Princess Leia’s Star Wars gold bikini fetches $175,000 at auction
The famous costume, worn by Carrie Fisher in Return of the Jedi, was sold alongside a miniature aircraft used in A New Hope that fetched $1.6m
James B Sikking obituary
American actor best known for his roles in the TV police series Hill Street Blues and the medical sitcom Doogie Howser, MD
The Echo review – insightful study of an isolated community
Tatiana Huezo captures the rhythms of life and locals’ thwarted dreams in her keen portrait of a Mexican village
‘They’re dumb – but I want to win’: comedians tell of the highs and lows of the Edinburgh fringe awards
Awards generate a buzz and are motivating but the pressure to be nominated and the disappointment are intense
I Saw the TV Glow review – powerfully unnerving teen misfit drama
A mysterious late-night TV show unites two disaffected adolescents in Jane Schoenbrun’s haunting, 90s-set allegory
Paapa Essiedu: ‘Is this part harder than Hamlet? Yeah, it’s different gravy, mate’
The actor on his challenging new West End role, sweating profusely on stage, and why he almost became a doctor
In brief: Banal Nightmare; Feeding the Monster; Burning Angel and Other Stories – review
Midlife millennial angst abounds in Halle Butler’s sardonic novel, while Anna Bogutskaya bites into our love of horror films, and Lawrence Osborne spans the globe with gripping tales
About Dry Grasses review – rich, engrossing Turkish epic with a twist
A village teacher is accused of inappropriate behaviour in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s handsome, beautifully performed, three-and-a-half-hour fable
‘I didn’t want to be swallowed up’: actor Josh Hartnett on swapping Hollywood for Hampshire
On track for megastardom, the actor turned down the part of Superman (twice) and turned his back on Hollywood. Now living in rural Hampshire, he talks about choosing fulfilling projects, his hippie childhood, the perils of stalkers – and the fun of owning pygmy goats
Cineworld to close six UK cinemas in cost-cutting drive
Embattled operator says sites in Glasgow, Bedford, Hinckley, Loughborough, Yate and Swindon now ‘unviable’
Royal stinker: how Henry VIII changed from heroic to hideous on our screens
As Jude Law’s ripe and revolting portrayal of the Tudor monarch opens in cinemas, we look at the film and TV stars who have played him – as comedian, tyrant or heart-throb
Documentary-maker Ibrahim Nash’at on filming the Taliban: ‘The secret service asked to see my footage. I left the same day’
Embedded with the Taliban after US forces fled Kabul, Nash’at’s fly-on-the-wall documentary, Hollywoodgate, offers a darkly comic, damning insight into the regime
On my radar: Evie Wyld’s cultural highlights
The author on a musical tribute to Andy Warhol, the book that made her swear out loud, and an exciting new restaurant in Peckham
Deadpool & Wolverine review – Marvel’s achingly meta new sequel is going to be huge
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s superhero odd couple are flung together in a gagtastic if sloppy action comedy that maxes out its 15 certificate
Loud and queer: Gareth Thomas, Rosie Jones and more on the culture that helped them find their true selves
From a rugby great to a former MP, LGBTQ stars spill the beans on the shows, songs and films that made them understand their identity