10 h. ago The Oscars were an exhilarating triumph for Anora and newly minted star Mikey Madison

Political metaphors were the dark undercurrent in this year’s crop, from Anora’s toxic masculinity to the revolutionary defiance of I’m Still HereSo, as Conan O’Brien pointed out, the Oscars went to a film about someone standing up to a Russian, and maybe recent events mean we have to probe its political metaphor even further. Sean Baker’s cacophonous, crazy non-love story Anora won five Academy Awards including best actress for that rather amazing and newly born star Mikey Madison, playing the tough, smart, beautiful New York lap dancer who gets a Vegas quickie marriage to the spoilt and pusillanimous son of a Russian oligarch and then has to stand up to his parents. Madison embodies Anora’s complex courage: not exactly romantic, not exactly in love, but certainly believing in the wedding contract, in her own status as a legally married woman and in the possibility of happiness which is no more remote for her than for anyone else. She is the thoroughly modern, thoroughly 21st-centu...

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14 h. ago Kieran Culkin shocks fans by leaving brother Macaulay out of Oscars 2025 acceptance speech

Kieran Culkin delivered an emotional, expletive-filled acceptance speech as he became a first-ever Oscar winner - but left out a very famous family member.

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19 h. ago Declan Donnelly's affair with lap dancer that ended his relationship with famous ex

Declan Donnelly is happily married to Ali Astall and the couple share two children, but the TV presenter broke his ex's heart when he had an affair with a lap dancer.

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23 h. ago Declan Donnelly's famous ex he left heartbroken after 'affair with lap dancer'

Declan Donnelly is now happily married to his wife Ali Astall, but the TV presenter's former girlfriend Clare Buckfield was left heartbroken after their split

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3 d. ago Brazilians have waited 25 years to avenge Gwyneth Paltrow’s Oscar win – Fernanda Torres might just do it

In 1999, Brazilians were left frustrated when Fernanda Montenegro, one of the country’s most famous and respected actors, was beaten to an Academy Award by the ‘Shakespeare in Love’ star. Now, almost three decades later, Montenegro’s daughter – the star of the celebrated drama ‘I’m Still Here’ – could take home the Best Actress prize herself, writes Adam White

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3 d. ago The Chase fans convinced contestant is a famous TV star as they're left distracted

The Chase viewers were sent into a frenzy on Thursday afternoon as they believed that one of the contestants was the spitting image of a famous TV star

Culture

4 d. ago Cheryl Hole vows to celebrate The Vivienne's 'legacy and spirit' in moving tribute

The Vivienne left their many fans and famous friends devastated at the start of this year when they died at the age of 31 at their home in Cheshire

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6 d. ago ITV Coronation Street Bernie Winter star Jane Hazlegrove's life off screen

Jane Hazlegrove has been a firm favourite on Coronation Street since 2019, but many fans were left stunned after realising who her famous wife is.

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8 d. ago Gladiator fans left in complete shock as contestant is revealed to have a famous father

Gladiator fans were left stunned on Saturday night after learning that one of the show's latest contenders has a famous boxing legend for a father. 

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