Alison Brie: ‘When Spielberg called it was the craziest half an hour of my life’

Her big break came as Trudy in Mad Men where she was ‘silent and professional’. Then it was ‘fart jokes’ in Community and wrestling in Glow. But none of that prepared Alison Brie for a call from Spielberg and a film role opposite Meryl Streep. Eve Barlow meets her

McMafia may use real Russians – but cod accents are still the norm on TV

The creators of the new BBC One thriller cast Russian actors to ensure authenticity – but screen history is still littered with bad accents

James Norton ‘got death threats’ after playing Happy Valley baddie

Actor, starring in BBC crime drama McMafia, says threats would be nothing new after playing Tommy Lee Royce

The 50 best TV shows of 2017: No 3 Twin Peaks: The Return

Weird and weirdly wonderful, David Lynch’s maximalist reboot was smarter, funnier, stranger and more perplexing that anything else on TV

The 50 best TV shows of 2017: No 5 Big Little Lies

The cleverly plotted tale of murder and yummy mummies brought a masterly twist on soapy US drama and a career-best performance from Nicole Kidman

The 50 best TV shows of 2017: No 7 The Deuce

David Simon’s drama about the birth of porn in 1970s New York is a clever tale of sex, commerce and the price of power

Big Little Lies season two confirmed with Andrea Arnold directing

Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman to return as stars of the Emmy-winning HBO mystery, with the British director of American Honey at the helm

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

She’s Gotta Have It review – an exhilarating examination of our attitudes to sex and race

Spike Lee’s movie about an unashamedly polyamorous woman has been adapted into a Netflix 10-parter, taking in gentrification and everyday sexual harassment

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

Naomi Campbell: ‘People try to use your past to blackmail you. I won’t allow it’

Late and distracted by her phone, the model soon transforms from hauteur to warmth. She discusses racism, Vogue, stereotypes of black women and how, at 47, she’s finally become comfortable in her own skin

Kevin Spacey: British police investigate sexual assault claims

Officers look into allegations man was assaulted in London in 2008, while Spacey was working in the UK capital

Kevin Spacey deserves to be scorned. But can I still watch House of Cards?

It is far harder to judge an artist than a work of art. History shows that bad people can do brilliant things, says Guardian writer Hannah Jane Parkinson

Lesley Sharp webchat – your questions answered on football, female roles and lipsyncing with David Tennant

Currently starring in Simon Stephens’ version of The Seagull, Lesley Sharp talked about creating characters with Mike Leigh, teaming up with Suranne Jones, writing her first novel – and the joy of animated caterpillars

Jonathan Groff on Mindhunter: ‘I walked into makeup and saw a scalped woman’s head’

Kids love his voice and Beyoncé loves his walk. But Jonathan Groff is entering new territory with David Fincher’s serial killer show. He talks Frozen 2, Hamilton – and why being openly gay hasn’t held him back in Hollywood