Sharon Stone nearly "killed herself" making 'Casino'.

The actress didn't eat for a week before filming a crucial scene because she was so desperate to impress director Martin Scorsese by looking "skinny and out of it".

Whoopi Goldberg has defended Roman Polanski, saying he did not commit "rape-rape".

The 'Rosemary's Baby' filmmaker was arrested in Zurich, Switzerland, on Saturday (26.09.09) and faces being extradited to the US after he fled the country in 1978 after being convicted of having sex with a 13-year-old girl, believing a judge would renege on a plea bargain deal and hand him a considerable jail term.

Mickey Rourke has signed up to star in 'The Ice Man'.

The Hollywood actor will play real-life hitman Richard 'Iceman' Kuklinski in the movie and believes it will be his defining role, like boxing movie 'Raging Bull' was for Robert De Niro.

Leonardo DiCaprio is having singing lessons to sound like Frank Sinatra. The "Titanic" actor is keen to portray the legendary singer in a new biopic but needs to prove to director Martin Scorsese he has the vocal talent to carry it off.

A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Leonardo has hired a top vocal coach to get him sounding like Sinatra. He is a massive fan of the singer and has always wanted to play him. He would be upset to miss out on the leading role because his singing wasn't up to scratch.

Jamie Foxx is set to play Frank Sinatra in a new biopic. The Oscar-winning star - who played jazz musician Ray Charles in "Ray" - is being lined up to portray the legendary Rat Pack singer in a film by Martin Scorsese after film bosses saw similarities between the two stars' backgrounds.

A source said: "Cool is color-blind. Jamie would seem to be born to the role."