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Oscars 2026: Winners list in full (updating live)
Find out which films and stars are up for the famous golden statuettes as the ceremony gets under way.
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Paul Atreides faces the cost of his holy war in Dune: Part 3 teaser
War feeds on itself. The more I fight, the more our enemies fight back."
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Trump Says The 'Melania' Movie Is 'Selling Out, Fast'—But Is It?
Amazon MGM Studios reportedly paid $40 million for the rights to “Melania,” a documentary about the first lady, which opens in theaters Friday.
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What we learned - and didn't - from the Melania documentary
Melania, directed by Brett Ratner, provides a fleeting glimpse into the life of the enigmatic first lady.
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Oscars red carpet: Stars and fashion in pictures
Hollywood's biggest stars turn on the style as they walk the red carpet for the glittering ceremony.
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Moments During The 2026 Academy Awards When Conan O’Brien Got Too Real
Conan O’Brien hosted the 98th Academy Awards tonight for the second time, and didn't hold back on the punches surrounded the current situation in the world.
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Oscars 2026: Here are all the moments you didn't see on TV
Inside the winners room and other insights from behind the scenes.
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Oscars 2026: Nominees list in full
This year's list of Oscar nominees includes One Battle After Another, Sinners and Hamnet.
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Abu Dhabi Set To Get World's First ‘Harry Potter’ Land With Hogwarts Castle And Diagon Alley
The Harry Potter theme park land being built in Abu Dhabi will be the only one with replicas of both the iconic Hogwarts Castle and the Diagon Alley street.
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There can (still) be only one: Highlander is 40
Sure, it's cheesy in many respects, but its central mythology still resonates even decades later.
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BBC sorry for airing racial slur shouted by guest with Tourette's at Baftas
Actors Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage at the time during the award ceremony in London.
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Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
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‘Melania’ Movie Roasted As ‘Propaganda’ By Critics In First Reviews
“Melania” opened in theaters Friday after Amazon spent $40 million for the rights and another $35 million to market and distribute it.
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KPop Demon Hunters wins Golden Globes for best animated film
The film's breakout anthem Golden was also named best original song at the awards on Sunday.
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'Melania' earns a surprising $7 million, best non-music documentary debut in a decade
Amazon reportedly paid an estimated $40 million to acquire 'Melania' and spent an additional $35 million on marketing.
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The 2026 Oscars Moment That Deserves More Attention
The captioning infrastructure that exists in the entertainment business today exists because Matlin and other Deaf and disabled advocates pushed for it.
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Parents, porn sets and Bob’s Big Boy combos: how Larry Sultan photographed American domestic life
He shot 100 kitschly decorated homes rented out for porn shoots – and spent nine years on a project about his mum and dad. Has any photographer better captured everyday America?
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Why a T-shirt in a hit movie is trending with Brazilian progressives: ‘Almost every day they sell out’
Even Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has received one, after Wagner Moura wore it in The Secret Agent
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The gulf between critics and audience has never been wider – just look at Melania’s Rotten Tomatoes score
Critics have given the Flotus flick 11% on the aggregator site, but the ‘verified ticket buyers’ score is a near perfect 98%. A campaign by activists, or a sign of our politically disparate times?
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Oscar winners 2026: the full list – updating live
All the Oscar winners, as they’re announced
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‘I fell in love with him on the spot’: Alan Rickman remembered, 10 years after his death
On the anniversary of his death aged 69, stars from Sigourney Weaver to Sharleen Spiteri, Tom Felton to Harriet Walter, remember the wit, charm and endless generosity of one of Britain’s best-loved actors
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Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’
Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy
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The Highest-Paid Actors Of 2025
Adam Sandler continues to laugh all the way to bankability as Hollywood’s top earner. And the youngest-ever newcomer joins the salary A-List this year along with an actress who came out of retirement.
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Lessons From Timothée Chalamet's Oscars Loss
Timothée Chalamet, who's film earned nine Oscar nominations and dominated award season after winning a Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award, walked away with nothing.
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Melania film earns $7m in US, strongest documentary debut in over a decade
Melania, however, fell substantially short of turning a profit because it cost $40m to make and $35m to promote
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Melania drops 67% at US box office as Rotten Tomatoes defends record-breaking audience scores
Depite an expanded release to some 2,000 screens, the gushing enthusiasm recorded on the vox pop Popcornometer is not powering a word-of-mouth hit
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Film Technica: Our top picks for the best films of 2025
Streamers made a strong showing this year, as did horror. Big tentpoles, superhero sagas mostly fell flat.
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Amazon pulls Melania from Oregon cinema after owner’s criticism as rumours mount over ‘fake ticket sales’
Owner of local cinema says Amazon is upset at way they marketed movie as some in US say healthy ticket sales are not reflected by empty seats
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Project Hail Mary is popcorn sci-fi at its best
Based on the sci-fi novel by Andy Weir, the Ryan Gosling-led film Project Hail Mary mixes hard sci-fi with a funny buddy comedy.
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“This Series Is Going To Shine”: Kim Seon Ho And Go Youn Jung On ‘Can This Love Be Translated’
In conversation with Hannah Abraham, Kim Seon Ho and Go Youn Jung talk about learning new languages, playing against type, and THAT viral introvert edit.
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Are people really going to see Amazon’s $75m Melania documentary?
This weekend sees the release of a controversially funded film about the first lady, directed by a disgraced film-maker
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‘It was a little scary at times’: the hilarious, heartbreaking film about one man’s riotous death
When André Ricciardi found out he had cancer, he asked a friend to film his final years. André Is an Idiot, the result, mixes in stop-motion puppetry to create an astonishing record of an extraordinary life
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Iron Lung’s path to theaters was unique, even if the movie isn’t
Iron Lung is an independent horror movie from YouTuber Markiplier that ended up becoming a major force at the box office.
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Oscars 2026: celebrities walk the red carpet – follow the action live!
Will Sinners beat One Battle After Another to the big prize? Will Timothée Chalamet get pelted with tutus? Can host Conan O’Brien wrap in under four hours? Join us to find out
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Berlin film festival defends Wim Wenders after Arundhati Roy attacked ‘jaw-dropping’ comments
Berlinale head says artists should not be pushed into soundbites after author quit over president’s remarks that film-makers should ‘stay out of politics’
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The Batman: Part II Adds Scarlett Johansson; Sebastian Stan Is Two-Face
The cast for "The Batman: Part II" takes shape, and so do theories about which villains the Dark Knight will face in the next chapter of Matt Reeves' epic crime saga.
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Backlash mounts to Bafta N-word controversy as Jamie Foxx and Wendell Pierce criticise outburst
Foxx calls Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson’s shouts at the film awards ceremony ‘unacceptable’, while Sinners’ production designer criticises Bafta’s ‘throwaway’ apology
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One Battle After Another sweeps the Oscars as Michael B Jordan and Jessie Buckley win big
Paul Thomas Anderson’s revolutionary epic took home six awards while Sinners scored four including for best actor
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BAFTA Film Awards 2026: Full List Of Winners
Full list of winners and nominees at the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026, with photos, as they're announced.
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Eight surprise takeaways from the Oscar nominations
Paul Mescal and Chase Infiniti missed out, while other actors carried their films to a nomination.
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Verdict: Yes, you should go see Project Hail Mary as soon as possible
Ars Technica's spoiler-free review of the film, which opens in the US on March 20.
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Vampire film Sinners breaks Oscar nominations record
The horror is up for 16 awards - setting a new record for the most Oscar nominations for a single film.
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Marty Supreme actress quits new film after casting backlash
Odessa A'zion says she didn't realise her character in Deep Cuts was meant to be half-Mexican.
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‘Melania’: What to know about the US first lady’s new documentary
The film’s high budget has raised questions about efforts by powerful donors to win favour with the White House.
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Sinners, One Battle After Another race for top honours at the 2026 Oscars
Sinners enters tonight’s race with a record 16 Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Director.
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Michelle Obama documentary rises 13,000% in views as Melania film opens
Becoming garners 47.5m minutes viewed on same weekend as current first lady’s documentary released in cinemas
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From classroom to camera: A teacher who has become a sensation in Indian cinema
At 70, indigenous teacher Biana Watre Momin acted in an Indian film that has changed her life.
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Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson says Bafta told him ‘any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast’
Davidson said he ‘can’t begin to explain how upset and distraught I have been’ over slurs he shouted during the award ceremony
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Ryan Gosling's Project Hail Mary becomes 2026's biggest box office debut
The sci-fi space adventure movie rockets to $140.9 million (£122m) at the global box office.
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Bafta judge quits over ‘utterly unforgivable’ handling of Tourette N-word incident
Film-maker Jonte Richardson cites ‘harm inflicted on both the black and disabled communities’, while New Black Film Collective and MP Dawn Butler criticise BBC’s failure to edit
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