North Korea has blasted US President Obama as a "monkey" encouraging cinemas to screen a comedy featuring a fictional plot to kill its leader, and threatened "inescapable deadly blows".

In an ideal world, the story of Alan Turing would have made it into the multiplexes in 2012, the centenary year of his birth. But Hollywood has shown a marked disinclination to tell it.

2014 served up more than its fair share of major entertainment stories. From tragic deaths to celebrity scandals, the entertainment industry often dominated the headlines.

Bringing you our favourite features from 2014. If you missed them the first time around, now’s the perfect time to catch up. And remember to come back tomorrow for the next instalment.

At a time when more Hollywood comedians are flaunting their loudness and lewdness, Jason Sudeikis' rise to stardom seems remarkably understated and subdued.

Despite having a role in Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb, it appears that Rebel Wilson still needs to brush up on her museum etiquette.

Eddie Redmayne had "nine months of sleepless nights" while shooting The Theory of Everything.

George RR Martin has offered to screen The Interview at his independent cinema in New Mexico – after several theatre chains declined to show the Sony Pictures film in response to a cyber-attack thought to have been carried out by North Korea.

North Korea is suffering internet outages just days after Barack Obama's warning over the Sony hacking.

Whoa, this can't be right. Guys, guys, guys - this isn't the end. It feels like the lights have just come on in the theatre just when I was settling down to my popcorn...

Disney's new superhero is different. He's fat. He's also gentle. And, if you have a medical ailment, with just a quick scan he'll detect it - and prescribe you treatment - for free.

Last month's devastating cyber-attack on Sony Pictures was not an "act of war", but simple vandalism, President Barack Obama has said.

TimeOut presents the best in movies, games, TV and albums for 2014.

US President Barack Obama has become embroiled in a dispute with the makers of the comedy The Interview over how much the White House knew about North Korea's threats against the film.

A bottle of wine helped Keira Knightley ease her way into the male domain that was Bletchley Park.

Robots and penguins headline the animated offerings being released for the holidays, Dominic Corry finds.

Film-maker Mike Leigh's latest is a film about J.M.W. Turner and stars Timothy Spall as the great British landscape painter. The director talks to Peter Calder.

This week, as The Interview's December 25 US release date loomed, the Guardians of Peace threatened "the world will be full of fear", hinting at a 9/11-style attack.

This year has been quite a year. We take a look at some of the entertainment highlights of 2014.

It's A Wonderful Life is the greatest Christmas film of all time, according to British film fans.

And the leaks just keep on coming. Angelina Jolie has again been the subject of another embarrassing leaked email from movie producer Scott Rudin.

Anyone who wants to see Peter Jackson’s final Hobbit movie, The Battle of the Five Armies but reckons they’ll give it a miss because it’s all just too confusing – think again.

Karl Puschmann provides his alternative Best of 2014 picks - but he doesn't expect you to agree with him.