Nathalie Baye obituary
Versatile French actor best known for her film roles in Catch Me If You Can, Every Man for Himself and Downton Abbey
Nathalie Baye, prolific star of French and Hollywood cinema, dies aged 77
Baye went from working with the great French auteurs in the 1970s and 80s, including Truffaut and Godard, to high profile roles in Catch Me if You Can and Downton Abbey: A New Era
‘Women want to experience pleasure’: how the female gaze caught the attention of film, TV and fiction
From passionate romantasy novels to premium television dramas, culture is bringing the agency, desires and interior lives of women to the fore. It’s proving good for business, but is this a permanent revolution?
From Lee Cronin’s The Mummy to Zayn: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
The horror maestro delivers a fresh take on the classic monster schlocker, and the former 1D man is back with a new album of slinky, loved-up R’n’B
I’ll make up a whopper you can’t refuse! Why do we love to believe cinema’s best lines were improvised?
From The Godfather to Saltburn, the internet is awash with claims that actors are ditching the script and making it up as they go along. What’s behind our desire to invest in these behind-the-scenes ‘secrets’?
TV tonight: Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West return in comedy Big Mood
Prepare for wedding chaos in Camilla Whitehill’s sharp series. Plus: it’s the Apprentice final. Here’s what to watch this evening
Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future review – some of these insights into AI are just mindblowing
From people marrying digital companions to CEOs excited about how people whose jobs are replaced can ‘adapt’, this is terrifying watching. But Perry is the perfect host
Angela Pleasence obituary
Actor known for playing Monica Sutton in Coronation Street, her many stage roles, and film and TV appearances with her father, Donald Pleasence
The Pitt and Game of Thrones spinoff given age ratings as BBFC deploys new AI tool
Regulator says tool, which creates reports for humans to review, has helped classify entire UK catalogue of HBO Max
‘Such a water-cooler show!’ Jane Krakowski on Ally McBeal – and life as the world’s biggest scene-stealer
The 1990s series set her career alight; then came 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and countless theatre triumphs. She discusses Tina Fey, Stephen Sondheim and why it would take a broken leg to keep her off stage
Celebrity on celebrity: are we losing the art of the big star interview?
The biggest names in and out of Hollywood are choosing to be interviewed by their peers rather than journalists, leaving many more revealing questions on the table
From You, Me & Tuscany to Euphoria: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page star in a slinky new romcom, while the dissolute teens of the US drama are back in their 20s
Fortune Feimster: ‘The stage was a crate, the sound system was a karaoke machine. No one enjoyed the show’
The standup on playing a beaver in Zootropolis 2, being inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger and why her mother is a great source of comedy
‘Coming out in the 90s? You might as well say ‘I love cock!’’ Nathan Lane on gay life, Broadway and defying stereotypes
The brassy actor’s performance in Death of a Salesman is the crown jewel in a life spent on stage. He says it could be his last Broadway role
Paul Seed obituary
Actor and versatile television director who helped shape the influential BBC production of House of Cards