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Oprah Winfrey poses backstage with her Cecil B. De Mille Award at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.

It was all black, everything

The red carpet at the 75th Golden Globes was dominated by stars dressed in all black, to honour survivors and victims of sexual assaults.

Australia arrests arson suspect after deadly fires

Australian authorities charged a man on Friday with arson causing death in connection with one of a swarm of wildfires that killed hundreds of people.

Film director Sydney Pollack dies

Hollywood filmmaker Sydney Pollack, who won a pair of Academy Awards for the epic romance <i>Out of Africa</i> and earned praise for his acting stints in films such as…

Star of Brokeback Mountain found dead

Heath Ledger, the Australian actor nominated for an Oscar in 2006 for his depiction of a brooding gay cowboy, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday. He was 28. He…

Vatican paper criticises Golden Compass

The Vatican newspaper <i>L’Osservatore Romano</i> has criticised the children’s film <i>The Golden Compass</i> starring Nicole Kidman, calling it "anti-Christmas". Co-starring…

Pullman fantasy film ‘promotes atheism to kids’

The Golden Compass, a -million picture based on Philip Pullman’s acclaimed novel Northern Lights, is caught between a United States Catholic group that has called for a boycott…

Novelist, playwright Ira Levin dead at 78

Ira Levin, the playwright and novelist who wrote Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives and The Boys From Brazil, has died at the age of 78, the New York Times reported on November…