For more than a decade Brad Pitt has been carefully building a plan B, as a producer. It looks to be paying off big time.

The New York Times will air its first TV ad in seven years during the Academy Awards, as the paper looks to highlight independent journalism amid US President Donald Trump's attacks on the media as "fake news".

Here's some news that might make you quit your job.

In the past, the statue might've kickstarted a career, earning its winner plum roles and hefty paycheques. But that's not the case anymore.

Just like TV, it seems the future of cinema is streaming.

Before his presidential campaign, the former reality TV show host thought he'd make a great host for the Oscars.

Pregnant singer Beyonce on Thursday pulled out of performing at California's Coachella music festival in April, citing doctor's orders.

Hit TV mini-series House of Hancock will not be broadcast or streamed again after Channel 9 made a grovelling apology for its portrayal of mining magnate Gina Rinehart and her family.

Antigone Kefala's Fragments and Diana Fahey's A House by the River are marked by a strong thematic coherence.

So we see that Oscar, who was so white last year he was reduced to a snarky hashtag, has got some significant colour up.