ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. relished working alongside wacky comic actor ZACH GALIFIANAKIS in their new movie DUE DATE - because he rarely gets to play the "straight man".The pair shares the screen in the outlandish new...
Music producer RICK RUBIN has shed 130 pounds (58.9 kilograms) after embarking on a strict diet and workout regime.The 47 year old appears shirtless in the November (10) issue of America's GQ magazine, showing off...
JESSICA ALBA was pushed into considering a nose job to compete with her Hollywood peers - despite hating the idea of having cosmetic surgery to enhance her looks.The Fantastic Four beauty is prepared to turn...
Superstars TOM CRUISE and MADONNA were movie bosses' first choices for the lead roles in iconic 1990 mafia movie GOODFELLAS.Studio chiefs were desperate to cast Cruise in the role of mobster Henry Hill and Madonna...
A childhood illness saved MARTIN SCORSESE from a life of violent crime in his native New York, according to his longtime cinematographer.The director was raised in Little Italy in the 1940s and 50s, when the...
Action movie icon SYLVESTER STALLONE fears his dreams to direct a biopic about horror writer EDGAR ALLAN POE will never be realised - because literary fans would "tear me to pieces" for misrepresenting the author.The...
STEPHEN MOYER's romance with his TRUE BLOOD co-star ANNA PAQUIN became common knowledge after crew members on the hit vampire series realised their scripts were delivered to the same hotel room.The pair met during filming...
SYLVESTER STALLONE is glad his sixth ROCKY movie salvaged his film career - but he made no money from the film's $200 million (£133 million) profit.The Hollywood legend boosted his dwindling popularity by revisiting his...
Funnyman BILL MURRAY regrets lending his voice to animated film GARFIELD to work with his idol, comedy writer JOEL COEN - because he realised too late the part was written by a different JOEL COHEN.The...
TAYLOR LAUTNER forced VALENTINE'S DAY writers to redraft the script after refusing their request to take his shirt off in the movie.The teenager showed off his honed chest muscles in a number of scenes for...
JARHEAD co-stars JAKE GYLLENHAAL and PETER SARSGAARD fought for real on the set of the army movie, after a fight scene left the latter with a broken rib.Sarsgaard admits he punched Gyllenhaal "as hard as...
JAKE GYLLENHAAL had a pre-adolescent crush on 80s brat pack icon MARTHA PLIMPTON.Gyllenhaal met the actress when she was shooting 1988 movie Running On Empty, which was penned by his screenwriter mother Naomi Foner. He...
MICHAEL JACKSON was so scared as he shot his BAD video in Harlem, New York, he held hands with co-star WESLEY SNIPES.The Hollywood actor played a gang leader in the 16-minute music video, which was...
British actress GEMMA ARTERTON almost quit her role as a Bond girl opposite DANIEL CRAIG in 2008's QUANTUM OF SOLACE - after a movie executive belittled her "common" accent.The star was cast as agent Strawberry...
British actress GEMMA ARTERTON was quick to sign up for new movie THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED - because she was drawn to saucy scenes in the film.The St Trinian's star plays a young woman...
ANNE HATHAWAY credits her parents with inspiring her acting ambitions at an early age - because they never prevented her from playing out her childhood fantasies.Hathaway grew up in New Jersey as the daughter of...
ANNE HATHAWAY's entire family denounced Catholicism after her elder brother MICHAEL 'came out' as gay.The Devil Wears Prada star was a member of the Catholic Church growing up in New Jersey, but the actress and...
ANNE HATHAWAY turned down the title role in TIM BURTON's new ALICE IN WONDERLAND movie - because she was fed up with playing a "pretty girl in a fairy dress."The actress was asked to star...
Hollywood actress ANNE HATHAWAY is a secret geek - she spends her spare time studying physics.The Devil Wears Prada beauty admits she shuns fashion magazines and instead stocks up on books by legendary scientist Albert...
Rockers AXL ROSE and SLASH have turned down deals worth "hundreds of millions" to reform the original GUNS N' ROSES line-up - because they still can't stand to be around one another.Drummer Stever Adler was...
SIMON COWELL is considering bulking up his entourage of security guards after his protege LEONA LEWIS was punched in the face by a fan in October (09).The music mogul admits his cruel criticisms have upset...
Veteran filmmaker CLINT EASTWOOD has taken aim at the politically apathetic youth in his native U.S. - insisting the nation is filled with "teenage twits".The 79-year-old is disgusted by the lack of interest young Americans...
Actor ASHTON KUTCHER made a Los Angeles rabbi the star of an A-list ball on Wednesday (28Oct09) when he branded the spiritual adviser his "best friend".The Just Married star was at GQ magazine's The Gentleman's...
JERRY LEE LEWIS was stunned when he met JOHN LENNON in the 1970s - because the BEATLES star dropped to his knees and kissed the rock legend's feet.Lennon credited piano great Lewis with paving the...
QUENTIN TARANTINO has sacrificed marriage and kids for the sake of his filmmaking career.The director admits he has come close to finding love and commitment - most recently two years ago with an unknown woman...
Movie mogul HARVEY WEINSTEIN is already preparing a sequel to QUENTIN TARANTINO's forthcoming war movie INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, despite branding lead actor BRAD PITT's work "the worst performance of his life".Weinstein, one of the film's executive...
TRANSFORMERS beauty MEGAN FOX lost so much weight during a period of depression, her hair started to fall out.The star grew paranoid she was only successful as a result of her good looks, and deliberately...
MEGAN FOX has blown apart Hollywood's casting couch culture - insisting several leading film directors have tried to bed her since she found fame.The Transformers beauty has attended a number meetings with top moviemakers to...
TRANSFORMERS star MEGAN FOX has called for the U.S. government to legalise marijuana - insisting she would be the "first person in line to buy a pack of joints".The actress admits she enjoys smoking the...
Actress MEGAN FOX hates filming sex scenes - because it makes her feel like a "prostitute".The 23-year-old-beauty plays Shia LaBeouf's love interest in action movie Transformers. But Fox is not keen on shooting intimate scenes...