Why use flowers and candles when you have lightsabers?

Researchers now recognise the medical condition Takotsubo, popularly known as "broken heart syndrome" is real and not a myth.

She's not officially one of Disney's princesses, but Carrie Fisher's Leia should be, given how much the modern-day heroines owe her.

The actress and singer shone on stage, screen and in the recording studio.

Just a day after her daughter's death from a heart attack, actress Debbie Reynolds has died after being rushed to hospital following a suspected stroke.

Reports have emerged George Michael was working on a documentary about his career – and may have been ready to release another album – shortly before his sudden death on Christmas Day.

In this galaxy at least, the Star Wars actress will be remembered for a long, long time.

Jackie Kennedy, subject of a new biopic, was just one of several significant First Ladies to make their mark.

Hollywood superstar Harrison Ford has led tributes to Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, who has died at the age of 60.

The blockbuster Assassin's Creed confirms Australian director Justin Kurzel's identity as an art filmmaker – stressing the emptiness of violent fantasy rather than the thrill of escape.

The actress was 19 when she went for the role of Princess Leia.

Few French actors have been embraced by the Hollywood establishment as readily as this hard-working star.

Filming on the as yet untitled eighth chapter of the Star Wars saga wrapped in July.

Have a guess which movie declared "leaden, implausible and witless" is the year's biggest dud.

Star Wars icon's death comes like a final stamp on an already brutal year.

The actress discussed her recently revealed affair with Harrison Ford on The Graham Norton Show just weeks ago.

Fisher died on Tuesday morning after suffering what was described as a massive heart attack on Friday while on a flight from London to Los Angeles.

This is hands-down the best time of year for lovers of cinema. Here's a list of what to watch this summer.

There was one surprise and one flop as the big movies opened on the biggest day of the year.

If you thought Will Ferrell's feel-good film Elf was about one elf's quest to find his biological father, you were wrong.

This romance in space has stronger ideas, more humanity and better performances than Rogue One.

Hollywood actress Carrie Fisher was in stable condition, her mother Debbie Reynolds said on Sunday, after the Star Wars star suffered a cardiac episode two days earlier on a flight from London to Los Angeles.

The assassination of John F Kennedy has been created in more naked detail than ever before in a new film. Natalie Portman found the grief hard to bare.

Hollywood heavyweights will descend on Australia in the new year as a number of blockbusters begin shooting around the country.