The upcoming Academy Awards, the biggest night in Hollywood, will take place this year without a host for the first time in three decades, organizers said Tuesday.

The film, the first Hollywood movie in 25 years with an all-Asian cast, is a rare Hollywood showcase of Asian identity and culture.

The Warner Bros adaptation of Kevin Kwan's best-selling novel of the same name raked in $34mn since hitting theatres on Wednesday.

Jordan Horowitz is best known for producing the Academy-winning musical comedy-drama La La Land, which was nominated for a record 14 Academy Awards in 2017.

Giant screens laid out on the pitch showed images of soccer players and the colours of the Croatian and French flags.

The former mogul -- once the toast of Hollywood and whose films won scores of Oscars -- grinned as he was escorted into a Manhattan court in handcuffs to face the first criminal charges posted against him.

Avengers: Infinity War flexed its considerable muscle anew this weekend in North American theatres, pulling in a robust $112.5mn and leaving other top films in its dust, according to industry estimates.

While numbers could fluctuate before an official tally comes in on Monday, that would surpass Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the biggest domestic opening weekend of all time.

A massive ‘movie metropolis’ billed as China's answer to Hollywood opened on Saturday, aiming to boost the domestic film industry and attract foreign producers.

‘A Quiet Place’ had another noisy weekend at the domestic box office, reclaiming the No. 1 slot in its third frame.

Milos Forman, the Czech-born movie director who found fame in Hollywood with the Oscar-winning classics "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Amadeus," has died at the age of 86.

Hollywood is set for a real-life cliffhanger Sunday at the Oscars -- the race for best picture is coming down to the wire to cap an awards season overshadowed by scandal over sexual misconduct in showbiz.