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Harry hits the roof over Nat's bash

Natalie Imbruglia

AUSTRALIAN pop princess Natalie Imbruglia is helping mend Prince Harry's broken heart after his split from longtime girlfriend Chelsy Davy.

Dark nights haunts housekeeper

Heath Ledger

MORE than a year after his death, Heath Ledger's image still haunts one of the women who found him.

Reviving Oscar - it's all up to Hugh

Hugh Jackman

CAN Hugh Jackman revive the Oscars' ailing ratings?

Heath as joker

Heath Ledger

IT'S Heath Ledger as you have never seen him before -only 20 years old and loving life on the brink of Hollywood stardom.

Artist conjures Archibald surprise

Wincer

FILM director Simon Wincer thought he had seen it all.

Underdogs and millionaires

Oscars

2009 is shaping up as the year of the underdog at the Oscars with a rags-to-riches tale of a Mumbai teaboy battling big budgets and Tinsel Town royalty, a stirring comeback from a washed up has-been and a never-say-die attitude from a serial bridesmaid set to take the top honours.

Penelope's pit stop

Penelope Cruz

Nobody will take you seriously once you're known as 'the pretty woman'," says extremely pretty woman Penelope Cruz.

Bana chops up the race track

Eric Bana

HE'S played all sorts of he-men, including The Hulk, and actor Eric Bana was exuding his macho side in practice for the WPS Bathurst 12-hour race yesterday.

Over to Hugh

Hugh Jackman

SINCE Billy Crystal hung up his hat in 2004 after successfully hosting the ceremony eight times, the Academy has tried a range of options in recent years from the controversial, confrontational Chris Rock, to the affable Ellen DeGeneres and the understated but edgy Jon Stewart.

Bana makes flick carbon neutral

Eric Bana

ERIC Bana has shown you can drive a mean racing machine and still go 'green' by offsetting the carbon emissions during the making of his new film.

Halle's jewel personality

Actress Halle Berry

HALLE Berry will play a real-life diamond thief in the new film Who Is Doris Payne?

Aussie star defends shopping film

Isla Fisher

ISLA Fisher has defended her new movie, Confessions of a Shopaholic, insisting it remains relevant despite the current economic climate.

Brolin along just nicely

ONCE Josh Brolin found a source of income outside Hollywood, his acting career took off.

World at his feet

Clive Owen

BERLIN, Istanbul, London, Milan, New York, Adelaide. Clive Owen has seen them all over the past year, some for long enough to unpack and have his family visit, others flashing by like so many sped-up frames in a scene from the life of a successful actor.

Funny guy gets love lessons

Justin Long

JUSTIN Long has learned about celebrity, after an A-list romance and a starring role in He's Just Not That Into You. But he's still finding out about romance.

Will is most bankable star

Will Smith

WILL SMITH has been named the most bankable star in Hollywood, topping Forbes' Star Currency list, which ranks stars according to their box office pulling power.

Mother of all nightmares for Jolie

Angelina Jolie

CLINT Eastwood continues to make our day with a magnum load of creativity.

Elizabeth exposed

Elizabeth Banks

AFTER years of blink-and-you'd-miss-her supporting roles and cameos, Elizabeth Banks is finally stepping into the spotlight.

Phoenix calls rap on career

Joaquin Phoenix

JOAQUIN Phoenix has quit acting to become a rapper, and has been laying down tracks for a hip-hop album in the recording studio he built at his home. .

Meryl's surprise award

Meryl Streep

MERYL Streep was named Best Actress at the Screen Actors Guild awards, for her role in ecclesiastical drama Doubt, and she was genuinely amazed.

Dream role terror

Angelina Jolie

HAUNTED by the threat of one of her children being kidnapped, Angelina Jolie initially turned her back on Clint Eastwood's Changeling, writes Lawrie Masterson.

It's not easy being fabulous

Actor Kate Winslet

BY the standards of mere mortals, British beauties Kate Winslet and Catherine Zeta Jones look very good indeed.

Heath keeps raking in dollars

Heath Ledger

HEATH Ledger has joined an elite group of celebrities who have earned as much or more from beyond the grave than they did when alive.

Leigh Paatsch's Film Reviews

The Reader

Herald Sun critic Leigh Paatsch casts his eye over the local cinema releases. This week: Zack and Miri make a Porno, and Kate Winslet is enigmatic.

Oscars
2009 is shaping up as the year of the underdog at the Oscars with a rags-to-riches tale of a Mumbai teaboy battling big budgets and Tinsel Town royalty, a stirring comeback from a washed up has-been and a never-say-die attitude from a serial bridesmaid set to take the top honours. More

Blanchett asked to play Hanson

Cate Blanchett

CATE Blanchett playing Pauline Hanson? Producers of a proposed political biopic have approached the actress to play the controversial redhead.

Ricky's come up smiling

Ricky Gervais

RICKY Gervais may not be following Hollywood protocol of having youth, slim lines, Herculean good looks or even white teeth, but somehow he's still a hit.

Joaquin's director takes blame

Joaquin Phoenix

JOAQUIN Phoenix's recent movie director feels responsible for his bizarre career change, which saw the star appear dishevelled and incoherent with David Letterman.

Stuck in the web

Ginnifer Goodwin

ADORABLE He's Just Not That Into You star Ginnifer Goodwin doesn't Google herself - or anyone else - any more.

Holy Smoke, she's gay

The new-look Batwoman

SHE first swung into action 50 years ago, helping her boyfriend Batman rid Gotham City of villains - until she was killed off in 1979.

Owl epic gets happy hoot

Happy Feet

THE producers of Oscar-winning animated film Happy Feet have ensured their next big project will also have an Australian flavour.

Peace gong for DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

ACTOR Leonardo DiCaprio has received a Cinema for Peace award for his efforts in promoting peace and tolerance in the global film business.

Ghostly tale hooks comedian

Ricky Gervaise

IN real life, Ricky Gervais does not believe in ghosts. Put them on the big screen, however, and he's more than game to see dead people.

BSG's sci-fi shocker

Caprica 6 in Battlestar Galactica

Dubbed one of the best, most powerful shows on television, Battlestar Galactica is in its final season overseas and we've got an exclusive peek at the latest episodes - straight off the satellite from the US.

Oscar favourites jostle for gongs

oscars

THE countdown to the Oscars has officially begun, with the stars in the race for Academy Awards glory gathering at the annual nominees lunch in Beverly Hills yesterday.

Ultimate Cannes opener

The Class

LAURENT Cantet's Palme d'Or winning film The Class came about courtesy of a coincidence at which even a hack screenwriter might have baulked.

Militant SAG negotiator ousted

UNION moderates in the Screen Actors Guild have ousted the hard-line chief contract negotiator they blame for stalled labor talks with Hollywood's major studios.

Dannii's in a world of her own

Dannii Minogue

SPORTING a sexy new short bob, a relaxed Dannii Minogue is loving being back in Australia - and a world away from Sharon Osbourne.

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