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Left to right: Alicia Silverstone, Chris O'Donnell and George Clooney in 'Batman & Robin'

Gay, narcissistic and kinky – Batman as you always suspected him to be

After clues from George Clooney and writer of DC comic, Dark Knight is finally outed in book

Ellen DeGeneres has announced she will host the Oscars next year

Ellen DeGeneres to host the Oscars 2014

Ellen DeGeneres has announced she will be presenting the Oscars next year.

Avatar grossed $2.8bn at the box office

James Cameron to make three Avatar sequels

James Cameron will make three follow-up films to his 2009 3D epic Avatar rather than the two movies he had originally planned.

Jay, Neil, Simon and Will in The Inbetweeners movie

Inbetweeners sequel film confirmed for August 2014

Creators confirm the sequel is 'DEFINITELY happening'

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis sustained minor injuries in a car crash in California yesterday.

Jodie Foster rushes to aid of Jamie Lee Curtis who is hospitalised after car crash

Trading Places star Jamie Lee Curtis, 54, was reportedly rushed to hospital following a car crash in California yesterday where she was supported by fellow Hollywood actress and friend Jodie Foster.

Publicity image released by the Discovery Channel shows a great white shark off the coast of New Zealand. Shark Week begins on Sunday.

Success of Z-list movie Sharknado leads Discovery and The Weather Channel to surf wave of shark interest

The whirlwind of hype surrounding B-movie Sharknado continues at gale force as even The Weather Channel has looked to get in on the act.

Richard Curtis initially made his name co-writing television comedies

About Time? After three Baftas and an Oscar nomination, Richard Curtis, maker of Four Weddings and A Funeral, announces his final romcom

After three Bafta wins, countless other awards and an Oscar nomination for best screenplay for Four Weddings and a Funeral, the film-maker Richard Curtis has announced that his latest rom-com is to be his directorial swansong.

Film director Kevin Smith's new film Tusk is inspired by a viral Gumtree advert

Bizarre Gumtree walrus lodger advert inspires Kevin Smith to make $3m Hammer Horror film

Filming of Tusk is intended to start in Los Angeles in September

For those who have argued, 'who would win in a fight, Superman or Batman?', Hollywood hopes to have an answer by 2015

Batman v Superman: Zach Snyder takes advice from Frank Miller in bid for blockbuster battle of the superheroes

Batman v Superman director Zach Snyder will have talks in the next few days with the man who first pitched the two superheroes against each other in an iconic comic book tale 30 years ago.

Eileen Brennan's character famously makes Goldie Hawn clean the toilet with her toothbrush in 1980 film Private Benjamin.

Private Benjamin star Eileen Brennan dies of bladder cancer

The actress best known for her Oscar-nominated role as Goldie Hawn’s tormentor in 1980 comedy Private Benjamin has died aged 80.

Actors Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell who have announced the birth of their first child.

Billy Elliot actor Jamie Bell praises 'warrior' girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood after birth of their baby boy

Former Billy Elliot star Jamie Bell has become a father to a baby boy.

US studios are owed millions in Chinese takings for ‘Man of Steel’

Hollywood’s in need of a superhero - to recover its money from China

Beijing accused of taking box office receipts from American studios

Counter-terrorism officers interviewed Sienna Miller for their phone-hacking investigation

Family takes priority for Sienna Miller who will only return to acting for 'something spectacular'

Layer Cake star Sienna Miller has said she is happy being a mother and will only return to acting for "something spectacular".

Angelina Jolie makes a speech before a screening of the movie 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' which she directed, at United Nations University in Tokyo on 29 July. She has been named the highest-paid actress in Hollywood by Forbes.

Très Jolie: Angelina named the highest-paid actress by Forbes despite not appearing in a movie for three years

She might not have been seen in a film for three years, but Angelina Jolie is Hollywood's highest-paid actress with estimated earnings of $33 million in the last year, according to Forbes.

Peter Jackson posted photos from The Hobbit filming on Facebook to celebrate its completion

Peter Jackson celebrates The Hobbit wrap by posting stream of photos on Facebook

Director Peter Jackson has thrilled his Facebook fans by providing an unprecedented  stream of photos from the set of the final film in The Hobbit trilogy to celebrate the completion of filming in New Zealand.

 

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