Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Emma Thompson among 190 signatories of letter demanding end to abuse and inequality

Deal with US pharmaceutical company Crown likely to be worth nearly €25m

Emma Stone was named Hollywood’s best paid actress in the past 12 months

Bloomsbury is publishing four new editions of the first book, one for each Hogwarts house

It is the second-biggest movie franchise of all time, but the films are slaves to the text

Potter gave some young actors a leg-up, but it created few genuine stars. Where did the broomsticks take the ones JK Rowling called ‘The Big Seven’?

First full-length trailer for the re-imagining of the classic animation – due in cinemas in March 2017 – has been released

Teenage girls talk about role models, abortion rights and Kim Kardashian

Campaign highlights the importance of peer support for women in business

Fighting the rise of resource-heavy 'fast fashion', some companies are finding ways to make environmentally friendly clothes, while keeping covetable designs

Laura Bates has written a frank and funny book that gives girls the armour and tools they need to survive the ‘bombardment of crap’ they put up with

Teaser breaks record set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens which earned 88m views

Actor invites booklovers to join her in reading Gloria Steinem’s ‘My Life on the Road’

This decade hasn’t been so hot for the print circulation of women’s monthlies

To paraphrase our own Edmund Burke – it is time for ‘good men’ to do something

Ansel who? Elgort what? The suddenly red-hot 20 year old hearthrob from Divergent and The Fault in Our Stars talks Twitter and truthfulness

Actor gives the UN General Assembly a belting 15-minute speech on gender equality

Social media campaign to remember garment factory workers who died in Rana Plaza factory

The director of Black Swan takes on the Ark myth with admirable Old Testament fervour

Film review:

French film festival shows no signs of being Cannes’d

Sofia Coppola’s new film shows the director still has style – but what substance?