‘Hot rodent boyfriend’ is the latest trend reframing men’s looks – why can’t we extend this generosity towards women?

It seems as though at least once a year the internet creates a new category of unconventionally hot guys to thirst over – but this almost never goes in the other direction

Daily grind getting you down? Let’s celebrate the success of the ‘anti-nepo baby’ celebrities

Quinta Brunson, Lily Gladstone, Melissa McCarthy and Chappell Roan all worked long and hard for their big breaks. I’m so glad they stuck with it

Maya Hawke is honest about her privilege. Why are other nepo babies so defensive?

The actor has been frank about her luck and comfort. But many celebrity children refuse to acknowledge the influence of their rich and well-connected parents, writes Arwa Mahdawi

On the Cannes red carpet, it’s film-makers’ turn to shine

In this week’s newsletter: With few expectations or endorsement deals to suppress their style, the top directors at the film festival are breaking rules with chic, expressive outfits

Ditzy, unfiltered: why Drew Barrymore is Hollywood’s great survivor

The troubled child actor turned chatshow host faces flak for her toe-curling interview with Kamala Harris. But oversharing is all part of her shtick

Evolution of man: how Ryan Gosling changed stardom, cinema and society

The actor’s feminist credentials, a wholehearted embrace of comedy and being one of the most memed actors on social media has seen Gosling’s auto-satirising alpha male become white-hot box office in 2024

Chris Pratt draws ire for razing historic 1950 LA home for sprawling mansion

Actor and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger dismantle 1950 Zimmerman house designed by architect Craig Ellwood

Eleanor Coppola, Emmy award winning director, dies aged 87

Coppola known for Hearts of Darkness, film chronicling tortured production of husband Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now

An Irish Angel review – incident-packed teenage pregnancy comedy lurches into tragedy

This Northern Ireland-set feature veers unconvincingly from a schoolgirl’s abortion dilemma to a welter of subplots before a clumsy tonal shift

Susan Sarandon, Olivia Colman and Paul Mescal join star donors of Cinema for Gaza auction

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn gives jam as swathe of film and TV celebrities add support, including Zone of Interest’s Jonathan Glazer and Thor’s Tessa Thompson

‘We said no to Elvis Presley sweat and James Dean condoms’: the agent making a killing from dead celebrities

Mark Roesler is a publicist with a difference – most of the clients he represents are no longer alive. And thanks to AI, holograms and social media, being dead famous is more lucrative than ever

Oscars 2024: your catchup with all the action from Hollywood’s biggest night

From Billie to Barbie and Pacino to the pins, here’s where to get up to speed with the winners, the losers, the talking points and the dud moments

Fashion, addiction, antisemitism: the spectacular rise and fall of designer John Galliano

He was the epoch-shifting auteur of 90s fashion. Then came drugs, grief and an infamous outburst. As Kevin Macdonald’s new documentary shows, self-destruction was all that could stop him

‘Just a person who liked chips’: Bristol takeaway celebrates Cary Grant ties

Rendezvous restaurant loved by young Archibald Leach marks film star’s 120th birthday

‘My mouth was going towards his mouth’: why famous men are kissing at awards ceremonies

From Mark Ruffalo to Robert Downey Jr, men are expressing platonic affection in ways their forebears wouldn’t have dreamed of