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| UpdatedA teenager snags a leading role in a biopic about an Irish Fenian prisoner.
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Action movie star and Vladimir Putin supporter, Steven Seagal, becomes the latest celebrity to be granted Russian citizenship by order of the President.
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| UpdatedBritish actor Hugh Laurie, best known for playing a cantankerous doctor in the television series House, receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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| UpdatedMore than 80 bikes from the personal collection of late actor — and avid cycling fan — Robin Williams are put up for auction, with the money raised to be donated to charities supporting people with disabilities.
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Noela Foxcroft lands her first starring role in a TV series in her 80s, proving you are never too old for your 15 seconds of fame.
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| UpdatedHollywood star Robert De Niro records a video in which he launched an attack on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, calling him a "pig" and saying he would like to "punch him in the face".
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| UpdatedRoss Higgins, the former star of Kingswood Country, who died aged 86, is remembered by his peers as a "vast talent".
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| UpdatedThe cinematic adaptation of The Girl on the Train almost falls off the tracks, but Blunt's performance remains a reason to see it.
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| UpdatedActor Ben Stiller reveals he was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago, saying a controversial test saved his life.
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| UpdatedRobin Williams' widow writes an essay about the "terrorist" inside the actor's brain and the worsening of his dementia in the lead-up to his death.
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| UpdatedThe remake of The Magnificent Seven is a streamlined film that's too eager to spell itself out.
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Pakistan-born actor Marc Anwar is sacked "with immediate effect" from Britain's most popular television soap after making insulting remarks about Indians on social media.
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London's Madame Tussauds museum says it has separated its wax figure replicas of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt after the Hollywood power couple announced their split.
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| UpdatedActress Angelina Jolie files for a divorce from actor Brad Pitt, her lawyer says, signalling the end of one of Hollywood's most glamorous and powerful couples.
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While "making it" in the arts world is almost always associated with running off to Los Angeles, Australian actor and director Peter Cousens says country kids could be better off.
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| UpdatedHollywood star Gene Wilder, who delighted audiences with his comic turns in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and several Mel Brooks classics including Blazing Saddles and The Producers, has died age 83.
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Hollywood star Gene Wilder, who delighted audiences with his comic turns in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and several Mel Brooks classics including Blazing Saddles and The Producers, has died age 83.
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| UpdatedGene Wilder's brilliant depictions of the neurotic and eccentric masked a thoughtful and intelligent man - traits evident in a selection of the actor's most memorable quotes.
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