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

Cate Blanchett suffers chainsaw accident on lockdown in East Sussex

The actor has sustained a ‘nick to the head’ in what she told former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was a minor incident

‘I ain’t waiting’: John Boyega shows movie stars what political engagement looks like

His Hyde Park speech is a teachable moment in the history of race, racism and celebrity. He’s part of a vigorous, distinguished tradition

John Boyega’s rousing Black Lives Matter speech wins praise and support

Boyega’s Star Wars co-stars were among those congratulating the actor on a passionate address at anti-racism demonstration in London

William Shatner: ‘I’m in a ferment of creativity’

The actor and raconteur on June Allyson, Alexander the Great’s horse and why he doesn’t watch Star Trek

‘You lot can’t rattle me’: John Boyega defends explicit anti-racism posts in wake of George Floyd death

The Star Wars actor expanded on his defiance of racist social media users in an Instagram Live video

Sex, lies and celluloid: how realistic is Netflix’s drama Hollywood?

It’s got orgies, arrests, scandals and eccentrics. But is the central story – about gay and black people triumphing in 1940s Tinseltown – realistic? We sift the ugly facts from glossy fiction

Matt Damon says his Ireland lockdown feels like ‘a fairytale’

Actor, who is staying near Dublin, says country’s leader Leo Varadkar is a ‘badass’ and he worries about lack of Covid-19 testing in US

Explain it to me quickly: is Robert Pattinson trolling us with his horrifying pasta dish?

The actor has shared an unorthodox pasta recipe involving sugar, pre-sliced cheese and an exploding microwave. One Guardian Australia staffer explains it to another, quickly

Rafe Spall: ‘Dieting is the opposite of sex!’

Once the ‘go-to guy for feckless losers’, the actor is now spearheading Apple’s assault on British TV. He talks about flops, racism, chest hair – and Laurence Fox