Cuba Gooding Jr sued for alleged sexual misconduct in NYC bars
After pleading guilty in criminal court, Gooding Jr again faces two plaintiffs who allege forcible kissing and groping
June 2023
Cuba Gooding Jr settles New York rape lawsuit, averting trial
Oscar-winning Jerry Maguire star was accused of raping unnamed woman but his lawyers have insisted encounter was consensual
April 2022
Cuba Gooding Jr pleads guilty to forcibly touching a woman in New York club
The Oscar-winning actor has been accused of violating three women but has pled guilty to just one allegation
June 2021
Life in a Year review – Cara Delevingne and Jaden Smith in vacuous cancer weepie
Delevingne dispenses dying-girl wisdom to Smith’s aspiring rapper in this narcissistic terminal-illness fairytale
October 2019
Cuba Gooding Jr pleads not guilty to forcible touching charge
The actor was accused of pinching a woman’s buttocks and, in a separate incident, groping another woman’s breasts
July 2019
'I don't believe it!': stars on life haunted by their catchphrases
How do actors cope with having their defining line shouted at them in the streets – for decades? Richard Wilson, Maureen Lipman and Tony Robinson tell all
June 2019
Cuba Gooding Jr charged with forcible touching after incident in New York
Actor denies allegations that he groped a woman at a Manhattan nightclub on Sunday
April 2019
Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton dies aged 51
Singleton, who was the first African-American to be nominated for the best director Oscar, led a resurgence in mainstream black film-making in the 1990s
February 2019
‘Phallic mode’ and ‘childlike tears’ – decoding Oscar acceptance speeches
From Gwyneth’s blubbing to Adrien Brody’s kiss, body language expert Judi James analyses all
November 2018
'I’m black, I can’t do method acting’: Brian Tyree Henry on Atlanta and Widows
The Tony-nominated actor stars in two of autumn’s biggest films, Widows and If Beale Street Could Talk. So why has he suffered from imposter syndrome?
May 2018
Culture webchats
Cuba Gooding Jr: 'I want to do a Boyz N the Hood sequel as a musical'
The Oscar-winner, now on stage in Chicago, talked about apple martinis with Robert De Niro, his big break and his favourite snow dog
April 2018
Chicago review – Cuba Gooding Jr stars but hit has lost razzle-dazzle
Kander and Ebb’s show about crime and celebrity is faithfully recreated but is beginning to resemble an animated corpse
March 2018
Cuba Gooding Jr: ‘I had 10 years in the wilderness’
Life was all private jets and limos after his Oscar win. Then came a decade of bad roles and flop films. Now, he’s making up for lost time
January 2018
Cuba Gooding Jr to make British stage debut in Chicago revival
The Oscar-winning actor will play smooth lawyer Billy Flynn as the prohibition-era musical returns to the West End in March
April 2016
Film blog
Show me the motivation! Why Jerry Maguire's full-length mission statement is for superfans only
On the 20th anniversary of the film starring Tom Cruise, the director publishes the exhaustive 5,000-word mission statement he wrote for his crisis-hit sports agent
Cuba Gooding Jr on OJ Simpson: 'It could have been me in that Bronco'
The actor talks about the dangers of taking on such a dark character, his rage at America’s broken prison system – and why he never wants to meet OJ
TV review
The People v OJ Simpson finale review: racism, sexism and celebrity dazzle
In the 10th and final episode of the real-life drama, the story is made more credible than it was two decades ago. Plus: a hapless Ben Miller forgets the ‘com’ in his latest sitcom
March 2016
Could The People v OJ Simpson finally help us learn some lessons?
Deborah Orr
There are aspects of the Simpson case – race relations and the police, ‘domestic’ violence, the disproportionate number of black American men in jail – that still demand our attention 22 years on
February 2016
TV review
The People v OJ Simpson review: a great real-life drama becomes a superb on-screen one
The People v OJ Simpson: 21 years on, celebrity culture has changed but race issues have not
