ABC News: Entertainment
A constantly updated selection of the leading entertainment news from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Includes associated MPEG 1 video reports and images where available.
Rock band The Verve reunites
British band The Verve has reformed eight years after their acrimonious split, lead singer Richard Ashcroft says.
Parkinson calls it a day
Michael Parkinson has announced that his next talk show series will be his last.
Life and times of Paris Hilton
To her critics she is a symbol of shallow materialism, naked ambition and unbridled arrogance.
Hard day's night for Paul McCartney fans
It is not exactly Beatlemania but news of an impromptu concert by Paul McCartney at a Los Angeles record store triggered feverish anticipation among hardcore fans.
Sizemore's prison sentence halved
Actor Tom Sizemore has had his 16-month prison sentence on drug violations reduced by half because of time already spent in jail and two live-in rehabilitation programs.
China to get a taste of Tribeca
The Tribeca film festival, co-founded by Hollywood legend Robert De Niro, is heading to China next month, state media reports.
Hilton checks out of jail
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton, who commanded as much attention behind bars as on the Hollywood party scene, has regained her freedom after serving three weeks in jail for violating probation in a drunk-driving case.
Short film festival to include Broken Hill
Actor Bryan Brown is planning to expand his short film festival to Broken Hill, in far western New South Wales, next year.
Museum to import controversial dung painting
A private Tasmanian museum has applied to import a controversial painting from the United Kingdom that contains elephant dung.
Glastonbury fans head home
Rivers of mud and driving rain have frustrated fans trying to leave Glastonbury after three days of music, dance and poetry at the world's biggest greenfield music and arts festival.
Oscar chatter begins
There is no official starting gun to the annual Oscar race, and the finish line for the 80th Annual Academy Awards is not until Febuary 24, 2008.
Church calls on 'Simpsons' to help reach teens
A Church of England-backed book suggests youth workers should try to make religion relevant to children by showing them episodes of cartoon show The Simpsons.
Harry Potter 'a good kisser'
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is a wizard when it comes to kissing, one of his co-stars has revealed at a press conference in London to publicise the latest movie in the franchise.
Bernstein sheds light on Hillary's mystique
As US President George W Bush struggles with the rest of his presidency, America is becoming increasingly focused on the possibility that his eight years in office will be bookended by two Clintons.
Darwin prepares for 'Australia' shoot
Filming for Baz Luhrmann's film Australia will start in Darwin next week.
A constantly updated selection of the leading entertainment news from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Includes associated MPEG 1 video reports and images where available.
Rock band The Verve reunites
British band The Verve has reformed eight years after their acrimonious split, lead singer Richard Ashcroft says.
Parkinson calls it a day
Michael Parkinson has announced that his next talk show series will be his last.
Life and times of Paris Hilton
To her critics she is a symbol of shallow materialism, naked ambition and unbridled arrogance.
Hard day's night for Paul McCartney fans
It is not exactly Beatlemania but news of an impromptu concert by Paul McCartney at a Los Angeles record store triggered feverish anticipation among hardcore fans.
Sizemore's prison sentence halved
Actor Tom Sizemore has had his 16-month prison sentence on drug violations reduced by half because of time already spent in jail and two live-in rehabilitation programs.
China to get a taste of Tribeca
The Tribeca film festival, co-founded by Hollywood legend Robert De Niro, is heading to China next month, state media reports.
Hilton checks out of jail
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton, who commanded as much attention behind bars as on the Hollywood party scene, has regained her freedom after serving three weeks in jail for violating probation in a drunk-driving case.
Short film festival to include Broken Hill
Actor Bryan Brown is planning to expand his short film festival to Broken Hill, in far western New South Wales, next year.
Museum to import controversial dung painting
A private Tasmanian museum has applied to import a controversial painting from the United Kingdom that contains elephant dung.
Glastonbury fans head home
Rivers of mud and driving rain have frustrated fans trying to leave Glastonbury after three days of music, dance and poetry at the world's biggest greenfield music and arts festival.
Oscar chatter begins
There is no official starting gun to the annual Oscar race, and the finish line for the 80th Annual Academy Awards is not until Febuary 24, 2008.
Church calls on 'Simpsons' to help reach teens
A Church of England-backed book suggests youth workers should try to make religion relevant to children by showing them episodes of cartoon show The Simpsons.
Harry Potter 'a good kisser'
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is a wizard when it comes to kissing, one of his co-stars has revealed at a press conference in London to publicise the latest movie in the franchise.
Bernstein sheds light on Hillary's mystique
As US President George W Bush struggles with the rest of his presidency, America is becoming increasingly focused on the possibility that his eight years in office will be bookended by two Clintons.
Darwin prepares for 'Australia' shoot
Filming for Baz Luhrmann's film Australia will start in Darwin next week.
