The 50 best TV shows of 2017: No 5 Big Little Lies
The cleverly plotted tale of murder and yummy mummies brought a masterly twist on soapy US drama and a career-best performance from Nicole Kidman
The 50 best TV shows of 2017: No 7 The Deuce
David Simon’s drama about the birth of porn in 1970s New York is a clever tale of sex, commerce and the price of power
Big Little Lies season two confirmed with Andrea Arnold directing
Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman to return as stars of the Emmy-winning HBO mystery, with the British director of American Honey at the helm
Daisy Ridley is right to quit social media. Actors should be seen and not followed
For actors there are no downsides to leaving Instagram and the like. A star should radiate mystique, not false bonhomie and complaints about queues for the toilet, writes film critic Ryan Gilbey
She’s Gotta Have It review – an exhilarating examination of our attitudes to sex and race
Spike Lee’s movie about an unashamedly polyamorous woman has been adapted into a Netflix 10-parter, taking in gentrification and everyday sexual harassment
Apple announces drama series starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston
The tech giant has given a two-season order to an untitled drama about the lives of people working on morning television as well as a show from Steven Spielberg
Naomi Campbell: ‘People try to use your past to blackmail you. I won’t allow it’
Late and distracted by her phone, the model soon transforms from hauteur to warmth. She discusses racism, Vogue, stereotypes of black women and how, at 47, she’s finally become comfortable in her own skin
Kevin Spacey: British police investigate sexual assault claims
Officers look into allegations man was assaulted in London in 2008, while Spacey was working in the UK capital
Kevin Spacey deserves to be scorned. But can I still watch House of Cards?
It is far harder to judge an artist than a work of art. History shows that bad people can do brilliant things, says Guardian writer Hannah Jane Parkinson
Lesley Sharp webchat – your questions answered on football, female roles and lipsyncing with David Tennant
Currently starring in Simon Stephens’ version of The Seagull, Lesley Sharp talked about creating characters with Mike Leigh, teaming up with Suranne Jones, writing her first novel – and the joy of animated caterpillars
Jonathan Groff on Mindhunter: ‘I walked into makeup and saw a scalped woman’s head’
Kids love his voice and Beyoncé loves his walk. But Jonathan Groff is entering new territory with David Fincher’s serial killer show. He talks Frozen 2, Hamilton – and why being openly gay hasn’t held him back in Hollywood
On my radar: Carla Bruni’s cultural highlights
The musician and former French first lady on David Hockney, Big Little Lies, Leonard Cohen’s last album and the Yves Saint Laurent museum
Oscar Pistorius’s family to sue makers of ‘grossly misrepresentative’ film
Relatives of Paralympian threaten to take legal action over US drama Blade Runner Killer, scheduled for release next month
Jessie Buckley on playing outcasts – and hitting the big time
The star of new BBC1 drama The Last Post talks to Sarah Hughes about luck, love and landing roles in a series of notable film and TV projects
From Don’t Look Now to The Child in Time: why do we crave stories of lost children?
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. As a new TV adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel starring Benedict Cumberbatch hits our screens, we explore our fears and fantasies around the ultimate horror