Entertainment

Ncuti Gatwa, the first Black actor to play the lead role in British sci-fi show "Doctor Who", departed the series on Saturday in a season finale that saw familiar face Billie Piper reappear in his place.

Loretta Swit, the Emmy Award-winning actress who played no-nonsense U.S. Army combat nurse Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the hit TV series "M*A*S*H" for more than a decade, died on Friday at the age of 87.

British actor and comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty in a London court on Friday to charges of rape and sexual assault relating to four women more than two decades ago.

Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old boy from the Dallas area, won the 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, swiftly nailing the French-derived word "eclaircissement," synonymous with enlightenment, in the 21st round of the contest finals.

Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio blend fighting techniques to train a new karate kid in the latest instalment of the martial arts movie franchise.

After an "extraordinary search," HBO has unveiled the lead cast of the TV adaptation of JK Rowling's beloved book series, Harry Potter.

"Birds of a Feather" singer Billie Eilish landed the top honour at the American Music Awards, winning artist of the year in Las Vegas at a red-carpet ceremony that celebrated winners selected by fan votes.

The live-action remake of “Lilo & Stitch” and the adrenaline-fuelled “Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning” racked up a combined $494.2 million in worldwide ticket sales over the weekend.

Revenge thriller 'It Was Just An Accident' by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who was barred from filmmaking for 15 years by the government in Tehran, won the Palme d'Or top prize on Saturday.

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, the Dubai Films and Games Commission has announced the inaugural Film and Gaming Forum at the Arab Media Summit 2025.

A French court on Friday convicted the jewel thieves who in 2016 tied up US reality TV star Kim Kardashian at gunpoint before making off with her $4 million engagement ring and other booty.

Walt Disney's movie studio has postponed the release of the next two installments in Marvel's blockbuster "Avengers" series, the company said on Thursday.

Formula One drivers declared Brad Pitt's new F1 movie a winner that would bring fresh fans to the sport after being given an exclusive pre-release screening at the Monaco Grand Prix.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is at the Cannes Film Festival for the documentary "The Six Billion Dollar Man," is assessing how to become politically active again once he has recovered from prison, said his wife, Stella.

Award-winning actor Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut at the Cannes Film Festival is a story she hopes will challenge audiences to reconsider their perspectives on forgiveness and empathy, she told Reuters.

Jodie Foster prefers to be outside the United States right now, the Oscar-winning actor told Reuters at the Cannes Film Festival, citing better conditions in Europe's film industry as well as more freedom now that her children have grown up.

Palestinian-Chilean breakout star Elyanna has been added to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix After-Race Concerts line-up, joining Post Malone on Friday, December 5, for an unforgettable night of music and cultural fusion.

Post Malone will take the stage for the After-Race Concerts at the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Friday, December 5.

The highly anticipated Brad Pitt-starrer 'F1 The Movie' from Apple Original Films is set to premiere in Abu Dhabi on June 25, with the cast and crew marking a "full circle" moment by returning to the capital where key scenes were filmed.

Dubai’s Global Village has wrapped up its 29th season with a record-breaking 10.5 million visitors, surpassing last year’s milestone of 10 million.

Australian actor Nicole Kidman vowed to keep pushing for gender equality in cinema at an exclusive party attended by celebrities like popstar Charli XCX and Irish actor Paul Mescal on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.

Kristen Stewart said on Saturday that making her directorial debut with "The Chronology of Water" at the Cannes Film Festival felt like sending a child off to school for the first time.

Austria won the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Swiss host city Basel on Saturday, in the country's first victory since Conchita Wurst won in 2014.

Sweden is the red-hot favourite for this year's Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday in the Swiss city of Basel, with an offbeat song about saunas which could cool some recent controversies at the show.

Tom Cruise hit the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet on Wednesday to a live band rendition of the "Mission: Impossible" theme song as organisers pulled out all the stops to celebrate what may be the action star's last appearance in the franchise.

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry was caught off-guard by the Cannes Film Festival's updated dress code and had to switch her outfit choice last minute, she told journalists on Tuesday.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian told the alleged mastermind of a jewel heist in which she thought she was going to die that she forgives him, but that this took away none of the trauma from being held at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room in 2016.

Global Village, the region’s top multicultural family destination, has extended its Season 29 by an extra week, now running until the night of Sunday, May 18.

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.