David Marchese on why the Oscar winner is one of Hollywood's greatest enigmas

An advert for Michelle Obama’s new Netflix cooking programme has teased the appearances of stars including Jack Black, Rashida Jones and Zach Galifianakis.

Olly Alexander has said he had “a bit of a hysterical breakdown” while filming sex scenes for It’s A Sin. The Years & Years frontman plays the ebullient Ritchie Tozer in the hit Channel 4 drama about the Aids crisis.

The Irishman did not work with any other Irish republicans in Berlin

Julien Baker's Little Oblivions fully deserves its five stars, while Sal Dulu mixes ambient pop with hip hop 

In Ireland, there are many different experiences of being a woman. Jennifer Stevens asked seven women to tell their stories

Dolly Parton is the latest celebrity to announce she has been vaccinated against Covid-19. The singer got the Moderna jab, which she partly funded, and shared the moment on social media.

The new fiction anthology includes work by the likes of Colm Tóibín, Emma Donoghue and John Boyne

David and Victoria Beckham have led the celebrities marking International Women’s Day. The annual event honours the “social, economic, cultural and political achievements” of women, organisers said. The theme for 2021 was “Choose To Challenge”.

labelling same-sex union as ‘sin’ has the potential to perpetuate the old anachronistic dictum that sexuality is a choice and that those in same-sex marriages are choosing to live in ‘sin’

In Cork, about 100 masked and socially distanced people gathered on Grand Parade

Lil Nas X has written an open letter to his younger self about coming out as gay. The rapper, real name Montero Lamar Hill, released new song Montero (Call Me By Your Name) on Friday.

Tan France’s Queer Eye co-stars shared their delight at the fashion designer’s baby news. France, 37, announced he and husband Rob are expecting a child via surrogate, revealing they will become parents this summer.

When we make idols out of golden calves, we can only blame ourselves when they fail us.

In music: Mexican Pets and Felonies in archive sessions; rare Aran Islands recordings; Michael Kiwanuka live; chats with The Coral's James Skelly; intros to Gram Parsons and Scott Walker

'Four Hundred Souls' is a huge - and intersectional - overview of African American struggle

...after the pandemic is over and we can go back to venues and festivals, of course

I was excited to immerse myself in a literary scene that bore thankfully little resemblance to the pretentious coterie I’d had in my head. 2020 had other plans...

Neither of football’s great petrocarbon empires have won the Champions League and now they stand in each other’s way