Deirdre Reynolds talks to indie actress Antonia Campbell-Hughes, who play a leading role in The Canal and who has scooped a Shooting Star Award at the Berlin Film Festival.

It’s 41 years since the Swedish band won Eurovision with ’Waterloo’, but, at 68, co-writer Andersson is still diversifying. The composer of musicals Chess and Mamma Mia has just produced a teen horro with his son, writes Helen Barlow

ROBERT PATTINSON has said it is “weird” that the lead character in Fifty Shades Of Grey is based on his Twilight alter-ego.

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Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf has been released after being taken out of a New York City theatre for allegedly being disorderly and yelling obscenities.

Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf has been released after being taken out of a New York City theatre for allegedly being disorderly and yelling obscenities.

Actor Shia LaBeouf hit the Berlin Film Festival in memorable style, first walking out of a press conference for the film Nymphomaniac Volume I and then wearing a paper bag over his head at the red carpet premiere.

Two members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot say they may run for seats in this year’s election for the Moscow city parliament.

The Detour

Hundreds of protesters have forced construction crews to stop work on removing a small section from one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for a luxury flats project.

Hundreds of protesters have forced construction crews to stop work on removing a small section from one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for a luxury flats project.

Billy Bob Thornton is to star in a ‘Bad Santa’ sequel, he has revealed.

MERYL STREEP is to be honoured for her wide- ranging career at this year’s Berlin film festival.

Meryl Streep is to be honoured for her wide-ranging career at this year’s Berlin film festival.

Madonna's new film will get its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

THE 60th Berlin Film Festival wrapped up yesterday after crowning Roman Polanski best director, although the filmmaker, who is under house arrest in Switzerland over a 1977 sex case, missed the premiere of his latest movie.

A Turkish film which tells the story of a six-year-old boy who stops speaking when his father disappears – Bal (or Honey) – won the top honour at this year’s Berlin film festival today.

Ben Stiller will only use twitter for "sensible" issues.

Leonardo DiCaprio is happy to be a "mummy’s boy".

Swiss authorities today refused to extradite Roman Polanski until a US court rules definitively that the director must face further sentencing in person in a 32-year-old sex case.

DIRECTOR Roman Polanski is finishing work on his latest film from a Swiss jail where he is fighting extradition to the US on a 1977 child sex charge, writer Robert Harris is quoted as saying.

OSCAR-WINNING composer Maurice Jarre, who captured the majesty of the desert in his music for Lawrence of Arabia and wrote the haunting Lara’s Theme in his score for Doctor Zhivago, has died.

Golden Globe-winning actress Sally Hawkins took time out from filming today to enjoy the seaside sunshine in Co Wicklow.

Madonna is to release her directorial debut 'Filth and Wisdom'straight onto the internet - because she doesn't want to rely on her pop superstardom to make her filmmaking career a success.

Martin Scorsese is lining up another documentary about a music legend - the Oscar winner has announced plans to make a movie about Bob Marley.

Madonna’s first film as director received a less than enthusiastic reception from critics today.

Writer-director Marian Quinn’s Dublin-set drama '32A' is heading for the Berlin Film Festival (February 7-17).

Jasmila Zbanic’s Esma’s Secret (Grbavica) (Dogwolf Pictures, €22.99) won the Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival in 2006, but it is somewhat disappointing.

Judi Dench has played down her chances of success at the Oscars, after revealing she will not be at the Hollywood ceremony later this month.

Actress Sharon Stone found playing a depressed woman in new movie When a Man Falls in the Forest "a watershed experience", because it challenged the way she thinks about clinical depression.

Jennifer Lopez will receive an award for her work as producer and star of a film examining the continuing murders of hundreds of women in a Mexican border town, Amnesty International said today.

A young Irish actor is to be recognised by the international film industry next month when he receives a prestigious award, it was announced today.

Pop star George Michael plans to “marry” his long-termpartner Kenny Goss, he revealed tonight.

Cork writer/director Margaret Corkery's film Killing the Afternoon has won Best short film 'Gold Moon of Valencia' at Cinema Jove in Spain.

Legendary singer George Michael refuses to compete with modern chart contemporaries, because the challenge offers him "no excitement".

Legendary singer George Michael is quitting the pop world for good in favour of taking a more "behind the scenes" role in the industry.

Daniel Day-Lewis is to be honoured in the upcoming Berlin Film Festival.

British actor Ben Kingsley has filed for divorce from his third wife Alexander after seeing photos of the German beauty with her new boyfriend.

Daniel Day-Lewis is to be presented with an award for his career in film at the Berlin Film Festival.

A host of Irish films and actors are expected to shine at this year’s prestigious Berlin International Film Festival.

The German drama Head-On was the big winner at the 17th annual European Film Awards in Spain, picking up the prize for best European film, while the Spanish film The Sea Inside won for best director, Alejandro Almenabar, and best actor, Javier Bardem.

Film-maker Ken Loach today defended his new film about a love affair between a Catholic and a Muslim after an Islamic leader voiced fears it could spark bigotry.

In This World recently won a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, and we can see why as we follow two teenage Afghanistan boys on a journey of discovery across Europe as they head for a new life in England.

Golden Globe winner Nicole Kidman says she was surprised she was selected to portray writer Virginia Woolf in The Hours.