The best way to go into 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' is to think of it as the first film in a brand new franchise; a franchise in which mermaids love men, zombies won't eat you and a Fountain of Youth exists, but all laws of logic, reasoning and competent storytelling don't.

IT’S entirely apt that the buccaneers in the latest of the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise are in search of the fabled Fountain of Youth, given that this, the fourth, is being touted as something of a reboot.

From film to fashion, movies to music, food to travel, our critics reveal their Hot 100 choices for the summer ahead.

Johnny Depp has not yet signed up to the fifth 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movie.

Penelope Cruz's life “changed forever" when she became a mother, and she had to make changes to her role in the new Pirates of the Caribbean film.

OSCAR-WINNER Sean Penn has donned red lipstick, heavy black eye make-up and a wig to play an ageing Goth rocker in his new movie.

Johnny Depp felt he “owed” fans a fourth ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie.

Johnny Depp is to play the lead role in an adaptation of 'The Thin Man'.

Penelope Cruz is in negotiations to take part in the fourth 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movie.

Foot-tapping, tune-whistling it ain’t … which is more than a bit unfortunate for a film touting itself as a musical.

Nicole Kidman’s husband and baby watched her film her latest film.

Penelope Cruz found working on ‘Nine’ addictive.

Daniel Day-Lewis didn’t think his singing and dancing was good enough to star in new musical movie 'Nine'.

Nicole Kidman - who has previously released duets with her 'Moulin Rouge!' co-star Ewan McGregor and British singer Robbie Williams - insists she hates performing in front of people and had to be persuaded to sing in new musical movie 'Nine

Penelope Cruz wants to install ropes to swing from in her bedroom.

The role Kate Hudson will play in her movie musical debut was written especially for her.

Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench are reportedly in talks to join the all-star cast for the film adaptation of hit Broadway musical 'Nine'.

Two movies starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz have become the latest casualties of the Hollywood writers' strike.

Katie Holmes and Demi Moore are vying for roles in Chicago director Rob Marshall's new movie musical, according to the New York Post.

Rob Marshall’s Memoirs of a Geisha Girl (Buena Vista, €24.99) picked up three Oscars this year and with its sumptuous costumes and excellent cinematography it’s not hard to see why.

Lucy Liu has attacked criticism of Rob Marshall's decision to cast Chinese and Malaysian actors in Japan-set epic Memoirs of a Geisha, labelling it "anti-racism".

The complex world of the Japanese Geisha is examined in this beautifully-shot, if slightly insubstantial, film.

Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics for hit Broadway musicals including Chicago and Cabaret, as well as the big-city anthem, New York, New York, has died of a heart attack.

"Chicago" director Rob Marshall has emerged as the top contender to direct Columbia Pictures/Red Wagon Entertainment's "Memoirs of a Geisha".

Roman Polanski has expressed his gratitude to Hollywood, despite being exiled from America.

The Academy Awards forged ahead last night in Hollywood after days of speculation that the war in Iraq would send Oscar packing.

Hollywood was gearing up for the Oscars today but war with Iraq means the ceremony will be a strangely muted affair.

John Travolta says he was offered the role of lawyer Billy Flynn in the hit film musical Chicago but he turned it down.

The odds are that Nicole Kidman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin Scorsese and the producers of Chicago will be smiling deliriously come March 23. That is if the bookies’ Oscar predictions all come true.

Hit musical Chicago led the Oscar race today with 13 nominations – including one for British star Catherine Zeta Jones.

The Golden Age of the Hollywood musical may have passed, but this will more than satisfy fans of the hoofers.

British director Stephen Daldry and Golden Globe winner Martin Scorsese are among the nominees competing in the prestigious 55th annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) awards.

Martin Scorsese, who won a Golden Globe on Sunday for directing Gangs of New York, has been nominated by his peers for the Directors Guild of America Award.

The big Hollywood musical, feared long dead by fans of the hoofers, is back ... with a bang!

DANIEL DAY LEWIS has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his leading role in the new Martin Scorsese movie Gangs of New York.