Is Toni Collette really the first woman to orgasm on BBC One?
The Australian actor claims she has broken new ground, in BBC One’s drama Wanderlust. But what about Joely Richardson in Lady Chatterley? Then there’s BBC Two …
Lee Child set to adapt Jack Reacher novels for TV (but with a taller star)
As he prepares to make his archive public, the thriller writer explains why fans didn’t like Tom Cruise’s role on the big screen
‘Everybody feels fragile’: Guy Pearce on fame, family pressures and fatherhood at 50
The actor went from Ramsay Street to Hollywood – but he’s still close friends with Jason Donovan. He talks humility, hype and why he can’t discuss ‘handsy’ co-stars
The week in TV: Jamie Cooks Italy; Mama’s Angel; Disenchantment and more
Jamie Oliver learns a thing or two from Italy’s grandmas, while an Israeli thriller offers a bracing lesson in bigotry
Alan Alda reveals Parkinson’s disease diagnosis
The M*A*S*H and West Wing actor says he has been living with disease for three years, but is living a ‘full life’
Wednesday’s best TV – White Famous; The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco
The sitcom inspired by Jamie Foxx’s life falls back on tired cliches, while a murder kicks off the codebreaking spin-off series
From Aquaman to The Walking Dead: 10 things we learned from Comic-Con 2018
The much-anticipated fan convention in San Diego brought with it a host of new footage and info from new movies and returning seasons
Mamma Mia’s Christine Baranski on schmoozing with Cher and meeting Trump
As the regal actor returns to cinema screens, she discusses her Abba-loving co-stars and her iconic role in The Good Fight
Picnic at Hanging Rock review – as mysterious as the film, but bigger in every way
This ‘small-screen’ adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel shares the dreamy, eerie quality of the 1975 movie, but it has been fleshed out with intriguing backstories
Joe Cole: ‘I was ready to deliver a kicking’
From Skins to Peaky Blinders, actor Joe Cole has made his name playing rogues. But nothing prepared him for the full-on physicality of his latest film
From Practical Magic to F*!#ing Adelaide: what’s streaming in Australia in July
Nicole Kidman’s witchy romcom, ABC’s suburban dramedy and Stanley Kubrick’s icy horror are coming to your screens
‘There was a lot of panic’ – behind the first movies to tackle the Aids crisis
Before Philadelphia won two Oscars, a set of smaller films dealt with the pandemic and those involved talk about the battles they faced getting their stories on screen
Alison Steadman: ‘As you get older, learning lines gets harder’
The actor on doing puzzles in bed, her Liverpool roots and watching wildlife
A Very English Scandal finale review – leaves you reeling, seething and laughing
Fabulous performances all round as Jeremy Thorpe finally comes to trial in a sea of hypocrisy, prejudice, ghastly snobbery, injustice and a chorus of tittering from the public gallery
Thandie Newton: ‘Being the first dark-skinned woman in Star Wars is great… and awful’
With roles in Westworld and Solo: A Star Wars Story, the actor is at the top of her game. From navigating the industry as a black British woman, to ‘brainwashing’ - the journey there wasn’t always easy