Riz Ahmed calls for urgent change in ‘toxic portrayals’ of Muslims on screen

Actor cites ‘racist’ Hollywood films and urges industry reform to end stereotypes that drive ‘policies enacted and people killed’

Half of adults in UK watched porn during pandemic, says Ofcom

Research shows PornHub has bigger audience than BBC News – and people increasingly live lives online

Top intimacy coach says too many TV bosses still do not value role

Ita O’Brien says she was not expecting credit from Michaela Coel at Baftas, and working with her was a joy

Licence to content: Amazon’s MGM takeover gives it access to Bond and beyond

Another worrying step in the monopolisation of entertainment, the internet giant’s $8.45bn splurge is about adding reams of classic Hollywood IP for its film-making arm to feast on

Sony Movie Channel has been renamed Great! But how? And why?!

Sony’s Freeview TV staple has a new name, with an exclamation mark to show how exciting it is! What’s the thinking behind the rebrand? And who’s watching?

AT&T agrees deal to combine WarnerMedia with Discovery

New company aims to ‘compete with world’s largest streamers’ such as Netflix and Disney+

It’s not just racism and sexism. The Golden Globes have been sunk by sheer stupidity

The preposterous Hollywood Foreign Press Association gravy train might have chugged on for ever if its members had just swallowed their pride and done more for diversity

I’m still picking up the pieces after being sexually harassed by a fellow actor

Actors and crew need better protection from abuse and bullying on set. Too many powerful people get away with it, says a TV and film actor

Golden Globes body unveils plans to deal with crisis over diversity and ethics

HFPA’s roadmap includes proposal to add minimum 20 new members in 2021 with a ‘focus on recruiting Black members’

Golden Globes crisis deepens as former president expelled and advisers resign

Hollywood Foreign Press Association expels Philip Berk after he shared article calling Black Lives Matter a ‘racist hate group’

Oscars 2021: looming TV ratings disaster could be calamitous for Academy

The starry telecast keeps the Academy afloat – but plunging viewers suggest the institution is out of sync with the public

‘It was like a horror film’: inside the terror of the Covid cruise ship

HBO documentary The Last Cruise revisits, through footage recorded by passengers and crew, the early-pandemic horror of the Diamond Princess cruise disaster

We stan together: the wonderful world of Instagram TV fan pages

Continuing our series on a year of lockdown viewing, we explore how social media has brought comfort to fans of British television – and offered an alternative to gossip