Wanted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has launched a new file-sharing website, promising users beefed-up privacy levels in a defiant move against US prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy.

The movie industry was reeling from the deadly Colorado shooting at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, as one of the most anticipated films of the decade became enmeshed in tragedy.

The founder and three employees of the Megaupload file-sharing website have appeared in court in New Zealand after being arrested in police raids.

Wikipedia’s decision to take a stand against US anti-piracy legislation has brought criticism from some of its own editors, who think such action threatens the site’s credibility and neutrality, says Mike Liedtke

DEPICTIONS of explicit and graphic suicides in movies tripled from 1950 to 2006, according to an analysis of top-grossing films.

Actress Michelle Williams appeared to be taking inspiration from the late Marilyn Monroe at the premiere of her new film, 'Blue Valentine', at the London Film Festival.

America's Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios have reached a tentative deal on movie and prime-time TV show productions, after a year-long battle for better internet compensation.

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's racy new film 'Bruno' is facing an adults-only certification in the US - amid fears it may be too sexually explicit for young viewers.

Joel and Ethan Coen won the top prize from the Directors Guild of America for 'No Country for Old Men', giving them the inside track for the same honour at the Academy Awards - assuming the Oscars go on amid the writers strike.

Films that glamorise smoking, or feature pervasive smoking outside of an historic or other mitigating context, may receive a higher rating in the future, US film chiefs said today.

CENSORSHIP rears its ugly head in This Film is Not Yet Rated (Lionsgate, €24.99), a withering look at the Motion Picture Association of America’s notoriously secretive work.

Veteran Hollywood star Clint Eastwood is to receive an humanitarian award from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).

The movie business was down both in the US and worldwide last year, final box-office figures show.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to his entertainment roots today, joining his longtime friend, fellow action star Jackie Chan, to promote a public service campaign combating film piracy in China.

Hollywood studios are planning to sue internet users caught swapping pirated movies.

South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have won a censorship battle with officials at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) after their new puppet film was slapped with a "ridiculous" NC- 17 rating.

Film-maker Michael Moore had evidence that Iraqi prisoners were being abused by US soldiers long before shocking pictures of the scandal emerged, he said today.

Producers at Revolution Studios are frantically trying to come up with new titles for their movie adaptation of John Grisham’s novel Skipping Christmas, as they’ve been told they can’t use the name.

Legal chiefs have met Hollywood executives, asking them to curb the amount of smoking in films, which they say can encourage young people to take up the habit.

A television documentary claiming Lyndon B Johnson helped plot the Kennedy assassination was condemned as an absurd smear by Johnson’s family and former staff members.

Federal regulators in Washington are looking at making a pre-emptive strike against web surfers who share digital television shows across the internet.

THE movie industry is trying a new approach to stop people from downloading pirated copies of films over the internet it's asking them nicely.

Days before the Irish premiere of Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, the film’s producer said it fears pirated copies are showing up on the internet.

Muhammad Ali has agreed to record a public service announcement about America's tolerance of Islam.