Actor Emile Hirsch has pleaded guilty to misdemeanour assault after being accused of putting a female studio executive in a chokehold at a Utah nightclub during the Sundance Film Festival.

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The big screen adaption of Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City looks to be making some progress, as Paramount Pictures has picked up the rights to the novel.

Fresh from his anann under the sea, SpongeBob SquareBrístí is making his way, absorbent and porous, to a phictiúrlann near you. Paramount Pictures says that The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water will be available in Irish as well as English in cinemas from March 27.

Actor Emile Hirsch put a studio executive in a chokehold and dragged her across a nightclub table during the Sundance Film Festival, police have said.

Penelope Cruz is to star in 'Zoolander 2'.

The pizza-loving heroes with half shells will be back in 2016.

Rebecca Ferguson has been cast as the female lead in 'Mission: Impossible 5'.

Eddie Murphy will star in 'Beverly Hills Cop 4'.

Matt Smith has joined the cast of 'Terminator: Genesis'.

Former ‘Doctor Who’ Matt Smith is swapping timelords for terminators after signing up to star alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in the latest film in the series.

Malaysia and Indonesia have banned the biblical epic Noah, joining other Muslim nations in vetoing the Hollywood movie because of its visual depiction of the prophet.

Jake Coyle says Hollywood is hoping for a box office hit but the Bible epic has riled religious conservatives.

Russell Crowe met Pope Francis during the General Audience at the Vatican today.

Tom Cruise is being sued over the 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol' screenplay.

Missing your favourite TV programme just because you are out of the country could become a thing of the past as the EU opens an investigation into restrictions.

'Indiana Jones' fans will have to wait at least two years for another movie.

Tom Cruise is developing a sequel to 'Jack Reacher'.

Record audiences are expected to tune in for tomorrow night’s episode of Love/Hate which marks the final instalment of the current series.

Matthew McConaughey has confirmed he will star in 'Interstellar'.

Tom Cruise will only answer to the name Cage on the set of his latest movie.

It’s official – the force is with J.J. Abrams and he will direct the new Star Wars movie. Disney has confirmed.

J.J. Abrams is set to direct the next instalment of Star Wars, which Disney has said will be Episode Seven and due out in 2015, according to reports.

J.J. Abrams is to make a movie about disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.

Actor Mark Wahlberg is to star in the Transformers franchise’s fourth film.

A prowler at Tom Cruise’s house was hit by a stun gun fired by a security guard — but he turned out to be a drunk neighbour who may have entered the property mistakenly.

Plans by Paramount Pictures for a £2bn (€2.5bn) “Disney-style” entertainment centre in Britain have been unveiled.

Sacha Baron Cohen is developing a new comedy called 'The Lesbian'.

'Anchorman 2' will begin shooting in February 2013.

Will Ferrell has confirmed an 'Anchorman' sequel.

Director and producer John Singleton is suing Paramount Pictures and MTV Films for at least $20m, claiming fraud and breach of contract.

Will Ferrell is desperate for an 'Anchorman' sequel.

'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' has made $1bn worldwide.

STARGAZERS already were catching sight of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars at the Cannes Film Festival well before Midnight in Paris, the Woody Allen romance that opened the glamorous event last night.

YOUTUBE is set for a major revamp by enlisting celebrities to provide original content for the online video site.

Sydney: Walt Disney Co and Viacom Inc’s Paramount Pictures are among Hollywood’s biggest movie studios that lost a piracy lawsuit in Australia as an appeals court upheld a ruling that a local internet provider wasn’t responsible for customers illegally downloading films.

Famke Janssen has joined the cast of 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'.

Will Ferrell has insisted he “would die” to make an Anchorman sequel.

Will Ferrell is "angry" at Paramount for not financing 'Anchorman 2', and believes they are standing in the way of a fan favourite.

Colin Farrell is being tipped to play Ozzy Osborne in a new movie.

Miley Cyrus is set to star in paranormal thriller 'Wake'.

Megan Fox, who made her name as Shia LaBeouf’s sultry love interest in the first two 'Transformers' movies, was dropped from the third.

Tom Cruise is starring in another impossible mission.

Actor Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi will not be returning to the Spider-Man franchise next year.