High School Musical star Zac Efron is desperate to leave his cute Disney image behind - he's eyeing a role as a Bond villain.

Hollywood heart-throb Zac Efron has cut off his trademark locks in a bid to land more serious acting roles.

Zac Efron is eager to leave his teen idol image behind - he has signed on to star in a "sexy thriller" from the writer of The Thomas Crown Affair.

Angelina Jolie has reportedly been ordered to put on weight for a role in the forthcoming sequel to The Thomas Crown Affair.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge sentenced Hollywood director John McTiernan to four months in prison Monday after refusing to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea to a charge of lying to the FBI about his association with disgraced private eye Anthony Pellicano.

Pierce Brosnan is set to return to the big screen as master thief Thomas Crown in a remake of Peter Ustinov's 1964 crime caper Topkapi. Brosnan hopes to cleverly implant his Thomas Crown character into the 'Topkapi' plot, which revolved around the theft of a jeweled dagger from a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. The new film will be called "The Topkapi Affair."

Australian actress Naomi Watts has been offered the lead role in the remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror classic The Birds. Director Michael Bay's company will produce the new version of the film.