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Pinewood Studios to be taken private in £323m deal with Aermont Capital
Offer values each Pinewood share at 560p and gives film studio – home of James Bond franchise – funds for…
Gas-lit Leeds cinema among sites to receive heritage lottery cash
Hyde Park Picture House wins £2.4m grant while William Morris’s country home in Oxfordshire is one of 11 other recipients…
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan detained at US airport again
Actor says experience ‘really, really sucks’ after being detained for a third time in seven years, this time in LA…
David Fincher set to reunite with Brad Pitt for World War Z sequel
The pair, who last collaborated on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, are in talks to work together again on…
Film-makers demand inquiry into 'targeting' of people who record police
Group of more than 30 documentarians, including eight Oscar winners, has called on the justice department to investigate ‘harassment’ of…
Daisy Ridley takes social media break after gun violence post
The Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor deleted her Instagram account shortly after using the social platform to address gun…
Ava DuVernay becomes first woman of color to direct a $100m film
The Selma director will reach the milestone when she directs Disney’s upcoming adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time…
Bridget Jones's Baby on the way into print, Helen Fielding says
To accompany forthcoming film of the same name, the book will recount the bestselling heroine’s ‘somewhat bumpy journey into motherhood’…
Zhang Yimou defends controversial casting of Matt Damon in The Great Wall
Director rejects accusations of whitewashing, claiming the fantasy adventure is ‘deeply rooted in Chinese culture’ Director Zhang Yimou has stood…
Mr Robot's Rami Malek to star in Papillon remake
Actor will reprise Dustin Hoffman role in Devil’s Island prison-escape drama, opposite Charlie Hunnam Mr Robot star Rami Malek is…
Bradley Cooper was surprised by uproar over Democratic convention appearance
Four-time Oscar nominee tells The Late Late Show he ‘was not expecting’ backlash from conservatives for attending the night Barack…
Clint Eastwood defends Trump's 'racist' remarks: 'Just get over it'
The Hollywood tough guy has derided ‘a pussy generation’ obsessed with political correctness in an expletive-riddled Esquire interview Another Republican…
Guillermo del Toro: 'I love monsters the way people worship holy images'
The film-maker’s fantastical world is not only expressed in his work but in his home – and now, thanks to…
Jimmy Fallon to host the 74th Golden Globes
The late-night talkshow host is taking over from Ricky Gervais, who hosted four times Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC’s The…