King Lear will help write the latest chapter in the storied history of The Loft, writes Colette Sheridan

Carey Mulligan’s role in a Hardy adaptation marks the latest step up the ladder for the talented actress, writes Susan Griffin

What’s the best piece of advice you have ever heard?

Mick Jagger sang Bob Dylan’s ‘Just Like A Woman’ at a celebrity-filled memorial service for his long-time companion, fashion designer L’Wren Scott, who died by suicide in March.

Moving 18,000 cattle through the drought-ravaged outback was never going to be easy, or without controversy.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a messiah.

MOST dads have all the ties, tools and gadgets known to man, so why not extend his grooming repertoire instead.

Emeli Sandé found it "daunting" working for Jay-Z.

At every great party, there is that inescapable moment when the music stops, the lights go up and all of the imperfections, which have been concealed so deliciously under a cloak of darkness, are suddenly thrown into sharp relief.

Faced with the challenge of filming a literary classic, a director can opt for a slavish devotion to the original text or to adapt the source material for a different kind of storytelling.

Warner Bros. threw a 'Great Gatsby' inspired party at Cannes Film Festival last night.

Baz Luhrmann’s 3D extravaganza The Great Gatsby, one of the year’s most eagerly anticipated films, will open the Cannes Film Festival tonight.

FASHION is fascinated with the past.

Carey Mulligan never aimed to play "beautiful" characters.

IF IT’S summer, it must be Warners.

'Only God Forgives', 'Behind the Candelabra' and 'Inside Llewyn Davis' will compete at the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival.

Leonardo DiCaprio introduced Baz Luhrmann to Jay-Z for 'The Great Gatsby' score.

'The Great Gatsby' will open Cannes Film Festival.

Leonardo DiCaprio is taking a "long, long break" from acting.

From the second of the Hunger Games’ movies to a new Die Hard instalment, 2013 promises much in top films, writes John Daly

One man can make a difference and British film-maker Joe Wright does behind the lens of ‘Anna Karenina’.

WHEN “Titanic” hit the screen in 1997, Leonardo DiCaprio became the hottest young actor around, carrying the $250 million production — the most expensive ever made until that point — on his slim shoulders. He was only 22-years-old, a star of edgy art films like The Basketball Diaries and Total Eclipse.

Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly dating model Madalina Ghenea.

Leonardo Dicaprio is reportedly dating two Australian models.

Emma Watson wants to work on a Shakespeare adaptation.

SATURDAY

Isla Fisher is reportedly in talks to star in 'The Great Gatsby'.

Ben Affleck is in talks to take on the role of Tom Buchanan in 'The Great Gatsby'.

NICOLE KIDMAN, we learned, stuttered as a child.

Carey Mulligan has won the lead role in Baz Luhrmann’s version of the ‘The Great Gatsby’.

‘Moulin Rouge!’ has been voted Best Film of the Decade.

Kristin Davis wants to star in a Shakespeare play.

AN Australian newspaper mocked Russell Crowe for smoking and shovelling down a fatty meal after a recent bike ride, so the notoriously salty actor set out to prove he is still in gladiator shape — by challenging the paper’s gossip columnist to a duel by bicycle.

Actor Russell Crowe wanted to prove he was still in gladiator shape following withering comments in an Australian newspaper, so he challenged the gossip columnist to a bicycle duel.

Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann is desperate to team Beyonce Knowles and Hugh Jackman for a new movie musical after directing the stars for a medley of showtunes at the Oscars.

Baz Luhrmann's World War II epic 'Australia' has become the country's second highest grossing film of all time - despite the picture receiving a string of negative reviews.

Beyonce will apparently be joining Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens on stage for a spectacular musical performance at this year’s Oscars.

The usually reliable Luhrmann has brought us a film that resembles, in so many ways, his native land, the Australia of the title: big, good to look at, and empty.

Baz Luhrmann has hit out at critics who rubbished his epic 'Australia' - insisting his films always attract negative reviews because they don't fit Hollywood's movie mould.

Director Baz Luhrmann will never work with Nicole Kidman again - because too many life-changing events occur when they team up.

Hugh Jackman will host the 81st annual Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed today.

Baz Luhrmann has revealed his epic 'Australia' is still not finished.

Moviemaker Baz Luhrmann returned to his music roots to compose and record the final theme for his 'Australia' epic with Elton John, folk star John Butler and Aussie treasure Rolf Harris..