Melissa McCarthy will feel right at home on her latest movie which has become a family affair.

Winona Ryder has confirmed a rumoured Beetlejuice sequel is underway.

A new James Bond song is about to be unleashed upon the world.

He went cycling with Lance Armstrong, was voted 'least likely to succeed' at school, and invented the swear word 'Shazbot'. Here are 26 things you might not know about Robin Williams.

A U.S. appeals court struggled over the rules to block electronic transmissions that violate U.S. property rights.

Hollywood is paying tribute to the late actor and comedian Robin Williams on the first anniversary of his death.

Dust off the red speedos, Zac Efron is in early talks to join Dwayne Johnson in the new Baywatch movie.

Bill Murray has had a change of heart about appearing in the new Ghostbusters movie.

Funnyman Judd Apatow is a champion for women in comedy, writes Leena Tailor.

A couple's plans to build a 'hobbit hole' for visitors to stay in has seen them embroiled in a battle against powerful forces.

The woman on America's silver screen is young. She is white. She is straight. And she is vastly outnumbered by men.

Kiwi actress Stefania LaVie Owen has landed her first major Hollywood role at the age of 17.

Colin Farrell will co-star alongside Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

With a string of commercial hits including Jurassic World, Universal Pictures has broken the record for highest annual gross at the global box office.

A decade after filming Mr and Mrs Smith, Brangelina are back on screen as another troubled married couple.

Former Shortland Street star KJ Apa is being hailed as "the next Tom Cruise" by Hollywood execs. He joins an elite set of former Short St stars to crack Hollywood.

Hollywood has been shining the light on mental-illness. At least half a dozen recent releases reflect characters, both real and fictional, whose experience with mood disorders is central to the story.

He couldn't get a job pushing supermarket trolleys, but he's now managed to land a lead role in a Hollywood movie.

British star Jamie Bell has spoken about filming the SAS thriller 6 Days in New Zealand.

Amongst the dozens of teams Marvel has put out over the decades, there are plenty that don't have any cinematic selling power. In honour of the latest team to hit the big screen, here are four not-so-fantastic teams.

They wrote a string of hits that most Kiwis, and many Australians could sing along to word-perfect - April Sun in Cuba, Are You Old Enough, and Rain.

A love letter to a life-changing experience, this portrait of a sextet of walkers on the famous Camino Frances that finishes at Santiago de Compostela tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the undertaking.

If the plays of George Bernard Shaw are more admired than staged these days, this one may explain why.

The official version of Ryan Reynold's superhero flick Deadpool has been released - and it's not safe for work.

Robert Downey Jr has topped the Forbes list of highest-paid actors in the world with a cool US$80 million (NZ$137.79 million) in earnings.

Rube Goldberg machines are named for the American cartoonist who thought up contraptions that accomplish the simplest task by the most complicated means imaginable, writes Peter Calder.

The stars of Marvel's Fantastic Four were left reeling after they were subjected to awkward and offensive questions from two US radio hosts.

Will Smith has taken to Facebook to angrily deny the latest round of divorce rumours to rock him and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Having starred in Star Trek and Mission Impossible, Simon Pegg's got plenty of nerd cred - with more on the way thanks to a small part in the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens.