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Emilia Perez is in cinemas on January 16.
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Wenlei Ma

As US lurches right, Oscars noms take anti-Trump left turn

This year’s Oscar winners will be chosen from a very political crop of nominees.

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L to R: Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba and Ariana Grande is Glinda in WICKED, directed by Jon M. Chu
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Wenlei Ma

REVEALED: The leaders of the 2025 Oscar nominations

The nominees for the 2025 Academy Awards include several films with strong political viewpoints, while one Australian star has been brutally snubbed.

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When it came to playing The Brutalist’s Laszlo Toth, a fictional Hungarian Holocaust survivor and architect trying to establish a new life in 1950s America, Brody’s inspirations were close to home.
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Wenlei Ma

For Adrien Brody, The Brutalist was very personal

A Hungarian immigrant and artist trying to make it in America in the mid-20th century? Adrien Brody knew all about that.

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The actress revealed the pair had not been a ‘couple’ for years.
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Morgan de Smidt

Game of Thrones star confirms split with Aussie actor

The actress revealed the pair had not been a ‘couple’ for years.

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Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal on April 11, 2019 in Hollywood.
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Maddie Ellis

Beloved stars tease long-awaited reunion 35 years after iconic romantic comedy

‘Can’t wait to show you all soon.’

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Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
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Wenlei Ma

Chalamet gives masterful performance as Bob Dylan

If there was ever the perfect marriage of actor and real-life figure, it must be Timothee Chalamet and Bob Dylan.

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Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie à Deux.
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Wenlei Ma

Absolute stinkers: Five films vying for worst movie of 2024

One of the great joys of Oscars season is the Razzies, established to dishonour what voters consider to be the worst cinema releases. This time around five movies are tied with six nominations each.

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The Barbie actor is in negotiations to join Shawn Levy’s upcoming Star Wars project.
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Wenlei Ma

Jedi Ken? Ryan Gosling is in talks to join Star Wars film

The Barbie actor is in negotiations to join Shawn Levy’s upcoming Star Wars project.

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The Brutalist film stills, starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones and Joe Alwyn UPI
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Wenlei Ma

Oscar contenders caught in AI-use controversy

The Brutalist’s director, Brady Corbet, had to come out in defence of his film’s use of generative AI on its lead actors’ performances. Emilia Perez has also been caught in the net.

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The Brutalist stars Adrien Brody.
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Wenlei Ma

Why The Brutalist’s 15 minute break does it no favours

The Brutalist is a grand, sweeping historic epic, the kind that Hollywood studios are no longer interested in making.

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The Timothee Chalamet-starring A Complete Unknown isn’t trying to upend the genre, but it doesn’t have to, argued its director James Mangold.
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Wenlei Ma

Bob Dylan movie director defends ‘earnest’ biopics

The Timothee Chalamet-starring A Complete Unknown isn’t trying to upend the genre, but it doesn’t have to, argued its director James Mangold.

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Back in Action is on Netflix.
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Film
Wenlei Ma

Cameron Diaz’s comeback is, at best, not too objectionable

Cameron Diaz returns to screens after a 10-year break in an action-comedy caper that pairs her with Jamie Foxx.

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Blake Lively has accused her co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment. Now he’s firing back with his own lawsuit alleging it’s her camp behind a vicious smear campaign against him.
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ANDREW DALTON

Justin Baldoni’s $640m move in feud with Lively and Reynolds

The ‘It Ends With Us’ actor and director has raised the stakes in the bitter battle with co-star Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds that has Hollywood buzzing.

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Actors Laura Elena Harring, right, and Noami Watts, are seen in an undated handout photo from the film "Mulholland Drive", directed by David Lynch.
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Wenlei Ma

The five quintessential David Lynch movies

David Lynch was a singular filmmaker who influenced generations of artists and left behind an incredible legacy of work, beloved by cinephiles and wider audiences.

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David Lynch's family has announced the filmmaker's death in a Facebook post.
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Staff Writers

Twin Peaks creator and filmmaker David Lynch dies at 78

David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive, has died at the age of 78.

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