5 h. ago The best picture 2025 winner Anora is now available to stream at home

Mikey Madison won best actress for her starring role in the thriller slash comedy caper

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6 d. ago Take your pic! Sony world photography open award winners – in pictures

Feasting polar bears, flying octopuses and gadgets galore – these stunning images won in their category at this year’s awards Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mickey 17 review – two Robert Pattinsons for the price of one in Bong Joon

Pattinson plays a hapless space explorer replicated for further hazardous duties every time he dies in the South Korean director’s timely follow-up to ParasiteWe can only speculate about the reasons behind Warner Bros’ decision to delay the release of Mickey 17 for a full year (it was originally scheduled to hit cinemas in March 2024). A science-fiction satire with the tantalising prospect of Robert Pattinson in a dual role, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s follow-up to his 2020 best picture Oscar winner, Parasite, has been at the top of most film fans’ need-to-see list since it was announced. The date shift sparked alarm and speculation that the director’s consistently high standards might have slipped. In fact, while Mickey 17 isn’t in the same elevated league as Parasite, it’s a lot of fun. What’s more, the delay has made the picture, with its themes of genetic “purity” and an on-the-nose Donald Trump parody courtesy of Mark Ruffalo’s performance as politician turned space co...

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1 week ago This land is your land: leaf portraits of Ecuador’s female farmers – in pictures

In the Zuleta community in Ecuador, farming is about more than just sustenance: it is about cultivating a deep relationship with the land based on ancestral knowledge. In her travels in the region, Colombo-Ecuadorian photographer Yinna Higuera collaborates with rural women, who in exchange share their understanding of medicinal plants and give her leaves from their gardens. In her Traces series, which has been shortlisted for a Sony world photography award, Higuera uses chlorophyll printing to superimpose the women’s portraits on banana leaves, vegetables and herbs. “Each of these women has a unique story,” she says, “yet they all share a profound bond with the land. Through these portraits, my goal is to make their strength and wisdom visible, honouring their role as stewards of the earth.”Traces is shortlisted in the creative category, professional competition, Sony world photography awards 2025. Exhibition at Somerset House, London, 17 April to 5 May, worldphoto.org Continue read...

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2 w. ago Nature Photography Contest 2024 winners and finalists – in pictures

The winners have been announced for the second annual Nature Photography Contest, featuring breathtaking images showcasing life on our planet. Bringing together work from around the world, this year’s competition once again proved the power of photography to capture landscapes, wildlife, and the delicate balance that sustains life on Earth Continue reading...

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2 w. ago From Parasite to Anora: how Cannes became an Oscars power player

The increasingly international Academy has warmed to more and more Cannes film festival premieres, leaving all eyes on this year’s editionIt might have been a bad night for streamers, blockbusters and horror movies, but last night’s Oscars was another excellent year for the Cannes film festival.The major winner, Anora, which picked up five awards including best picture, best director and best actress, was a Palme d’Or winner at last May’s edition and became only the fourth recipient to go on to a best picture Oscar. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Married Danny Jones 'kisses' Maura Higgins at BRITs party after meeting in I'm A Celeb jungle

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! winner Danny Jones and Maura Higgins have been pictured looking cosy as they left a BRIT Awards party in the early hours.

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2 w. ago Oscars 2025 dubbed the most boring ceremony EVER as shock snub for Demi Moore, risque jokes and string of Trump rants fail to avert an absolute snoozefest

Anora was the big winner of the evening, taking home five awards including Best Picture, Best Leading Actress and Best Director.

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2 w. ago Oscars 2025 big moments: Brody beats orchestra, Brits keep it classy and Kieran Culkin botches his big moment

The awards ceremony can’t escape Harvey Weinstein and a two fairytales come a cropperAnora dominates the Oscars — here’s the complete list of winnersWhile the dominance of last year’s Oppenheimer showed that big films will forever have their place at the Oscars, the Academy has increasingly gravitated to the smaller movie. Back in 2017, Moonlight became the best picture winner with the smallest ever budget (about $1.5m) and since then, films like Coda ($10m), Parasite ($11m) and Nomadland ($5m) have continued to bring indie films back to the main stage. This year, blockbusters like Wicked and Dune: Part Two might have scored major nominations but they had to settle for below-the-line wins, typically where bigger budget films have now tended to remain. The films that won above the line such as Anora ($6m), The Brutalist ($10m) and A Real Pain ($3m) relied on campaigns that stressed the importance of making a lot from a little and it meant that the night was ultimately another success...

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2 w. ago Key takeaways from Oscars 2025: Brody beats orchestra, Brits keep it classy and Kieran Culkin botches his big moment

The awards ceremony can’t escape Harvey Weinstein and two fairytales come a cropperAnora dominates the Oscars — here’s the complete list of winnersWhile the dominance of last year’s Oppenheimer showed that big films will forever have their place at the Oscars, the Academy has increasingly gravitated to the smaller movie. Back in 2017, Moonlight became the best picture winner with the smallest ever budget (about $1.5m) and since then, films like Coda ($10m), Parasite ($11m) and Nomadland ($5m) have continued to bring indie films back to the main stage. This year, blockbusters like Wicked and Dune: Part Two might have scored major nominations but they had to settle for below-the-line wins, typically where bigger budget films have now tended to remain. The films that won above the line such as Anora ($6m), The Brutalist ($10m) and A Real Pain ($3m) relied on campaigns that stressed the importance of making a lot from a little and it meant that the night was ultimately another success s...

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2 w. ago Anora has swept the Oscars. I can’t help feeling that shouldn’t have happened | Catherine Shoard

Sean Baker’s film is muddled, hollow at the middle and about the fifth least vital of the best picture lineupHow Anora swept the Oscars – and the complete list of winnersThe red carpet and Oscars ceremony – in picturesIt is hard to imagine a more charming Oscar winner than Sean Baker. The director – and writer, editor and producer – of Anora was wonderfully persuasive and gracious and fluent at the Academy Awards. He was funny picking up best editing, and then he was sweet accepting the screenwriter prize.When it came to the directing gong, he was downright godlike: the podium his soapbox, superbly leveraged for a gang-busting call to arms about the importance of cinema and the need for people to support bricks and mortar venues. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Oscars 2025 LIVE: Stars attend afterparties as fans react to Academy Awards ceremony

Conclave, Wicked, The Substance, Emilia Pérez, and Dune: Part Two all claimed awards

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2 w. ago Full list of Oscars 2025 winners ‘Anora’ takes home best picture

Anora dominated the 97th Academy Awards, winning big with five golden statues, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Mikey Madison, beating out favourite Emilia Perez

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2 w. ago Full list of Oscars 2025 winners as Anora takes home best picture

Anora dominated the 97th Academy Awards, winning big with five golden statues, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Mikey Madison, beating out favourite Emilia Perez

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2 w. ago Anora wins Best Picture Oscar as 2025's biggest winner of the night

Sean Baker's Anora took home the Best Picture award at the 97th Academy Awards, marking a groundbreaking win for independent cinema...

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2 w. ago Oscars 2025 LIVE: Anora wins Best Picture as it dominates the Oscars, winning five awards

Conclave, Wicked, The Substance, Emilia Pérez, and Dune: Part Two all claimed awards

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2 w. ago Oscars 2025 live: Anora sweeps awards with best picture, best director and best actress

At the 97th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Adrien Brody wins best actor for The Brutalist, while Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin take prizes. Join us for full coverage• The complete list of winners• The red carpet – in picturesAnd now a special live update from the Guardian’s Xan Brooks at the Dolby theatre in Hollywood First trip to the Oscars. Impossibly glamorous arrival. Non-celebrity guests, I discover, access the Dolby theatre by walking around the police cordons, across a filling station forecourt and past a shuttered bowling alley to the theatre doors. This is perhaps what’s known unofficially as the Karla Sofía Gascón Entrance. But I’m now safely inside and have been handed a spring roll to eat. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Anora sweeps the Oscars as Mikey Madison named best actress and Adrien Brody wins for The Brutalist

Sean Baker’s film picked up five awards including best picture while Israel-Palestine documentary No Other Land also gets major winOscars 2025 — follow live Academy Awards updatesSee complete list of winners and photos from the red carpetLow-budget comedy Anora has triumphed at this year’s Oscars winning five Oscars, including best picture and best actress while Adrien Brody took home best actor.Anora, which follows Mikey Madison’s sex worker who gets married to the son of a Russian oligarch, premiered at the Cannes film festival last year and has become the fourth Palme d’Or winner to be named best picture. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Anora dominates the Oscars as Mikey Madison named best actress and Adrien Brody wins for The Brutalist

Sean Baker’s film picks up five awards including best picture while Israel-Palestine documentary No Other Land also gets major win• Oscars 2025 – follow live Academy Awards updates• Complete list of winners and photos from the red carpetLow-budget comedy Anora has triumphed at this year’s Oscars winning five Oscars, including best picture and best actress while Adrien Brody took home best actor.Anora, which follows Mikey Madison’s sex worker who gets married to the son of a Russian oligarch, premiered at the Cannes film festival last year and has become the fourth Palme d’Or winner to be named best picture. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Oscars 2025: Anora big winner of the night as it takes home Best Picture prize

Anora has won the Best Picture category at the 97th Academy Awards, minutes after Mikey Madison takes home Best Actress in a Leading Role

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