Less than four months after the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Disney and Lucasfilm have given us a sizeable tease for the first in a long line of spin-off stories - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

A Disney source said: "So many characters' back-stories and futures can now be brought to life."

Training Day and The Equalizer director Antoine Fuqua's next is Southpaw, a boxing drama which looks like it really doesn't pull any punches. Here's the latest trailer, which also features a new track by Eminem.

A quiet Sunday in with the tellly. Lovely.

Foxcatcher *****

50 Cent has joined the cast of 'Southpaw'.

Jake Gyllenhaal is reportedly dating Rachel McAdams.

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It’s set in modern Pennsylvania, but there’s an Old Testament quality to the imagery of fire in Out of the Furnace (15A).

The force of Gravity may be about to exert itself on Hollywood’s awards season when Academy Award nominations are announced today.

A film about the eventful life of Irish humanitarian Christina Noble will have its world premiere at a film festival in the US later this month.

GIG WISE: You may have missed the news released just before Christmas that Longitude will return to Marlay Park in Dublin on Jul 18-20, with confirmed acts including Disclosure and Ben Howard.

The searing historical epic 12 Years a Slave and the con-artist caper American Hustle lead the 71st annual Golden Globes with seven nominations each.

The Butler ***

Forest Whitaker has blasted a New York deli for accusing him of stealing.

Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t joking when he growled: “I’ll be back.”

An arrest warrant has been issued for Cuba Gooding Jr.

Robin Williams is to play Dwight Eisenhower in new movie 'The Butler'.

Jane Fonda is to play Nancy Reagan in 'The Butler'.

Billy Bob Thornton is to play a villain in 'Out of the Furnace'.

Kevin Costner told Whitney Houston to go "sing before God" as he delivered an emotional eulogy to her at her funeral today.

Forest Whitaker is set to play Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 'The Archbishop and the Antichrist'.

Sarah Michelle Gellar would only reprise her role as Buffy Summers for ‘Sesame Street’.

Whitney Houston's refusal to fasten her seatbelt on a flight yesterday has been blamed on exhaustion.

The Beckhams have added to their roll-call of exotically named children with latest addition Harper Seven.

MORGAN FREEMAN has been honoured with the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award.

John Travolta is “beyond happy” to have become a father again.

An unnecessary – and dismal – re-make of the 1984 film that got short shrift from the Stateside critics and audience alike.

Forest Whitaker would rather starve than play a dull character.

If Jonze’s stunningly brilliant adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s much-loved children’s story doesn’t clean up at the next Oscars bash then we live in a cruel and unfair world.

50 Cent has denied he was axed from the cast of Sylvester Stallone's forthcoming movie 'The Expendables' - insisting he pulled out to concentrate on his music career.

Art will imitate life when California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spends a few hours playing himself later this year in a film by Sylvester Stallone.

Kate Winslet was nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role in 'The Reader' today, while feelgood film 'Slumdog Millionaire' is in the running for best movie.

Oscar winner Forest Whitaker will join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis in reading out the Oscar nominations early tomorrow morning.

Oscar winner Forest Whitaker will join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis in reading out the Oscar nominations tomorrow.

Actor-turned-director Sylvester Stallone is adding another Hollywood name to the star-studded line-up for his new movie 'The Expendables'.

Forest Whitaker is delighted to land the lead role in a new Louis Armstrong biopic after winning the approval of the late star's estate.

Police detective Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) is reeling from the death of his wife, numbing the pain with vodka.

Ben Affleck will not make a speech at the upcoming Democratic National Convention - because he doesn't want to steal Barack Obama's thunder.

Will Smith was disappointed he missed out on an Oscar for his role in 'The Pursuit of Happyness' - because he was convinced it was "my time".

Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker was once forced to risk his life wrestling a knife-wielding mental patient to the ground.

The usual plotline that involves Reeves, a not-by-the-book LA 'tec, investigating the murder of his partner and finding a lot of dirt in the department.

Paul McCartney has revealed that a fishing trip turned him into a vegetarian.

Scottish actor James McAvoy is not upset by his failure to land any major awards for his performances in Last King of Scotland and 'Atomement' - insisting he doesn't need prizes to feel rewarded.