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48-512: We Are Family may refer to: Film and television [ edit ] We Are Family (2010 film) , an Indian drama We Are Family (2016 film) , a French comedy We Are Family (2002 film) , directed by Danny Schechter We Are Family (2006 Hong Kong film) , directed by Clifton Ko We Are Family (2006 Singaporean film) , produced by Chan Pui Yin We Are Family (TV series) ,

96-442: A 2024 American music game show "We Are Family" ( Grounded for Life ) , a 2002 TV episode "We Are Family" ( Popular ) , a 2000 TV episode "We Are Family" ( Rizzoli & Isles ) , a 2013 TV episode Music [ edit ] We Are Family (album) , a 1979 album by Sister Sledge "We Are Family" (song) , a 1979 song from the album We Are Family , a 2009 album by Jeff & Sheri Easter "We Are (Family)",

144-999: A Millionaire? , acquired from the original production company Celador, and You Are What You Eat for £114.3 million ($ 223.2 million in US dollars). In 2011, the Sony Pictures computer network was breached and approximately one million user accounts associated with the SonyPictures.com website were leaked. On November 18, 2012, Sony Pictures announced it has passed $ 4 billion with the success of releases: Skyfall , The Amazing Spider-Man , 21 Jump Street , Men in Black 3 , Hotel Transylvania , Underworld: Awakening , The Vow , and Resident Evil: Retribution . On November 21, 2013, SPE and Sony Entertainment's CEO Michael Lynton announced that SPE will shift emphasis from movies to television by cutting its 2014 film slate. It

192-450: A deal with WarnerMedia Europe to stream its theatrical films on HBO Max for Central and Eastern Europe countries. On November 28, 2022, it was announced that Legendary Entertainment reached a distribution deal with Sony to distribute its future slate of films. However, this deal does not include the Dune and MonsterVerse films as they will remain at Warner Bros. The deal came after

240-498: A joint buyout with Apollo Global Management . Sony and Apollo submitted a $ 26 billion all-cash offer to acquire Paramount Global on May 2, 2024. A special committee of Paramount’s board of directors met on May 5, 2024, and signed off on beginning deal talks with Sony and Apollo. Later, announced in July of the same year, Paramount will merge with Skydance Media . On June 12, 2024, Sony Pictures acquired Alamo Drafthouse Cinema for

288-525: A merger plan, the two television businesses, comprising Columbia/Embassy Television and Tri-Star Television , merged altogether to form a new incarnation of the original Columbia Pictures Television . The merger enabled three top Tri-Star executives, namely Arnold Messner, who ran Tri-Star Telecommunications , Victor A. Kaufman, who ran the main Tri-Star Pictures studio, and Scott Siegler , who ran Tri-Star Television to stay on, while four of

336-409: A private conversation. Maya bequeaths guardianship of the children to Shreya and confesses a mistake she made that almost killed Anjali years ago due to recklessness. She explains that not every mother is perfect but they need to keep trying. Maya wants to return home for Diwali as the last chance to see her house before she dies. During the festival, the children hold a special event for her, replaying

384-443: A sum which are yet-to-be disclosed. This marked the first time in more than 75 years that a major Hollywood studio would own a theater chain, as the 1948 federal ruling from United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. prevented them from owning exhibition companies until 2020. Alamo Drafthouse will continue to operate their film festival Fantastic Fest , which is included in the acquisition. In September 2024, Sony Group announced

432-406: A theme song from the 2012 film Ice Age: Continental Drift Organizations [ edit ] We Are Family (LGBTQI+ charity) , a nonprofit organization We Are Family (Slovakia) , a political party We Are Family Foundation , a nonprofit organization See also [ edit ] " We Are Family: Now Get Me Some Water! ", a 2007 episode of Hannah Montana Topics referred to by

480-543: Is a co-production between India and the United States and it features Kajol , Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in the lead roles. It is also an official Indian adaptation of the American film Stepmom (1998), starring Susan Sarandon , Julia Roberts and Ed Harris . We Are Family was originally scheduled for release on 10 September 2010, but was rescheduled to release on 3 September to avoid clashing with

528-428: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages We Are Family (2010 film) We Are Family is a 2010 Indian Hindi -language family drama film directed by Siddharth P. Malhotra and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Karan Johar under Dharma Productions , with Sony Pictures Entertainment and UTV Motion Pictures handling the distribution rights. The film

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576-622: Is operated as a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc. , which is itself a subsidiary of the Japanese multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony Group Corporation . Based at the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California as one of the "Big Five" major American film studios , it encompasses Sony's motion picture , television production and distribution units. All of SPE's divisions are members of

624-407: Is revealed that Shreya is an orphan , thus she was never taught anything about being a mother. Aman tells Maya that they should not be competing with each other for the children's love. Maya faints and the doctor tells her that she has only a few days left. Shreya decides to take care of the children while Aman tends to Maya. When Shreya and the children visit Maya at the hospital, the two women have

672-455: Is the main character (such as Homecoming and its sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home ), while Disney would distribute MCU films where Spider-Man appears without being the main character. On January 22, 2014, SPE folded its technology unit into the various cores of its businesses. In April, Sony Pictures arranged a film financing deal worth $ 200 million with LStar Capital , the credit venture of Lone Star Capital and Citibank , half in debt and

720-626: The Delaware General Corporation Law . Sony also completed a tender offer for shares of common stock of the Guber-Peters Entertainment Company on November 6, 1989, and acquired the company 3 days later. The acquisition cost Sony $ 4.9 billion ($ 3.55 billion for shares and $ 1.4 billion of long-term debt) and was backed (financed) by five major Japanese banks Mitsui , Tokyo , Fuji , Mitsubishi and Industrial Bank of Japan . The company

768-742: The Motion Picture Association (MPA). Sony's film franchises include The Karate Kid , Ghostbusters , Jumanji , Men in Black , Spider-Man , and Sony's Spider Man universe . On September 1, 1987, The Coca-Cola Company announced plans to spin off Columbia Pictures , which it had owned since 1982. Under this arrangement, Coca-Cola would sell its entertainment assets (Coca-Cola's Entertainment Business Sector) to TriStar Pictures , of which it owned 39.6%. Tri-Star would be renamed Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (CPE), with Coca-Cola owning 49%, its shareholders owning 31%, and Tri-Star's shareholders owning 20%. As part of

816-497: The Salman Khan -starrer Dabangg . It proved to be an underwhelming success at the box office. However, it received positive reviews from critics upon release, with particular praise directed towards Kajol and Kapoor's performances. At the 56th Filmfare Awards , Kapoor won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film. Indiagames , a subsidiary of UTV , also released a tie-in mobile video game to accompany

864-509: The controversy over violence against Indians in Australia to promote the film. The album has six original songs composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy and lyrics by Irshad Kamil and Anvita Dutt Guptan , including a tribute to Elvis Presley's " Jailhouse Rock ". We Are Family 's teaser trailer was released along with I Hate Luv Storys , which released on 2 July 2010. The film was originally scheduled for release on 10 September 2010, but

912-681: The Burbank Studios and acquired Lorimar Studios , previously the MGM lot, from Warner Bros. On October 31, 1989, Sony completed a friendly takeover bid for the rest of shares (51%) of CPE, which was a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: KPE), and acquired 99.3% of the common stock of the company. On November 8, 1989, Sony completed the acquisition by a "short-form" merger of its wholly owned subsidiary Sony Columbia Acquisition Corporation into CPE under

960-658: The Coca-Cola Entertainment Business Sector departed, namely Barbara Corday , who ran Columbia / Embassy Television as president, Herman Rush and Peter Seale, who ran Coca-Cola Telecommunications , and Brian McGrath, who was the president of the Coca-Cola Entertainment Business Sector. In early December 1987, former Coke EBS vice president Kenneth Lemberger exited the post to join Tri-Star Pictures , displacing Roger Faxon, who had joined Columbia Pictures as senior vice president of

1008-730: The Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group) by merging Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures in 1998, revitalizing Columbia's former television division Screen Gems. This in effect re-united the MGM studio name, with the MGM main studio lot, although somewhat confusingly, the bulk of the pre-May 1986 original MGM library ended up at Time Warner via the Ted Turner - Kirk Kerkorian " Turner Entertainment Co. " transactions. The post-April 1986 MGM library consists of acquisitions of various third-party libraries, such as

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1056-612: The Entertainment Sector's feature production deal with Nelson Entertainment and its investment in Castle Rock Entertainment , and TeleVentures ; a company it continues to own, which was linked to three independent companies: Tri-Star Pictures , Stephen J. Cannell Productions and Witt/Thomas Productions . Merv Griffin Enterprises continue to function as a separate operation. A new company

1104-512: The Indian audience with a working title Love You Maa . Although he initially intended to buy the rights to the film, he eventually opted to co-produce it with Sony Pictures . The film was shot in Sydney, Australia and Mumbai from November 2009 to April 2010. According to Siddharth Malhotra, several scenes involving racial prejudice against the children were cut to avoid the appearance of using

1152-497: The Orion Pictures catalogue, leading to MGM's 2014 remake of RoboCop . In July 2000, a marketing executive working for Sony Corporation created a fictitious film critic, David Manning , who gave consistently good reviews for releases from Sony subsidiary Columbia Pictures that generally received poor reviews amongst real critics. Sony later pulled the ads, suspended Manning's creator and his supervisor and paid fines to

1200-615: The appointment of SPE president and COO Ravi Ahuja as CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment effective January 2, 2025, succeeding Tony Vinciquerra, who will remain chairman until the end of December 2025. In November 2014, the Sony Pictures computer network was compromised by a group of hackers named Guardians of Peace , disabling many computers. Later the same week, five of Sony Pictures' movies were leaked, including some not yet released (such as Fury and Annie ), as well as confidential data about 47,000 current and former Sony employees. Film historian Wheeler Winston Dixon suggested that

1248-428: The children to perceive her as evil. One day, Aman asks Shreya to look after them as he is busy with a meeting. Anjali goes missing when Shreya goes to get ice cream for the kids. At the police station, Anjali is found and Shreya cannot go near the children without Maya's permission after Maya threatens to file a lawsuit. Maya finds out that she has cervical cancer and tells Aman, which prompts him to move back in with

1296-754: The company provided administrative services related to distribution of its films in North America, while internationally, would be responsible for the direction of each studio. On September 28, 1989, Sony obtained an option to purchase all of The Coca-Cola Company 's stock (approximately 54 million shares or 49% of the outstanding shares) in CPE for $ 27 per share. The next day, Sony also announced that it reached an agreement with Guber-Peters Entertainment Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPEC; formerly Barris Industries , Inc.) to acquire CPE for $ 200 million when Sony hired Peter Guber and Jon Peters to be its co-chairmen. This

1344-645: The eight-story, 260,000sq ft building originally designed by architect Maxwell Starkman and known as Sony Pictures Plaza, which was originally the headquarters of MGM Studios and later Sony Pictures Studios, was sold to Runyon Group and fellow developer LBA Realty for $ 159 million. Headquartered in Culver City, California , U.S., SPE comprises various studios and entertainment brands, including Affirm Films , Columbia Pictures , Screen Gems , Sony Pictures Classics , TriStar Pictures , Crunchyroll , Game Show Network and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema . The following are other Sony Pictures divisions that are not subsidiaries of

1392-530: The family and leave Shreya. However, he is unable to forget her, which Maya notices. Maya tells their children that she has cancer and Aaliya retaliates by going to a party with an older boy. Maya tells Shreya that she has cancer, and that she wants her to take care of the kids after she's gone, as they'll need a mother. Shreya refuses, not believing herself to be the ‘mom type,’ but agrees to move in and leave her career. The children gradually develop an attachment towards Shreya. When Maya and Shreya have an argument, it

1440-523: The film's release. Maya is a former book publisher and a perfect mother whose life revolves around her three children, Aaliya, Ankush, and Anjali. Despite being divorced from Aman, Maya has ensured that they remain a happy family unit. However, things take an unexpected turn when Aman's girlfriend, Shreya Arora, a career-oriented fashion designer with a lot to learn about children, joins the family. When Aman introduces Shreya at Anjali's birthday party, she accidentally drops Anjali's birthday cake, which leads

1488-402: The hack and subsequent leaks, calling it a "malicious criminal act", while also criticizing WikiLeaks for describing the leaked content as public domain . Seth Rogen has expressed doubts about North Korea being responsible for the 2014 Sony hack. Based on the timeline of events and the amount of information hacked, he believes the hack may have been conducted by a Sony employee. In 2014,

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1536-478: The hack, which exposed the inner workings of the studio, was "not a pretty picture," and served as a "wake-up call to the entire industry." The hack also revealed some other documents, emails between Hollywood moguls referring to Barack Obama 's cinematic tastes, a possible partnership with Marvel Studios for the inclusion of the superhero Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War , which

1584-450: The kids cry, and even Rampal sheds an artful tear. We weep for the loss of two hours." The film grossed about ₹ 27 million on opening day and collected a total of ₹ 205 million at the end of its second week. At the end of its theatrical run, it grossed ₹ 220 million and was eventually declared "average". We Are Family performed well overseas, particularly in the UK. The movie

1632-471: The memories they had together. When they take a family photograph, Maya asks Shreya to join, as she is now family. Soon after, Maya dies. Aman has married Shreya, and she became the children's stepmother. Ten years later, it is Aaliya's wedding. Shreya gifts her a bracelet that belonged to Maya. During the marriage, Shreya recalls Maya saying she had the children's yesterday while Shreya has their tomorrow, and smiles. Karan Johar decided to adapt Stepmom for

1680-424: The negative impact of the merger of Warner Bros.' parent company WarnerMedia with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery . On November 14, 2023, Sony Pictures unveiled a special centennial anniversary logo for its Columbia Pictures unit ahead of its 100th anniversary of its founding on January 10, 2024. On April 18, 2024, it was reported that Sony was interested in acquiring Paramount Global through

1728-399: The other in equity to fund most of SPE's film slate for several years. SPE was originally considering a $ 300 million deal with Blue Anchor Entertainment, led by Bloom Hergott partner John LaViolette and former investment banker & producer Joseph M. Singer, and backed by Longhorn Capital Management and Deutsche Bank, which was held up by regulatory matters. In November 2019, Sony purchased

1776-576: The remaining 42% stake in GSN from AT&T , placing it under the direction of its television division. In April 2021, Sony signed a first-look deal with Netflix , allowing the streaming service to host their films following their theatrical runs and home media releases. That same month, the company also entered into a multi-year licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Company for its films to stream across Disney's streaming and linear platforms, including Disney+ and Hulu . In February 2022, Sony signed

1824-423: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title We Are Family . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=We_Are_Family&oldid=1215720093 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1872-458: The state of Connecticut and to fans who saw the reviewed films in the US. It expanded its operations on April 8, 2005, when a Sony-led consortium acquired the legendary Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), in a US$ 4.8 billion leveraged buyout , through the holding company MGM Holdings Inc. On June 4, 2008, SPE's wholly owned group 2JS Productions B.V. acquired Dutch production company 2waytraffic N.V., famous for Who Wants to Be

1920-422: The studio. The merger was approved by shareholders on December 15, 1987, and it was completed two days later. Columbia and Tri-Star brands would be used as separate and autonomous production entities, and would be part of CPE whole, along with the prior assets, units and commitments of the former Coca-Cola Entertainment Business Sector, which included all feature, TV, home video, and pay cable operations as well as

1968-638: Was all led by Norio Ohga , who was the president and CEO of Sony during that time. The hiring of Guber and Peters by Sony to run Columbia was conflicted by a previous contract the producers had signed at Warner Bros. Time Warner 's chairman, Steve Ross , threatened Sony with a lawsuit for breach of contract . The lawsuit would be subsequently dropped when Sony sold half-interest in Columbia House and cable distribution rights to Columbia's feature films, TV movies, and miniseries to Warner Bros. That same agreement also saw Columbia sell its 35% interest in

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2016-716: Was also announced on the same day, that there would be more Spider-Man sequels and spin-offs, though on February 10, 2015, Sony Pictures eventually signed a deal with Disney 's Marvel Studios to allow Spider-Man to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , beginning with Captain America: Civil War , before appearing in Spider-Man: Homecoming which was released on July 7, 2017. The deal also allowed Sony to distribute and have creative control on any MCU film where Spider-Man

2064-547: Was declared a "semi-hit" by Box Office India . Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE , and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. ) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, acquires, and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs, and recorded videos) through multiple platforms. Through an intermediate holding company called Sony Film Holding Inc., it

2112-519: Was formed in early 1988 with the Tri-Star name to take over the studio's operations. In early January 1988, CPE announced that they would revive the Triumph branding for the new worldwide subsidiary, Triumph Releasing Corporation , which was functioned as a theatrical distributor, marketing and promotion for Columbia and Tri-Star films, and named Patrick N. Williamson as president of the unit and

2160-480: Was later confirmed in February 2015, amongst others. On December 16, the hackers issued a warning to moviegoers, threatening to attack anyone who sees The Interview during the holidays and urging people to "remember the 11th of September 2001 ". On December 17, 2014, Sony cancelled the previously planned December 25 release of The Interview in response to hacker threats. On February 24, 2015, Tom Rothman

2208-415: Was named chairman of SPE's motion picture group to replace Amy Pascal . On April 16, 2015, WikiLeaks published over 30,287 documents, 173 e-mails, and 2,200 corporate e-mail addresses of Sony Pictures' employees. WikiLeaks said in a press release that the content of the leaks were "newsworthy and at the center of a geo-political conflict" and belonged "in the public domain". Sony Pictures later condemned

2256-790: Was renamed as Sony Pictures Entertainment on August 7, 1991. Also that year, Jon Peters left Columbia to start Peters Entertainment with a three-year exclusive production agreement at the studio at first, before transitioning to a non-exclusive deal at the studio. Longtime CPE employee Laurie MacDonald also left to start Aerial Pictures at the studio, first for a two-year deal, before going to 20th Century Fox in 1993, and being swallowed up by Amblin Entertainment later that year, eventually setting up DreamWorks . Sony has since created numerous other film production and distribution units, such as creating Sony Pictures Classics for art-house fare, by forming Columbia TriStar Pictures (also known as

2304-490: Was rescheduled to release on 3 September to avoid clashing with the Salman Khan -starrer Dabangg . Upon release, We Are Family received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise directed towards Kajol and Kapoor's performances. IANS rated the film 4 out of 5 saying, " We Are Family is equally appealing from the outside and at the heart". The Hindustan Times gave it two out of five stars. India Today's reviewer glibly stated, "Kajol cries, Kareena cries,

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