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Mickey Rourke in 2022.

Actor Mickey Rourke launches fundraiser to avoid eviction from LA rental

The 1980s heartthrob allegedly failed to pay nearly $90,000 in rent for his Los Angeles home and is now being sued by his landlord.

  • Nell Geraets

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Sarah Snook and Jacob Elordi.

Sarah Snook and Jacob Elordi win Critics Choice Awards, One Battle After Another takes biggest prize

The Critics Choice Awards have kicked off Hollywood’s awards season this year, and there was good news for our Australian stars.

  • Nell Geraets
Rose Byrne’s performance in A24’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You could win her the best actress award at the Critics’ Choice Awards.

Move over, Golden Globes: Critics’ Choice Awards is kicking off awards season

As the Critics’ Choice Awards kicks off Hollywood’s parade of ceremonies, let’s see who’s in the running and which titles may come out on top.

  • Nell Geraets
Tata Taktumi is an AI-generated musician and performer created by Timbaland.

One thing is already changing pop culture forever. This is how

Dead celebrities are coming back to life, non-human musicians are topping the charts and podcasters are using languages they can’t speak – the future has arrived.

  • Jonathan Abrams
Amal Clooney and George Clooney at the premiere of Jay Kelly at the Venice International Film Festival in August last year.

Clooney takes swipe at Trump after dig over French citizenship

The Hollywood star has responded after the US president appeared to celebrate news Clooney and wife Amal had become naturalised French citizens.

  • Chris Hook
US President Donald Trump has welcomed George Clooney’s French citizenship.

‘Totally mediocre’: Trump lashes Clooney after star granted French citizenship

The naturalisation of George Clooney his wife, Amal, and their children was announced by the French government this week. Now the US president has responded.

  • Chris Hook
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Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson look like they’re enjoying themselves as Neil Diamond tribute act Lightning and Thunder.

New movies to watch this week: Jackman channels Neil Diamond, Ralph Fiennes’ choir drama and stylish sci-fi

Welcome to our weekly wrap of what’s new in cinemas.

  • Jake Wilson and Sandra Hall
Brigitte Bardot was both a star and a conundrum.

The name of Brigitte Bardot will live on, for reasons right and wrong

She was one of the biggest stars of international cinema in the 1950s and ’60s, but her fame post-retirement in 1973 came largely for all the wrong reasons.

  • Karl Quinn
Gus and Lou Berger at their recently opened 81-seat cinema, the Brunswick Picture House.

Small but perfectly formed: How micro-cinemas are swimming against the tide

The cinema business is still struggling to reach pre-COVID levels. But these niche theatres are thriving by doing it differently.

  • Karl Quinn
Tyler Perry in June, the month he was first accused of sexual assault.

Filmmaker Tyler Perry accused of sexual assault again

More allegations have emerged against the filmmaker, who was first accused of sexual assault in June.

  • Francesca Regalado and Mark Walker

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