‘I ain’t waiting’: John Boyega shows movie stars what political engagement looks like

His Hyde Park speech is a teachable moment in the history of race, racism and celebrity. He’s part of a vigorous, distinguished tradition

John Boyega’s rousing Black Lives Matter speech wins praise and support

Boyega’s Star Wars co-stars were among those congratulating the actor on a passionate address at anti-racism demonstration in London

William Shatner: ‘I’m in a ferment of creativity’

The actor and raconteur on June Allyson, Alexander the Great’s horse and why he doesn’t watch Star Trek

‘You lot can’t rattle me’: John Boyega defends explicit anti-racism posts in wake of George Floyd death

The Star Wars actor expanded on his defiance of racist social media users in an Instagram Live video

Sex, lies and celluloid: how realistic is Netflix’s drama Hollywood?

It’s got orgies, arrests, scandals and eccentrics. But is the central story – about gay and black people triumphing in 1940s Tinseltown – realistic? We sift the ugly facts from glossy fiction

Matt Damon says his Ireland lockdown feels like ‘a fairytale’

Actor, who is staying near Dublin, says country’s leader Leo Varadkar is a ‘badass’ and he worries about lack of Covid-19 testing in US

Explain it to me quickly: is Robert Pattinson trolling us with his horrifying pasta dish?

The actor has shared an unorthodox pasta recipe involving sugar, pre-sliced cheese and an exploding microwave. One Guardian Australia staffer explains it to another, quickly

Rafe Spall: ‘Dieting is the opposite of sex!’

Once the ‘go-to guy for feckless losers’, the actor is now spearheading Apple’s assault on British TV. He talks about flops, racism, chest hair – and Laurence Fox

Michael Sheen’s impersonations – ranked!

The actor is currently wowing viewers as Chris Tarrant in Quiz, but he has a long line of uncanny impressions in his back catalogue

From Arnold Schwarzenegger to Naomi Campbell: the best of celebrity quaran-TV

With stars holed up at home during the coronavirus crisis, web series are back on trend. Here’s our pick of the savviest and the silliest, from model hang-outs to Arnie’s reality show

Lee Ryan takes over the world – is this the future of post-pandemic celebrity?

Stars and entrepreneurs will find bizarre opportunities in the conspiracy-theory laced hell for ordinary folk that is the coronavirus pandemic

‘You are a trophy’: ex-beauty queens judge Misbehaviour

An author, actor and doctor look back on their experiences as beauty contestants. What does the film about the flour-bombing feminist protests at 1970’s Miss World get right, and wrong?

‘Just keep laughing!’: Judi Dench leads older stars lifting spirits on Twitter

From Dench in a dog hat to Elaine Paige in flower-clad rubber gloves, entertainment royalty is standing up to coronavirus with some bizarre comic relief. Now, where’s Cher?

TV tonight: Miriam Margolyes goes on the road on her Big Fat Adventure

The typically frank actor confronts attitudes to her body and the growing body positivity movement. Plus: investigating disability discrimination. Here’s what to watch this evening

Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman queue up to prove their secret pro-Trump credentials

The vast moral hypocrisy of stars pontificating from their gilded bubble so obviously only makes things worse, you have to assume they are doing it on purpose