From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal – podcast

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

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What does the attack on an Oscar-winning Palestinian director say about the situation in the West Bank today? Adrian Horton and Lorenzo Tondo report

Earlier this month, No Other Land won the Oscar for…

Number One on the Call Sheet review – a spectacular tribute to black excellence in Hollywood

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

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Jaw-droppingly star-studded and stuffed with incredible stories, this series is a joy to watch. Just wait till you hear the one about James Brown burying bags of cash in the woods …

Denzel Washington.…

‘A kitchen film with no food porn’: how Alonso Ruizpalacios sold Rooney Mara on his abortion drama

found 2025 › Mar › 25 (Tue) @ 07:00 UTC

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The Mexican director of La Cocina on making movies under the Trump-Vance administration, why Oscars don’t matter and his time as a khaki-shorted waiter at the Rainforest Cafe

Anyone who visited the Ra…

QUENTIN LETTS from Westminster: In a different life, Heidi could have dreamed of call-centre Oscars gold

found 2025 › Mar › 25 (Tue) @ 07:00 UTC

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QUENTIN LETTS: Despite jokes about the Chancellor being 'Rachel from customer complaints', the Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, is a stronger candidate for that role.

Is Will Smith 'uncancelling' himself? Actor has been on a mission to rebuild his career with viral videos and a return to his Fresh Prince roots - three years after THAT Oscars slap

found 2025 › Mar › 22 (Sat) @ 18:06 UTC

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With a tour announcement, new music, and a few viral videos, the actor seems to be throwing himself back into the spotlight and attempting to make his Hollywood comeback.

‘Will Freya find a lovely birthday gift for mummy?’: why the Sylvanian Families movie is the anti-Barbie

found 2025 › Mar › 17 (Mon) @ 21:48 UTC

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The trailer for the new film about the dainty woodland creatures will wash over your brain like a warm 70-second bath. Does every toy movie need to be an Oscar-worthy social commentary?

This Easter, a…

Will Smith announces first album in 20 years, Based on a True Story

found 2025 › Mar › 17 (Mon) @ 12:33 UTC

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Actor-rapper will release project on 28 March, including the song Beautiful Scars which makes reference to his infamous Oscars slap

Will Smith is to release his first album in 20 years later this mont…

‘Something must have gone wrong with us’: David Cronenberg and Howard Shore on four decades of body horror

found 2025 › Mar › 17 (Mon) @ 12:33 UTC

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One is the master of gruesome horror, the other is the composer who scored his most famous films. They sit down to discuss their 46-year collaboration, and the unlikely source of their darkest, most …

Angelina Jolie's brother James Haven's wife announces annulment filing seven months after wedding

found 2025 › Mar › 13 (Thu) @ 06:44 UTC

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James, 51 - who infamously kissed Angelina on the lips at the 2000 Oscars - secretly exchanged vows with Romi this past August in Laguna Beach, California.

‘I never thought about Oscars’: Brutalist composer Daniel Blumberg on the happiness and horror of his big win

found 2025 › Mar › 12 (Wed) @ 14:22 UTC

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The defiantly anti-commercial British musician had walked away from mainstream success twice by his early 20s. Will his Academy Award convince him to embrace Hollywood, celebrity, the big bucks?

Danie…