The New Zealand Screen Production and Development Association (SPADA) says  demands by the Australian actors union the  Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance  (MEAA)could jeopardize the filming of The  Hobbit in New Zealand and be hugely  damaging to the country’s film industry. The MEAA is calling for a global boycott of  producers 3foot7 Ltd production The [...]

Les Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais will host an exhibition of 200 paintings of Claude Monet (1840-1926) from 22 September 2010 through to 24 January 2011. Monet who was one of the most notable founders of the French impressionist movement left behind a prodigious collection from his 60 years of painting. His works include landscapes, [...]

Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey will have stirred the memories and emotions for many watching her highly anticipated debut last night in  the first show of the latest series of Dancing with the Stars. Partnered with Derek Hough she danced the Viennese Waltz to the Otis Redding song “These Arms of Mine” which was also [...]

29 year old socialite Paris Hilton has had a lucky escape and avoided a felony conviction despite her arrest last month in Las Vegas when police officers found her to be in possession of cocaine. The deal, details of which were obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, has been confirmed by Clark County District Attorney [...]

The 67th Venice Film Festival has opened in great style with the screening of the psychological thriller film Black Swan directed by Darren Aronofsky.   Aronosky won the Festival’s top film award in 2008 for his movie The Wrestler. The movie stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunas as two rival friends both performing at their ballet [...]

Following tests of the substance which is alleged to have fallen from heiress Paris Hilton’s purse Las Vegas Police spokesman Sergeant John Sheahan has revealed, ”The substance subsequently tested positive as cocaine.” Ms Hilton had just been arrested late on the night of 28 August when the car she was in with a companion was [...]

Veteran 65 year old Hollywood actor Michael Douglas has been diagnosed with throat cancer. He is scheduled to undergo eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy treatment for the cancer.  There has been no mention that he may require more drastic surgical treatment for the tumor. Douglas is known to be a long time smoker and [...]

Earlier this year the Royal Mint in the United Kingdom invited the public to vote for their “Great Briton” to be featured in a new coin.  From the thousands of votes received John Lennon was the clear winner with 27,874 out of 30,267 votes and the Royal Mint has announced that the former Beatle and [...]