36 h. ago Teyana Taylor reveals she learned about her Oscar nomination during SNL bald cap fitting

The actor received her first Oscar nomination for her performance as Perfidia Beverly Hills in ‘One Battle After Another’

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3 d. ago Mel Gibson protege Rudy Youngblood hit with drug charges just two months after assault arrest

Rudy Youngblood - the actor who starred in Mel Gibson's Oscar-nominated film Apocalypto - is back in legal trouble just two months after his assault arrest.

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4 d. ago Leonardo DiCaprio’s Bob Ferguson was already iconic before the Oscar nomination

Leonardo DiCaprio has picked up his sixth lead actor Oscar nomination for his role in “One Battle After Another.”

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4 d. ago Wunmi Mosaku: who is the Sinners actor who's just been nominated for an Oscar?

You might recognise the Mancunian star from Luther, Lovecraft Country, and Loki

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4 d. ago No UK Oscar nominees for best actor or actress for first time since 2012

It is the third time in the past four years that British performers have bagged just two acting nominations.

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4 d. ago Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley's property portfolio — from an east London flatshare to a Norfolk manor house

Irish actor Jessie Buckley has been nominated for the best actress Oscar, following her Golden Globes win for her role in Hamnet

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7 d. ago ‘Payback will be severe’: Mickey Rourke vows revenge on those behind crowdfunder ‘scam’ in his name

Oscar-nominated actor says his lawyer was trying to reimburse those who had donated money to a GoFundMe appeal set up allegedly to raise funds for the starThe actor Mickey Rourke has again spoken out against the GoFundMe appeal set up in his name, purportedly to raise funds for the star, who is currently in financial hardship.Earlier this month, the actor – who made his name in 1980s action and romance films before being Oscar nominated for his 2008 comeback, The Wrestler – declared he had nothing to do with the crowdfunder. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Legendary director's 'best ever film' no one has head of on Film4 tonight

The film won its lead actor an Oscar nomination and has been widely praised by fans

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3 w. ago Mickey Rourke launches fundraiser to pay $60,000 in rent after threat of eviction

The 73-year-old Oscar-nominated actor was issued with an eviction notice in DecemberMickey Rourke has turned to fundraising to pay the US$59,100 (£44,000, A$89,000) he allegedly owes in rent, after being sued by his landlord and facing eviction from his Los Angeles home.The 73-year-old actor, who was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe for his performance in the 2008 drama The Wrestler, has approved a GoFundMe page launched by Liya-Joelle Jones, a friend and member of Rourke’s management team. At time of writing, the fundraiser had raised US$33,000 of its US$100,000 goal. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 98% rated crime thriller with Oscar nominated actor 'at his best' now streaming

Fans claim that everyone should finish their year binge watching The Lowdown

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4 w. ago ‘Pure euphoric escapism’: why Adventureland is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort films is an ode to the charming 80s-set comedyWhile casting his knockout quasi-biopic The Social Network, film-maker David Fincher must’ve really dug how eventual Mark Zuckerberg portrayer Jesse Eisenberg handled being dumped on screen. A year before the award-lassoing Facebook drama, which led to an Oscar nomination for Eisenberg, the actor agonised through the dreamy foreground of Adventureland as reluctant carny James Brennan.The parallels between Fincher’s and Greg Mottola’s movies begin and end with their opening unceremonious separations, yet an admittedly romantic logic does allow me to soak in the notion that the great directorial mind behind such zingers as Zodiac and Gone Girl also found solace in this cinematic time machine. Continue reading...

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