The star has spent a decade in a jazz and soft-rock haze, her newer pop efforts oddly anonymous for an artist once so electrifying. Her new album ‘Mayhem’ does feel like a return to form – but it’s her recent comments on her regained confidence as an artist that sound most promising, writes Adam White

After a few years of peddling to millennial nostalgia or boomer rock, the organisers of the Worthy Farm festival are placing their bets on a new generation of future stars. Hallelujah, says Roisin O’Connor

It's a wonder Hollywood even bothered adapting these novels, writes Jacob Stolworthy and Adam White

Was the last British woman to be executed a victim of misogyny and snobbery? ‘A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story’ makes her case

As Channel 4’s bittersweet sitcom classic reaches the end of the road, Nick Hilton meets the cast and creator of the show to explore its heart-rending conclusion

Few actors are brave enough to admit that they turned down some of the most famous films in recent memory, but these ones did, writes Adam White

Marvel’s cult superhero hit is being revived on Disney+. It follows a run of abject misfires for the sprawling franchise, writes Louis Chilton – but this one could well be different

Suzanne Mulholland, aka The Batch Lady, isn’t obsessed with food, hates weeknight cooking and wants you to spend less time in the kitchen. But with her new book, ‘Rapid Dinners’, she’s proving that meal prep doesn’t have to be a chore – and that a well-stocked freezer might just be the secret to a calmer life, says Ella Walker

Leave any expectations of subtlety or restraint at the door, says Phil Harrison, and there’s plenty to enjoy in the BBC’s new adaptation of Towards Zero

As the controversial director behind ‘Antichrist’ is admitted to a care centre for Parkinson’s weeks after the death of David Lynch, Xan Brooks wonders whether this may be the endgame for a certain strain of uncompromising left-field cinema

Reporting from the backstage press room at the Academy Awards, Kevin E G Perry gets a close-up view of the dazzled winners

The awards season staple features a star-making performance from 25-year-old Mikey Madison – who took home Best Actress at Sunday’s Oscars – and a tone that oscillates between slapstick, romcom and bleak drama, writes Annabel Nugent

Featuring digs at controversial ‘Emilia Perez’ star Karla Sofia Gascon and a ‘Dune’ sandworm playing the piano, the comedian’s opening run of zingers made up for years of plodding mediocrity from Jimmy Kimmel, writes Adam White

Jacob Stolworthy runs through 15 of the awards show’s most ridiculous victors... and what should have won instead

The so-called ‘Queen of Woke’ – as Tories love to call her – is declaring time of death on the culture wars. As she publishes her first book, she speaks with Maira Butt about moving past identity politics and debates over unisex bathrooms, sparring with Piers Morgan – and going to therapy

The rising star of the Oscar-nominated drama speaks to Lydia Spencer-Elliott about the ghosts of America’s past, his exciting future and an unlikely British sitcom connection

Will it be Demi Moore or Mikey Madison? Timothée Chalamet or Adrien Brody? And is ‘Emilia Pérez’ really, truly dead in the water? Ahead of this Sunday’s Academy Awards, Adam White predicts who will reign supreme in the show’s major categories

We all have those tunes that just get under our skin, but what happens when it’s one you came up with in the first place? Kevin E G Perry and Roisin O’Connor take a look at artists who’ve come to loathe their own creations

The ‘Nope’ and ‘One of Them Days’ actor – famed for being the star of a litany of internet memes – speaks to Adam White about the perils of online celebrity, the ‘dehumanisation’ of child stardom, and why, deep down, she’s a lot lonelier and more emotional than people might think

The dense and stylish period epic starring Adrien Brody is going into the Oscar weekend no longer as the Best Picture frontrunner… and it’s an understandable if disappointing development, writes Louis Chilton

Charlotte Johnson-Daniels, 41, a preschool teacher who lives in Kent with her husband, James, tells Charlotte Cripps why, after having five children of her own, she decided to help childless couples and become a surrogate in 2022, giving birth to the first baby in June 2024, and embarking on her second surrogacy journey this year

The ‘Dune’ star is up for an Academy Award for playing Bob Dylan in ‘A Complete Unknown’. Mike Bedigan explains what sets Chalamet apart from so many of his peers

Hackman, who was found dead this week at the age of 95, was one of the Hollywood’s greatest actors – and one of its least conventional leading men. It’s hard to imagine anyone like him reaching these levels of success now, writes Louis Chilton

In a world awash in war and fascism, Academy Award winners are having to navigate an impossible conundrum: do you talk about it all on stage, or ignore it entirely? Al Horner speaks to Hollywood insiders and Oscar winners Adam McKay and Graham Moore about the biggest elephant in the room this awards season

In 1999, Brazilians were left frustrated when Fernanda Montenegro, one of the country’s most famous and respected actors, was beaten to an Academy Award by the ‘Shakespeare in Love’ star. Now, almost three decades later, Montenegro’s daughter – the star of the celebrated drama ‘I’m Still Here’ – could take home the Best Actress prize herself, writes Adam White

Despite being voted ‘Least Likely to Succeed’ by his acting school classmates, Hackman became one of the greatest actors of our age, writes Martin Chilton

It's huge news today – Mummy Pig is pregnant and a new ‘Peppa Pig’ episode airing next month will show her making a baby announcement to Peppa and George. It’s never an easy conversation to have, says Charlotte Cripps, a mum of two who was terrified of her eldest feeling left out

Filled with dramatic popes and nuns backstabbing one another behind closed doors, Edward Berger’s surprisingly spicy thriller – starring Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini – should be rewarded on Hollywood’s biggest night, writes Lydia Spencer-Elliott

As a new Irish dramedy series comes to Sky Atlantic, Helen Coffey sits down with the show’s creator and leading lady to talk alien encounters, Celtic history and the siren call to return to our roots

After putting their cowboy duo on hold while boygenius toured the world, the Tennessee pair are releasing the music they wrote before Post Malone and Zayn made country records. They talk to Hannah Ewens about how they met, strained feelings about religion and taking on Beyoncé

From awarding Rami Malek’s all-teeth performance as Freddie Mercury to Julianne Moore winning Best Actress for the wrong movie, the Oscars have always inspired confusion and frustration. Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards, Adam White explores the most egregious mistakes in recent Oscar history

For years the Best Costume Design Oscar was presented via an elaborate spectacle that involved supermodels, dancers and – on one occasion – a live elephant carrying an envelope with the winner’s name in their trunk. Lydia Spencer-Elliott digs into the archives to unearth the truth behind the show’s slow demise

The awards season staple features a star-making performance from 25-year-old Mikey Madison and a tone that oscillates between slapstick, romcom and bleak drama – and it’d be a worthy winner on Oscar night, writes Annabel Nugent

The ‘Toxic Town’ writer talks to Gabriel Tate about activism, autism and why television has an originality problem

The Swedish chef is reviving ancient techniques, ditching modern kitchens and embracing the raw power of open flames. At his London restaurant, that means flambadou-fired oysters, juniper-smoked beef and a history lesson in every bite, writes Lauren Taylor

Designers have taken scissors to cloth even more than usual this LFW, repeatedly sending torn and shredded garments down the runway. Is it a new look you’ll soon be emulating, asks Joseph Bobowicz – or a statement on the cash-strapped fashion industry as it stands today?

Palestinian film No Other Land cannot find a US distributor. Drew Paul reports

From awarding Rami Malek’s all-teeth performance as Freddie Mercury to Julianne Moore winning Best Actress for the wrong movie, the Oscars have always inspired confusion and frustration. Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards, Adam White explores the most egregious mistakes in recent Oscar history

Will it be Demi Moore or Mikey Madison? Timothée Chalamet or Adrien Brody? And is ‘Emilia Pérez’ really, truly dead in the water? Ahead of this Sunday’s Academy Awards, Adam White predicts who will reign supreme in the show’s major categories

The Oscar-nominated soundscape of Brady Corbet’s awards frontrunner was often recorded before filming had begun, before being blasted out of speakers onto the set of the film during production. Kevin E G Perry speaks to composer Daniel Blumberg about his very novel approach to music – and his surprise that it’s been so embraced