7 h. ago Kim Novak uncensored: Legendary actress, 92, is finally given the freedom to speak her side of the story as critics deem her 'impressively unfiltered'

After stepping away from the limelight, Kim Novak returned to Venice Film Festival on Monday after releasing a documentary about her poverty-stricken upbringing

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23 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 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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28 h. ago Alfred Hitchcock bombshell Kim Novak, 92, reveals her mother tried to abort her with knitting needles and 'suffocate her with a pillow' as tell

The film, which premiered last night in advance of the 92-year-old actress getting a lifetime achievement Golden Lion today, tells of her upbringing in Depression-era Chicago.

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29 h. ago Alfred Hitchcock bombshell Kim Novak, 92, reveals her mother tried to abort her pregnancy with knitting needles and 'suffocate her with a pillow' as tell

The film, which premiered last night in advance of the 92-year-old actress getting a lifetime achievement Golden Lion today, tells of her upbringing in Depression-era Chicago.

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31 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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54 h. ago Stephen King shares theory about how Donald Trump will be remembered in history

Author is outspoken critic of president and recently called presidency ‘horror story’

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65 h. ago Kim Novak, 92, slams Sydney Sweeney's 'sexualized' biopic about her romance with Sammy Davis Jr.

The film, titled Scandalous, will revisit the 92-year-old actress' 50s-era romance with fellow entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.

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3 d. ago Kim Novak highlights issue with title of new biopic starring Sydney Sweeney

New film will recount the 1957 clandestine love affair between the ‘Vertigo’ star and singer-actor Sammy Davis Jr

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3 d. 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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6 d. ago An influencer plagiarised my life story on TikTok. Social media thrives on mimicry – but this was a step too far | Esme Hewitt

At its best, the internet can be a space where people share stories and ideas. But the line between inspiration and theft can easily become blurredLast month, I wrote an article about being adopted by a British couple during the era of China’s one-child policy. Three days after the story ran in a national newspaper, my phone buzzed with a flurry of messages from a friend who had sent me a TikTok post by an influencer telling her life story to camera. Twenty seconds into her video, my jaw plummeted. She had recited entire sections of my article, word for word, to her 20,000 followers. She didn’t even have the courtesy to give me a credit.When I wrote that piece, the idea of exposing personal details of my life to scrutiny or criticism was terrifying. Even so, it felt right to share this story in the hope that others might find comfort if they too had had similar experiences. What I wasn’t expecting was for someone to take my words and claim them as their own. Continue reading...

Technology

9 d. ago 'Unforgettable' film based on true story lands on Netflix with impressive critic reviews

The film which tells the tragic true story of the Von Erich family - a family of professional wrestlers - is now available to stream on Netflix.

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2 w. ago Diana Rigg's last role in All Creatures Great and Small saw poignant end to career

Diana Rigg's final role in All Creatures Great and Small saw the actress play Mrs Pumphrey in the Channel 5 drama series

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3 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Sarah Hadland says it's 'been insane' as she pays subtle nod to Vito Coppola

The actress, who made it to the final of the BBC dance contest last year alongside the dancer, shared a fresh update

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