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Nigel M Smith

Nigel M Smith the Guardian's entertainment writer, based in Los Angeles. Formerly managing editor of Indiewire, he has also written about film and culture for USA Today, Bullet Magazine and MTV.

March 2017

  • ‘The business is very unfair’ ... Sonia Braga.

    Sônia Braga: ‘The Oscars only have four spaces for best actress – one is always reserved for Meryl Streep’

  • The director Kelly Reichardt.

    Kelly Reichardt: 'Faster, faster, faster – we all want things faster'

January 2017

  • Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy

    The Observer profile
    Natalie Portman: bringing Jackie Onassis back to life

    The star nearly crushed by the critics early in her career has them eating out of her hand in her intimate portrayal of America’s most remarkable First Lady

November 2016

  • Rebecca Hall astonishes in Christine

    Oscars 2017: 11 female performances too good to be overlooked

  • Miss Sloane

    Miss Sloane review – Jessica Chastain dominates as a Washington power player

21 October 2016

  • Zelda was best known as a wild child who loved attention.

    Jennifer Lawrence to play jazz age icon Zelda Fitzgerald in new biopic

    Ron Howard is considering directing the drama about her tumultous relationship to author F Scott Fitzgerald, inspired by Nancy Milford’s bestselling biography
  • leonardo dicaprio

    Leonardo DiCaprio to play music pioneer Sam Phillips in new biopic

    The Oscar winner is also set to produce the adaptation of Peter Guralnick’s book Sam Phillips: the Man Who Invented Rock’n’Roll
  • King Cobra

    James Franco's gay porn drama: 'He loves his scandalous stories'

    King Cobra director Justin Kelly talks about his film based on Brent Corrigan’s career and how far Franco, who plays a porn producer, was willing to go on screen

20 October 2016

  • Frankfurt Book Fair 2016<br>epa05594425 US rock musician Bruce Springsteen smiles during a press call to discuss his autobiography ‘Born to Run’ at the Frankfurt Book Fair, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 20 October 2016. The book fair is the largest in the world and will run from 19 to 23 October. EPA/ARNE DEDERT

    Bruce Springsteen confirms Harry Potter producers rejected his ballad

    The Boss told BBC that he wrote the ‘big ballad’ I’ll Stand By You for the franchise after reading the novels to his eldest son
  • Jay Z<br>FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2015 file photo, Jay Z arrives at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Jay Z, one of contemporary music’s most celebrated lyricists and entertainers, is one of the nominees for the 2017 Songwriters Hall of Fame, and if inducted he could become the first rapper to enter the prestigious music organization. The Songwriters Hall gave The Associated Press the list of nominees Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 a day ahead of its official announcement. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

    Jay Z becomes first rapper nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame

    The hip-hop mogul is joined by fellow nominees Madonna, Cat Stevens and George Michael, all of whom become eligible after 20 years in the business

    • 'Like an impression of Alec Baldwin': late-night hosts on Trump's debate lines

    • Janet Jackson's Nasty gets boost after Trump's 'nasty woman' comment

    • The 2016 campaign, minute-by-minute
      The third presidential debate – as it happened

19 October 2016

  • Amy Schumer appears onstage at Comedy Central’s “Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs” at the Beacon Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

    Amy Schumer pens open letter to fans who left Florida show after Trump jokes

  • Gene Wilder in the original Willy Wonka

    Willy Wonka big screen reboot is in the works

  • Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana and Chris Pratt in the 2014 film.

    Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2: first teaser trailer debuts online

  • CHINA-ECONOMY-WANDA<br>Chairman of China’s Wanda Group Wang Jianlin poses at an annual business summit in Beijing on August 25, 2016. / AFP / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

    Wang Jianlin: does China's richest man have a plan to take over Hollywood?

17 October 2016

  • Azealia Banks and Russell Crowe: party

    Azealia Banks and Russell Crowe clash over hotel party altercation

    Embattled rapper issues a statement about being removed from the Oscar winner’s hotel room party on Saturday after allegedly threatening guests

14 October 2016

  • Rebecca Hall in Christine

    Rebecca Hall on starring in Christine: 'It’s about her life – not her death'

  • Ethan and Joel Coen at the premiere of Hail, Caesar! in Los Angeles on 1 February 2016.

    Coen brothers to pen tech thriller based on true story of the Silk Road

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