MUMBAI: ESPN STAR Sports, India?s leading sports network, will telecast the 16th edition of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament 2007 LIVE and exclusive starting May 5, 2007.

NEW DELHI: HBO, the world‘s greatest movie channel brings a special family treat on Mother‘s Day with an exclusive and one-time premiere of Hindi dubbed Hollywood mega blockbuster King Kong on May 13 at 4 pm.

Launched as the Blockbuster of the Month in January 2007, King Kong is the highest rated English Movie of 2007 till date as it scored a TAM rating of 1.32 (TAM 5 metros, CS AB 15-44 yrs). King Kong was also ranked as the top Prime Time movie of the day on January 26, 2007.

Shruti Bajpai, Country Manager, HBO South Asia said, "King Kong in Hindi is a special Mother‘s Day gift from HBO to its viewers. We received a tremendous response from the Indian audience for our offering of "The Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King in Hindi a few years ago. We hope to regale our viewers once again through the Hindi version of King Kong".

King Kong is a story of a gargantuan ape from the skull island who falls in love with a novice actress. When a disheartened film director Carl Denham (Jack Black) decides to renovate his sinking down career, he decides to flee to a far-flung island along with playwright Jack Driscoll (Adrein Brody) and a struggling vaudeville actress Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts). The schematic director wants to go to the Skull Island that is rumored to be inhabited by a humongous ape. He believes that this monster could clinch the blockbuster he so badly needs. On reaching the island Ann falls into Kong‘s trap. The initially terrified Ann gradually becomes empathetic towards Kong and a bonding between them is instigated.

Summer Cocktail continues all month on HBO with HBO Blockbuster of the Month, Monster-in-law which comes on May 18, The Polar Express on May 19, A Sound of Thunder on May 5, Cry Wolf on May 12 and The Exorcism of Emily Rose on May 26.

Catch a sneak peek into summer‘s most awaited Hollywood film - Pirates of the Caribbean - At World‘s End in First Look on May 20 at 7.30 pm.

HBO brings the best of Hollywood by premiering the top blockbuster movies on television first in South Asia through exclusive licensing deals with four major Hollywood studios - Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Columbia/ TriStar), Universal and Warner Bros.

Prime time viewing on HBO includes HBO Blockbuster Of The Month, a special television event that premieres a mega blockbuster movie every month, HBO Saturday Nights, which premieres a new box office hit each week throughout the year; HBO Sunday Super Hits, which showcases the blockbuster hits, star-studded hits, favourite genre hits, Asian hits, highly acclaimed hits and so much more. In addition, HBO features at least 3- 4 new movie showcases every month to offer viewers an interesting mix of Hollywood movies based on exciting themes. For more information on HBO log on to www.hbosouthasia.com.

Mumbai, April 30, 2007: This summer, HBO, the world?s greatest movie channel gives you 60 reasons to chill at home every night as it brings you ?Summer Cocktail?, a fantastic repertoire of successful Hollywood movies guaranteed to set your heart thumping.An eclectic mix of action, drama, adventure romance, comedy, superhero movies. This exciting movie bonanza includes HBO Blockbuster of the Month, HBO Saturday Nights, HBO Friday Blockbusters, HBO Sunday Superhits and much more.

MUMBAI: The most renowned filmmaker of his era, Martin Scorsese virtually defined the state of modern American cinema during the 1970s and ‘80s.A consummate storyteller and visual stylist who lives and breathes movies, he won fame translating his passion and energy into a brand of filmmaking that crackled with kinetic excitement.

Working well outside of the mainstream, Scorsese nevertheless emerged in the 1970s as a towering figure throughout the industry, achieving the kind of fame and universal recognition typically reserved for more commercially successful talents. His work addresses issues and themes such as Italian-American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, and the violence endemic in American society. The benchmarks for the Scorsese style are - New York settings, loners struggling with inner demons, pointed-shoes rock-meets-opera soundtracks and unrelenting cathartic violence. His lead characters are often sociopathic or want to be accepted in society. He often casts Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Joe Pesci and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Some Interesting Trivia on Martin Scorsese

* Martin Scorsese wanted to be a priest before he became a film director.

* He suffered from severe asthma, and as a result was blocked from participating in sports and other common childhood activities. Consequently, Scorsese sought refuge in area movie houses, quickly becoming obsessed with the cinema, particularly in the work of Michael Powell.

* Martin Scorsese has a small acting role in many of his films.

* While serving as a teacher at New York University film school he taught legendary film director Spike Lee and Oliver Stone.

* Martin Scorsese directed Michael Jackson‘s music video Bad.

* Martin Scorsese is 5‘4" tall.

* His favourite movie is Citizen Kane Directed by Orson Welles.

* Martin Scorsese says Robert De Niro is his favourite actor.

* Martin Scorsese won the Academy Award for Best Direction for his film ‘The Departed‘ in 2007, after previously being nominated 7 times in the category.

Some Quotable Quotes by Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese On his style of filmmaking: If I continue to make films about New York, they will probably be set in the past. The ‘new‘ New York I don‘t know much about. It‘s not that I‘m against contemporary film. I‘m open to it in general, but I find the new colours of the city, the new Times Square, kind of shocking. I guess I‘m stuck in a time warp.

Martin Scorsese on Violence: It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily. .

MUMBAI: Some journeys take us far from home? some adventures lead us to our destiny! This Friday night, get transported to a fantasy world with Star Movies as it brings to you, a story of four children who are evacuated during the blitz to the countryside, and find a wardrobe that leads them to Narnia, where they ally with the Lion Aslan against the forces of the White Witch. Tune in to the exclusive premiere of Chronicles of Narnia, starring Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley and Anna Popplewell this Friday night, April 27th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

Chronicles of Narnia is an epic film based on C.S. Lewis‘ timeless and beloved adventure. Set against the backdrop of World War II, you‘ll experience the exploits of Lucy (Henley), Edmund (Keynes), Susan (Popplewell) and Peter (Moseley), four siblings who are sent to the country estate of a mysterious professor for protection. There they find the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of "hide-and-seek". Once there, the children discover a charming, once peaceful land inhabited by talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs and giants that has been turned into a world of eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch?s glacial powers forever!

Andrew Adamson made his live-action directorial debut with this film, which won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Make Up and various other awards, and is the first of what will be a series of films based on the books. High-budget special effects, impressive performances by the film‘s young newcomers, and beautiful set design move this film far beyond previous television adaptations.

So, make sure you tune-in to the exclusive premiere of ?Chronicles of Narnia? this Friday, April 27th at 9 p.m. on Star Movies.

MUMBAI: K. V. Kamath (born 2nd December 1947) is the Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank, the largest private bank in India.He is an alumnus of prestigious educational institutions of India like the Karnataka Regional Engineering College, now known as National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He is the recipient of the Asian Business Leader of the Year prize awarded at the Asian Business Leader Award 2001, organised by the business television network CNBC Asia.