Not since The Great Gatsby has a scene in which a rich man ends up face-down in a pool been so thoroughly analysed. HBO’s refusal to provide journalists with a pre-release copy of the final…

Initially, CGI was funny because it was so rudimentary. Think pixelated monsters with unblinking eyes, supposedly living beings with stiff robotic arms, explosions more laughable than scary. But even now it’s become incredibly sophisticated, CGI…

Naomie Harris has claimed she was sexually harassed by a “huge star” during an audition.According to the actor, the project’s casting director and director were present during the incident but did not intervene.Harris, who recently…

Boris Johnson has been hit with fresh allegations over Covid breaches last year (Reuters)Boris Johnson has been hit with fresh allegations over Covid breaches last year, including that he took part in a Downing Street…

Rita Ora is standing in her large, open-plan kitchen talking about freezing her eggs. Her mum, Vera, is cooking us baked salmon for supper, while Ora’s sister/manager/business partner Elena, who is often credited as the…

(EPA)Around two dozen Treasury staff had office drinks las year while England was in lockdown, The Times has reported.The newspaper quoted a Treasury spokesperson who confirmed that a “small number” of civil servants had “impromptu…

Manchester United's Swedish striker Anthony Elanga (AFP via Getty Images)Manchester United’s interim boss Ralf Rangnick takes charge of the club for the first time in the Champions League as the Red Devils wrap up their…

It’s Beatlemania all over again: half a century after the Fab Four split, the Liverpudlians are once more dominating the cultural conversation thanks to Peter Jackson’s sprawling seven-hour documentary Get Back. In a recent five-star…

Think of an Aaron Sorkin production and several things spring to mind. Zinging dialogue, yes. A cheesy orchestral flourish, perhaps? A fist-pumping denouement? Certainly. The writer-director’s name has almost become an adjective, its own distinct…

There is, it’s fair to say, nothing more important to the movies than actors.The right performance can tip a film into the realm of greatness; a bad one can doom an otherwise promising project to…