60 m. ago The Smashing Machine: Dwayne Johnson tipped for Oscar buzz as film earns standing ovation

The film received a 15-minute standing ovation after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival overnight

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1 hour ago The Rock shows off dramatic new look for The Smashing Machine at Venice Film Festival

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson showed off a dramatic new look at the premiere of his new movie The Smashing Machine at Venice Film Festival on Monday (1 September).

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4 h. ago Kathryn Bigelow unveils political thriller ‘A House of Dynamite’ at Venice Film Festival

Kathryn Bigelow tackles geopolitics in her new film “A House of Dynamite.”

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9 h. ago Amanda Seyfried borrows Julia Roberts's EXACT look at Venice Film Festival after begging her stylist to source the actress's outfit on Instagram

The actress, 39, looked incredible as she arrived at The Testament Of Ann Lee photocall in a two-piece suit.

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13 h. ago Kim Novak, 92, looks almost unrecognisable as she receives the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice International Film Festival

The actress, 92, channeled old Hollywood glamour as she stepped out in an emerald and black gown to accept the award.

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14 h. ago Emily Blunt steals the show in a dazzling strapless gown as she puts on a playful display with The Rock at The Smashing Machine premiere during The Venice Film Festival

Emily Blunt made sure to turn heads in a glamorous strapless gown as she attended The Smashing Machine premiere during the 82nd Venice Film Festival on Monday. 

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14 h. ago Putin biopic with Jude Law as dictator has viewers claim star looks like another actor

The Wizard of the Kremlin, a satire following the rise of Mad Vlad, premiered at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend - but many were in hysterics over Jude Law's appearance

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15 h. ago Emily Blunt steals the show in a dazzling strapless gown as she joins The Rock at The Smashing Machine premiere at 82nd Venice Film Festival

Emily Blunt made sure to turn heads in a glamorous strapless gown as she attended The Smashing Machine premiere during the 82nd Venice Film Festival on Monday. 

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15 h. ago Vertigo star Kim Novak reveals mother tried to kill her as a child in new documentary

‘Kim Novak’s Vertigo’ is screening at the Venice Film Festival this week

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15 h. ago Jacob Elordi accused of 'DIVA' behavior as he snaps at Venice Film Festival official in tense exchange

Jacob Elordi was branded 'super rude' as he got into a tense altercation with a Venice Film Festival official at the world premiere of Frankenstein on Saturday.

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15 h. ago Halsey showcases stunning figure in corset gown while joined by hunky fiance Avan Jogia at amfAR Gala in Venice

The 30-year-old singer was joined on the red carpet by Canadian actor hunk Avan Jogia, 33, at the amfAR Gala on Sunday night which was happening amid the Venice Film Festival 2025.

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17 h. ago Dwayne Johnson, 53, stuns fans with 'much slimmer' frame and 'loss of muscle mass' while promoting The Smashing Machine

Dwayne Johnson has stunned fans with his 'much slimmer' frame, after unveiling a new look during the Venice Film Festival. 

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18 h. ago Jude Law as Vladimir Putin and 7 more actors who transformed into politicians

Jude Law looks totally unrecognisable as Russian president Vladimir Putin in the new movie, The Wizard of Kremlin, which recently premiered at the Venice Film Festival

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18 h. ago The Testament of Ann Lee review – strikingly strange portrait of radically ecstatic Shaker leader

Venice film festivalAmanda Seyfried plays the 18th-century missionary who took her message to the New World, in Mona Fastvold’s elusive film‘Our ordeal is worth it!” This is the cry of one of the faithful in Mona Fastvold’s movie, co-written with her partner Brady Corbet, with whom she co-wrote The Brutalist. It is a vehement, fervent, striking but sometimes baffling drama about the historical figure of Ann Lee, who endured religious persecution in 18th-century England as leader of the fundamentalist Shaker movement.As the embodiment of Christ’s second coming, Lee took her radical message to the New World and in pre-revolutionary America founded an enduring community of souls, persecuted all over again by the new patriarchy for being a woman and a pacifist. Her Shakers were known among other things for their skill in stylishly elegant and minimalist furniture – although the connection with Christ’s profession is unstressed. Lee is played by Amanda Seyfried, with Lewis Pullman as her...

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20 h. ago Kim Novak’s Vertigo review – the dizzying demands on Hitchcock’s leading lady

Venice film festivalAn intensely personal interview of the 92-year-old Hollywood star delivers showstopping moments for fans of the golden age of moviesAt 92 years old, Hollywood movie star Kim Novak – legendary of course for her doppelganger starring role in Hitchcock’s Vertigo – is a vivid and, in fact, yearningly romantic and demanding presence in this gallant, cinephile documentary-interview filmed by director and Novak superfan Alexandre O Philippe. She is one of the very few golden age stars still with us, and maybe the title of this film is a playful pun: at the very apex of Hollywood history, perhaps Novak feels dizzy looking down from her mythic height.Philippe himself is more than qualified for this kind of intensely personal exegesis, having in the past made intriguing films about David Lynch’s debt to The Wizard of Oz and about the Psycho shower scene. With a touch of mischief and misdirection, he begins his film by simply playing a voice note that Novak has sent him, in...

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21 h. ago Georgina's VERY bling get up! Ronaldo's fiancée dons £2.4 million worth of custom jewellery

Georgina showed off her 30-carat diamond ring, said to be worth £2.2 million, as she held her hands up while at the 82nd Venice Film Festival.

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21 h. ago Georgina's VERY bling get up! Ronaldo's fiancée dons £2.4 million worth of custom jewellery  at Venice Film Festival

Georgina showed off her 30-carat diamond ring, said to be worth £2.2 million, as she held her hands up while at the 82nd Venice Film Festival.

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22 h. ago All the best looks from Venice Film Festival 2025: Cate Blanchett, Jacob Elordi and Emma Stone

The stars are pulling out all the stops with their Venice style for 2025

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25 h. ago Ronaldo's fiancée Georgina Rodriguez flashes her giant $3million engagement ring as she sizzles in a lace dress at the Venice Film Festival

Cristiano Ronaldo's fiancée Georgina Rodriguez flashed her giant sparkling engagement ring on Sunday as she hit the red carpet at the Filming Italy Venice Award.

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28 h. ago Dwayne Johnson, Oscar contender? ‘The Smashing Machine’ starts buzz at Venice Film Festival

Dwayne Johnson takes a serious turn as UFC fighter Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine,” premiering Monday at the Venice Film Festival

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