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Slumdog Slum Kid Loses His Home
1:25AM Richard Lawson | Ugh. The story of the Slumdog Millionaire kids just keeps getting sadder. Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, who played Dev Patel’s character as a little boy, just had his shanty house bulldozed by the government. More »
Big Screen
Slumdog Has Officially Gone From Heart-Warming To Gut-Wrenching
11:44PM Hamilton Nolan | Rubina Ali was plucked from the slums of Mumbai to star in Slumdog Millionaire, which went on to be a smash hit around the world. Too bad absolutely nothing good came of that! More »
The Rise of Slumdog Poverty Porn
8:06AM Defamer Hollywood | Holy hell are the Mumbai slums a miserable place. That’s the important lesson we learned when we watched the documentary fairy tale Slumdog Millionaire. And now we’d like to fetishise the film’s young stars. More »
Box Office Bump for Oscar Babies
5:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Past Oscar winners have gotten a bump in ticket sales after winning the little gold man, but Slumdog Millionaire is a different sort of movie. More »
Thanks For Letting Us Use You, Slumdog Kids, Here Are Some Houses
6:20AM Defamer Hollywood | Oscar-winner Slumdog Millionaire depicts children dwelling in the utmost of impoverished hellscapes. The film used actual slum kids, but don’t worry they weren’t exploited! Cuz they’re totally getting houses now! They’ll be just fine. More »
Ryan Seacrest’s Awkward Slumdog Interview
12:09PM Defamer Hollywood | Indian names baffle E!’s Ryan Seacrest, so he just held a sign up to the camera to introduce children from the cast of Slumdog Millionaire. Sad. Then things got more weird. More »
‘Slumdog’ Wins Mumbai Street Equivalent Of Best Picture
6:57AM STV | Everyone knows what a couple of angry parents and Indian social activists think about Slumdog Millionaire’s march on the Oscars. But if a five-person, man-on-the street sampling is to be believed, Mumbai wants a victory. More »
Who Wants To Be A ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Distributor?
3:55AM Kyle Buchanan | Though Warner Independent Pictures no longer exists, it’s comforting to know that WB’s deeply boneheaded decision to let Fox Searchlight snatch Slumdog Millionaire away is still immortalised on their website. More »
Sharon Stone Slaps ‘Slumdog’ Star In Red-Carpet Mating Ritual
4:36AM STV | It looked innocent enough, but now we hear that the loving, open-handed greeting Sharon Stone bestowed Sunday night on BAFTA-nominated Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel had “cougar attack” written all over it.
