34 h. ago Best Actress Oscar 2026 Odds: Here are the 11 favourites for the Academy Award for Lead Actress

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64 h. ago A moment that changed me: I froze in a job interview – and it made me stop hiding my disability

I had always been hyper-independent, preferring to get the wrong bus than ask for help with my visual impairment. When I finally acknowledged it, I was overwhelmed by the love and support of friends and strangersIn the first week of summer 2019, I decided I wanted a job. I was 16, finally old enough to attend festivals and concerts with my friends; all I needed was the money. With no prior work experience, I scraped together a CV that didn’t even fill a page and sent it to every shop and cafe in my little village in Chelmsford, Essex. Miraculously, I was offered a job interview at the local fast food restaurant.I remember the nerves I felt on the way there. What would they ask me? Would they like me? In the end, I had nothing to worry about. The interview went well and the hiring manager seemed ready to hand me a contract. But, before I left, he asked me to try out serving a customer. “Just give her the items shown next to her order number on that screen,” he said, pointing to a mon...

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1 week ago Jo Joyner sets record straight on EastEnders return and talks 'best' series yet of cosy crime drama

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1 week ago Who Will Win The Best Actor Oscar? Here are the 11 frontrunners

Awards season is about to hot up, and these are the actors who look like they’ll be picking a tuxedo for the biggest night in Hollywood.

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2 w. ago Paul Mescal reveals family plans with Gracie Abrams in rare relationship admission

Paul Mescal has revealed his hopes to become a father and be a family man one day in a rare admission about his year-long relationship with singer Gracie Abrams.

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2 w. ago Paul Mescal talks about 'deeply precious' romance with Gracie Abrams and shares fatherhood hopes

The Normal People actor, 29, went Instagram official with the singer, 26, in July

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2 w. ago Paul Mescal says relationship with Gracie Abrams is ‘deeply precious’ and he wants to protect it

The actor also expressed a desire to start a family

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2 w. ago Paul Mescal sends hearts racing in sizzling shoot for Rolling Stone as he admits he wants a family and kids amid romance with Gracie Abrams

The heartthrob actor, 29, and singer, 26, have been dating for over a year, and now Paul has hinted at how serious the romance is.

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2 w. ago Who is Paul Mescal's girlfriend Gracie Abrams as star shares rare relationship insight

Normal People actor Paul Mescal has opened up about the decision to take his relationship public.

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2 w. ago Why Shakespeare vs TikTok should lead to better drama for us all

Kenneth Brannagh says competing against short videos means actors will have to ‘work harder to earn the audience's attention’

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3 w. ago In Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet,’ something emotional this way comes

On the festival circuit this fall, no film has spawned more of an outpouring of emotion than Chloé Zhao's “Hamnet,” a speculative drama about William Shakespeare, his wife, Agnes, and the death of their 11-year-old son

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3 w. ago Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen to reflect on careers at National Theatre

The event will be hosted by Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter.

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3 w. ago Hamnet review – stately Shakespeare drama with emotionally overwhelming finale

Toronto film festival: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal are knockouts in Chloé Zhao’s poignant adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel with a stirring tearjerker endingMaggie O’Farrell’s lauded 2020 novel Hamnet is a dense and lyrical imagining of the lives of William Shakespeare’s family, full of interior thought and lush descriptions of the physical world. It would seem, upon reading, near impossible to adapt into a film. Or, at least, a film worthy of O’Farrell’s so finely woven sensory spell. Film-maker Chloé Zhao has attempted to do so anyway, and the result is a stately, occasionally lugubrious drama whose closing minutes are among the most poignant in recent memory.Zhao is a good fit for the material. She, too, is a close observer of nature and of the many aching, yearning people passing through it. But she has previously not made anything as traditionally tailored and refined as this. The humbler dimensions of her films The Rider and Nomadland are missed here; Hamnet too o...

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3 w. ago Hamnet review – Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal excel in stately Shakespeare drama with overwhelming finale

Toronto film festival: The two stars are knockouts in Chloé Zhao’s poignant adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel with a stirring tearjerker endingMaggie O’Farrell’s lauded 2020 novel Hamnet is a dense and lyrical imagining of the lives of William Shakespeare’s family, full of interior thought and lush descriptions of the physical world. It would seem, upon reading, near impossible to adapt into a film. Or, at least, a film worthy of O’Farrell’s so finely woven sensory spell. Film-maker Chloé Zhao has attempted to do so anyway, and the result is a stately, occasionally lugubrious drama whose closing minutes are among the most poignant in recent memory.Zhao is a good fit for the material. She, too, is a close observer of nature and of the many aching, yearning people passing through it. But she has previously not made anything as traditionally tailored and refined as this. The humbler dimensions of her films The Rider and Nomadland are missed here; Hamnet too often gives off th...

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3 w. ago ‘It’s Evita but set in a psych ward’ — Maia Novi’s play Invasive Species lands in London

The Argentinian actor accidentally got sectioned in her final year at Yale. Now Paul Mescal, Michaela Coel and Jennifer Lawrence are all fans of the dark comedy she created from the experience

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last month Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley’s ‘Hamnet’ tops this year’s BFI London Film Festival line

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley’s ‘Hamnet’ tops this year’s BFI London Film Festival line-up  Time Out Worldwide

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