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Christopher Nolan has shared the first trailer for his new star-studded film Oppenheimer.

The film follows the story of the man known as the father of the atomic bomb and drops in cinemas July 21.

Check the trailer out in the video above.

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And if this isn't girl's trip goals, I don't know what is; Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen and Diane Keaton are back for Book Club 2: The Next Chapter.

It looks fun, Book Club 2: The Next Chapter premieres May 11.

And someone splashed a lot of cash just to take home a piece of cinema history.

The mechanical model of ET used in the 1982 classic film sold for more than $3.5 million at auction.

That wasn't the only movie memorabilia up for auction, the BMX bike used by a stunt rider - not the one in the film - sold for $170,000.

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And if you thought Tom Cruise was slowing things down, you're wrong.

He has undertaken the biggest stunt in cinema history, riding a motorcycle off a cliff and completing a base jump.

The stunt will feature in his upcoming film Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning.

And I had the opportunity to speak with Tom about his thirst for epic stunts back in 2018. See what he had to say in the video above.

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