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Ava DuVernay is only one of two black female directors in Hollywood.

Representivity a sham in Hollywood

A new study on exclusion in Hollywood discovers that the problem extends beyonds ethnicity.

Mashadi Makwana of the Nedbank Foundation handing over a mobile library to a teacher and two pupils from Rammopodu Primary School.

Teacher won’t quit after anti-bullying film uproar

Leahy said he decided to show the film after some of his pupils demonstrated disturbing anti-LGBTI behaviour during a history class exercise.

Spacey was considered one of the finest actors of his generation but his career nosedived following allegations of sexual misconduct by more than a dozen men in the United States and Britain. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

Hollywood’s fatal attraction to TV: Why studios are turning to the small screen

Paramount is the latest studio to reboot its movies as TV series, with the likes of Minority Report and Shutter Island to get the treatment.

The taming of Unbroken

Epic and ambitious, but Angelina Jolie’s second outing as a director fails to do justice to the rousing real-life story of Louis Zamperini.

Joan Fontaine death leaves Hollywood mourning

Following the death of screen star Peter O’Toole, actor Joan Fontaine’s passing has left a void in Hollywood.

Director Cuarón reveals pressure to change thriller ‘Gravity’

Alfonso Cuarón has spoken out about the pressure he was under to change the story his latest thriller to conform to studio executives’ expectations.

Director Terrence Malick responds to claims of misused funds

"The Tree of Life" director Terrence Malick has responded to accusations from financiers that he failed to deliver a film as promised.

Diana

Princess Di film ‘got it completely wrong’, says former lover

The new biopic starring actor Naomi Watts as Diana has been criticised by one of the principal characters depicted in it, heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.

Ben Affleck eyes a career in politics

Actor and Oscar-winning director Ben Affleck could go into politics, says actor Jennifer Garner, his wife.

Ashton Kutcher.

Ashton Kutcher channels Steve Jobs to give advice at teen awards

Ashton Kutcher, who stars as Steve Jobs in the "Jobs" biopic, has decided to use his status to impart worldly advice at the Teen Choice Awards.

Oscars put doccie power in critics’ hands

Oscars put doccie power in critics’ hands

Should film critics decide who gets an Oscar?

Movies the critics can’t sink

<i>Sex and the City II</i> has been on screens for mere weeks, but it is well on its way to becoming one of the most critically derided films ever.

A man for all mediums

A man for all mediums

He had never written or made a film before and his financing collapsed at the last minute, but failure is not in the dictionary of Tom Ford.

Michael Jackson film fitting tribute to bittersweet legacy

In spite of the lingering sense of necrophilia, Michael Jackson’s jerry-built swansong has enough juicy tidbits to provide succour to die-hard fans.

Madonna’s new ambition

s any filmmaking adventure Madonna undertakes guaranteed to end in humiliation and disaster? Or is she likely to make a better job of it than husband Guy Ritchie? Andrew Pulver…

Batman’s crusader

Christopher Nolan tells Andrew Pulver how his new film, Batman Begins, gets to the heart of the superhero.

All the chi in China

Eight years ago he was broke and desperate in New York. Now Ang Lee is hotly tipped to be the first Chinese director to win an Oscar.