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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

Number One on the Call Sheet review – a spectacular tribute to black excellence in Hollywood

Jaw-droppingly star-studded and stuffed with incredible stories, this series is a joy to watch. Just wait till you hear the one about James Brown burying bags of cash in the woods …

Nepo babies should do what they want. Except complain to the rest of us

After years of this discussion my patience is wearing thin

Twiggy review – Sadie Frost’s breezy telling of sunny fashion star’s landmark career

Frost’s documentary follows the working-class Londoner taking bad luck in her stride as she progresses from fashion to film stardom and back again

Oscars fashion winners … the silver age of Hollywood, with a splash of pink and yellow

The red carpet is a tightrope walk, but Mikey Madison and Timothée Chalamet made sure-footed choices – while many mature attendees showed younger performers the way

‘You name it, I did it’: Sheila Hancock on comedy, age and anxiety

You might think Dame Sheila Hancock would be taking life a little easy – no chance. She talks about her working-class roots, being lucky in love, the frustration of being passed over for serious roles – and why she’s fed up with feeling anxious

‘Stuff happens and it sucks’: Brooke Shields on abuse, ageing and telling her own story

Brooke Shields, sexualised child star at just 11, is no stranger to tabloid controversy. Now 59, perhaps now she can tell us how she ended up so… normal?

Zendaya and Tom Holland might be engaged – and of course people are being normal about it

Zendaya appeared on the Golden Globes red carpet wearing a diamond the size of a Quality Street chocolate. Cue internet hysteria

‘Friends keep me tethered’: actor Joe Alwyn on fame, dating Taylor Swift and keeping his feet on the ground

Joe Alwyn has had an astonishing rise. After his breakthrough with Ang Lee, he wowed in Conversations with Friends and now stars in The Brutalist. Throw in his ex, Taylor Swift, and you have a redhot A-lister ready to go

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