A New Zealand scriptwriter has told of an epic 10-year struggle to get a movie based on the life of Stephen Hawking made.

Angelina Jolie's hands are shaking. Tears well up in her eyes. Vulnerable and bleeding emotional pain, it's not the powerful Academy Award-winning actress, human rights crusader and mother of six that we are used to seeing.

Mike Tyson hopes to broaden his acting repertoire by starring in a TV version of William Shakespeare's Othello.

Timbaland is leading an onslaught of criticism against a new TV movie about late singer Aaliyah.

The stars hit the red carpet of the movie Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie.

A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels have reprised their roles as Lloyd and Harry in Dumb and Dumber To, but critics have found little to like about the sequel.

Jennifer Lawrence says she knew being a movie star would bring with it a certain loss of privacy. What she didn't know, she says, was the deep emotional and even physical toll it would take.

Angelina Jolie knew she had found someone special in acting newcomer Jack O'connell after locking him in a dark cell and beating him as part of the tough audition process for her new prisoner of war drama, Unbroken.

Julia Roberts has been tapped to reunite with her Ocean's Eleven co-star George Clooney in a new financial drama directed by Jodie Foster.

British actor Daniel Day-Lewis has been knighted by Prince William.

More famous than ever thanks to Downton Abbey, Dame Maggie Smith tells Elizabeth Grice why she keeps going.

Tarzan's chimpanzee sidekick Cheetah was never recognised by the Academy Awards, but the clamour is growing for an ape - albeit played by a human - to win an Oscar next year.

More Kiwis are choosing to stream movies online rather than head down to the local DVD shop - but many may be watching them illegally.

The new trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey dropped Thursday night, and it's dripping with two-and-a-half minutes of sexual tension.

Jessica Chastain has joked Matthew McConaughey flirted with her grandmother more than she's "ever seen before".

Ten-year-old Dylan Farrell has accidentally scored a role in a Hollywood film.

Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence tells Michele Manelis how much she will miss the series that propelled her to fame and fortune.

The trailer for the third and final Night at the Museum instalment is out, and shows the late Robin Williams at his comic best.

Stars of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 reveal the birds they would choose to be on an emblem that represents them.

Get ready for the wildest and most adventure-filled Night at the Museum ever as Larry (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.

A ridiculous number of superhero movies will flood cinemas over the next six years. Dominic Corry and Karl Puschmann assemble to assess their worth.

A Silver Linings Playbook reunion could be in the works.

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is planning to retire after making his 10th movie.

Slingshot has every right to offer customers back-door access to international websites, says an internet advocacy group.

Lucy Lawless says the death of a former Cuban fighter led her to realise she doesn't want to be present at the death of any more hardcore Xenites.

Oh, the case of poor Anne Hathaway. The Oscar-winning actress has received an avalanche of bad press over the past couple of years for that most polarising kind of offence: being herself.

The internet exploded after Ben Affleck was announced as the new Batman, but what did Christopher Nolan think of the casting?