TV guide: The return of Ted Lasso, and the other best new shows to watch this week
Ted Lasso returns, while Celebrity Hunted, The Salisbury Poisonings and Possession among other highlights
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Avatar: Fire and Ash review – All the breakneck oomph of an Antiques Roadshow
If the first instalment of the franchise was a version of Dances with Wolves, this one owes a debt to The Jungle Book. It will make a squidillion dollars
Sigourney Weaver interview: ‘I had no illusions about the showbiz world. My father called it the racket’
The Avatar, Alien and Ice Storm actor never had any illusions about show business. That may have helped her become an old-school Hollywood star
TV guide: Taskmaster, The Late Late Show and Only Murders are back, plus new shows to watch, from tonight
September 7th-12th highlights: including Glúin Z; Task; The Donald Trump Show; and Only Murders in the Building
Scarlett Johansson has set a box office record. But could the movie star be out of a job?
The Jurassic World and Black Widow star is now the highest-grossing lead actor of all time. She can count herself lucky we remember her name
Four new films to see this week: 28 Years Later, Elio, Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, and S/He Is Still Her/e
Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes, Liza Minnelli and Genesis P-Orridge feature in these movies released in the week of June 20th, 2025
25 films to check out in summer 2025: From Liam Neeson in Naked Gun to Scarlett Johansson in Jurassic World: Rebirth
Amid a summer of remakes and sequels, there are some smaller gems to seek out
Oscars 2025: Was Adrien Brody’s speech the longest ever, was Conan O’Brien funny and eight other key questions
How did the drama over best international picture end up? And who was left off the in memoriam tribute section this year?
Oscars 2025 red carpet: Ariana Grande sets the standard while Timothée Chalamet stood out in ‘Kerrygold’ yellow
Gowns holding space were popular this year, with Ariana Grande setting the standard in Schiaparelli. Among men, Timothée Chalamet stood out in ‘Kerrygold’ yellow
Oscars 2025: Full list of winners as wild screwball comedy Anora takes five Academy Awards
Mikey Madison beats Demi Moore for best actress prize as Adrien Brody is best actor, and Kieran Culkin and Zoë Saldaña get best supporting actor Oscars
Oscars 2025: Who will win and who should win? Ireland has just one chance
Will Anora nab the Academy Award for best picture? Can Demi Moore edge out Mikey Madison for best actress? And how many awards might the troubled Emilia Pérez pick up?
SAG awards 2025: Colin Farrell wins for The Penguin as Demi Moore, Timothée Chalamet and Conclave take big prizes
Colin Farrell pays moving tribute to sons James and Henry ‘who have made my life so much more special than I ever truly thought possible’
What Baftas 2025 tell us about the Oscars: Emilia Pérez is still in the race, Anora is back as a front-runner, and more
As the British and US film academies share many voters, the Baftas are a good indicator of what to expect at the Academy Awards
Netflix’s Emilia Pérez was tipped as a big Oscar winner – then an unexpected scandal erupted
Oscars 2025: What has gone wrong for Emilia Pérez after its 13 nominations and triumphant awards season?
The 50 best films of 2024: No 50 to No 31
The 10 highest-grossing titles were all sequels – but none is in our 50-best list in a year audiences turned out in numbers for ‘cultural cinema’
Emilia Pérez review: Bold, brassy, groundbreaking entertainment
Chutzpah is in plentiful supply in Jaques Audiard’s extraordinary telenovela-shaded narco-trans musical starring Zoë Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón
Karla Sofía Gascón, star of the Oscar-tipped Emilia Pérez: ‘I put my entire life and soul into creating this character’
If the Spanish star gets an Academy Award nomination for her role in Jacques Audiard’s film, she’ll be the first openly trans performer to do so
Cannes 2024: Stars get shady on the carpet as the Nicolas Cage renaissance rages on with Irish director Lorcan Finnegan
Reviewer Tara Brady has her pick for the Palme d’Or and Seán Baker miraculously resurrects the screwball comedy
Oscars 2023: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nominees
Donald Clarke forecasts how the category will shape up at the next Academy Awards
The Adam Project: Effective retro entertainment that comes back from the future
Film review: Ryan Reynolds time-travel adventure gives all the good lines to the boys
Avengers: Endgame now probably won’t become the highest grossing film of all time
As of last weekend, Endgame is just $50 million short of Avatar. Why won’t it catch it?
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ cast sign letter in support of fired director
James Gunn was sacked after offensive jokes he wrote on Twitter were resurfaced
My Little Pony: An innocent riot of colour – but why the short faces?
Feature-length update of now snub-nosed equine will appeal to kids and Bronies alike
Guardians of the Galaxy 2: ‘Expensive. Vulgar. Desperate’
Film review: The sequel has more quips, more kitsch, more spectacle, less plot
Anthea McTeirnan: I do take thy surname . . . Hang on a second, no I bloody don’t
Broadside: Why, in 2015, are so many women still dropping their own surnames when they get married?
‘Gorgeous and complicated’: the real Nina Simone
A Liz Garbus documentary shows us Simone’s life as it was, including her manic depression, politicisation and demons
Guardians of the Galaxy review: Dumb but hard to resist
You'd need to go back to the Old Testament to find a plot this stuffed with such fantastic nonsense
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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