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Carrie on forever – should Star Wars’ Leia be allowed to die?

The death of Carrie Fisher didn’t end her role in the space saga and she’ll be back in Episode IX. But now may be the time for her to ‘drown in moonlight’

Michael Howells obituary

Production designer who worked in theatre, film, television and fashion

Gwyneth Paltrow didn’t want Condé Nast to fact-check Goop articles

Partnership between publisher and lifestyle site to produce a magazine fell apart due to ‘old-school’ rules, actor says

Protest all you like, Susan Sarandon. In effect you work for Trump

It’s time the Thelma and Louise star faced the fact that she’s a MAGA asset who works for the US president

From Rita Ora to Roseanne: celebrity apologies, rated!

More and more famous people are issuing public apologies for things they’ve done, said or tweeted. But what is the best way to say sorry?

Gwyneth Paltrow: Brad Pitt threatened to kill Weinstein over alleged assault

Paltrow has said that her then-boyfriend threatened the disgraced mogul after he allegedly acted inappropriately towards her in a hotel room in 1995

Whitney Houston: film alleges singer sexually abused as a child by Dee Dee Warwick

Kevin Macdonald’s documentary, which has premiered at Cannes and has the backing of the singer’s family, alleges Houston was abused by her cousin, the late sister of Dionne Warwick

Taylor Swift v Katy Perry: when even an actual olive branch can’t end the froideur

For six years, the spat between the stars has been fought out on social media. So, naturally, when Katy tried to say sorry, Taylor only went and shared it with 107 million of her closest followers

‘It’s exhausting not being human’ – the weird world of Legion’s Aubrey Plaza

How do you play a gender-fluid psychotic figment of a mutant’s imagination? The star of the superhero psychodrama reveals all – and explains why her friends can’t watch it

‘Something for the man cave’: rich pickings as Russell Crowe’s divorce auction nets $3.7m

Actor marks erstwhile wedding anniversary and 54th birthday by selling off movie memorabilia, Australian art, 28 watches and something from the Cretaceous period

Call Me By Monet: how Instagram hybrids turned pop into art

High art and pop culture have often been mashed together – but rarely as effectively as on three Instagram accounts delighting fans of Monet, Alexa Chung and Harry Potter

Razzle dazzle ’em! Chicago’s creators on how to make a billion-dollar musical

As the murderous, magical musical high-kicks into the West End, its composer John Kander and Ann Reinking – aka the ‘jazz killer’ Roxie Hart – reveal the dark secrets of its success

Celebrity-in-chief: is Trump the only true star left?

The president’s tweet mocking the Oscars may have hit on a terrible truth: that he, not Hollywood’s woke actors, is the age’s real star

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story review – startling life of the film star/inventor

This excellent documentary celebrates the glamorous Hollywood icon and brilliant engineer whose groundbreaking work led to Bluetooth and wifi

‘Hitler was a wonderful painter’: Erykah Badu and other career capsizing interviews

From brostep pop stars to Hollywood veterans, we explore some of the problematic interviews that caused a furore

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