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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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From Conclave to The Brutalist to A Real Pain, films about religion are unusually well represented at the Academy Awards – some with decidedly unorthodox themes• Warning: contains spoilersWhat Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell said of New Labour – “We don’t do God” – applies also to the Academy Awards. The secular gong-dispensing rite annually sweeps religion off its proverbial red carpet. The last best picture winner to deal with the subject was 2015’s Spotlight, which hardly proselytised for organised religion – it dramatised the Boston Globe’s investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic church. You have to go back to 1973 to find a movie with a priestly protagonist that really beguiled the Academy: William Friedkin’s horror movie The Exorcist received 10 Oscar nominations, winning awards for screenplay and sound.This year, though, may be different. Two leading contenders, The Brutalist (10 nominations) and Conclave (eight), put faith front and centre. And let’...

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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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The actor, 66, attended a ceremony at the Guildhall in the capital after being nominated by Lord Mayor Alastair King.

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New batch of names join previously announced presenters such as Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, and Elle Fanning

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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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John Powell, 61, has written the scores to hits like How to Train Your Dragon, Happy Feet, the Bourne film series, X-Men: The Last Stand and Don't Worry Darling.

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Nominees were originally supposed to be announced during a live event that was canceled due to the L.A. wildfires

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

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It’s the biggest night of the year for the film industry.

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The longlists for several categories have already been unveiled, and these will be narrowed down when the official nominations are revealed

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A look at our update leader board after this year’s BAFTA and DGA Ceremonies - here’s who’s on top

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Both Edward Berger and Brady Corbet’s dramas take four awards while Demi Moore denied comeback prize as competition heats up for next month’s OscarsFull list of winnersBaftas after-parties: Pamela Anderson, Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande – in picturesRed carpet, ceremony and winners – as it happenedConclave, Edward Berger’s Vatican-set thriller starring Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal overseeing the election of a new pope, went into this year’s Bafta ceremony with a dozen nominations – the most of any contender. It ended up with four awards: for best picture, outstanding British film, adapted screenplay and editing.Accepting the second of those, Berger – who swept the board at the awards two years ago with his remake of All Quiet on the Western Front, which won seven prizes – said: “We live in a time of a crisis of democracy. Institutions used to bringing us together are used to pull us apart. Sometimes it’s hard to keep the faith, and that’s why we make movies.” Continue reading...

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