The Bourne Identity star Matt Damon has laughed off persistent rumours his close friend George Clooney is homosexual.

Oscar winner Richard Gere told an AIDS conference on Monday that the international media should lead the fight to conquer the disease.

ROCK Hudson died in October 1985. His death convulsed the world not because a handsome if minor star had passed away, but because of how he died.

Hollywood’s homage to all those sugary sweet 1950s romantic comedies where Doris Day and Rock Hudson would spend more time talking to each other on the phone than they did face to face.

James Dean’s films are being dusted off and repackaged as part of an aggressive marketing plan for the 50th anniversary of his death in 2005.