Harry Shearer: ‘To say Trump is “beyond satire” is an admission of defeat’
He went from Spinal Tap to The Simpsons. Now, with his album The Many Moods of Donald Trump, the comic takes aim at America’s ‘encyclopedia salesman’ president
Can Hollywood on the Gold Coast help save Australia’s floundering film and TV industry?
International producers flocking to Covidsafe Australia to shoot big-budget films may not bring the benefits the local industry needs
Agents of Chaos: a shocking look at what really happened in the 2016 election
A two-part series from Alex Gibney attempts to definitively explain Russian interference, from troll factories to hacking to a mutual ‘seduction’ of greed
Issa Rae: ‘It’s astounding that our talent hasn’t been recognised’
The woman behind cult HBO comedy Insecure has been making and starring in her own series for years. What took Hollywood so long to notice?
Diana Rigg: star with an independent streak to match her glamour
From kickass screen roles to award-winning theatre and TV ones, with a curious sideline in nuns, the Yorkshire-born actor’s class and spirit earned her a magnificent career
Harry and Meghan sign multi-year Netflix deal
Duke and Duchess of Sussex say focus will be on ‘content that informs but also gives hope’
Even die-hard fans must be wondering if Tesla stock is moving too fast
Stock split is merely cosmetic for company whose valuation seems to be controlled by pure psychology
UK broadcasters outbid and forced to innovate amid shortage of shows
Streaming services such as Netflix take advantage of production shutdown
BBC a bulwark against pandemic of fake news, Tony Hall to argue
Outgoing director general to say corporation can persuade UK public to take up vaccine
Enough of the explicit sex. Do put some clothes on, for all our sakes
New guidelines put in place during the Covid outbreak should be made permanent
Pop culture is overdue for another racial reckoning – about colourism
A preference for people of color with lighter skin tones is endemic in the entertainment and fashion industries
Dan Snow sells History Hit network to Little Dot Studios
Podcast and video business sold to business owned by Fleabag and 1917 producer All3Media
BBC axes evening edition of Newsround after 48 years
Programme makers shift focus to internet and daily children’s TV bulletin aimed at schools
June Sarpong: ‘BBC gets a hard time but in some ways we’re ahead on diversity’
The corporation’s director of creative diversity says it is setting the pace for inclusivity in UK broadcasting
‘This show is just the start’: inside the BBC’s all-person-of-colour A Suitable Boy
It has 110 actors, is based on one of the longest books in English - and it’s the BBC’s first historical drama with no white characters. But some think the series doesn’t go far enough. We take a look behind the scenes