Cinema & Movie & celebrity News And Rumors

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Kate Winslet insists she battles the same body issues as any other 30-something woman, including regular bouts of persistent acne.

The British actress regularly appears on magazines' 'most s*exy' lists - and is heralded as one of Hollywood's hottest talents.

But she hates being idolised, insisting she suffers the same beauty battles as every other woman her age.

Winslet tells Vanity Fair magazine, "Since I turned 30, I've had an acne problem on my chin. I'm just like everybody else - I just know how to cover it. There's no big secret - I have make-up on." l

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Fans of movie star and golf fanatic Samuel L. Jackson will never see him playing golf on the big screen - because he's convinced fairway films are flops.

The Pulp Fiction star is considered one of the world's best celebrity golfers, but he vows he'll never mix business with pleasure.

He says, "Golf is a sport that people participate in. People don't like to watch it on screen unless it's Caddyshack. That's the only one. Who went to see (The Legend of) Bagger Vance? Will (Smith) and Matt Damon's family?

"(Kevin Costner movie) Tin Cup is a romantic comedy and a date movie. If you can make a date movie out of golf, maybe that would work. But those are the only two, Caddyshack and Tin Cup." l

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Hollywood actor Colin Farrell is glad he failed an audition for Irish pop group Boyzone - because he wouldn't have "lasted too long" in the band.

Farrell tried out for the boyband in the 1990s while he was a struggling actor in Ireland, but he was rejected during the audition phases for his lack of vocal talent.

Boyzone went on to score a string of chart successes in the U.K., returning last year for a reunion tour.

Farrell eventually landed a role in British drama series Ballykissangel in 1998 and went on to forge a high profile career in Hollywood.

And the star admits he is pleased he was never accepted into Boyzone - because it would have sent his life off on a very different path.

He says, "I don't think I would have lasted in the band too long. Life would have been very different, very different.

"I certainly wouldn't have lasted a reunion I don't think."l

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Hollywood funnyman Robin Williams surprised fans in London by returning to the stage for a stand-up performance - three days before his scheduled comeback.

The Mrs Doubtfire star was due to return to the U.K. stage for the first time in 25 years in London theatre production We Are Most Amused on 12 November.

The show is part of the celebrations for British royal Prince Charles' 60th birthday.

But the comedian chose to warm up by playing an intimate gig to an audience of just 100 people at a student bar in the capital on Saturday night.

The London School of Economics (Lse)'s regular comedy night The Chuckle Club played host to the superstar for the evening - but organiser Paul Jay was forbidden from revealing the identity of his surprise guest before the event.

Jay says, "It was the thrill of my life to have Robin Williams. He was marvellous - very, very funny." l

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had to tone down their recent photoshoot for American magazine W - because the pictures were too racy.

Budding photographer Pitt was commissioned by the publication to take a series of candid shots of his family.

And Jolie insists that although she was pleased with the first set of images Pitt produced, the couple decided some of the photographs were just not suitable for the magazine.

She says, "We'd look at the pictures like art and say, 'This is a really interesting photograph,' but then we'd know better and think about how it was going to be received. So we made it a little more tame than it was." l

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Guy Ritchie's father is "pleased" his son's marriage to Madonna is over - because the moviemaker is much happier without the pop superstar.

The former couple is currently in the middle of divorce proceedings, after announcing plans to separate last month.

And Ritchie's father, John, is relieved that the Material Girl will soon be out of his son's life.

He says, "He has been in a very good mood. I wasn't upset that they parted. I am very pleased for Guy that it is all over."

And John Ritchie is convinced that the Snatch director will not let the singer take their children back to her native America.

He adds, "He is such a good, positive father, he won't let that happen."

Madonna and Ritchie are set to fight for custody of their eight-year-old son Rocco, adopted tot David Banda, three, and Madonna's 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes, from a previous relationship. l

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Angelina Jolie's four-month-old twin babies with Brad Pitt are developing their own personalities - and the actress is proud that the tots are shining so early.

The actress gave birth to twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline in July, and the couple also has adopted kids Maddox, Pax and Zahara, and biological daughter Shiloh.

And the Hollywood pair is besotted with the new tots, who are "starting to get very smiley."

Jolie tells People.com, "They're great. They're still so little, but they do (have their own personalities). They're at that (stage) where their personality really starts to shine."l

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Nicole Kidman is in talks to play the world's first post-op transs*exual, according to Australian reports.

The actress is in negotiations to play Einar Wegener opposite fellow Oscar-winner Charlize Theron in The Danish Girl.

The film is based on the true story of Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener, who tested their marriage and stunned Europe with a shocking transformation in the early 1930s.l

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Actress Natalie Portman has learned not to book a chat show appearance on the same day as a doctor's appointment after struggling through an interview with David Letterman on America's The Late Show on Friday night.

The Star Wars star apologised to the host for appearing "woozy" on the show, explaining she had just come from the doctor's office.

She explained, "I got my blood taken... it's just for insurance for the thing (next film), so, if I faint just bring me an orange juice.

"They have to make sure you're not actually a junkie." l

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All-star animated sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa has stopped the singing and dancing of High School Musical 3: Senior Year at the top of the U.S. box office.

The DreamWorks movie, starring Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock and David Schwimmer, among others, scored a whopping $63.5 million (GBP39.6 million) in its opening week on release, according to studio estimates.

The family film pulled in more cash than the rest of the top four put together.

Comedy Role Models came in second, High School Musical 3 slipped to third and Clint Eastwood's new movie Changeling debuted at four.l