‘I want to be alone’: Greta Garbo, sure. Daniel Day-Lewis, maybe not so much after all
The unconvincing retirement has history as a promotional tool in show business. Nobody believes that’s what’s going on with Day-Lewis
Frank Sinatra
Sérgio Mendes: Brazilian bandleader who got the whole world dancing the bossa nova
He blended bossa with jazz and pop, played at the White House for Nixon and Reagan, and won over a new audience later in life
Coleen Nolan on grief: ‘I used to get angry at people passing me that were having a laugh’
Singer and TV presenter on how her sister Bernie guided her even after death, and how to treat friends who have been bereaved
Barbara Rush, star of It Came From Outer Space, dies aged 97
Among Rush’s acting credits is her performance opposite Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in Robin And The 7 Hoods
Interviewing Tony Bennett: ‘I had the screaming teenage girl fans way before The Beatles’
Singer produced more than 70 albums and had chart success in every decade from 1950s to 2020s
Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist, dies aged 93
Songwriter is best known for her work in film, including The Way We Were title track
George Clooney: ‘I was offered $35m for one day’s work’
The Oscar winner on his new film, The Tender Bar, raising twins, politics, and falling for Amal
Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91
Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, and composed Sweeney Todd
Covid conundrum: Why is Ireland worse off than most of western Europe?
Starting from high base, increased mixing indoors and waning immunity are key factors
No Time to Die film review: The opening sequence is the best thing about it
The new Bond film starts brilliantly, goes off the boil, then rallies in a stirring finale
Roxy Music’s Avalon gets a pretentious but illuminating overview
Music book reviews: Jon Savage reissues and Will Sergeant memoir among other highlights
Jackie Mason obituary: One of the great American comedians
The comedy pioneer was known for his strong Brooklyn accent, quick-fire gags – and feuds
Charlene: ‘That one song was such an incredible feat. I loved it’
The singer of the 1980s hit I’ve Never Been to Me has just released a new album
The secret to a long life? Take an interest and have a laugh
In her nineties Granny, who had been gifted with longevity, greeted people with ‘I’m still here!’
Miriam Lord: Taoiseach sounds like an Ikea ad as he announces Grand Reopening
Micheál served up a nourishing number soup and we lapped it up with palpable relief
Bob Dylan at 80: The master musician’s 39 albums, ranked
To mark Dylan’s 80th birthday, superfan Ian O’Riordan rates his studio albums
‘On the cliff edge’: Spain’s flamenco industry fears for its future amid Covid-19
Concerns raised that future of music genre in jeopardy as venues shut permanently
Capt Tom Moore’s ‘message and spirit lives on’, family tells funeral
Service held for British veteran whose activities raised more than £32m for NHS
Kim Novak: ‘I inherited mental illness from my father, but the rape must have added to it’
The Vertigo star knew she was too fragile for fame. She talks bipolar, Hitchcock and happiness
Nancy Sinatra: ‘I married as a virgin. In those days you got married to have sex’
The singer on sexual politics, her friend Elvis and her hopes for peace in the US after Trump
The Capote Tapes: From impoverished childhood to cocaine-fuelled decline
‘I felt like his story hadn’t been told,’ Ebs Burnough says about his Truman Capote documentary
The Hands of Franky Machine: A musical movie for the ears
Hour-long audio drama is a love letter to 1950s noir, set in a dirty near-future cityscape
Ten of the best Christmas songs (that aren’t by Mariah Carey)
The classics are back in the charts even earlier than usual. So why not discover these lesser-known festive bangers?
Sporting Upsets: Botham and Willis lead cricket’s Dunkirk
‘Miraculous’ and unlikely victory over old foe Australia ‘was as unbelievable as Dunkirk’
Wexford Factory performers at heart of this year’s Opera Festival productions
Singers will appear in Waiting for Shakespeare and Falstaff and more
Mark McCall glad Saracens ‘could flip a switch and just turn it on’
Saracens’ director of rugby impressed by his frontrow despite lack of preparation
Maro Itoje proves he has no peer in the northern hemisphere
Death by a thousand turnovers destroys invincible season at first meaningful hurdle
The twins who broke the internet with Phil Collins video: Here’s their verdict on U2 and Hozier
Videos of YouTubers Tim and Fred Williams listening to classic songs have racked up millions of views
The patriotic cellist who refused to play Rule, Britannia!
Maureen O’Carroll, daughter of 1916 Rising activists, went on to play with Frank Sinatra
Sporting Cathedrals: The Maracana and its myth and magic
Built and rebuilt for Brazil to win the World Cup, the stadium is also linked with calamity
Diarmaid Ferriter: Best and worst of times through prism of Italia ’90
A changing country fixated by exploits in Italy and grappling with political turmoil at home
EU’s undiplomatic diplomat seeks third way between US and China
Veteran Spanish Socialist Josep Borrell argues the EU27 need to become self-sufficient
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