This week sees the two actors going head-to-head at the multiplex with competing star vehicles – but the staid biopic ‘Maria’ and the playful erotic thriller ‘Babygirl’ only expose how disappointingly the two women’s careers have diverged over the last 20 years, writes Xan Brooks

Films can still offer an emotional hit like nothing else. Helen O’Hara and Patrick Smith pick their favourites

The Oscar-winning actor recently donated $1 million to a fire relief fund to support Los Angeles amid raging wildfires

The musician and actor instructed critics to: ‘Kindly F Off’

Oscar-longlisted film captures powerful moment someone’s life is changed ‘by seeing a form of artistic expression’

Special guests for the season include SZA, Chris Stapleton, Noah Kahan, Reneé Rapp, and Samara Joy

‘It was hell. It was inferno,’ Sebastian Harrison described of the devastating wildfires

Former ‘Baywatch’ star claims that Hulu series about her relationship was made without her permission or involvement

‘Have I Got News for You’ star and ‘Private Eye’ editor didn’t hold back when tearing into tech billionaire

The TV host announced back in September that she was leaving ‘Today’ after more than 26 years with NBC

‘I apologise in advance,' Irish presenter's stand-in said

‘Springwatch’ host suffered injury before stepping foot in the rink

New drama depicts the 45-minute showdown interview between former prime minister and journalist Brian Walden in 1989

‘He wanted to be involved,’ movie’s producer said

Stevenson, who played Baylan Skoll, died three months before the show’s premiere in 2023

Actor says he essentially shot sequel on one leg

‘Hacks’ actor asked networks to ‘seriously consider’ not broadcasting awards ceremonies as catastrophic wildfires rage through southern California

‘Braveheart’ star says he was ‘ill at ease’ while talking to podcast host

Singer and campaigner’s homophobic rhetoric persists in anti-LGBTQ+ campaigns to this day

The ITV show has been hit by a string of departures, and was beaten in the Christmas Day ratings by ‘The Weakest Link’. Nick Hilton looks at whether, in a world of streaming and reality TV, soaps can adapt to survive