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MUMBAI:
Actors Shirley MacLaine and Sam Neill will join the new Miss
World - Miss Zi Lin Zhang - and a clutch of international
talent at the forthcoming television trade event MipTV featuring
Milia in Cannes, which runs from 7 to 11 April 2008.
UK-American
producer and distributor Alchemy Television will host a media
event on 7 April to launch their slate of four miniseries
to the international marketplace. MacLaine will present the
new mini-series Coco Chanel, in which she stars as
the influential French designer.
The
event will also feature Neill talking about his character
in Iron Road while Sir Derek Jacobi and Louise Rose
will present Diamonds and Bradley Whitford will promote
Burn Up.
Zhang, the new Miss World, representing the People's Republic
of China, will also be at MipTV for Zeal Entertainment who
distributes the Miss World Festival internationally.
British
comedy will be at the forefront during this edition of MipTV.
Actress, humorist, singer and dancer Tracey Ullman is bringing
her new show State of the Union. Sanjeev Bhaskar will
showcase the series Mumbai Calling, and comedian-presenter
Brian Conley will host the International Interactive Emmy
Awards ceremony which takes place at MipTV on 8 April with
several international stars.
Carla
Peterson and Luciano Castro, the glamour couple in Lalola,
will be in Cannes to mark the international success of this
Argentinian telenovela.
The
mentalist Uri Geller will return to MipTV to support his new
show Staya Erusa: Find the Book of Knowledge and his
Israeli hit show The Successor.
On
the French production front, the artists of Sisterhood
will be on hand in the shape of Thea Boswell, Charlotte Becquin,
Emmanuelle Boidron, Julia Cecilion and Pierre Deny (Marathon).
Singer-actress Priscilla will be in town with on-screen partner
Alexia Degremont to present their new musical series Chante.
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