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<p>'The music of “The Lion King” is rooted in African rhythm and harmonies, but I felt like there was a lot of space to play and break new ground’</p>

Interview

Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘I’m already something no one else is’

The ‘Hamilton’ creator and ‘Moana’ and ‘Encanto’ songwriter had the daunting task of crafting a successor to Elton John’s beloved ‘Lion King’ soundtrack. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about the lure of working with Barry Jenkins, endangered Disney ballads and why he doesn’t care about winning an EGOT

<p>‘I’ve done all sorts of things, but you just haven’t seen them because they’re often very bad and shown at four in the morning’: Margot Kidder in 1978</p>

Inside Film

The tragedy and triumph of Superman’s Margot Kidder

<p>Crowe your own way: Russell stars in new supervillain blockbuster ‘Kraven the Hunter' </p>

Comment

What happened to Russell Crowe’s career? Where did it go wrong?

<p>Zoe Saldaña: ‘I have an energy, a fire that is very much still alive, and I want to challenge myself’ </p>

Interview

Zoe Saldaña: ‘The Oscars tend to overlook actors using CGI technology’

Inside Film

<p>‘Tucked away in the margins, perpetually bubbling under’: Tom Waits in the 1989 film ‘Cold Feet’</p>

Inside Film

How Tom Waits became cinema’s great unsung character actor

The gravelly-voiced musician has worked with many of our best living filmmakers, from the Coen brothers to Paul Thomas Anderson. As he celebrates a milestone birthday, Xan Brooks explores his strange, wonderful second career

<p>Hitched: Sean Connery and Tippi Hedren as a married couple in ‘Marnie’ </p>

Inside Film

The predatory obsession behind Alfred Hitchcock’s Marnie, 60 years on

The dark 1964 psychodrama was blighted by a feud between Hitchcock and its star, Tippi Hedren, fuelled by the director’s sexual obsession with her, writes Geoffrey Macnab – and it reveals dark truths about its creator