Features & Reviews

Interview

How New York artist Alice Neel seduced us with her fearless portraits

The biggest exhibition of Alice Neel’s portraits in the UK to date opens this week at the Barbican. Eloise Hendy explores the life of an artist whose canvases captured everyone from Andy Warhol to the socially marginalised

Comment

It’s official – self-awareness is ruining reality TV

Interview

The Whale’s Hong Chau on backlash, awards and hitting Brendan Fraser

Interview

Leila Farzad on I Hate Suzie and taking the lead in BBC drama Better

Inside the madness and mishaps of the Super Bowl half-time show

Physical: 100 is Netflix’s most meta show to date

Interview

Mo Gilligan on the cost of living crisis, gentrification and The Brits

Inside Film

Geoffrey Macnab Is the Gladiator sequel a good idea?

The Saturday Interview

Interview

Jason Segel on Shrinking, puppets, and tiring of How I Met Your Mother

Interview

Sarah Michelle Gellar on slaying, sexism and surviving Hollywood

News

Oscars 2023

The story behind the longest Oscars speech of all time

In 1943, English actor Greer Garson won the Academy Award for Best Actress and spoke for an undefeated four minutes. Clémence Michallon revisits this page in Oscars history

The 10 best ‘loser’ reactions from actors at the Oscars

The 27 actors you’d assume have won Oscars – but haven’t

The 10 worst Oscar acceptance speeches of all time

Rising Stars

‘Fear levels were sky-high’: Rosy McEwen on Section 28 drama Blue Jean

Interview

Daryl McCormack: ‘Before we knew it, the three of us were naked’

Interview

Haley Lu Richardson on The White Lotus, narcissism and her precious pet

Interview

Lewis Gribben: ‘I know what it’s like to be an outsider’

Independent TV

Jenna Ortega opens up about ‘hysterically crying’ filming Wednesday

Ted Lasso season three release date revealed

Rihanna updates fans on possibility of new music

Jon Favreau no longer feels like ‘outsider’ with Walk of Fame star

What to watch

The 65 best original TV shows to watch on Netflix UK

The 35 best original TV shows to watch on Amazon Prime

The 50 best original films to watch on Netflix, ranked

A guide to all the Disney+ original content

Culture

Idris Elba gives definitive answer on longstanding James Bond rumour

Steven Spielberg tells Tom Cruise he ‘saved Hollywood’ in viral clip

Angela Bassett ‘sorry for’ Anthony Hopkins after Marvel criticism

Steven Spielberg has no regrets declining offer to direct Harry Potter

Former Disney distribution chief, Dave Hollis, dies at 47

Ryan Reynolds welcomes Emma Corrin

TV & Radio

Film

Helen Mirren to lead special tribute to late Queen at 2023 Baftas

Forrest Gump’s chocolate box sells for £20,500 on Valentine’s Day

Julian Sands search continues one month after disappearance

Cate Blanchett warns ‘cancel culture’ risks history repeating itself

Shannon Elizabeth explains why she warned people off American Pie

Film fans threaten to boycott The Flash over Ezra Miller

Music

How much did Rihanna get paid for the Super Bowl halftime show?

How to get tickets to the S Club 7 reunion tour

Claudia Winkleman’s disastrous 2003 interview with S Club 7

Katy Perry announces new dates for Las Vegas residency in summer 2023

Fawlty Towers’s Connie Booth claims she wasn’t told about reboot

Sam Smith reportedly ‘furious’ ahead of Brits performance

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Did Tom Brady throw Valentine's Day shade at ex-wife Gisele?

Don Jr reveals the real reason people incorrectly assume he's coked up

Pornhub's Super Bowl stats show what America was watching alongside the big game

A Netflix movie 'predicted' the Ohio disaster in the same town it was made

TikToker eats at 'worst-rated restaurant' in London - and it's not that bad

The '15 minute city' theory explained

KSI gets thousands of people to explicitly mock Tottenham on live Australian TV

Sponsored

Why the Lenovo Yoga 5G is great news for streamers

How the new furlough scheme will help UK firms affected by Covid-19

Is your business ready for the UK’s transition out of the EU?

Musto and Land Rover launch performance-wear collaboration