The Q&ALife and styleInterviewPatricia Hodge: ‘I wish I could say sorry to my husband’Rosanna GreenstreetThe actor on dementia, red hair and the importance of manners Born in Lincolnshire, Patricia Hodge, 71, trained as a teacher before studying at Lamda. Her television credits include Rumpole of the Bailey, Miranda and Downton Abbey. In 2000 she won an Olivier award for her performance in Money at the National Theatre. She is currently starring in the 20th anniversary revival of Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen at Chichester Festival theatre.

The ObserverBooksReviewWith Michael Tolliver Lives, Armistead Maupin revisits the series that made his name and tries to rediscover what made him lovable, says Philip HensherMichael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin Doubleday £17.99, pp277 For a novelist, the love of your readers must be the hardest thing to live with. The sense of thousands or millions of fans tremulously waiting for your next adorable production has to act as a very strong disincentive to write it.

We'd be telling a big little lie if we said this news didn't make us emotional. Big Little Lies co-stars Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgård reunite in Robert Eggers' upcoming historical drama film, The Northman, and in an exclusive E! News interview, Skarsgård opened up about how his "close bond" with Kidman helped him.  "Having had the experience together on Big Little Lies was tremendously helpful because we became very close," Skarsgård said. "

Lily Collins is hair for her banging new look. The Emily in Paris star shared a behind-the-scenes video of how her character, Emily Cooper, really got her fringe bangs for season three. While the hit Netflix show depicts Emily impulsively cutting her tresses herself—in the first episode no less!—the real way it happened was a lot less dramatic. But still very much nerve-wracking. "Not exactly trauma bangs...," Lily captioned her Dec. 27 Instagram, "unlike Emily, I didn't cut these myself!

After a 13-year hiatus, Nivea returned to the music scene to deliver her fourth studio album, Mirrors. The singer gained popularity with singles like "Don't Mess With My Man," "Laundromat," and Mystikal's "Danger" where she sang the hook, but after becoming a mother to four children—three with ex-husband The-Dream and one with her first love, Lil Wayne—Nivea drifted from the limelight. However, with Mirrors, she returns once again, and to help promote her latest project, the 37-year-old singer sat down with VladTV.