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Michael Sheen’s impersonations – ranked!

The actor is currently wowing viewers as Chris Tarrant in Quiz, but he has a long line of uncanny impressions in his back catalogue

From Arnold Schwarzenegger to Naomi Campbell: the best of celebrity quaran-TV

With stars holed up at home during the coronavirus crisis, web series are back on trend. Here’s our pick of the savviest and the silliest, from model hang-outs to Arnie’s reality show

Lee Ryan takes over the world – is this the future of post-pandemic celebrity?

Stars and entrepreneurs will find bizarre opportunities in the conspiracy-theory laced hell for ordinary folk that is the coronavirus pandemic

‘You are a trophy’: ex-beauty queens judge Misbehaviour

An author, actor and doctor look back on their experiences as beauty contestants. What does the film about the flour-bombing feminist protests at 1970’s Miss World get right, and wrong?

‘Just keep laughing!’: Judi Dench leads older stars lifting spirits on Twitter

From Dench in a dog hat to Elaine Paige in flower-clad rubber gloves, entertainment royalty is standing up to coronavirus with some bizarre comic relief. Now, where’s Cher?

TV tonight: Miriam Margolyes goes on the road on her Big Fat Adventure

The typically frank actor confronts attitudes to her body and the growing body positivity movement. Plus: investigating disability discrimination. Here’s what to watch this evening

Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman queue up to prove their secret pro-Trump credentials

The vast moral hypocrisy of stars pontificating from their gilded bubble so obviously only makes things worse, you have to assume they are doing it on purpose

Oscars tonight: timetable, predictions and all you need to know

The 92nd Academy Awards have finally arrived: here’s what you need to know, when you need to know it by and who (we think) will win the key prizes

Oscars speeches expected to be more ‘direct, forceful and correct’

Winners and presenters pressured to provide memorable moments at Sunday’s Academy Awards, while previous winners weigh in on what makes a good acceptance speech

‘They weren’t just ponces!’ How Them glammed up boring Britain

They partied, cross-dressed, launched glam and lit the fuse for punk. Is that why their dazzling artworks have been overlooked? As Them return, we meet Britain’s original scenesters

Baftas 2020: 1917 and Joaquin Phoenix triumph – as it happened

It’s the biggest night of the year in British cinema. Join us to find out who wore what, whether incoming host Graham Norton managed to make us forget the horror of Joanna Lumley – and who won this year’s prizes

The monarchy, Al Pacino and Cats: the key snubs of this year’s Baftas

The red carpet has been rolled and the awards doled out – so who has most cause to go home weeping?

Bafta’s red carpet stars decide the green look is out

Scarlett Johansson, Olivia Coleman and Laura Dern looked fabulous – but only Joaquin Phoenix and Saoirse Ronan seemed to have read Bafta’s memo about sustainable fashion

How do you know when the Oscars have gone vegan? Answer: they keep telling you

New ways to save the planet are always welcome. So let’s hear it for the 100% plant-based menu the Academy will be serving its pampered guests this year

Hugh Grant defends Prince Harry: ‘The tabloids effectively murdered his mother’

The actor and activist has backed up Harry’s desire to ‘protect his family’, while Stormzy has said there is no ‘credible’ reason to dislike Meghan

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