The success of Lee Daniels and Danny Strong’s soap opera has opened the studio door for other broadcasters. Here are some more music-industry shows coming this year

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Hollywood star who shot to global acclaim as Hans Gruber in Die Hard was suffering from cancer

‘I’m all about the holiday season,’ says the singer – and who could argue with that?

David Oyelowo, a familiar face from film and TV, had to transform himself to play Martin Luther King jnr in ‘Selma’. Now, with backing from Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt, the film has propelled the British actor into the limelight with the role of a lifetime

Adoption drama secures nominations for best actress, drama and screenplay

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Les Daniels’s historical drama is more radical than it’s Oscar-bait subject might suggest - and Oprah Winfrrey is wonderful, writes Tara Brady

After a run of playing jilted boyfriends in tights – and X-Men – James Marsden is on a roll, with turns in 2 Men, Endangered and as John F Kennedy in the Oscar-tipped The Butler

Lee Daniels’s follow-up to Precious is not subtle