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‘Gorgeous is my business’ … how blond billboard bombshell Angelyne became an LA icon

Mystery has shrouded Angelyne ever since her giant ads besieged LA. Now a new drama starring Emmy Rossum and Martin Freeman is telling her astonishing story – and she’s furious about it. We track down the pink-Corvette-driving star

Post your questions for Jacki Weaver

What will you ask the Oscar-nominated star of Animal Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook and the forthcoming Father Stu?

‘It’s like young love with the brakes off’: Bennifer and the couples who get back together

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are back together after 19 years – and they aren’t the only ones. Why do some pairings work better the second time around?

Sienna Miller on taking on the tabloids: ‘It was so toxic – what women were subjected to’

After a bruising battle to expose the red tops’ dirty tricks, the actor reveals the price she paid

Liza Minnelli was ‘sabotaged’ at Oscars and ‘forced’ to appear in wheelchair, claims friend

Longtime collaborator Michael Feinstein has alleged that the manner of Minnelli’s appearance presenting best picture last month was largely against her wishes

Jennifer Lopez says she and Ben Affleck are engaged (again)

19 years after their 2003 wedding was called off, a teary Lopez shows fans her new engagement ring

What next for Will Smith after Oscars slap? Hollywood divided over the star’s future

Reaction to the Academy Awards incident has veered from acceptance to outrage – and even boredom. With an Oscar-tipped movie in the pipeline for 2023, the star has many options, including baring his soul on a chatshow

Will Smith: can his career survive – or is the Fresh Prince finished?

For three bravado-filled decades, he was box office dynamite, pulling in $9 billion. How will the star now win back the public’s esteem – and keep Hollywood onside?

Don’t mention that slap! Why no one was talking about Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars afterparty

Everyone from Larry David to Lady Gaga dodged questions or hid behind their PRs. If only their goodie bags had included a few opinions …

Monica Bellucci: ‘If your work is just about beauty, you won’t last five minutes’

She studied law, became a model, and then starred in everything from arthouse films to blockbusters. Now the multilingual Italian actor is overcoming a lifetime of stage fright to play opera diva Maria Callas

Leonardo DiCaprio buys stake in green-friendly champagne house

Star of Titanic says Champagne Telmont is determined to ‘radically lower its environmental footprint’

‘I cried for an hour!’: Arrested Development’s Will Arnett on divorce, fatherhood and friendship

After years of playing insecure braggarts, the actor is taking on a new challenge – as star of the improvised celebrity cop show Murderville. He talks about his ‘weird’ period, his split with Amy Poehler, and having a baby in his 50s

Smells like Matthew McConaughey: the new wave of celebrity odour

Celebrities have long advertised beauty products, then they started their own cosmetics firms. Making products for their own personal use was the obvious next step

Jennifer Lawrence defends Leonardo DiCaprio’s higher pay for Don’t Look Up

Despite their equal billing on the forthcoming film, Lawrence says she is ‘extremely fortunate and happy with my deal’

Crooks, creeps and indecent proposals: Emily Ratajkowski on being paid to hang out with rich men

When she landed in LA, aged 19, the model, actor and writer was plunged into a world where wealthy men were desperate to be seen with women like her. At what cost?

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