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Amber Heard was allegedly exposed to hundreds of death threats and cruel internet memes during her explosive defamation trial against her Hollywood star ex-husband Johnny Depp

LOS ANGELES — With film and television actors potentially joining screenwriters by going on strike as soon as their union’s contract expires Wednesday at 11:59 p.m., debates about Hollywood’s future are escalating quickly.

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The Hollywood actor will star in a new movie about the sport, where Lewis Hamilton is a producer, with filming held at this weekend’s British GP

An alternate reality tells the story of Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow providing a blossoming partnership as the home ground heroes to save England’s summer

Irony’s not dead — but it is for sale. And by the look of this summer’s mega film, it’s the suits, with a knowing wink, who are in the market. How else to explain Hollywood megastars and a feted director making a film about a child’s doll with blonde hair…

Half a million Duolingo users are currently learning High Valyrian. But how do you make a language out of nothing? The linguists behind top fantasy TV shows and films explain

The 61-year-old Hollywood star said he wants to emulate Harrison Ford’s longevity – here’s to the next 20 years of swashbuckling stunts

The world may see California largely as home to Silicon Valley and Hollywood, but it’s agriculture technology where we can most clearly outshine our competitors. In a new study, “Nurturing California Industries,” we identified it as among the six industries most critical to the state’s economic future.

Emily Atack comes from a long line of entertainers, including Sir Paul McCartney, but The Inbetweeners actress also shares a family connection with Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney

Barbie has always had some degree of notoriety. She is at once a symbol of female empowerment, ridicule and consumerism. People might suspect that the recent ban of the Barbie movie by the Vietnamese government is motivated by these concerns. Instead, international political intrigue provides a better explanation.