3 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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26 h. ago Cate Blanchett turns heads in quirky bird feather gown as she graces the red carpet at premiere of her film Father Mother Sister Brother during Venice International Film Festival

The acclaimed actress, 56, ensured all eyes were on her in a striking black gown with a voluminous skirt made up of layers of dark grey feathers.

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27 h. ago Jude Law avoids red carpet snaps with his wife Phillipa Coan as she makes rare public appearance at his premiere during Venice International Film Festival

The actor, 52, who tied the knot with Phillipa, 38, in 2019, appeared on the red carpet for The Wizard Of The Kremlin premiere, however he and his wife avoided being snapped together.

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60 h. ago ‘I held on to what’s important’: Kim Novak on Hitchcock, Trump and her Venice lifetime achievement award

One of the stars of Hollywood’s golden era, 92-year-old says prize as much about her refusal to be controlled as her on-screen performancesShe was the No 1 box office star in the late 50s, but for decades Kim Novak, the star of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Vertigo, has lived a life of quiet seclusion. Now, at the age of 92, the last of the great, glamorous movie stars of Hollywood’s golden era is back in the spotlight. She is being honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Venice film festival, where a documentary about her life and career, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, is premiering.For Novak, it is a tribute not just to her acting but to her lifelong refusal to be controlled and manipulated by Hollywood, or anyone else. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Paris Jackson stuns in a figure hugging purple dress as she joins chic Noomi Rapace and Tilda Swinton at glamorous Tom Ford dinner in Venice

The great and good of Hollywood have gathered in Venice for the 82nd annual International Film Festival in the Italian City this week.

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1 week ago Ken Loach in Edinburgh: Palestine Action ban is 'legal monstrosity'

The filmmaker posed with activists after an event at the Edinburgh International Film festival

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1 week ago Irvine Welsh: Edinburgh Festival is great but I’m more excited about Hibs

Reality is Not Enough, a documentary about the Trainspotting author and his take on consciousness, will close the International Film Festival.

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2 w. ago Festivals diary: Why everything is broken and one comedian's famous heckler

Eva Victor told the Edinburgh International Film Festival is was not her first time in Edinburgh in August

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2 w. ago After uproar, documentary on Hamas 2023 attack will screen at Toronto Film Festival

The Toronto International Film Festival will screen a documentary on the 2023 Hamas attack, after all, following an uproar over the film’s disinvitation from the upcoming festival

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2 w. ago Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 Star Guests: 10 famous faces who will walk the red carpet

A week-long celebration of film gets underway this week in Edinburgh.

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2 w. ago TIFF pulls documentary on 2023 Hamas attack from festival lineup, citing footage rights issue

The Toronto International Film Festival has disinvited a documentary on the Hamas' 2023 attack into Israel over what the festival says was a footage rights issue

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2 w. ago Director Paul Andrew Williams on returning to EIFF with intense new film Dragonfly: ‘Brenda Blethyn was up for anything’

Writer/director Paul Andrew Williams is back at the Edinburgh International Film Festival with a quietly gripping film starring Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn. Interview by Alistair Harkness

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3 w. ago Edinburgh International Film Festival: Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn, Andrea Riseborough in full star line

The Edinburgh International Film Festival starts next week.

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3 w. ago Watch: First look at trailer of Highlands porridge documentary set for Edinburgh International Film Festival

The competition has been running for three decades

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