The secret life of an extra: don’t talk, don’t eat and don’t go home till 2am

Working as a supporting artiste is not as glamorous as it sounds. At the mercy of the weather, you might not make the final cut – or much money

How feminists embraced the radical open letter

From the survivor of the Stanford sexual assault case to celebrities such as Jennifer Lawrence and Amber Heard, 2016 has seen a once-derided format stage a comeback

After a hard place, a Rock – bring on the 2020 US elections!

Muscular luvvie the Rock has mooted the possibility that he will be the next showbiz occupant of the White House, raising the uplifting prospect that a) the world won’t have ended by then, and b) his workout hashtags can get a wider audience

Lindsay Lohan: the polyglot calling the Kettering back

Not content with speaking six languages, being an energy-drink brand ambassador, and putting her name to an Athens nightclub for refugees, she may still turn up to illuminate her favourite Northants market town

Hacker who stole nude photos of celebrities gets 18 months in prison

Ryan Collins ran a two-year phishing scam to gain the passwords of more than 100 people, including Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna and Avril Lavigne

The future of pop culture: robot performers, an avatar Drake and a Kanye West superstore

AI, VR and smartphones are changing the way we consume culture, but what comes next? From film to visual arts, we explore entertainment’s new frontiers

Demi Lovato and the young stars who declare themselves on a break

When the singer announced she wasn’t cut out for stardom, she followed the footsteps of young performers deciding to take time out from the spotlight

Mel Gibson on testosterone – just what the world needs

The actor/director is enjoying a comeback with films such as Hacksaw Ridge and Blood Father. Are we safe with him being so pumped up?

Brangelina brings the first wave of self-cancelling celebrity news

The divorce ‘stories’ are coming so thick and fast that none seems to have any salience for more than a couple of hours

Don’t look for reason yet in the Brangelina fight

The Jolie-Pitt celebrity break-up, hard on the heels of the Heard-Depp split, may signal a new trend in women refusing to ‘go quietly’

Brad and Angelina’s divorce for dummies

Madame Tussauds has respectfully moved waxworks of the stars apart

What next in the cringe-orama of name fusion? Let it go with Brangelina

Let us hope Angelina Jolie’s split from Brad Pitt kills off the fashion for celebrity name fusion – before Shakepeare’s lovers become Antoptra or Ruliet

How Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt defined the 21st-century fame machine

Their old-school Hollywood glamour and high-minded campaigning made them the biggest and glitziest celebrity couple of them all. But now Jolie and Pitt’s divorce is destroying the celebrity game they played to perfection