4 h. ago Oil rig horror Still Wakes The Deep leads 2025 Ukie Video Game Awards nominees

Set aboard an oil rig off the north coast of Scotland, Still Wakes the Deep is up for several awards including UK Game of the year.

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8 h. ago Amazon Prime's latest addition has already divided fans as some left 'blown away'

The big budget action film can now be enjoyed at home

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11 h. ago Zero Day is a political thriller without a political position or even point

Netflix’s new Robert De Niro-led hit series toys with real-world references but hasn’t got the faintest clue what to do with themSpoilers aheadFor decades, movies and TV shows that feature the president of the United States as a character have tried, often playfully, to keep pace with the headlines. Sometimes they even managed to move a little faster than real-life progress; Morgan Freeman was chosen to lead the nation in Deep Impact a decade before the election of Barack Obama, and plenty of women have occupied the on-screen Oval Office, anticipating a glass-ceiling break that has yet to actually happen.So at first, the new Netflix series Zero Day comes across like a slightly and understandably mistimed attempt at topicality by focusing on George Mullen (Robert De Niro), a former US president known for bipartisan cooperation, who only served one term before stepping down to deal with the death of his son, and who later works closely with the current president, Evelyn Mitchell (Ange...

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66 h. ago Coming to a cinema near you: six British kids playing Roblox...

The stars, six British junior schoolchildren, were recruited via Facebook and a casting agency to play each other on the Roblox video game platform for the film to launch on April 19.

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69 h. ago Woman received six figure payout from NHS after she developed an addiction to Candy Crush from taking prescribed medication

The woman, from Essex, received the six figure sum after she became addicted to the video puzzle game when she was prescribed and began taking a medication for restless leg syndrome.

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4 d. ago The Oscars 2025: We rank the nominees for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards

The most glittering ceremony in cinema is just days away 🏆

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4 d. ago Oscars 2025: best actor nominees – awards, interviews and what their chances are

What to know about the actors nominated for the Academy Awards’ biggest acting prize, along with the Guardian’s reviews and interviewsFull list of nominationsWant more? Our guide to the best picture raceAhead of the 2 March Oscars ceremony, the Guardian film looks at how the big contenders are shaping up in the race for glory. We sort through the nominees for the best actor Oscar, assessing each one’s chances and how you can watch or stream each film. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago SAG Awards presenters will include Grande, Chalamet, Erivo and Yeoh

Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet, Selena Gomez, Mikey Madison and other stars of the top Screen Actors Guild Awards film nominees will be among the presenters at Sunday’s ceremony

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5 d. ago Barcelona's Lamine Yamal signs new deal to become face of PS5 eFootball game

Free-to-play Xbox and Playstation video game eFootball has now taken on one of the hottest young prospects in world soccer as a brand ambassador

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5 d. ago To be or not to be: could actors really pull off staging Hamlet in the violent video game Grand Theft Auto?

During lockdown, an out-of-work actor discovered a venue within the bestselling game and decided to put on Shakespeare’s great work with friends... they just had to avoid the audience shooting them

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6 d. ago Europe is looking to Germany for leadership – but these elections will dash its hopes again | Cas Mudde

The CDU is a big player in the European parliament, but its predicted win this Sunday won’t change Germany’s inward focusWhat a difference four years makes. In 2021, the world watched the German elections to see who would succeed the EU’s uncrowned “queen”. Angela Merkel had become a symbol of liberal democracy in the era marked by the first Trump administration. In Germany, two colourless figures explicitly vied to replace her. Deep down everyone knew that German leadership in Europe was coming to an end. But no one could have foreseen how steep the fall would be.Today, Germany is a country struggling with itself, increasingly sidelined in Europe and the world. The second Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 largely destroyed Merkel’s rosy legacy, exposing her opportunistically soft approach to authoritarian leaders such as Vladimir Putin and the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán. Under Merkel’s Social Democratic party (SPD) successor, Olaf Scholz, the country has become as pal...

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6 d. ago Elon Musk sums up wild Amber Heard relationship with one blunt word

Back in 2017, Elon Musk and Amber Heard embarked on a rocky relationship that would have many dramatic ups and downs, from bonding over video game characters, to fiery rows and threesome allegations

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6 d. ago Oscars 2025: best picture nominees – reviews, awards and where to watch

What to know about the 10 films nominated for the Academy Award’s biggest prize, along with the reviews, interviews and the big prizes earned so far• Full list of Oscar nominationsThe Golden Globes and Baftas are done and dusted, the Critics Choices packed up for another year. But the big one, the Academy Awards, is yet to come, and with it the ultimate prizes the film industry can bestow on its peers. Ahead of the 2 March Oscars ceremony, Guardian film looks at how are the big contenders shaping up in the race for glory. We sort through the nominees for the best picture Oscar, assessing each one’s chances and how you can watch or stream each film. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Still Game Jimmy Martin video singing popular Celtic song resurfaces as star dies at 93

Watch as a Still Game star sang a popular Celtic song before he tragically passed away at the age of 93.

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7 d. ago Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii review – the best pirate video game in years

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii lives up to its admittedly barmy title and premise to become one of the best pirate games of recent years.

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7 d. ago ‘No micro transactions, no bullshit’: Josef Fares on Split Fiction and the joy of co

Fares is a refreshingly unpredictable voice, starting as a film director before moving into games; now, he says, working on a movie would be ‘a vacation’There aren’t many video game developers as outspoken as Hazelight’s Josef Fares. Infamous for his expletive-laden viral rants at livestreamed awards shows, Fares is a refreshingly firy and unpredictable voice in an all too corporate industry. As he puts it, “It doesn’t matter where I work or what I do, I will always say what I want. People say to me that that’s refreshing – but isn’t it weird that you cannot say what you think in interviews? Do we live in a fucking communist country? Obviously, you have got to respect certain boundaries, but to not even be able to express what you think personally about stuff? People are too afraid!”Yet while gamers know him as a grinning chaos merchant and passionate ambassador of co-op gameplay, in Fares’ adopted homeland of Sweden, he is best known as an award-winning film director. His goofy 200...

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7 d. ago Vote open to public to crown UK’s most heroic dog in Crufts award

Nominees of the annual Hero Dog Award include a record-breaking blood donor dog and another who walked 3,000 miles alongside his grieving owner.

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7 d. ago MOBO Awards 2025: full list of performers, nominees and how to watch the ceremony on TV or streaming

There’s set to be a carnival atmosphere at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena this evening as the MOBO’s arrive

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