Matt Damon is probably best known for his role as super-tough amnesiac spook in the Bourne franchise , but his latest role is about as far removed from the hard-hitting Secret Service operative as you can get.

The Informant!, the latest film from Steven Soderbergh, is based on a story so bizarre it comes as a shock to realise it's based on fact.

Robert De Niro teams up with director Barry Levinson for another comedy, What Just Happened? Photo / Supplied Robert De Niro is impressive when he stands before the opening night crowd at the Tribeca Film Festival, the annual downtown New York event he co-founded with his producing partner, Jane Rosenthal.

A love story at its core, THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF is about three strangers of two generations bound by loneliness who reach out to one another.

In Hollywood, the word "complicated" has two general meanings. The first refers to someone as "difficult" -- a pain-in-the-prat. The other refers to someone whose working process is intricate enough to try everyone's patience, but in the end delivers something good enough to make you glad they didn't hire someone else.

Happily, it is difficult to generalize too widely about "Duke students" - all 6,000 or so undergraduates at this University are not somehow knowable as one blue-clad mass.

When Damon first became famous, his mother came out in the press stating that her son had become a product: 'He's not human any more' More pictures matt damon is almost visibly shivering.

In The Informant, Matt Damon stars as the Executive Mark Whitacre, the first person involved in a price-fixing cartel to voluntarily give information to the FBI - though he was also an oddball and a liar.

"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," a new 3D animated feature based on a popular children's book, shone brightest at the weekend box office in North America on Sunday, overshadowing flops starring Matt Damon, Jennifer Aniston and Megan Fox.

Loves his Doritos, savours his directors He happily gained 30 pounds for his latest film, but Matt Damon finds genuine comfort when he trusts the person yelling 'Action!' GAYLE MacDONALD From Saturday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Saturday, Sep.

U.S. actor Matt Damon says he consulted Robert De Niro before gaining 30 pounds for his role in the new film "The Informant!" De Niro famously packed on 60 pounds for "Raging Bull." "I talked to Robert De Niro before I did it," Damon said at a recent Toronto International Film Festival news conference.

Last year at this time, the Coen Brothers were treating audiences with their off-kilter offering Burn After Reading , a dark comedy flexing a quirky brand of lunacy not usually seen in comparable American fare.

Featuring out-of-this-world heroes in the form of the mighty AUTOBOTS and a malevolent and powerful villain known as THE FALLEN, the film boasts some of the most sensational - and complex - visual effects in film history set against the backdrop of spectacular locations around the world.

Matt Damon might have refused to be The Informant! if he didn't have director Steven Soderbergh watching his back.

Bruce Springsteen, shown Jan. 29 in Tampa, Fla., is one of five entertainers to be awarded Kennedy Center Honors.

Matt Damon may be only 38 years old, but he has been selected to receive the American Cinematheque Award .

Matt Damon is adding to his mantle. He's only 38 years old, but the thespian has just been tapped to receive his first lifetime achievement honor, the American Cinematheque Award.

It's refreshing to find a New York City rock duo who really love each other. Hank Silva and Joel Bravo have been playing together since they met during their freshman year of college.

She's performed her music for presidents ranging from Clinton to Gorbachev, and was commissioned by Barbra Streisand to create a song to sing at her own wedding.

She's performed her music for presidents ranging from Clinton to Gorbachev, and was commissioned by Barbra Streisand to create a song to sing at her own wedding.