Philip Seymour Hoffman

Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Russo says liberals in America 'have some soul-searching to do' and is bemused by the fact that he's become viewed as a political writer

The outpouring of grief on Twitter and Facebook generates a good deal of cynicism

Director Bennett Miller on his latest film, in which the likeable actor gets malevolent as doomed chemical heir John Du Pont

The year began with devastating weather and followed up with political storms over ‘homophobia’ remarks, those cancelled Garth Brooks gigs and water charges. Cian Traynor refreshes our memory

World Cup, Garth Brooks and the ice bucket challenge among top trending searches

He always said he was most liberated when doing stand-up – protected by the force field of genius the way he was not when he was ‘Robin Williams’ walking down the street

How do you leave the office politics of ‘Mad Men’ behind? Starring opposite the late Philip Seymour Hoffman is a smart move. TV's `embodiment of beauty’ talks about saying goodbye to Joan, surviving high school and the power of hair colour

The image of the addict may be of a ravaged, destitute person on a street corner, but film stars, musicians and supermodels are no less immune

While we’re banning ‘bossy’, here’s a few more words I’d like to usher into oblivion

Oscar winner was found dead at his home in New York City last month with a syringe in his arm

Cautious and couched, Emily Watson is an actor who exhibits reason and calm at every turn. So how did such a sober person find herself in such as dangerous business? “I was pretty bloody minded . . .”

Philip Seymour Hoffman: July 23rd, 1967-February 2nd, 2014

New York medical examiner’s office says further tests needed to determine cause of death

Results of autopsy could take several weeks to come through

Rather than being bullied into adoration by tub-thumping promotion, filmgoers felt they had discovered Hoffman all on their own

Hollywood in shock as award-winning actor is found dead in New York apartment

Oscar-winning actor (46) dies from an apparent drug overdose in his apartment

Aged 24, Imogen Poots is already an industry veteran with credits alongside Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Colin Farrell and Christopher Walken, to name just a few. Yet she manages to keep it refreshingly real at the top of the acting pile

This incendiary sequel to The Hunger Games actually betters the already exciting original, writes Donald Clarke

When a two-person play becomes a one-man show, what are the benefits of theatrical downsizing?