Producer Prithvi

Prithvi is indeed a jack of all trades. He has proved his mettle not just as a mass hero and a successful actor but also as a playback singer.

Shankar Banking On ‘Anantha Purathu Veedu’

A moment for Shankar to decide – DO or QUIT. Shankar’s ballyhoos for his previous films have just proved its dichotomy. Sometimes he has basked in joyful ambiance and at par with his downfalls. Doubtless to say: the filmmaker-producer in a deplorable...

U.K. Introduces New, Greener Regulations for Producers of Industrial And Automotive Batteries

New legislation, designed to ensure that all U.K. waste industrial and automotive batteries are recycled in the future, will come into effect on 1 January 2010. Producers of industrial and automotive batteries will be required to arrange the collection,...

Pushkin’s ‘Comedy of Distress’ Today

Regular readers know that I am particularly taken with the phrase “comedy of distress,” which seems to have originated with Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin applied it to his play about Tsar Boris Godunov, but most recently I applied it to the...

Brian Evans Releases New Version of “New York, New York”

Not since Frank Sinatra has a version of “New York, New York” been recorded in a serious manner, but Brian Evans has gone the distance, and has tackled the song.

Russian Automaker Avtotor Holding to Assemble Opel Cars

The Russian automaker Avtotor Holding has announced it will assemble Opel cars in the country’s exclave of Kaliningrad, which borders Poland and Lithuania. Avtotor, which rolls out 27 models of seven different brands, including BMW, Kia and Chevrolet,...

ICarly’s Jerry Trainor And Jennette McCurdy to Star in New Movie, Best Player

Jerry Trainor and Jennette McCurdy, stars of the hit Nickelodeon’s series iCarly, will headline the cast of an all-new, original television movie, Best Player. How People Arrived Here: jennette mccurdy, jerry trainor and jennette mccurdy, jennette...

Kalashnikov Producer Facing Bankruptcy

An arbitration court in the Urals has accepted a bankruptcy suit against the producer of Russia’s famed Kalashnikov assault rifles.

Remembering a Significant Promoter (before the Age of Self-promotion)

Yesterday The New York Times published an obituary by Bruce Weber for Norman Seaman. This name is unlikely to be familiar to most readers, particularly those outside New York City; but it is important to remember him. In an age in which the Internet...