Danny Boyle part of Shanghai film fest jury

September 16th, 2009 MUMBAI - In a song in recently released "Chintu Ji" the lyrics included 24 influential international film directors like Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Hitchcock, Quentin Tarantino, but it didn't mention "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle. Composer Siddhartth (of Siddhartth-Suhas duo) explains the reason behind the elimination.

July 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited India's music maestro A.R. Rahman and four other Oscar winners associated with the Academy award sweeper "Slumdog Millionaire" to join its roster of voting members.

June 22nd, 2009 Danish-Swedish drama best film at ShanghaiSHANGHAI — The Danish-Swedish drama "Original" won best picture at the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival, with its male lead Sverrir Gudnason named best actor for playing the soul-searching son of a mentally ill mother. Reading from the citation, jury president "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle called the debut feature film of Antonio Tublen and Alexander Brondsted "a light, touching and subversive study of mental illness that is both compassionate and never sentimental." Accepting his trophy, Gudnason, who plays a character who tries to stop pleasing others, yelled in delight and said, "This is the best thing that anyone has ever given to me and it's going to keep me going on." The jury said "this young actor's brilliant, sensitive, and humorous performance is absolutely mesmerizing." Simone Tang was named best actress for another Danish film, "Aching Hearts," about the relationship of two high school sweethearts.

June 18th, 2009 MacDowell: 40s are awkward for a leading ladySHANGHAI — "Four Weddings and a Funeral" star Andie MacDowell says her 40s were an awkward time partly because Hollywood filmmakers didn't know how to cast the veteran American actress. The 51-year-old actress hasn't had a big hit since a string of commercial successes in the early and mid-1990s, including "Groundhog Day," ''Michael," and "Four Weddings and a Funeral." She said Thursday that while she didn't have trouble finding work in her 40s, American filmmakers may have had trouble finding good roles for her.

June 18th, 2009 MacDowell: 40s awkward for a leading ladySHANGHAI — "Four Weddings and a Funeral" star Andie MacDowell says her 40s were an awkward time partly because Hollywood filmmakers didn't know how to cast the veteran American actress. The 51-year-old actress hasn't had a big hit since a string of commercial successes in the early and mid-1990s, including "Groundhog Day," ''Michael," and "Four Weddings and a Funeral." She said Thursday that while she didn't have trouble finding work in her 40s, American filmmakers may have had trouble finding good roles for her.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle was left starstruck after meeting legendary actor Clint Eastwood during an awards dinner. The British moviemaker is a big fan of Eastwood's work and was stunned to spot the actor-turned-director at a Hollywood event during this year's awards season in Los Angeles, reports imdb.com.

June 5th, 2009 THIUVANANTHAPURAM - Two days after acclaimed director Adoor Gopalakrishnan's "Oru Pennun Randu Annum" swept the state film awards, veteran Malayalam filmmaker T.V. Chandran Friday said that the awards were given to a "TV serial and not a movie".

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - After the success of multi-Oscar winning film "Slumdog Millionaire", British director Danny Boyle is planning to shoot another movie in Mumbai. The fillmaker has acquired the rights to develop a film on Suketu Mehta's "Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found", reported contactmusic.com.

June 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - British director Danny Boyle, who filmed his multiple Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire" in Mumbai, says he misses the city when he is away and that he is coming here next year to shoot another movie. "We've had a couple of meetings about another project in Mumbai.

June 2nd, 2009 LONDON - British director Danny Boyle has requested the media to leave the young stars of Slumdog Millionaire alone as he feels constant attention is ruining their lives. Azharuddin Ismail, 10, and Rubina Ali, 9, were catapulted into the limelight following the global success of "Slumdog Millionaire".

June 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Slumdog Millionaire teenage star Dev Patel is so desperate to remain a "normal kid" that he still uses public transport in his native London. The 17-year-old is re-adjusting to superstardom after his big screen debut in the multi-Oscar winning movie catapulted him into the spotlight and Patel refuses to let fame go to his head, and still uses London's underground tube trains to remain as grounded as possible, reports contactmusic.com.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - Rumours are rife that Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle has approached Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan for his next venture. Boyle first expressed a desire to work with Aamir during the premiere of Slumdog Millionaire in India and now he has approached him to work in his prospective film, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

May 27th, 2009 LONDON - Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle is flying to India to rescue the films child stars. The British filmmaker fears the lives of slum kids Azhar Ismail (10) and Rubina Ali (9) are spiralling downwards despite their Oscars success, reported thesun.co.uk.

May 27th, 2009 MUMBAI - Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle, who rushed to India Wednesday to help the film's child stars, was stunned when a child's father accused him of ignoring them. Some of the children have become homeless after civic authorities razed their shanties.

May 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - Yash Raj Films' animation flick "Roadside Romeo" has been selected for the Shanghai and Seoul Film Festivals. While the film will be screened as part of the Panorama section of the Shanghai fest (June 13-21), it has earned a place in the Invitation Section Out Of Competition category for the Seoul festival (Aug 19-25), said a Yash Raj Films statement released here.