--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Idris Elba ## Idris Elba Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Dec 19, 2019 ## [_Cats_ Is Terrible, But It’s Also Kind of Great](https://time.com/5752569/cats-movie-review/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Stephanie Zacharek *  Nov 14, 2018 ## [This $1,100 Idris Elba Doll Looks Nothing Like Idris Elba According to The Internet](https://time.com/5453341/idris-elba-doll/) by Melissa Locker *  Jan 22, 2018 ## [Idris Elba Wants to See a Female James Bond: "Why Not?"](https://time.com/5112881/idris-elba-woman-bond/) by Raisa Bruner *  Sep 26, 2017 ## [Idris Elba Reading Romantic Fan Fiction About Himself Is As Good As You Think It Is](https://time.com/4957700/idris-elba-reads-romantic-fan-fiction/) by Cady Lang *  Aug 3, 2017 ## [Review: _The Dark Tower_ Is a Fantasy That Runs Like Business as Usual](https://time.com/4885551/review-the-dark-tower-idris-elba/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Stephanie Zacharek *  Jul 22, 2016 ## [Please Stop Asking Idris Elba About Playing James Bond](https://time.com/4419222/idris-elba-not-playing-james-bond-rumors/) by Megan McCluskey *  Jul 20, 2016 ## [Idris Elba Shows Off His Sweet Dance Moves on _The Tonight Show_](https://time.com/4414708/idris-elba-shows-off-his-sweet-dance-moves-on-the-tonight-show/) by Melissa Locker *  Jul 14, 2016 ## [Idris Elba on Why He Wanted to Take on _The Dark Tower'_s Gunslinger](https://time.com/4406454/idris-elba-stephen-king-the-dark-tower/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Megan McCluskey *  May 18, 2016 ## [Idris Elba Stars in New Macklemore Video](https://time.com/4339689/idris-elba-macklemore-ryan-lewis-video/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Entertainment Weekly *  Mar 4, 2016 ## [Review: _Zootopia_ Gives the Old Teachable Moment a Jolt of Life](https://time.com/4247121/review-zootopia-teachable-moment/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Stephanie Zacharek *  Mar 1, 2016 ## [Idris Elba to Star in Stephen King's _The Dark Tower_](https://time.com/4242849/idris-elba-matthew-mcconaughey-stephen-king-the-dark-tower/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Eliza Berman *  Jan 19, 2016 ## [Idris Elba Says There is More Diversity in U.S. TV and Film Than U.K.](https://time.com/4184830/idris-elba-diversity-tv-film-oscars/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Nolan Feeney *  Nov 11, 2015 ## [Idris Elba Will Open for Madonna on Her Rebel Heart Tour](https://time.com/4107654/idris-elba-madonna-rebel-heart-tour/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Entertainment Weekly *  Nov 6, 2015 ## [See Who TIME Readers Chose To Be the Next James Bond](https://time.com/4102108/james-bond-poll-results/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Chris Wilson *  Sep 2, 2015 ## [Read Idris Elba's Classy Response to 'Too Street' Comment](https://time.com/4020759/idris-elba-james-bond-response/) by Entertainment Weekly ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/idris-elba/","name":"Idris Elba"}}]}] ```