LennyKravitz, plus Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, star in the film based on the life of the veteran White House butler Eugene Allen

The biggest headache for Weinstein’s civil rights movie is the title

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Maroon 5’s Adam Levine in the YOLO video

YOLO: You only live once (so get a better motto)

YOLO has become the – irritating – phrase of a generation. But the fightback has begun

George MacKay and Rob Brydon, a winning team in 'The Best of Men'

The Best of Men, BBC2, Thursday
EastEnders, BBC1, Monday

There will be gongs galore for the story of the Paralympics, but Walford is on the critical list

Screentalk: Stone has plenty to Crowe about

Emma Stone  is to work with Cameron Crowe on his next movie project. Crowe is gearing up for a yet-to-be titled romantic drama for the US actress.

Gina Rodriguez

Screentalk: Rodriguez is a real catch

Gina Rodriguez will play the lead in Sleeping with Fishes, Nicole Gomez Fisher's film about a young woman who returns to her dysfunctional family after the death of her cheating husband.

American Pie: Reunion, Jon Hurqitz & Hayden Schlossberg, 112 mins (15)
Safe, Boaz Yakin, 95 mins (15)
Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau, 94 mins

You can reheat a pie as often as you want, but it will never taste the way it did

DVD: Happy Feet Two (U)

Mumble the tap-dancing penguin and his Antarctica pals return for this lazy, confusing sequel.

Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh: It has just been announced that
Johansson is to play the Psycho star in a film about Alfred Hitchcock, which beggars the question: is there a more intimidating role to take on than that of another celebrated actor?

Trending: Playing a cinematic great? it's a tough act to follow, Scarlett

Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh

DVD: The Ides of March

Man-of-the-moment Ryan Gosling stars as an ambitious press officer who works for George Clooney's Obama-like governor during a Democratic primary.

No win, no fee: Ricardo Darin is a dodgy lawyer preying on accident victims

Carancho, Pablo Trapero, 94 mins (12A)
Wanderlust, David Wain, 98 mins (15)
This Means War, McG, 94 mins (12A)

If you don't want to get tangled up with The Vulture, better fasten your seatbelt ...

Ricci's return to favour has come with a makeover: she has slimmed down, sports an expensive-looking straightened hair cut with fringe

Christina Ricci: The goth who found glamour

The actress tells Kaleem Aftab about her tricky transition from troubled teen roles to romantic lead

DVD: Game of Thrones (18)

What in hell's teeth did we watch before HBO came along? Its latest is this saucy medieval fantasy drama, based on George R R Martin's bestselling novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, and while it may not be in quite the same league as The Sopranos or Boardwalk Empire, it's still considerably more gripping than your average British drama.

Halle Berry

'I'd like to thank all the people who will still employ me...'

You win an Oscar, your career is set, yes? Not necessarily – it's what you do next that counts, says Geoffrey Macnab

Hunky Dory (15) / This Means War (12A) (3/5, 1/5)

Starring: Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard, Darren Evans, Robert Pugh / Starring: Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine

DVD: Anonymous (12)

The Independence Day director's totally unnecessary "conspiracy theory" drama wheels out the tiresome thesis that William Shakespeare was not the author of his plays.

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The great war photographer was not one person but two. Their pictures of Spain's civil war, lost for decades, tell a heroic tale
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The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

Someone, somewhere has to write speeches for world leaders to deliver in the event of disaster. They offer a chilling hint at what could have been
Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Think comedy’s a man's world? You must be stuck in the 1980s, says Holly Williams
Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

The Dr Feelgood guitarist talks frankly about his terminal illness
Lure of the jingle: Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life

Lure of the jingle

Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life
Who stole the people's own culture?

DJ Taylor: Who stole the people's own culture?

True popular art drives up from the streets, but the commercial world wastes no time in cashing in
Guest List: The IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Guest List: IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Before you stuff your luggage with this year's Man Booker longlist titles, the case for some varied poolside reading alternatives
What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

Rupert Cornwell: What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
'A man walks into a bar': Comedian Seann Walsh on the dangers of mixing alcohol and stand-up

Comedian Seann Walsh on alcohol and stand-up

Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
From Edinburgh to Hollywood (via the Home Counties): 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Edinburgh to Hollywood: 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
'Hello. I have cancer': When comedian Tig Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on

Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
They think it's all ova: Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

With its own Tiger Woods - South Korea's Inbee Park - the women's game has a growing audience
10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

Here are the potential stars of the World Championships which begin on Saturday
The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

Briefings are off the record leading to transfer speculation which is merely a means to an end