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Bruno Ganz, who played Hitler in the 2004 film Downfall, has died aged 77. The Swiss actor died at home in Zurich on Friday night, his management said. Ganz was well-known in German-language cinema and theatre and also had roles in English-language films including The Reader and The Manchurian Candidate. His most famous role, however, was as Adolf Hitler in ...

Chicago police believe Empire actor Jussie Smollett may have paid two men to carry out last month’s alleged assault, reports in the US say. Two Nigerian brothers who had worked as extras on Empire told police that they were paid to take part in the 29 January attack, police sources said. Smollett had said he was attacked by two white ...

Lady Gaga has shared her relief with fans after a tattoo of a music stave on her wrist with a missing fifth line was corrected. She said: “As a music theory student I’m appalled, as someone having fun with their friends I’m relieved.” The singer, who’s up for an Oscar for A Star is Born, was inked for Valentine’s Day, ...

On Tuesday night, John Legend headlined a Motown tribute concert, celebrating the record label’s 60th anniversary. Alongside Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder, the star performed a selection of Marvin Gaye hits, including the timeless, socially-conscious soul anthem What’s Going On? “I’ve always been inspired by Marvin Gaye,” says Legend, on the phone from his home in LA the following morning. ...

British author Andrea Levy, whose award-winning novels captured the black British experience in the years after Windrush, has died at the age of 62. A statement released on behalf of her family said she died of cancer. Levy was born in 1956 to Jamaican parents who had travelled to England on the Empire Windrush in 1948. She was best known ...

Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese are among more than 40 directors and cinematographers who have signed an open letter criticising the decision to hand out four Oscars during the ad break. Edited speeches from the winners of best cinematography, editing, hair and makeup and live action short will be played later in the ceremony. The signatories, who also include Roger ...

The BBC has defended a new TV show after accusations it “perpetuates” racial stereotypes. The CBBC series, Living With The Lams, will centre on a Chinese family running a restaurant in Manchester. But a group representing British East Asians in the film and TV industry has criticised it for the lack of East Asian writers working on the show. In ...

Several women have accused alternative rock star Ryan Adams of emotional and verbal abuse and offering career opportunities as a pretext for sex. A report in the New York Times outlines a pattern of manipulative behaviour, including accusations of psychological abuse from his ex-wife, Mandy Moore. Another woman said Adams sent explicit texts and exposed himself during a Skype call ...

Rapper 21 Savage has been granted release from US custody on bond and will be freed on Wednesday in the lead-up to his deportation hearing, his lawyers say. The 26-year-old, real name Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested last week by US immigration agents. They say he is British and in the US illegally. He moved to the US in July ...

His previous starring role was in an 80s mega-flop that almost destroyed George Lucas’s career, but that hasn’t stopped Marvel giving Howard the Duck his own TV series. The feathered superhero will star in one of four Marvel Television animated series for adults. Clerks director Kevin Smith will be one of the show’s writers. A UK streaming service for the ...