It's all deliciously ironic when you consider that Shakespeare, who earns their living, was himself an actor (with a beard) and did his share of noise-making.
With less than a week before an Oscars ceremony that has already been criticized for an all-white list of acting nominees, a study shows the film industry does worse than television.
A jury in Virginia has found that the actress Amber Heard defamed her ex-husband Johnny Depp after a six-week trial that transfixed America, as the two Hollywood stars traded accusations of physical abuse.