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October 2024

This is getting silly now! Why won’t politicians stop ripping off The West Wing?

Argentina’s president Javier Milei has become the latest dignitary to be rumbled borrowing from a Jed Bartlet speech. It wouldn’t happen here though … would it?

September 2024

‘We had no political agenda’: the White House hosts a West Wing TV reunion

The cast and creators of the long-running hit political drama met with Jill Biden to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first episode

July 2024

‘Harris for America!’: Hollywood reacts with gratitude – and relief – as Joe Biden steps aside

Celebrities including Aaron Sorkin, Robert De Niro and Barbra Streisand have shared their support for the US president’s decision to end his election campaign

April 2024

Aaron Sorkin to write film about January 6 and Facebook disinformation

The Social Network screenwriter is returning to digital chaos for a new film about how ‘divisive material’ led to the 2021 insurrection

October 2023

‘Exceptionally brave’: why Matthew Perry’s finest acting wasn’t as bungling Chandler Bing

From Studio 60 to The Good Wife, the star’s post-Friends career rings with deep, dark and astonishing performances – be they haunted comics or snake-like villains

April 2022

The week in theatre: To Kill a Mockingbird; The Mozart Question; Clybourne Park – review

Rafe Spall is a fine Atticus in Aaron Sorkin’s somewhat awkward spin on Harper Lee; Jessica Daniels steers a sublime adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s tale; and Bruce Norris’s racial satire is snappily revived

March 2022

To Kill a Mockingbird review – Harper Lee would approve of snappy Sorkin update

Rafe Spall is a dignified Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s smooth and confident adaptation, which finds modern-day resonances in the 1960 classic about racial injustice in the American south

Observer New Review Q&A
Aaron Sorkin: ‘Screenwriters write about people who are cooler than we are’
The American writer known for The West Wing, Moneyball and The Social Network on adapting To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage in the 21st century

Court is in session: To Kill a Mockingbird in the West End – in pictures

Rafe Spall stars as small-town Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed adaptation of the classic novel by Harper Lee

December 2021

2022 culture preview
Theatre, dance and comedy to book in 2022 – from Alan Partridge to Tennessee Williams
Amy Adams makes her West End debut, immersive dance confronts mental health and Steve Coogan’s alter ego embarks on a rare live UK tour

Javier Bardem: ‘When I won the Oscar, I felt great, but it didn’t make any sense’

Famed for portraying bad guys in Skyfall and No Country for Old Men, the Spaniard opens up about his marriage to Penélope Cruz, his formidable mum, and his hopes for his kids

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- ‘She was very complicated. She was a conundrum’: who was the real Lucille Ball?
- Being the Ricardos review – Nicole Kidman makes light comedy look like hard work in Lucille Ball biopic

April 2021

And the winner should be … Peter Bradshaw’s predictions for the 2021 Oscars

Screen Actors Guild awards 2021: actors of color sweep for first time

March 2021

Rafe Spall to star in West End premiere of To Kill a Mockingbird

Comfort food: the Oscars nominations are not nearly as radical as they think they are

Peter Bradshaw

Baftas 2021: the full list of nominations

Golden Globes 2021: a night of fine choices capped by Chloé Zhao making history