On the Cannes red carpet, it’s film-makers’ turn to shine
In this week’s newsletter: With few expectations or endorsement deals to suppress their style, the top directors at the film festival are breaking rules with chic, expressive outfits
Ditzy, unfiltered: why Drew Barrymore is Hollywood’s great survivor
The troubled child actor turned chatshow host faces flak for her toe-curling interview with Kamala Harris. But oversharing is all part of her shtick
Evolution of man: how Ryan Gosling changed stardom, cinema and society
The actor’s feminist credentials, a wholehearted embrace of comedy and being one of the most memed actors on social media has seen Gosling’s auto-satirising alpha male become white-hot box office in 2024
Chris Pratt draws ire for razing historic 1950 LA home for sprawling mansion
Actor and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger dismantle 1950 Zimmerman house designed by architect Craig Ellwood
Eleanor Coppola, Emmy award winning director, dies aged 87
Coppola known for Hearts of Darkness, film chronicling tortured production of husband Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now
An Irish Angel review – incident-packed teenage pregnancy comedy lurches into tragedy
This Northern Ireland-set feature veers unconvincingly from a schoolgirl’s abortion dilemma to a welter of subplots before a clumsy tonal shift
Susan Sarandon, Olivia Colman and Paul Mescal join star donors of Cinema for Gaza auction
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn gives jam as swathe of film and TV celebrities add support, including Zone of Interest’s Jonathan Glazer and Thor’s Tessa Thompson
‘We said no to Elvis Presley sweat and James Dean condoms’: the agent making a killing from dead celebrities
Mark Roesler is a publicist with a difference – most of the clients he represents are no longer alive. And thanks to AI, holograms and social media, being dead famous is more lucrative than ever
Oscars 2024: your catchup with all the action from Hollywood’s biggest night
From Billie to Barbie and Pacino to the pins, here’s where to get up to speed with the winners, the losers, the talking points and the dud moments
Fashion, addiction, antisemitism: the spectacular rise and fall of designer John Galliano
He was the epoch-shifting auteur of 90s fashion. Then came drugs, grief and an infamous outburst. As Kevin Macdonald’s new documentary shows, self-destruction was all that could stop him
‘Just a person who liked chips’: Bristol takeaway celebrates Cary Grant ties
Rendezvous restaurant loved by young Archibald Leach marks film star’s 120th birthday
‘My mouth was going towards his mouth’: why famous men are kissing at awards ceremonies
From Mark Ruffalo to Robert Downey Jr, men are expressing platonic affection in ways their forebears wouldn’t have dreamed of
From Barbie to Cameron: the most memorable comebacks of 2023
Observer writers choose the outstanding returns of the year in the worlds of politics, fashion, sport and film
From Beyoncé to Beckham: the worrying rise of one-sided celeb documentaries
Be it the pop star’s failure to mention the controversy over her LGBTQ credentials, or Beckham ignoring rumours of an affair, stars increasingly make shows that dodge the truth – to their detriment
Édith Piaf’s voice re-created using AI so she can narrate own biopic
In-development film comes after controversy around the re-creation of late stars’ voices, such as Anthony Bourdain