Entertainment

American talk show host Oprah Winfrey has praised Australia's decision to ban social media for under-16s from next week, saying the move would help young people socialise more.

Spain, Ireland, Slovania and the Netherlands have withdrawn from the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest over the Gaza war after Israel was cleared to enter the competition on Thursday.

Oscar-winning actor Kate Winslet makes her directorial debut with "Goodbye June", a holiday season-set drama about a family faced with loss coming together.

A California doctor has been sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday for illegally supplying "Friends" sitcom star Matthew Perry with ketamine, the powerful sedative that caused the actor's drug overdose death in 2023.

US pop star Sabrina Carpenter on Tuesday demanded that the White House stop using her music after the Trump administration featured one of her songs on a social media video showing ICE agents apprehending people.

Hit television series "Fallout" ups the stakes as it returns to screens for a sophomore season, its stars and makers say.

Walt Disney's animated "Zootopia 2" racked up an estimated $556 million in global ticket sales over the US Thanksgiving weekend, providing a strong kickoff to Hollywood's crucial holiday moviegoing season.

The Louvre in Paris is raising ticket prices by 45 per cent for most non-European Union tourists to help finance renovations of the museum, whose deteriorating state was laid bare by the theft of crown jewels last month.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland, whose career spans four decades, says he got to expand his repertoire in the new Christmas movie "Tinsel Town".

Streaming platform Netflix was down for about an hour for several users in the United States on Wednesday evening, coinciding with the release of the fifth and final season of its hit series "Stranger Things".

Wicked The Musical arrives in Dubai for the first time, from January 28 to February 15, with a production that reimagines the magic of Oz for the stage, blending cinematic inspiration with live theatrical artistry.

Netflix's hit sci-fi series "Stranger Things" is about to ride to its conclusion with a marketing and merchandising blitz befitting a blockbuster movie.

British billionaire Richard Branson's wife Joan Templeman has died. She was 80.

For Oscar-winning actor Ke Huy Quan, Disney’s animated buddy cop comedy, “Zootopia 2,” has a healthy message about the importance of confiding in others for emotional support.

Dharmendra Deol, who became one of India's most prominent actors and a Bollywood action hero, died in Mumbai on Monday, local media said. He was 89.

"Wicked: For Good" brought in $150 million in the US and Canada in its opening weekend, setting a record for a film adaptation of a Broadway musical and ranking among the best-performing movie musicals of all time, according to the studio.

This year's Eid Al Etihad will be celebrated under the theme - "United" - with the aim to bring together the community in a shared spirit of "belonging and national pride", the organisers announced on Saturday.

Mexico's Fátima Bosch has been crowned Miss Universe 2025 at the pageant's 74th edition in Thailand on Friday, with the host country's Praveenar Singh earning the first runner-up spot, followed by Miss Venezuela Stephany Abasali.

Matt and Ross Duffer, the twin directors known as The Duffer Brothers, have pushed to raise the stakes with each season of "Stranger Things," a strategy they say is crucial as the series heads into its fifth and final chapter.

Bridget Jones has joined the likes of Mary Poppins, Harry Potter and other beloved film characters with her own statue in London's Leicester Square.

Actors Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller say their new movie "Eternity" combines comedy, romance and big philosophical questions.

Film distributors have suspended the screening of at least two Japanese films in China amid a deepening dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, in what state broadcaster CCTV said was a "prudent decision" that took into account souring domestic audience sentiment.

How does a person summarise the 45-year career of Tom Cruise in a four-minute speech? "Mission impossible," said director Alejandro Inarritu on Sunday as Hollywood celebrated the movie star with an honorary Oscar.

The popular Labubu dolls that have ignited a global frenzy may light up movie screens in the future, the Hollywood Reporter said.

Dreaming of taking a tour in a Volkswagen Beetle like in the "Herbie" films, a "Fast and Furious"-style muscle car, or a replica of a "Back to the Future" DeLorean? A French car collector offers just that in a new car museum south of Paris.

A cassette tape recording of an interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, including a never released song, made while they visited Denmark in 1970 will be auctioned in Copenhagen on Tuesday.

Expo 2020 Dubai’s Public Art Programme has unveiled its first permanent artwork.

A three-dimensional replica of Michelangelo’s world-famous David sculpture has been revealed at Expo 2020 Dubai’s Italy Pavilion.