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From Chidora hats to Topshop’s leopard-print coat: what’s hot and what’s not this week

Going up: Sofia Helin and French 76, Kate Moss' favourite cocktail. Going down: navel cleavage and comedy hats

Twin Peaks revival not happening, says co-creator Mark Frost

Excitement around a potential revival of the cult TV show Twin Peaks has been quelled by creator Mark Frost

In the row between Damian Lewis and Ian McKellen, I’m with the wizard

Alex Andreou: Despite his Homeland fame, Lewis hasn't quite earned the chops to criticise great stage actors for their 'fruity' film work

Lewis Collins obituary

Actor who was both heart-throb and hardman as Bodie in The Professionals

Lewis Collins: a home-grown action hero too tough for James Bond

In the 70s and early 80s most little boys in the UK wanted to be wisecracking Bodie from The Professionals. Michael Hogan remembers being in awe of Collins' brooding action hero

Danny Dyer wants to return to theatre – to make his mum happy

Matt Trueman: The EastEnders actor says he wishes to take to the stage again because of his mum: 'She's been to every play I've done'

On my radar: Alan Davies’s cultural highlights

The actor and comedian tells Ben Marshall about a duo who rap about Cornish pasties, a documentary about Israel's security service – and his immersion in Friday Night Lights

Jon Hamm interview: ‘Don Draper is dismal and despicable’

Jon Hamm talks to Tim Adams about working with Daniel Radcliffe, and the legacy of his Mad Men alter ego, whose inner life draws so much on Hamm's own past …

Diane Keaton plans US remake of BBC’s Last Tango in Halifax

The star has acquired the rights to the BBC1 hit about childhood sweethearts rekindling their romance in their 70s

10 reasons why today’s TV is better than movies

Stuart Heritage: Forget what you've read about cinema's dominance over the small screen. Television has plenty to teach the movies about characterisation, storytelling and breaking new talent

Five things Ben Wheatley could do to Doctor Who

The Sightseers and Kill List director will direct Peter Capaldi in the first two episodes of his stint as Doctor Who. So what might we expect from him, wonders Phelim O'Neill

Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy ‘was meant to be naked’

Media Monkey: Screenwriter reveals he wanted star to strip off for Pride and Prejudice scene – but he was worried about his 'love handles'

The Rosamunde Pilcher trail: why German tourists flock to Cornwall

Lena Jakat: Each year, a quarter of a million Germans come to Cornwall, lured by the books of a British author largely unknown in her own country – and the gorgeous locations in German TV adaptations of her work

Danny Dyer on EastEnders – well, would you Adam and Eve it?

The actor is about to start "a new chapter" in his career – as Mick Carter, landlord of the Queen Vic

Lindsay Duncan: ‘I keep thinking of my old person’s railcard’

She's famed for playing icy control freaks. But Lindsay Duncan wanted more laughs in her new film Le Week-end. She tells Xan Brooks why she'd love to pack it all in and head for India

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