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The BIGGEST Comedy Hit of All Time – The Hangover, Out Now on BIG Home Video!

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Re-live the bachelor party gone wrong when The Hangover releases on DVD on November 25 with the rest of the world. The Hangover has created over Rs. 2200 crores Box-office revelry worldwide, making it the biggest comedy film of all-time and has been the most anticipated DVD release of the year.

November 25, 2009 /India PRwire/ — Re-live the bachelor party gone wrong when The Hangover releases on DVD on November 25 with the rest of the world. The Hangover has created over Rs. 2200 crores Box-office revelry worldwide, making it the biggest comedy film of all-time and has been the most anticipated DVD release of the year.

The Hangover is a laugh-out-loud comedy about three groomsmen and their journey to retrace their steps from a downright crazy Vegas night in hopes of finding the missing groom. Two days before his wedding, Doug drives to Las Vegas with his best buddies for a blow-out bachelor party they vow they’ll never forget…only they did. When the three groomsmen wake up the next morning with pounding headaches, their hotel suite is trashed and the groom is lost. With little time to spare, the trio attempts to retrace their bad decisions from the night before to figure out where things went wrong in the hopes of finding Doug and getting him back to L.A. in time for his wedding.

The film stars Bradley Cooper (Wedding Crashers, He’s Just Not That Into You, Yes Man), Ed Helms (TV’s The Office), Zach Galifianakis (What Happens in Vegas), Justin Bartha (National Treasure: Book of Secrets) and Jeffrey Tambor (TV’s Arrested Development).
The Hangover is available on DVD (English, Rs.599), VCD (English, Rs.299) & VCD (Hindi, Rs.99).
The DVD is replete with bonus features:
- Map of Destruction: Re-trace each step the guys took during their fate-filled evening and see the real locations, learn about their Las Vegas lore and see the filming that took place there.
- Three Best Friends Song: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis “freestyle” their own song.
- Gag Reel

Mr. Kulmeet Makkar, CEO, BIG Music and Home Entertainment says, “Never have we had so much fun… a baby in the closet, a tiger in the bathroom, a missing tooth & the entire sequence of retracing a night to find a missing groom. The Hangover is an outrageous caper that one will want to watch again & again.”

The home video launch of The Hangover has been supported by innovative marketing programmes. One will see The Hangover promotional campaign online – on blogs, virals, forums & quizzes on social networking sites and in exciting online contests. A 4-week out-of-home campaign will also run in over 4200+ out-of-home screens across restaurants, multiplex screens & indoor entertainment outlets.

A 2-week aggressive TV campaign is also on-air. The DVD release will also be supported by a week’s Radio campaign across 9 cities – Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune & Chandigarh.

BIG Home Video has also tied up with leading pubs across cities – so next time you walk into your favourite pub, you may just walk out with The Hangover (DVD)!

Source: Press release distribution via India PRwire

Notes to Editor

About BIG Music and Home Entertainment:

BIG Music and Home Entertainment has taken significant strides towards its objective of emerging as the dominant player in Indian Music & Home Entertainment.

The company is the exclusive licensee to 3 of Hollywood’s prestigious studios Universal Pictures International BV, Warner Home Video, Paramount Home Entertainment Global & Dream Works Animation SKG, Inc. With its robust pan India distribution network, the company will ensure reach for these Hollywood products, not only in urban market but also mass markets.

BIG Home Video has launched iconic movies like Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Godfather Trilogy, Public Enemies, Gran Torino, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, State of Play, Moonwalker and Monsters Vs. Aliens, amongst others in Blu-ray, DVD and VCD formats. Our forthcoming releases include 2009′s blockbusters such as Inglourious Basterds, The Soloist, G.I. Joe – Rise of Cobra, and Watchmen.

For more information, please contact:
Chidambaram N (PR) (M) 91 93203 33611

Schillings grows family department to meet increasing client demand

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Schillings, the leading law firm protecting the rights and reputations of corporate organisations, high-profile individuals and those in the public eye, has increased its family department to meet the growing demand from its clients, particularly those who want to ensure their family and matrimonial matters are not publicised by the media.
Schillings has recently recruited Davina Hay to join its family law department alongside Keith Schilling, Rachel Atkins and David Greer. A litigator with expertise in family law, Davina advises on separation, divorce and ancillary relief, jurisdictional disputes, multi-jurisdictional divorce cases involving significant assets and enforcement issues. Before she joined Schillings, Davina trained and qualified at a City law firm where she spent six years acting for a number of well known actors, successful entrepreneurs and international clients. She brings with her extensive experience as a litigator and enhances the firm’s provision of advice to high net-worth and high profile individuals in all aspects of divorce, relationship breakdown, ancillary relief, pre- and post-nuptial agreements and private children matters.
Schillings’ family department is led by Keith Schilling, the founder and senior partner of the firm, who represented Shan Lambert in her successful appeal in 2002, achieving the first 50/50 split of assets in a big money divorce.
Working alongside Mr Schilling is Partner Rachel Atkins who earlier this year, together with Associate David Greer, acted for a celebrity father in a test case following the introduction of new rules allowing media attendance in family proceedings, and succeeded in application to exclude the media from attending court hearings concerning his child.
When speaking about the growing family department Keith Schilling said, In the last few years we have seen a significant increase in the demand for advice from high net worth and high profile individuals in connection with matters relating to divorce, often involving multiple jurisdictions, children and most notably pre- and post-nuptial agreements
Mr Schilling went on to say, High net worth individuals and those in the public eye regularly discover their privacy has been invaded or their reputation defamed when details of their personal lives or the breakdown of their relationship are leaked to the press and publicised. It is logical, therefore, to respond to the demand from our clients by strengthening our team and combining our family and matrimonial advice with the firm’s pre-eminent experience in the area of reputation protection, so that we can ensure that press interest is managed to our client’s advantage
Speaking about the press interest surrounding high net worth individuals and those in the public eye Davina Hay said, Clients, even those without a high public profile, are increasingly finding themselves the subject of intrusive press interest following relationship breakdown or in the event of disputes involving children. Aside from the unwanted emotional strain at an already stressful time, the financial consequences of the resulting reputational damage can be devastating. However, it is possible to manage such threats and give clients the space to resolve family issues free from unwanted media scrutiny
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About Schillings:
Schillings is one of Britain’s top law firms dedicated to safeguarding the rights and reputations of international corporations and brands, high-profile business people and those in the public eye. The firm’s 25 year track-record in defamation, privacy law and copyright cases together with family and matrimonial and commercial dispute resolution is second to none.
Defamation, privacy law and copyright are at the heart of the firm’s work, prompting The Independent newspaper to call Schillings a spectacularly efficient media law firm.
Schillings clients include entertainer Madonna, supermodel Naomi Campbell, actress Kate Winslet, seven times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, international footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Potter author JK Rowling, pharmaceuticals maker GlaxoSmithKline, steel maker Arcelor Mittal, the Harrods Group and the London Stock Exchange.
Schillings PR contact:
Christopher Mills
Commercial Director
Schillings
41 Bedford Square
London
WC1B 3HX
020 7034 9000
www.schillings.co.uk

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BBC Children in Need Appeal raises £20,309,747! Pudsey pounds stack up for 2009 Appeal

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The great British public has risen to the occasion once again and raised an astonishing £20,309,747 for BBC Children in Need which will go on to make a positive change thousands of young lives.
Celebrating its 30th Appeal, the show marked the crescendo of this year’s activities through a star-studded feast of family entertainment in order to help raise money for disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.
Highlights include:
* A Motown musical sensation in Albert Square from the cast of EastEnders
* All the way from the USA, singing sensation Taylor Swift performing Love Story
* The official Children in Need single performance from the comedian and singer, Peter Kay, featuring 100 famous animated characters from children’s television singing a medley of hit songs
* JLS performed Everybody In Love
* Pixie Lott performed Girls And Boys
* Full Steam Ahead by Annie Lennox and David Gray
* A preview of the Doctor Who Christmas special
* Gary Barlow dropped in to present a cheque for £2,125,932 from the proceeds of the BBC Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall Concert
* Dragon’s Den renovating a Children in Need project building
* Messages from Pudsey’s friends Lady Gaga, Pink, Harry Potter, Zac Effron, Wallace and Gromit and Cheryl Cole
* And, of course, the night wouldn’t be complete without the Newsreaders, who performed a Bootylicious routine to bring in the money with the winner of Britain’s Got Talent, Diversity!
* A Radio 2 cheque of £1,869,394
At the helm was Children in Need veteran Terry Wogan who was joined by TV darlings Tess Daly and Alesha Dixon to present the seven-hour entertainment marathon live from London’s Television Centre, linking BBC studios from across the UK in Belfast, Cardiff and Glasgow, as well as broadcasts from venues across England celebrating the efforts of fundraisers all over the country!
The Appeal Night represents an exciting culmination of fundraising activity for BBC Children in Need, but the total will continue to rise as the money pours in from the thousands of events already held, or scheduled to happen, around the UK.
From cake sales in the office to talent contests at school, from sitting in a bath of baked beans to all the bike-a-thons, hop-a-thons, skip-a-thons and the eye-watering wax-a-thons, a huge community of supporters have come together to Do Something Different for Pudsey.
And it’s not too late to get involved, either by organising a fundraising event, calling our donation line on 0345 733 2233 or visiting bbc.co.uk/pudsey.
Terry Wogan said: This year we surpassed all expectations with the amount raised and I am in awe that in these tough times, the British public has shown such tremendous support and generosity. I’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone involved and for the extraordinary lengths the country has gone to help raise money for disadvantaged children
The final On the Night total was: £20,309,747.
The regional totals are:
* Scotland £1,646,887
* Northern Ireland £623,276
* Wales £1,135,474
* North West £1,669,005
* East Yorks & Lincs £424,122
* Yorkshire £1,186,439
* North East & Cumbria £1,006,542
* West Midlands £1,486,165
* East Midlands £1,022,057
* East £1,468,099
* West £828,842
* South West £548,302
* South £1,301,219
* South East £1,053,287
* London £2,540,636
Notes to Editors
The BBC Children in Need in Appeal is a registered charity number 802052.
Last year’s BBC Children in Need television broadcast raised £20,991,216 million on the night and the 2008 Appeal total eventually topped £38 million.
BBC Children in Need’s mission is to positively change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. Every year, thanks to public donations and the amazing efforts of fundraisers, schools, businesses and our corporate partners, we are able to make a difference to thousands of young lives.
BBC Children in Need awards grants to organisations working with children aged 18 and under who have mental, physical or sensory disabilities; behavioural or psychological disorders; are living in poverty or situations of deprivation; or suffering through distress, abuse or neglect.
The charity is supported by a number of corporate partners including Asda, Boots, Costco, Royal Mail, Greggs and our operational partner BT.
Pictures are available from bbcpictures.com.

Source: WEBWIRE

Discovery Communications-Hasbro Joint Venture Network Announces the Addition of Four Senior Executives

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Los Angeles, Ca. – Discovery Communications-Hasbro Joint Venture President and CEO Margaret Loesch today announced the appointment of four senior executives to the children’s television network, which is scheduled to launch in late 2010. Joining the yet-to-be named network are Amber Fredman-Tarshis as chief marketing officer, Dan Pimentel as chief financial officer, Brooke Goldstein as senior vice president of ad sales and Lorrie Copeland as senior vice president of consumer insights and research.
The additions of Amber, Dan, Brooke and Lorrie to our team solidify the foundation of this new children’s network said Loesch. Each of them is a leader in the industry and among the best and brightest in their fields. Their expertise and hard work will help build a world-class, family-friendly destination for children featuring compelling storytelling, strong characters and engaging brands
Amber Fredman-Tarshis joins the Discovery Communications-Hasbro Joint Venture after serving as vice president of marketing for Victoria’s Secret since 2006. As CMO, Fredman-Tarshis will work directly with Loesch and the Senior Joint Venture Team in developing all aspects of the network’s brand identity including its name, logos and overall brand essence. Fredman-Tarshis also possesses a wealth of experience in the children’s entertainment space from her time as vice president of global brand management for Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. While at Warner Bros., Fredman-Tarshis managed the Harry Potter brand worldwide, as well as Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Polar Express starring Tom Hanks.
Dan Pimentel, CFO for the joint venture, will oversee management of its financial planning and analysis functions. Pimentel has extensive experience in both the children’s entertainment and cable television arenas from his time at Walt Disney Company and most recently Discovery Communications. While at Walt Disney Company, Pimentel served as controller of the Disney Stores. Most recently, he was vice president of finance for Discovery’s Commerce Division, where he led the initiative to reengineer Discovery’s financial systems and reporting processes in preparation for Discovery Communications’ transition to a fully public company.
As SVP of ad sales, Brooke Goldstein will lead the sales team for the joint venture. Goldstein will report to Loesch and receive functional support from Joe Abruzzese, Discovery Communications’ president of ad sales, and Discovery’s Senior Ad Sales Leadership Team. Prior to joining the joint venture, Goldstein was a managing partner at Mediacom Communications, where she also served as the director of client services. During her tenure at Mediacom, she worked extensively with a number of premier national clients, including Hasbro.
Lorrie Copeland comes to the Discovery Communications-Hasbro Joint Venture from Hasbro, where she served as senior vice president and head of consumer insights. In her new role, Copeland will provide the qualitative and quantitative context to support multiplatform, multimedia business efforts across the joint venture. As SVP of consumer insights and research, she will spearhead the network’s customized studies, appearance at industry events and other initiatives designed to break new ground in the field of consumer understanding.
About Discovery Communications-Hasbro Joint Venture
Announced in April 2009, the Hasbro, Inc., and Discovery Communications multiplatform joint venture will both entertain and educate, featuring content drawn from Hasbro’s rich portfolio of entertainment and educational properties built over the past 90 years, including original programming for animation, game shows and live-action series and specials. New programming will be based on brands such as ROMPER ROOM, TRIVIAL PURSUIT, SCRABBLE, CRANIUM, MY LITTLE PONY, G.I. JOE, GAME OF LIFE, TONKA and TRANSFORMERS, among many others. The TV network and online presence also will include content from Discovery’s extensive library of award-winning children’s educational programming, such as BINDI THE JUNGLE GIRL, ENDURANCE, TUTENSTEIN, HI-5, FLIGHT 29 DOWN and PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD, as well as programming from third-party producers. The yet-to-be-named network is expected to launch in fall 2010, reaching approximately 60 million U.S. households on what is currently Discovery Kids channel.
About Hasbro
Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) is a worldwide leader in children’s and family leisure time products and services, with a rich portfolio of brands and entertainment properties that provides some of the highest quality and most recognizable play and recreational experiences in the world. As a brand-driven, consumer-focused global company, Hasbro brings to market a range of toys, games and licensed products, from traditional to high-tech and digital, under such powerful brand names as TRANSFORMERS, PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, CRANIUM and WIZARDS OF THE COAST. Come see how we inspire play through our brands at http://www.hasbro.com. © 2009 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
About Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is the world’s number one nonfiction media company, reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in over 170 countries. Discovery empowers people to explore their world and satisfy their curiosity through 100-plus worldwide networks, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Planet Green, Investigation Discovery and HD Theater, as well as leading consumer and educational products and services, and a diversified portfolio of digital media services including HowStuffWorks.com. For more information, please visit www.discoverycommunications.com.

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Kidz Interactive Media to Launch a New Website www.children.co.in on Children’s Day Designed Specially for Indian Children

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Most of the children today are brought up on Harry Potter, Spiderman and Superman stories. However, it is important that Indian children know about Indian folk tales and stories from Indian mythology.

This Children’s Day, a new website called www.children.co.in is being launched which is specially designed for Indian children and is dedicated to their overall growth and learning. The website not just offers you a host of exciting and entertaining features like fun activities, games, jokes, riddles and puzzles but also offers general knowledge quizzes, learning videos and Indian facts that can contribute significantly to your child’s learning curve. children.co.in has a dedicated section called ‘knowledge for kids’ which helps children to strengthen their math and verbal skills and also gives them facts and figures about our planet, our space, human body, about our country etc which helps them to widen their knowledge base.

Internet is a great tool of learning but there have been very few Indian websites that are designed especially for Indian children to facilitate their learning. Keeping this in mind, children.co.in is being launched with the sole purpose of contributing significantly to the overall development of a child through e-learning. This site is as much useful to parents as to children as it also offers a range of articles on different kind of activities that children can take up in their vacations, different and exclusive kinds of parties that can be organized for kids, how can yoga be beneficial for your children, different healthy recipes that can delight your kid’s taste buds etc.

Keeping this in mind, the website has specially dedicated a section to such Indian stories that makes the new generation aware about India’s culture and heritage. All in all, www.children.co.in is an informative wholesome website that combines learning with fun and excitement for your children. So do visit the website at a computer near you. The site is being launched on this Children’s Day i.e. 14th of November, 2009.

About Kidz Interactive Media:

Kidz Interactive Media Group is a leading entertainment and event management company. Based in Mumbai, the company has made rapid strides in a short span of time. The organization has delved into several verticals pertaining to entertainment including that of websites specific to certain segments. This press release focuses on launching of a children specific website, www.children.co.in that caters to all the aspects of a childs personality

Schillings announce libel claim win for Michael Essien against The People

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The Chelsea premiership footballer Michael Essien, represented by London law firm Schillings, has won his libel claim against the People newspaper.
Libel proceedings were issued against MGN Limited, the publisher of the People newspaper, following the publication of two articles. The first article, published on 25 May 2008, carried the headline Chelsea Cheat Michael Essien: I’ll Stand by my Love Child. This was followed by another article on 3 May 2009 under the headline Sex Cheat Star Essien Gets Boot.
The articles claimed that Mr Essien had cheated on his long term partner by having numerous affairs with other women and fathered a child behind his partner’s back. As a result, his partner had called off their wedding. These allegations were found to be false and grossly defamatory towards Mr Essien.
The People has accepted that these allegations are untrue, and has paid Mr Essien substantial damages as well as agreeing to pay his legal costs. The People have also undertaken not to repeat the allegations.
In its apology, the People said: On 25 May 2008 and 3 May 2009 we reported that Michael Essien had cheated on his long term girlfriend Nadia Buari by having numerous affairs behind her back including one in which he fathered a child. On 3 May we reported that as a result of his behaviour Ms Buari called their wedding off. We now accept that these allegations are untrue. We apologise to Mr Essien for any distress or embarrassment caused
A representative of Schillings who represented Michael Essien said: There has been a lot of inaccurate reporting concerning Michael and he was not prepared to allow this misreporting to continue
Schillings also said that, these allegations were not put to Michael or his representatives prior to publication and had the People done so they would have been informed of their utter falsity
Caroline McAteer of The Sports PR Company said on behalf of Michael Essien: Michael is delighted to have won his case and to have set the record straight. He would have preferred not to take action, but had no alternative in this case. Michael is pleased that this matter has now been resolved
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Notes to Editors:
Case number HQ09X02164
About Schillings:
Schillings is one of Britain’s top law firms specialising in reputation management for footballers, their clubs and other sports personalities. They also help protect corporate reputations, brands, celebrities and high-profile business people. The firm’s track-record in defamation, privacy law and copyright cases, as well as commercial dispute resolution is second to none.
Defamation privacy and copyright are at the heart of the firm’s work, prompting The Independent newspaper to call Schillings a spectacularly efficient media law firm
Schillings clients include the recording artist Madonna, supermodel Naomi Campbell, seven times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, Harry Potter author JK Rowling, pharmaceuticals maker GlaxoSmithKline, steel maker Arcelor Mittal, the Harrods Group and the London Stock Exchange.
For further enquiries please:
Christopher Mills
Commercial Director
41 Bedford Square
London
WC1B 3HX
+44(0)20 7034 9000
www.schillings.co.uk

Source: WEBWIRE

Sky invites you to host your own Sky+HD Party

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Sky is giving Sky+HD customers the chance to share their high definition TV experience with their friends by hosting their very own Sky+HD Party.
Each party host will be given one complimentary film to watch in stunning high definition from a choice of three new movie releases from Sky Box Office HD (worth £3.91) and a £10 M&S voucher to help kick off the party.
To qualify for the offer, party hosts need to set up their Sky+HD Party and invite three or more friends who must accept their online invitations by 5pm on 17th November. Friends must be over 18 and cannot be members of the same household.
The Sky+HD Party hosts and their guests will get closer to the explosive action of a Hollywood blockbuster with the sharper detail and clearer quality sound of high definition.
Sky+HD customers are given a choice of three films – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Hangover or Angels and Demons – shown exclusively from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th December. Customers hosting their own Sky+HD Party will also be able to watch Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince or The Hangover the same week as their DVD and Blu-Ray release.
The Sky+HD Party offer is subject to availability and limited to the first 10,000 parties.
Terms and Conditions
Sky+ HD Party offer is subject to availability and limited to the first 10,000 parties. Subscribers can receive one screening of their chosen film on the day they decide to host their party. The friends invited must not be members of the same household and must be over 18. The host needs to be an existing Sky+HD customer to participate in the offer and only Sky+HD customers whose HD viewing card went active before 4th November 2009 are eligible for this offer. All friends must accept their invitations online by 5pm on 17 November and the parties will need to take place on one day between Friday 11th and Sunday 13th of December 2009.
Further terms and conditions can be found on www.sky.com/hdparty
About Sky
Sky is the UK’s leading entertainment and communications company, operating the most comprehensive multi-channel television service. More than 9.5 million homes – a third of households across the UK and Ireland – enjoy the entertainment, movies, news and sports channels. In delivering entertainment through the TV, PC and mobile, customers have more control and flexibility over what, how and when they watch. Around 6 million Sky homes now enjoy the control and flexibility of Sky+ and 1.6 million homes have already joined Sky+HD, which provides access to 35 amazing high definition channels, that’s 28 more than anyone else.
Sky is also the UK’s fastest growing broadband and fixed-telephony provider with 2.3 million customers taking Sky Broadband and more than1.9 million customers taking Sky Talk.
Sky PR Contact:
Victoria Etaghene
Sky Consumer PR Executive
British Sky Broadcasting Ltd
Grant Way
Isleworth
Middlesex
TW7 5QD
0207 705 3000
packages.sky.com

Source: WEBWIRE