Spielberg’s Ready Player One – in 2045, virtual reality is everyone’s saviour

At last, a film that dares to show the positive side of living in virtual reality. Steven Spielberg’s future shocker, about people using VR to escape hell on Earth, promises to be everything The Matrix wasn’t

Awkwafina: ‘I was just rapping about my genitalia – not making a feminist message’

New Yorker Nora Lum, AKA Awkwafina, has been going places since My Vag went viral on YouTube – now she’s playing a scrappy wingman in the movie Ocean’s 8

Fox and Disney: is Rupert Murdoch in retreat – or planning his next move?

With Disney apparently poised to take over key Fox assets, it seems as though the Murdoch family is ceding control of its empire. What’s behind the move?

Daisy Ridley is right to quit social media. Actors should be seen and not followed

For actors there are no downsides to leaving Instagram and the like. A star should radiate mystique, not false bonhomie and complaints about queues for the toilet, writes film critic Ryan Gilbey

Run the code: is algorave the future of dance music?

By building up tracks through the manipulation of programming code, algorave producers are among the underground’s most dextrous and daring. We head to Sheffield to meet those at the heart of the scene

Soap opera: Michael Nyman composes score for washing machine film

Central London cinema to screen 66-minute premiere of 40C washing cycle, called Washing Machine – The Movie

Amazon’s $1bn bet on Lord of the Rings shows scale of its TV ambition

Web giant has had a few minor triumphs, but remains behind rivals such as Netflix, with Disney and Apple also making moves

Film tells how Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr helped to invent wifi

Hedy Lamarr starred in biblical blockbusters . Now a Susan Sarandon-produced film will tell how her scientific work pioneered modern communications

Apple announces drama series starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston

The tech giant has given a two-season order to an untitled drama about the lives of people working on morning television as well as a show from Steven Spielberg

I hate internet outrage. But could we have stopped Weinstein without it?

Social media has leveled the playing field between those with immense power and the rest of us. But there are upsides and downsides to public shaming

Bria Vinaite: from Instagram entrepreneur to starring opposite Willem Dafoe

Spotted promoting her clothing line on the image‑sharing app, Bria Vinaite landed the leading role in The Florida Project

Catherine Deneuve questions anti-harassment campaign in wake of Weinstein scandal

While expressing sympathy for victims of harassment, the actor has expressed doubts about the usefulness of social media outpourings and hashtag activism

‘We can take it almost anywhere’: how Brexit threatens the UK’s creative industries

Leading lights from the fastest growing area of the economy say it relies on freedom of movement and, without access to overseas talent, it will wither

#WomenBoycottTwitter: Rose McGowan’s suspension prompts protest

Anna Paquin, Alyssa Milano and John Cusack among users joining one-day protest against treatment of women on social media platform

Rose McGowan suspended from Twitter after Ben Affleck tweets

Actor who has spoken out in Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal is banned in move that will reignite controversy around Twitter abuse rules