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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Entertainment articles  Entertainment
    Ethan Hawke has insisted Robin Williams' mental health struggles were "obvious"
     14 December 2025
    The Training Day actor starred with the late comic - who took his own life in 2014 at the age of 63 - in the 1989 classic movie Dead Poets Society and he insisted the death of Robin doesn't change how he looks at Peter Weir's movie now because he was always aware of his co-star's "complex" feelings.
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    Kate Winslet was forced to relive her mother's death while filming heartbreaking scenes for her new movie Goodbye June
    14 Dec: Winslet, 50, made her directorial debut by taking charge of the drama, which was written by her 21-year-old son Joe Anders and follows four siblings who gather around their dying mother when she takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.... more
    Rosie O'Donnell's loved ones think moving to Ireland is the "best decision" she's ever made
    14 Dec: The A League of their Own actress relocated to Dublin earlier this year with youngest child, 12-year-old Clay amid her frustration at Donald Trump being re-elected as US president, and her friends and family can see just how much of a positive impact her decision has had on her wellbeing.... more
    Sir Rod Stewart's wife Penny Lancaster had a "bumpy ride" when attempting to bond with his six children from previous relationships
    14 Dec: The 80-year-old musician was already a dad of six when he started dating Penny and they went on to have two sons of their own, and she's now admitted it was initially a struggle trying to forge positive relationships with Rod's other kids.... more
    Dame Judi Dench has framed her earring which Johnny Depp ripped out with his teeth
    14 Dec: The 90-year-old actress made a cameo appearance in Depp's 2011 blockbuster Caribbean: On Stranger Tides in a memorable scene in which his character Captain Jack Sparrow jumps into a carriage and steals her jewellery - and Dench has revealed she kept the earring the actor bit off and had it framed.... more
    Dick Van Dyke credits giving up cigarettes and alcohol for his long life
    14 Dec: The Mary Poppins actor turns 100 later this month but he doesn't think he'd have made it to the milestone if he hadn't overhauled his lifestyle in his 50s.... more
    Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has "personally called" hospitals in a bid to contact her estranged father
    14 Dec: The former Suits star hasn't had contact with Thomas Markle since her wedding to Prince Harry in 2018 but is keen to have a handwritten note delivered to the retired lighting director in the Philippines after he had his leg amputated below the knee during surgery to remove a blood clot.... more
    Sydney Sweeney hasn't had cosmetic surgery because she's "so scared of needles"
    13 Dec: The Hollywood actress has dismissed rumours she's gone under the knife to change her appearance - insisting she hasn't had any wrinkle-freezing Botox injections or facial fillers because she's terrified of jabs.... more
    Joanna Page has claimed Johnny Depp once kissed her
    13 Dec: The 48-year-old actress - who is known for her roles in Gavin and Stacey and holiday rom-com classic Love Actually - played sex worker Ann Crook in the 2001 thriller From Hell alongside the Hollywood heartthrob's Inspector Frederick Abberline.... more
    David Corenswet had one disagreement with James Gunn on the set of Superman
    13 Dec: The 32-year-old actor took on the titular superhero in the director's 2025 DC Universe film, but the pair had different ideas when it came to the kiss Clark Kent/Superman shares with Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) at the end of the blockbuster.... more

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