The Playlist reports that Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman of Slumdog Millionaire is set to score Couples Retreat, Peter Billingsley comedy starring Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell and Faizon Love.
First Showing confirmed the report with Universal. I am intrigued to see what Rahman will bring to the American comedy as a whole new creative inspiration to scoring films. Take a listen to “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire and you’ll see what I mean.
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FILM
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GROSS
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TOTAL
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1
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Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail
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$19,355,705
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$67.71
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2
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Slumdog Millionaire
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$15,518,652
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$118.52
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3
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Jonas Brothers: 3D Concert Experience
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$14,006,321
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$14.01
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4
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Taken
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$12,667,032
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$110.6
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5
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He’s Just Not That Into You
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$7,977,341
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$80.63
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6
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Paul Blart Mall Cop
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$6,937,159
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$129.44
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7
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Coraline
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$6,520,310
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$62.37
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8
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
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$6,063,300
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$35.23
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9
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Street Fighter
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$5,767,269
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$5.77
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10
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Friday The 13th
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$4,829,596
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$61.84
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Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail is still #1 at the box office with Slumdog Millionaire taking another jump to #2. Jonas Brothers: 3D Concert Experience is #3 and Taken fell to #4. Watchmen had a strong midnight showing with 4.6 million in the coffer. No need to take a wild guess, Watchmen is sure to take the box office this weekend. Watch for Sunday’s report.
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Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto is all set to star in Woody Allen’s latest project, which is untitled.
Pinto joins a list of actors as she takes on the ingénue role in Allen’s movie. The actors include Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins.
According to Variety, Pinto has become one of the most pursued actresses since her breakout performance in Slumdog.
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The biggest night in Hollywood is right around the corner, and who better to make winner predictions than “Inside the Actors Studio” host James Lipton!? Bravo put together a photo gallery of the biggest nominations with James Lipton’s favorite picks. If it were up to him, Slumdog Millionaire would win an Oscar for Innovation — who knows maybe it will come home with the consolation prize of Best Picture.
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Even though a lot of hype is coming from the media on SAG’s ensemble award to Slumdog Millionaire on Sunday 
night, we mustn’t let it go unnoticed that they also handed out awards to Sean Penn for playing activist Harvey Milk in Milk and Meryl Streep for her performance as a fiercely certain nun in Doubt.
The late and multi-talented actor Heath Ledger won supporting role as the joker in The Dark Knight and the ever so vibrant, talented Kate Winslet for her appearance as a German woman harboring secrets in The Reader.
As for television it appears to be cookie cutter wins from the Golden Globe with NBC’s “30 Rock” and HBO’s “John Adams” in the comedy series and longform categories, and a top drama series honor for AMC’s “Mad Men.”
For a complete list of SAG winners, click here.
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