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Celebrity crib sheet: Sydney Sweeney is everywhere – here are nine things you need to know about her

A jeans ad made her notorious. Then she got cosy with Taylor Swift’s arch-nemesis. Time to get up to speed before the actor/model next hits the headlines …

We Did OK, Kid: A Memoir by Anthony Hopkins review – a legend with a temper

The Oscar-winning actor’s autobiography combines vulnerability with bloody-mindedness and belligerence

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’

Daniel Day-Lewis is cross that people equate method acting with ‘behaving like a lunatic’. That’s exactly why we love it

The actor famous for intensely immersing himself in film roles has spoken out about the technique and the attempts of others to ape it

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban split after 19 years

Australian actor and her musician husband have reportedly separated after two decades together

How Robert Redford redefined menswear on – and off – the screen

Redford was a paragon of masculine cool and a sartorial chameleon, able to take any aesthetic trope and make it shine with easy authenticity

‘Push back – or they’ll eat you alive’: James Cromwell on life as Hollywood’s biggest troublemaker

He marched against the Vietnam war, supported the Black Panthers, has protested over animal rights, ended up in prison after a climate sit-in – and starred in Babe, LA Confidential and Succession. He explains how he became the ultimate activist-actor

‘It was a fair shot’: Anna Wintour belatedly gives her verdict on The Devil Wears Prada

The formidable Vogue boss said Meryl Streep’s subtle performance as a fictional fashion editor ‘had a lot of wit’ – adding that she attended the premiere wearing Prada without knowing its theme

Broken English review – Marianne Faithfull’s last glow, as she recounts past lives

The charismatic Faithfull is quizzed by a fictional ministry fronted by Tilda Swinton about a confounding career, from 60s It girl to art scene doyenne

Jeans, controversy, used bathwater: Sydney Sweeney’s selling it all. A showbiz masterclass, if you ask me

Five years ago, she’d have been doing feminist stunts – but times change and Sydney has captured the zeitgeist. She might flog that to you too, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Digested week: high-end hen dos, pricey hoo-has and some horny history

I miss out on Lauren Sánchez’s pre-wedding jaunt but relish a trip down a medieval crypt

Famous men’s toxic fandoms have become a tool for punishing women

From DDG to Tory Lanez, a male celebrity is accused of abuse – and his supporters reverse the roles of victim and offender

Naked dressing: why Cannes is demanding celebrities wear clothes on the red carpet

The film festival seems to have rejected one of this season’s hottest fashion trends - wearing very little at all. But why all the worry?

‘I’d love Keanu to read it’: Ione Skye on bisexuality, infidelity and her wild tell-all memoir

The actor’s aptly named memoir Say Everything has been praised as raw, revealing, disarming and horny

Which celebrities are lying about their height? This website’s done the research

On Celebheights.com, thousands of users measure the statures of the rich and famous. The methods are scientific and the debates are fiery

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