Express yourself: why Madonna directing her own biopic isn’t as ominous as it sounds
The vogue for pop stars sticking close to their own biopics has obvious perils, but Madonna’s mastery of image-making could make this a true star turn
Samuel L Jackson will teach you to swear in 15 languages if you vote
Hollywood star turns US voter-registration campaigner, using his special skill with curses
Guard that property! Our reaction to Chris Evans’ nudes reveals the remarkable power of Captain America
The world has been strikingly kind to the ex-Avenger after he accidentally shared a photo of his penis with the rest of the universe
John Boyega quits role as Jo Malone brand ambassador
Film star’s move follows perfume company apology for substituting a Chinese actor for him in campaign advert
Diana Rigg: star with an independent streak to match her glamour
From kickass screen roles to award-winning theatre and TV ones, with a curious sideline in nuns, the Yorkshire-born actor’s class and spirit earned her a magnificent career
‘You are all the Black Panther’: the electric theatre of Chadwick Boseman
Before becoming a Hollywood star, Chadwick Boseman was a playwright. Three of his collaborators remember a gifted writer and a wise, generous friend
Tom Cruise performs death-defying stunt: watching Tenet in a packed cinema
The actor has made a film of himself at a preview – a PR stunt with a serious pretext: without cinema-going, his brand of big-screen blockbuster won’t survive
Billy Crudup: ‘Life is hard. It’s filled with grief, confusion, unpredictability … ‘
Raised by a ‘hustler’, anxious about work, Crudup is riding high as the star of Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s TV hit The Morning Show. He talks about childhood, coronavirus and #MeToo
Sunset Boulevard at 70: we’re all Norma Desmond now
Sunset Boulevard showed the damage wrought by fame. Seventy years on, popular culture is more obsessed than ever with being seen
Don Black: ‘the Pele of lyricists’ on Bond themes, Broadway and Born Free
He’s written songs with everyone from Quincy Jones to John Barry – though his musical about premature ejaculation was a flop. ‘Everyone’s the same when they sit at the piano,’ he reveals
Olivia de Havilland, star of Gone with the Wind, dies at 104
Double Oscar-winning actor, who won acclaim for multiple Hollywood costume dramas before moving to Paris, has died
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘entanglement’ proves social media is the new reality TV
Skipping the mainstream media, the actors chose to discuss – and monetise – their relationship on Red Table Talk. And they’re not the only ones
The best interviewees? Give me an actor in their winter years with a few scores to settle
Older stars make the best subjects, and Carl Reiner will live on in my pantheon of greats
260,000 sign petition to block film starring Paris Jackson as Jesus
Online petition claims Habit, starring Michael Jackson’s daughter, is ‘Christianophobic garbage’
What I’m really watching: David Lynch’s YouTube channel
LA weather reports, office DIY projects, nature notes … they’re all there in the film director’s daily video blogs about California life, a sunny blessing in lockdown