Doctor Who star Matt Smith to play Mapplethorpe

Call it Mapplethorpe mania. The controversial photographer, whose images of the underground BDSM scene were at the centre of the US culture wars in the 1980s, is now on his way to a museum, movie theatre and television screen near you.
The J. Paul Getty Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) are preparing to open a joint exhibition of Mapplethorpe’s work in March (Robert Mapplethorpe: the Perfect Medium, 15 March-31 July). The rest of Hollywood is not far behind. A biopic