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Richard Roundtree, the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971's Shaft, has died, according to multiple reports.

Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed she and husband Will Smith have been living "completely separate lives" since 2016.

In a career that lasted more than five decades, he was always instantly recognisable by the deep and drawling tones of his voice.

Actors remain on strike with the industry gripped in a months-long paralysis.

McCallum said he thought Ducky, who sported glasses and a bow tie and had an eye for pretty women, “looked a little silly, but it was great fun to do".

Union leaders and Hollywood studios have reached a tentative agreement to end a historic screenwriters strike after nearly five months, though no deal is yet in the works for striking actors.

The couple have been wed for 27 years and have two children.

The Walkabout Creek Hotel and caravan park were featured in the early stages of the 1986 movie Crocodile Dundee - notably as the setting for the introduction of Paul Hogan's titular adventurer.

Cinemas across the country are holding free screenings of tonight's World Cup semi-final, with some already close to selling out despite the offer only being made available this morning.

In his 2011 memoir, Michael Oher wrote that he had a special skill for forgetting his difficult past.

Darren Kent, the actor famous for his role of a goatherder in Game of Thrones among other titles, has died.

It's the first cinema of its kind in Australia, with more expected to be rolled out across the country later this year. 

'Rust' film armourer Hannah Gutierrez Reed pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence in relation to the fatal shooting of the movie's cinematographer.

Barely three weeks into its run, writer-director Greta Gerwig's blockbuster has raked in an astounding $1.03 billion at the global box office, according to official Warner Bros. estimates.

Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement.

This box looks like PR for the movie sweeping the globe, but it hides a much darker truth.

Oscar winner George Clooney and 'Ted Lasso' star Jason Sudeikis has joined the chorus of artists calling for change.

With huge sections of America's creative talent locked in negotiation with studios, hundreds of the most anticipated film and TV projects will be on ice until the strike is resolved.

Leaders of a Hollywood’s actors union have voted to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades.

If the actors strike, they will formally join screenwriters on the picket lines outside studios and filming locations.

Barbie has been banned in Vietnam, but it's far from the only film to fall foul of a nation's censorship or review boards.

A new Barbie film from Warner Bros has been banned in Vietnam over a scene in the upcoming movie showing China's contested claims to territory in the South China Sea.

It might be one of Hollywood's biggest star's birthdays but it turns out he would rather spend it on the red carpet promoting his new blockbuster film.

Ray Stevenson, the Irish actor who played the villainous British governor in RRR, an Asgardian warrior in the Thor films, and series co-lead Titus Pullo in HBO's Rome, has died.

The annual Cannes Film Festival has kicked off for 2023, showcasing the world's best in cinema, with A-list stars flocking from across the globe to the seaside town along the French Riviera.

The demonstration outside the Japanese embassy in London came just before Hiroshima hosted the G7 summit.

The documentary, John Farnham: Finding The Voice, was a passion project for Farnham's long-time friend and manager Glenn Wheatley who passed away in February last year.

Gabrielle Carey, the Australian author who co-wrote the iconic coming-of-age novel Puberty Blues, has died. She was 64.

The film in question was a sci-fi thriller but the case played out in court like a melodrama.

The legendary entertainer known for Dame Edna Everage and other iconic characters had been in hospital with complications from hip surgery.

Prosecutors in the Rust fatal shooting case in the US plan to file a notice to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin, his attorney, Luke Nikas, tells CNN.

A teaser trailer for "Barbie" dropped today, featuring not only Australian superstar Margot Robbie as Barbie, but other big names.

Hugh Jackman is awaiting confirmation that he has skin cancer, he has announced.

A codefendant in the case against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on a movie set in New Mexico has been convicted of unsafe handling of a firearm and sentenced to six months of probation.

"Attention. Air raid alert," the voice says with a Jedi knight's gravitas. "Proceed to the nearest shelter."

Gwyneth Paltrow has taken the stand to testify in a trial over a ski crash at a Utah ski resort, where a man claims that the movie star's recklessness on the slope caused broken ribs, brain damage and lasting physical injuries.

As former action star Bruce Willis turned 68 today, his wife Emma Heming marked the day with a candid message about caring for someone living with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

Sam Neill has revealed he recently battled stage III blood cancer.

Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including “The Wire,” ″Fringe” and the "John Wick” franchise, has died. He was 60.

Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino says she is "hurt and shocked" that her late father, actor Paul Sorvino, was not shown in the televised tribute to late film industry professionals at Sunday's Oscars ceremony.

As A-listers face off to take home a win on Hollywood's night of nights, stars have gradually started to make their way to the Oscars red carpet.

The road to an Oscar winds through a long awards season, which finally culminates on Sunday at the Academy Awards.

Chaim Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatregoers and movie-watchers as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, has died in Tel Aviv.

His passing comes two weeks after being hospitalised following a brain aneurysm.

A weapons supervisor charged with a felony for her alleged role in the shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie pleaded not guilty during her first formal court appearance.

The BAFTA Awards - the British equivalent of the Oscars - drew a host of stars and celebrities.

Actor Richard Belzer has died aged 78.

The new IMAX cinema is set to open later this year after a string of delays pushed renovations back.

Streaming giant Netflix has extended its crackdown on password sharing to four new countries, and Australia is set to be in the firing line.

Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, according to court documents.