Features & Reviews

<p>Simon Pegg: ‘It’s a great honour that any time anything bad happens, there’s a meme of me raising a pint’ </p>

the saturday interview

Simon Pegg: ‘People always ask when I’m going on Strictly – never’

The ‘Mission: Impossible’ star is lending his voice to a Quentin Blake animation for BBC One this festive season. Annabel Nugent finds out how he mixes family life with fame, whether he’ll be a part of Tom Cruise’s ‘third act’, and how he felt about briefly becoming a ‘poster boy for mental health’

<p>When a thick lick of Botox not only censors an actor’s ability to emote, but also completely takes you out of a film – is it not right to call it what it is?</p>

state of the arts

Celebrity plastic surgery is ruining Hollywood

<p>Elizabeth Debicki, one of the Diana actors William Conacher worked with on ‘The Crown'</p>

in focus

The Crown dialect coach on how to sound like Princess Diana

<p>Shane MacGowan in Barcelona during The Pogues’ heyday</p>

tribute

Shane MacGowan was a chaotic hellraiser and a natural storyteller

<p>‘Cavalleria rusticana' is a total masterpiece of staging </p>

Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci is a must for any opera fan

<p>Britney Spears, Martine McCutcheon, Salt ‘N’ Pepa, Crazy Frog: ‘Now’ albums have it all </p>

in focus

The bizarre legacy of Now That’s What I Call Music! 40 years on

Beyoncé harnesses perfectionism in Renaissance: A Film

<p>Mindbender: Anne Hathaway in ‘Eileen’ </p>

Anne Hathaway beguiles her way through the twisty, homoerotic Eileen

The Saturday Interview

<p>‘I’m an absolute neurotic hyperactive beast – I’m not necessarily good at shutting off and being cold’ </p>

The Saturday Interview

Jodie Whittaker: ‘I’m forever grief-ridden I’m not playing the Doctor’

<p>‘I don’t take on bad guys that are stroking their invisible moustache at the audience’</p>

The Saturday Interview

Jason Isaacs on Cary Grant and not being comfortable in his own skin

News

Rising Stars

<p>‘Consent isn’t binary, it’s not yes or no’</p>

Interview

How to Have Sex’s Mia McKenna-Bruce: ‘Consent is not yes or no’

<p>‘Everybody tries to do the Derry accent’ </p>

Interview

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell on being skint, Derry Girls, and prison show Screw

<p>Going her own way: Vasan says that ‘like any immigrant parents’, hers were ‘a little bit concerned’ about her choice to go into acting </p>

Interview

Black Mirror’s Anjana Vasan: ‘I’ve been underestimated. I’m small, brown and foreign’

<p>‘Belfast has a complex history, but there’s hope’</p>

Interview

Blue Lights star Katherine Devlin: ‘Belfast has a complex history, but there’s hope’

Independent TV

<p>Strictly’s Vito Coppola tells Ellie Leach she reminds him of fairytale princess.</p>

Strictly’s Vito Coppola tells Ellie Leach she’s a fairytale princess

<p>Strictly’s Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly ‘devastated’ as they address Nigel Harman’s exit on live show.</p>

Strictly’s Tess Daly ‘devastated’ as she reveals Nigel Harman’s exit

<p>Rylan Clark clambers onto stage during Kylie Minogue’s live Royal Albert Hall show.</p>

Rylan Clark clambers onto stage during Kylie Minogue’s live show

I’m A Celeb’s Nella Rose gets payback on Fred and Farage amid tensions

Apple TV+

<p>Clockwise from top left: ‘Bad Sisters’, ‘Pachinko’, ‘Ted Lasso’, ‘Severance’</p>

The best shows to watch on Apple TV+

Everything coming to Apple TV+ this June

Cha Cha Real Smooth: The feel-good comedy that passed you by

The new wine-tasting drama that’s your next TV must-watch

What to watch

<p>Netflix hits, clockwise from top right: ‘The Crown’, ‘BoJack Horseman’, ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘Squid Game'</p>

The 65 best original TV shows to watch on Netflix UK

<p>Amazon hits, clockwise from top right: ‘The Underground Railroad’, ‘LuLaRich’, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ and ‘Invincible’</p>

The 35 best original TV shows to watch on Amazon Prime

<p>Netflix hits (clockwise from top right): ‘Malcolm & Marie’, ‘The Irishman’, ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘Extraction’</p>

The 50 best original films to watch on Netflix, ranked

A guide to all the Disney+ original content

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science-tech

Scientists discover giant missing blob of water in the middle of the Atlantic

science-tech

'Lost City' deep in the Atlantic is like nothing else we've ever seen on Earth

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David Hockney unveils Christmas display to bring ‘joy and hope’ to Londoners

sport

Euro 2024 draw pranked by 'sex noises'

science-tech

Discovery from space shows that the pyramids were built using water

science-tech

Discovery from space shows that the pyramids were built using water

science-tech

Mutated tribe can swim to bottom of ocean after developing 'sea nomad gene'

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Tucker Carlson breaks silence on Fox News sacking and show cancellation

Sponsored

Why the Lenovo Yoga 5G is great news for streamers

How the new furlough scheme will help UK firms affected by Covid-19

Is your business ready for the UK’s transition out of the EU?

Musto and Land Rover launch performance-wear collaboration