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Alyla Browne stars in Whale Shark Jack.

This Aussie teen works with major film stars. Now she’s swimming with whale sharks

Alyla Browne hasn’t even started her final year of school, but she’s doing her own underwater stunts.

  • Bridget McManus

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(From left) Scenes from Hoppers, I Swear, They Will Kill You and The Magic Faraway Tree.

Pixar’s wildly entertaining return plus other new movies to watch this week

Welcome to our weekly wrap of what’s new in cinemas.

  • Jake Wilson and Sandra Hall
Keoghan at the Governors Awards held in Hollywood last year.

Barry Keoghan: Abuse about my appearance is so bad I don’t leave home

The Irish actor deactivated his Instagram account in 2024 – now he has explained why.

  • Felix Pope
Timothée Chalamet comes from a family who knows how tough life in the high arts really is.

Chalamet’s takedown of ballet and opera hurt him. Turns out popularity has a downside

The problem with riding to fame, popularity and wealth via internet-fuelled celebrity is that the internet always eats its own.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris punched this article into the sun

Best known as the arse-kicking star of action films, he became an unwitting if good-natured pioneer of the internet meme.

  • Sopan Deb
Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

The Oscars are over. Here are the 12 big movies we can’t wait to see next

Family franchise sequels, buzzy horror counter-programming, stars getting their arthouse groove on, and blockbusters expected to gross $1 billion are all on the schedule.

  • Craig Mathieson
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An AI-generated version of the late Val Kilmer in the upcoming film As Deep As the Grave.

Val Kilmer died a year ago. Now he is returning for one last movie

The decision to include a version of the late actor in a film marks one of the boldest uses yet of artificial intelligence in movie-making.

  • Jake Coyle

Redeem one of 20 family passes to The Magic Faraway Tree premiere*

Adapted from the beloved The Faraway Tree series of novels for children, The Magic Faraway Tree follows Polly and Tim and their children Beth, Joe and Fran – a modern family who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside.

Samara Weaving and Kathryn Newton in a scene from Ready or Not 2: Here I Come

What’s new in cinemas this week: All-star cast in wedding from hell; Homegrown horror, Ryan Gosling’s space epic, Italian drama

Welcome to our weekly wrap of what’s new in cinemas.

  • Sandra Hall and Jake Wilson
Tom Holland on the red carpet with Zendaya.

Zendaya addresses ‘secret wedding’ pictures in new interview

The Dune star has addressed the flurry of speculation about her relationship with Tom Holland, sparked by comments from her stylist a few weeks ago.

  • Lily Shanagher