17 h. ago Crash at 20: is it the worst best picture winner of all time?

Paul Haggis’s interconnected drama about racism in Los Angeles remains one of the most embarrassing Oscar decisions ever madeIt doesn’t take long for Paul Haggis’s Crash to end up on the shortest of shortlists for the worst film ever to win best picture at the Oscars, maybe the single worst in the color era since 1954’s Around the World in 80 Days. At the time, it was a dark-horse favorite to upset the widely acclaimed Brokeback Mountain, premiering a full year earlier at the Toronto film festival before riding an unexpected cultural wave to awards-season glory. Now 20 years later, it feels like a “you had to be there” moment that’s hard to explain, because the movie itself is so obviously rancid that it suggests few answers on its own. The job is probably better suited to cultural anthropologists than film critics.Nonetheless, Haggis’s ensemble piece about racial animus in Los Angeles seems to have struck a chord with, well, the many Academy voters from Los Angeles who reside in th...

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3 d. ago Wrexham unsung hero's huge net worth, relationship with Prince William, famous wife

Wrexham director Humphrey Ker has been credited with playing a huge role in the club's success, but there are many who know little about his fascinating life as an actor and writer

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4 d. ago UK's Eurovision spokesperson revealed as huge Doctor Who star lands role

The official UK spokesperson for Eurovision has been announced as a huge Doctor Who star will be announcing the all important scoring board on May 17

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8 d. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing pro lands new role away from show sparking exit fears

Strictly Come Dancing professional star has announced she's landed a huge new role away from the BBC show

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8 d. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Katya Jones 'thrilled to share' major move as co

The professional dancer said 'it's time' as she confirmed a huge new role away from the Strictly ballroom

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8 d. ago Vera's Brenda Blethyn lands new role with Death in Paradise actor in huge series announcement

Brenda Blethyn has landed a new role in a Channel 4 drama, following her decision to leave the ITV crime series Vera after 11 years in the leading role

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8 d. ago Vera's Brenda Blethyn teams up with Call the Midwife star for new role in major career announcement

Brenda Blethyn has landed a huge new role in a Channel 4 adaptation just months after quitting her role as Detective Vera Stanhope in the ITV series.

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8 d. ago Robert De Niro thanks Francis Ford Coppola for not casting him in major film: ‘The best job I never got’

De Niro lost out on the huge role to James Caan

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1 week ago CBB's Chris Hughes 'quit' huge show role before entering house and was replaced by star

Chris Hughes reportedly quit his role on ITV Racing before entering the Celebrity Big Brother house earlier this month, with the former Love Island star said to have been replaced by a reality star

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1 week ago Emmerdale fans gobsmacked as huge Netflix star lands role of first autistic character

A huge Netflix actor will play Lewis Barton, a new addition to the iconic Barton family - and will play the show’s very first openly autistic character

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1 week ago Amanda Abbington declares 'my son is no nepo baby' as he lands huge new role

The Sherlock star's former partner Amanda Abbington has insisted their son Joe is 'not a nepo baby' as the 19-year-old has landed a massive new role on the small screen

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2 w. ago 'Best war film viewers have ever seen' with unexpected cameo from huge star

The historical war film was a box office smash hit and saw the acting debut of one of the world's biggest stars alongside Oscar-winning actors and a huge twist

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2 w. ago Celeb Big Brother's Jack P Shepherd narrowly missed out on huge Harry Potter role

Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd opened up to his Celebrity Big Brother housemates about two huge roles he previously auditioned for and was close to landing

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3 w. ago Corrie's Jonathan Howard missed out on huge part 17 years before landing Carl role

Coronation Street Kevin Webster’s long-lost brother Carl Webster, played by Jonathan Howard, has already got tongues wagging in Weatherfield - but the actor could have been part of the soap years earlier

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3 w. ago Strictly presenter Fleur East breaks silence on huge new role away from BBC show

Strictly: It Takes Two host Fleur East has announced her thrilling new role away from the BBC dance show.

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3 w. ago EastEnders legend Patsy Palmer eyes up new soap role after BBC exit

EastEnders icon Patsy Palmer, who has played Bianca Jackson since 1993, has made a huge ITV soap swipe as she eyes up a new role on the cobbles after her Walford exit

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3 w. ago One of the late Val Kilmer's best films is airing on TV tonight

Fans were left devasted by the actor's passing earlier in the month

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3 w. ago The Greater Manchester men jailed for role in huge £53m plot

Gary Gittins and Mark Knowles have been jailed

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3 w. ago Val Kilmer's little known role in huge film had huge unexpected impact

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro's first time ever sharing screen space turned out to be a giant of a film, a god among American crime thrillers - and cinema fans have been dreaming of it for years

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3 w. ago Val Kilmer's cause of death confirmed after tragic passing aged 65

The Top Gun actor battled throat cancer and faced serious health struggles over the past decade

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