A Los Angeles coroner has confirmed film-maker Tony Scott's death was suicide, caused by blunt force injuries and drowning.

With his head tilted softly to the side, and a flattering light highlighting his soft expression, one could be forgiven for thinking

this were another promotional photo for the popular actor.

HBO has agreed to stop filming with horses on Dustin Hoffman drama Luck after a third animal was injured and put down during production.

The American Humane Association (AHA) issued the order, pending a "thorough and comprehensive investigation".

Disney's sci-fi film John Carter has debuted at number one on the UK box office chart, despite lukewarm reviews.

The movie, which had a disappointing opening in the US, made an estimated £2.1m according to Screen Daily.

Folk group the "Buranovo Grannies" will compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, after winning a televised contest in Moscow to represent Russia.

The six grandmothers beat 24 other acts - including a duet between 2008 winner Dima Bilan and Tatu's Yulia Volkova - with song Party For Everybody.

A collection of 15 Oscar statues sold for more than $3m (£1.8m) at an auction in Los Angeles, just two days after the Academy Awards took place.

The iconic gold trophies went under the hammer despite members of the Academy protesting against the sale.

She needs little or no introduction in Nollywood.The Queen of Nollywood,Genevieve Nnaji is a hot thespian,not just because of her talent but also for her exceptional acting prowess.

Genny as she is popularly called is one of the thespians who came on the scene over a decade ago and became popular with her good mastery of the craft which

Nollywood actor, and commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State, Richard Mofe Damijo, had survived a ghastly motor accident in

Warri, Delta State, this morning.

Black and white silent film The Artist took home three prizes from the Golden Globe awards in Los Angeles, hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais.

The Oscar-tipped movie was named best comedy and won additional prizes for lead actor Jean Dujardin and its score.

Action thriller Contraband, starring Mark Wahlberg, has entered the North American box office at number one.

The film, about a reformed smuggler, took $24m (£15.7m) in its opening week, ahead of the 3D re-release of 1991 Disney classic Beauty and the Beast. Musical comedy Joyful Noise, starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah, made a below par debut at number four.

French actress Catherine Deneuve, best known for starring in Indochine and The Last Metro, will receive the prestigious Chaplin Award in the US.

The 68-year-old, who has worked with Roman Polanski and Francois Truffaut, will be honoured by the Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) in April.

The British film industry should back more mainstream movies, a report is expected to recommend next week.

Ahead of a visit to Pinewood Studios on Wednesday, Prime Minister David Cameron said the film industry should support "commercially successful pictures".

Royals Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge joined stars and members of the military at the world premiere of War Horse in London on Sunday.

But Steven Spielberg's movie, about a young boy and his horse Joey, has divided film critics in the UK.

Angelina Jolie's Bosnian war film In the Land of Blood and Honey has been screened in Sarajevo.

The actress's controversial directorial debut tells the love story between a Muslim woman and a Serb man set in war-torn Bosnia.

Actress Luckie Lawson last Saturday held an executive premiere of her second movie,Familiar Strangers, at the plush Maya Cova restaurant, behind Omanye Home Art Gallery in La.

Half a century after the publication of the influential book Sex and the Single Girl, frank assessments of sexual mores are everywhere - in films, fiction and myriad

magazine columns. It wasn't always that way, writes Karen Krizanovich.

A producer of the Oscar-winning film Crash, has been ordered to pay $12m (£7.6m) in damages to director Paul Haggis and actor Brendan Fraser.

The Los Angeles Times reported that earlier this year a judge ruled Bob Yari had improperly withheld profits from the $100m (£64m) grossing movie.

A New York man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for leaking 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine online, a month before its release.

Gilberto Sanchez, 49, who has a previous conviction for a similar offence, pleaded guilty in March to uploading a copyrighted work being prepared for commercial release.

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Ghanaian actress has really made a big inroad into the Nigerian movie industry called Nollywood.But beyond acting in Nollywood films,Nadia has become one of the