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Bruce Lee statue in San Francisco to honor ‘a story for all Americans’

Bronze tribute in actor’s hometown to celebrate civil rights advocacy amid rise in violence against Asian Americans

Seth Rogen on going from onscreen slacker to studio boss: ‘People really do scream at each other in Hollywood’

He might be known for his stoner vibe and roles in comedies such as Superbad and Knocked Up, but behind the scenes the actor, writer, weed-lover and pottery fan has also become a producing power player. Has it changed him?

Streaming: We Live in Time and the best Florence Pugh films

Radiant opposite Andrew Garfield in ​John Crowley’s doomed romance​, ​the British actor’s star quality has always shone through, from her debut in The Falling to folk horror Midsommar and her definitive Amy in Little Women

From Flow to Harry Hill: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

A cat survives a watery apocalypse in an Oscar-winning animated treasure, and the veteran comic takes his surreal oddities on tour

Harry Potter and Spider-Man producers lined up by Amazon to oversee Bond franchise

David Heyman and Amy Pascal will take the roles long held by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson with the next 007 still a source of continual speculation

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco: I Said I Loved You First review – besotted but bland

The betrothed pop star and pop producer’s PDA pulls in big names including Charli xcx and Gracie Abrams, but it’s strangely anonymous for such a personal project

‘It was chaotic but beautiful’: Warda Mohamed and Kosar Ali on filming the British-Somali short Muna

As the award-winning short is released on BBC iPlayer, the director and star talk about grief, breaking Somali stereotypes and a career-changing social media post

Bad Boys review – 30th anniversary of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence blowing stuff up

The franchise created a bromance for the ages, with this first outing featuring gunfights and wisecracking – and an at-the-time more established Lawrence pulling focus

Is Hollywood really going to ditch the anti-fascist satire in its Starship Troopers remake?

Reports suggest tongues are being removed from cheeks for a new version of Robert A Heinlein’s militaristic space opera. Is this due to Trump 2.0?

David Lynch ‘wanted to go back to work’ before his death says Naomi Watts

The Mulholland Drive star had lunch with the director weeks before he died, and says: ‘He was not, in any way, done’

Mufasa: The Lion King to O’Dessa – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Barry Jenkins’ stunning prequel to the 90s cartoon classic, and Stranger Things’s Sadie Sink stars in a punky musical about a guitar player who may be able to save the world

Just Another Girl on the IRT review – Leslie Harris takes on race, sex and class in 90s indie gem

Ariyan A Johnson stars as the back-talking, fourth wall-breaking high schooler who falls pregnant in Harris’s rough and ready drama

How did Snow White become the year’s most cursed movie?

Disney’s latest live-action adventure has been at the centre of various controversies over casting, alleged feuds and delays

‘Just wait until Trump takes away our unions’: Fionnula Flanagan on America, Ireland and acting silent

After almost 60 years in the US, the actor wants to quit the country. She talks about ‘hooligans’ in the White House – and her new silent film role in Four Mothers

Santosh review – terrifically tense cop movie digs into sexism and caste prejudice in India

Sunita Rajwar and Shahana Goswami lead a sinewy crime drama as a cynical veteran and a wide-eyed rookie who has inherited her late husband’s job

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