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The Writers Guild of America strike ends after nearly 22 weeks, following a agreement reached between union negotiators and Hollywood's studios and streaming services.
2023-09-27

The American film "Barbie" becomes the first film by a solo female director (Greta Gerwig) to surpass $1 billion in the worldwide box office.
2023-08-6

The Philippines' film review board requests that American film distributor Warner Bros. Pictures censor a scene in the upcoming film "Barbie" that includes a map displaying the internationally contested nine-dash line in the South China Sea before releasing the film in the country.
2023-07-12

China bans American animated sitcom "South Park" in response to the episode "Band in China" which parodied censorship in China and Chinese influence on Hollywood.
2019-10-7

Adam West, the actor widely known for playing Batman in the ABC series of the same name during the 1960s, dies from leukemia.
2017-06-9

Hollywood actor Christian Bale is prevented from visiting Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng by police.
2011-12-16

Hollywood actress and former sex symbol Jane Russell dies at age 89 of respiratory failure in Santa Maria, California.
2011-02-28

Dame Helen Mirren, speaking as she received an award in Beverly Hills, USA, criticises the intentions of Hollywood filmmakers who "worship at the altar of the 18- to 25-year-old male and his penis".
2010-12-9

The director of Glastonbury Abbey issues an apology after giving Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage access to the grave of King Arthur during a live TV broadcast.
2010-09-20

Notable Hollywood personalities, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford and Francis Ford Coppola, sign a petition asking the Iranian government to release director Jafar Panahi, who was arrested alongside his wife, daughter and 15 other guests at his home on 1 March.
2010-05-2