movies at 9, the channel not only delivers on the promise to keep engaging audiences with the best English blockbusters, but also innovates to shine a spotlight on the tremendous talent and passion of our fans. So get ready to experience the love for movies like never before as viewers gear up for a month of action, drama, suspense and comedy!
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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.
