2 h. ago ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Nominations, Ahead of ‘Hamnet’

‘One Battle After Another’ Leads London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Nominations, Ahead of ‘Hamnet’  The Hollywood Reporter

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3 h. ago ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ and ‘Sinners’ Lead London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Nominations

‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ and ‘Sinners’ Lead London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Nominations  Variety

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3 h. ago ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Nominations – Full List

‘One Battle After Another’ Leads London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Nominations – Full List  Deadline

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45 h. ago How Winter Wonderland became the nightmare before Christmas: Brawl is latest violence as event becomes most

The annual event in London 's Hyde Park has been criticised for years for extortionate prices and huge crowds.

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45 h. ago Luke Littler snubs £26m achievement and picks his BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner

Luke Littler has been named as one of the nominees for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award and the world No.1 darts sensation has had his say on who should win the gong

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52 h. ago Guz Khan: ‘What do I most dislike about my appearance? My breasts’

The actor, writer and comedian on turning his life around, fancying Cilla Black and his secret nose-pickingBorn in Coventry, Guz Khan, 39, was working as a secondary school teacher when he began uploading comedy videos as the character Mobeen in 2014. The following year, he gave up teaching to pursue standup. In 2017, his show Man Like Mobeen was released by the BBC and ran for five series. He won a Royal Television Society award in 2020 and was Bafta-nominated twice. His films include Army of Thieves and The Bubble. Guz Khan’s Custom Cars starts on Quest on 19 January. He is married with five children and lives in the West Midlands.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Impulsivity. We end up in strange places, like right now – I am in the Middle East. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Yungblud reveals heartbreaking reason his Grammy nomination feels 'tragic'

Singer Yungblud has been nominated in the Best Rock Performance category at the Grammy Awards, which takes place on February 4, but described it was "tragic" following a tough year

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66 h. ago Christine Choy, indie filmmaker who led seminal documentary on the killing of Vincent Chin, dies

Christine Choy, a trailblazer for Asian Americans in independent film and whose documentary on the fatal beating of Vincent Chin was nominated for an Academy Award, has died

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66 h. ago Police appeal after woman, 80, left in critical condition by collision in west London

A 20-year-old man has been arrested and is assisting the police with their investigation

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68 h. ago Stellan Skarsgård says it’s ‘gloves off’ this awards season in rivalry against son Alexander

The pair were both nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the recent Gotham Awards

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3 d. ago China wants a "super embassy" in the heart of London. Critics fear it could be a hub for intel gathering.

China wants a "super embassy" in the heart of London. Critics fear it could be a hub for intel gathering.  CBS News

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3 d. ago Critics detail concerns over proposed Chinese "super embassy" in London

Critics detail concerns over proposed Chinese "super embassy" in London  Yahoo

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4 d. ago Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – how a tiny studio developed the Belle Époque

What started as Guillaume Broche’s personal project has been nominated for 12 Game awards, sold more than 2m copies and been praised by Emmanuel Macron as a ‘shining example of French audacity’The record-breaking 12 nominations at the Game awards this year was beyond the wildest dreams of Guillaume Broche when he first began inking out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as a personal project while working at Ubisoft.Before selling more than 2m copies, the narrative-driven roleplaying game with “a unique world, challenging combat and great writing” was a technical demo called We Lost. It was Broche’s appetite for risk and a few hopeful Reddit posts that would create the game’s world of Lumiere and its struggle against the Paintress. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago BBC SPOTY 2025 shortlist confirmed as Luke Littler battles it out with two Lionesses

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 shortlist features Luke Littler, Rory McIlroy and Lando Norris among six nominees competing for the prestigious sporting award

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4 d. ago Eating With Tod's London Christmas market is criticised for 'no music, seating or atmosphere' with one restauranteur describing viral dishes as the 'worst food he's ever eaten'

The event promised to bring together some of the most highly anticipated food brands to deliver Instagram-worthy dishes and was expected to be one of the biggest festive attractions in the capital.

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5 d. ago ‘Excellent’ period drama that ‘gets better with each episode’ now streaming

The 2013 historical drama was nominated for several Primetime Emmy Awards and has been hailed as 'perfectly cast'

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5 d. ago Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – fear and loathing in New York

This sharp, bleak debut satirises the current cultural moment through the life and loves of a cynical young writerThere is a long tradition of stories about artists that are also about the question of how to represent life in art; novels about artists with toxic female friendships are more unusual.Enter Anika Jade Levy’s slim and sharp debut Flat Earth, which shares its title with a film made by a woman whom Avery, the narrator, identifies as her best friend. Frances is a rich and beautiful twentysomething who becomes a “reluctant celebrity in certain circles” after her film, “an experimental documentary about rural isolation and rightwing conspiracy theories” in the modern-day United States, premieres to critical acclaim at a gallery in New York. Avery, meanwhile, is struggling to write what she describes as “a book of cultural reports”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago BAFTA Games Awards 2026 longlist: President Macron's favourite French game leads the pack

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from indie studio Sandfall Interactive is nominated for 17 awards

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6 d. ago Anybody heard of a rehearsal? Mangling nominees’ names may be traditional – but it’s still embarrassing

Yesterday’s Golden Globes announcement was a masterclass in mispronunciation that threatens to undo every effort to internationalise awards. Why can’t producers just make their presenters practise?The day after an awards show announces its nominations, the focus typically falls on the nominees. However, yesterday’s Golden Globe nominations were a little different, because all anyone can talk about is how badly the actor Marlon Wayans mangled everyone’s name.If you didn’t see it, it was a masterclass in getting it wrong. Watching Wayans announce the Golden Globe nominations was like living through one of those anxiety dreams where you’re asked to fly a jumbo jet and realise that you don’t know what any of the controls do. If you did see it, then I’m sure your toes will uncurl eventually. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Mo Salah nominated for major award despite his explosive Arne Slot outburst

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has been nominated for the BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year award alongside Terence Crawford after his controversial benching comments

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