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Downey dishes dirt on on-set love

Robert Downey Junior

IRONMAN star Robert Downey Jr has admitted seducing many of his co-stars in the past, and claims that many Hollywood stars often enjoy on-set romantic liaisons.

Tre's moving and talking

Tre Armstrong

LAST time Tre Armstrong performed in Australia, it was as a backing dancer on hip hop superstar Missy Elliott's 2004 national tour. Now she returns as a movie star.

Knocking on Wood

Elijah Wood

LORD of the Rings star Elijah Wood talks of the thrill of working with John Hurt on his latest film The Oxford Murders, and why he's a fully paid-up film nerd.

Natalie gets head start for Cannes

Natalie Imbruglia

HER hair might be a mousy brown mess and in need of deep conditioning, but Natalie Imbruglia's role in South Australian-made movie Elise is still likely to turn heads.

Tre's Moving on up

Tre Armstrong

WIN tickets to a special movie screening of How She Move, meet its lead Tre Armstrong and find out how she's gone from backing Justin Timberlake to the brink of movie stardom.

No bevy of beauties for Bond

Daniel Craig as James Bond

IS Bond going soft? It has emerged that, during 007's next outing in Quantum of Solace, the masterspy beds just one beauty due to having his heart broken by an earlier romance.

Gwyneth happy to do Ironing

Gwyneth Paltrow

SHE'S been a Hollywood 'it' girl, a macrobiotic poster child and dated Brad Pitt, but Gwyneth Paltrow has settled into life as a rocker's wife and couldn't be happier.

Ledger steals Batman thunder

Heath Ledger

HEATH Ledger is grabbing the spotlight from beyond the grave, as Batman's Joker in one of Hollywood's most anticipated blockbusters of the year, The Dark Knight.

Charlton Heston remembered

Charlton Heston

CHARLTON Heston, one of the last lions of Old Hollywood, was remembered at his funeral today as devoutly religious and patriotic - a man who was an imposing figure both in his politics and on the big screen.

Ben there, done that

Ben Affleck

BEN Affleck has made his share of bad career moves on and off the screen, but that hasn't prevented the actor from taking the biggest risk of his life.

Quantum leap

Craig

HIGH in the Chilean desert, one of the driest and most inhospitable places on Earth, James Bond is saving the world again.

Judge dismisses case against Borat

Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat

A JUDGE has tossed out a defamation suit brought by a businessman shown being chased through Manhattan by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the movie Borat.

Director treats violence 'responsibly'

Djimon Hounsou

THE Hollywood director of a new action film set around secret teenage fight clubs has rejected fears it will lead to an explosion of copycat clubs in Australia and the US.

Mr Big hints at sequel

Chris Noth

JUST as fans prepare for the big-screen debut of Sex and the City, lead actor Chris Noth has sent them into a bigger spin, by hinting at news of a sequel.

Dirty Dancing Diva

Dirty Dancing was only supposed to run in cinemas for a few days before heading straight to VHS, but 20 years on, it's still a hit. Listen to our podcast with writer Eleanor Bergstein, who based the classic dance flick on her own youthful adventures, and read our review of the 20th anniversary edition DVD.

Firth class bully

Colin Firth

COLIN Firth co-stars with Rupert Everett in his latest film, a St Trinians remake, but the pair have only recently mended one of showbusiness's longest-lasting feuds.

X-man is nowhere

Hugh Jackman

AUSTRALIAN actor Hugh Jackman, who plays the mutant Wolverine in the X-Men movies, is creating a comic book series called Nowhere Man.

A warrior, not a worrier

Dan Millman

GREG Norman quotes self-help guru Dan Millman on the first page of his book. Sting hails his power to change lives and Jim Carrey has lauded his clarity.

Kenny heads to New York

Kenny

IT'S a long way from Poowong to New York, but it's taken big-screen toilet technician Shane Jacobsen only 18 months to get there.

George to shoot film in Australia

Melissa George

SCREEN siren Melissa George is heading back to Australia to take the lead role in a seafaring thriller.

Lumet's light shines brightly

Sidney Lumet

AT THE age of 83 when most directors could be forgiven for mellowing, Sidney Lumet shows in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead that he's still firing on all screen cylinders.

Carrey-ing for the kids

Jim Carrey

JIM Carrey works hard for his money, whether it's spending hours in makeup for The Grinch, or writhing about for his new animated flick from the Dr Seuss storybook.

Cage back in town

Nicolas Cage

NICOLAS Cage has again shunned the bright lights of Hollywood to spend three months in Melbourne making sci-fi thriller Knowing.

Look Who's talking

Steve Carell

STEVE Carell is an oddity in LA. In a city where "Do you know who I am?" is a threat not a question, he has managed to achieve superstardom without having his ego increase proportionally to his pay cheque.

Bana reaching for the stars

Eric Bana

ERIC Bana is set to boldly go where no man has gone before.

Academy Award nominations

The complete list of 80th annual Academy Award nominations:

Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood is revelling in his cinematic education, but even he admits he doesn't do maths.
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High School Musical moves to ice

On Ice

WE have seen the movie again and again. We know the words to all the songs and now Disney has turned its smash movie High School Musical into an ice spectacular.

The art of making funny films

Death at a Funeral

THIS very British black comedy was panned by American critics, but lauded by most others, as is often the case with British comedy that makes it over the Atlantic.

Star stalker charge

John Cusack

A WOMAN ordered to stay away from John Cusack has been charged with stalking.

Scorsese roughs it with Stones

Martin Scorsese

FOR Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese, filming the Rolling Stones evoked memories of the rough, mob-tinged street life of his childhood.

Lohan up for Manson flick

Lindsay Lohan

LINDSAY Lohan, fresh from working on a movie about the assassination of John Lennon, has signed up to star in Manson Girls, a film about Hollywood murderer Charles Manson.

Happily living in the '70s

Will Ferrell

BEFORE the Frat Pack and $20 million paydays, before Old School and way before Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell wanted to be a sports broadcaster.

A martial heart

Djimon Hounsou

EVERYONE has their fight to win, and no one wants to back down. Star of Blood Diamond Djimon Hounsou knows this scenario all too well.

Richard Widmark dies at 93

Richard Widmark

RICHARD Widmark, who was the Hollywood leading man of more than 40 films, including Broken Lance and Two Rode Together, has died after a long illness aged 93.

Bullitt bling 'ripped off'

Steve McQueen

HEIRS of the late actor Steve McQueen have gone to court to stop an apparel manufacturer based in Italy from using the King of Cool's name and likeness.

Watts love on and off screen

Naomi Watts

MOST acting couples rule out ever starring alongside each other on the big screen, let alone indulging in intimate liaisons for a movie. Not Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber.

Oscar winner Paul Scofield dies

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BRITISH actor Paul Scofield, who won an Oscar for his role in A Man For All Seasons and was one of his country's greatest Shakespearean actors, has died at the age of 86.

Hey hey Keisha grows up

ON the release of Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger, Aussie star Keisha Castle-Hughes prepares to turn 18, and says that being a young mum is easier than expected

Tributes pour in for Minghella

Anthony Minghella

FIGURES from the world of film are paying tribute to Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning director of The English Patient, who has died aged 54.

SJP says Sexy film will stun

Sarah Jessica Parker

SARAH Jessica Parker claims fans will be "stunned" by the forthcoming Sex and the City film, and also reveals how she had to persuade her co-stars to get on board.

Talented Toni tunes in to TV role

Toni Collette

WHEN it comes to motherhood, Toni Collette is lost for words. In her first interview since giving birth to her first child - Sage Florence - in Sydney on January 9, the actor says motherhood is "so much more" than she expected.

Leigh Paatsch's Film Reviews

Run, Fatboy, Run

Herald Sun Online film critic Leigh Paatsch casts his eye over this week's local cinema releases. This week: Run away from Run, Fatboy, Run, and revel instead In the Shadow of the Moon.

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