‘The People’s Joker’ reframes the iconic DC Comics villain as a young trans comedian. After years of legal uncertainty, the film is finally out in UK cinemas. Louis Chilton speaks to its inimitable director and star

The actor who terrified us in ‘Breaking Bad’ and the recent ‘Civil War’ talks to Louis Chilton about working with Robert De Niro in Netflix’s ‘Zero Day’, flubbing his audition for ‘Star Wars’, and child acting

James McGovern and Damien Tuit of the Dublin-formed group speak to Louis Chilton about their shapeshifting third album, Irish solidarity with Palestine, and the argument in LA that nearly broke up the band

The Scottish actor took the reins of Britain’s illustrious film awards ceremony for the second year running. But even with better material, this year’s Baftas would have faced an uphill battle, writes Louis Chilton

‘Anora’ and ‘A Real Pain’ also won major prizes

John Lithgow is the latest star tipped to feature in the lavish new adaptation of JK Rowling’s books. For any actor to get involved at this point would be a grave error for so many reasons, writes Louis Chilton

A major Grammy haul and a juggernaut Super Bowl performance have left Lamar standing over his rap rival like a triumphant heavyweight. In the history of music feuds, there’s never been anything quite like this, writes Louis Chilton

‘Not Like Us’ rapper performed chart-topping diss track during Sunday night’s halftime show

Actor play a memorable villain in 1995’s ‘GoldenEye’

Writer was known for his audacious metaphors and ‘seriocomic’ tone

Several new Disney films and ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ were also among the trailers to be debuted

The ‘Mad Men’ actor speaks to Louis Chilton about his new production of ‘Hamlet’ at the RSC, reinventing himself in the US, and the ‘extreme’ response to his theatrical comeback

A scandal over offensive tweets has made Netflix’s former Oscars frontrunner a toxic proposition, writes Louis Chilton. Now, all bets are off – but that might not be such a good thing

The cult supernatural series is tipped to return, with the involvement of Sarah Michelle Gellar. There are plenty of good reasons not to do it, but TV is crying out for something like this, writes Louis Chilton

Celebrity edition featured an unlikely exchange early on

Resurfaced offensive tweets have thrown star’s Oscar campaign into turmoil

Singer-songwriter was nominated for six awards but left the night empty-handed

Actor has been absent since the scandalous 2022 incident

Bob Odenkirk’s fan-favourite character was eventually given his own acclaimed spin-off

Actor was questioned over his role on the Australian soap ‘Neighbours’