Cinema
César Awards 2025: Who swept the board at France’s Oscars?
Despite the controversies surrounding the film in the US, France has awarded Jacques Audiard’s cartel trans musical 'Emilia Pérez' seven Césars, including Best Film – beating favourites like 'The Count Of Monte Cristo' and 'Beating Hearts'.
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Filmmakers support 'My Favourite Cake' directors before trial in Iran
Mohammad Rasoulof, Pedro Almodóvar, Juliette Binoche and other members of the filmmaking community sign a petition supporting ‘My Favourite Cake’ directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha as ‘propaganda’ trial starts in Iran.
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Michelle Trachtenberg's cause of death to remain undetermined
Michelle Trachtenberg, who played Buffy's younger sister Dawn Summers in the beloved series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, as well as Georgina Sparks in the teen drama Gossip Girl, was found dead in her New York apartment at the age of 39. Her family have refused an autopsy on religious grounds.
Cinema
Boost for Latvian animation funding amidst Oscars buzz for 'Flow'
Following the triumph of 'Flow' at the Golden Globes and ahead of the Oscars on Sunday – where Gints Zilbalodis’s film is up for both Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature – Latvia is leaning in with a boost in national funding to fuel future animation success.
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Gene Hackman and wife’s deaths now being treated as suspicious
Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and his wife were found dead in their home, with authorities saying the couple had seemingly been deceased for some time when their bodies were discovered. Their deaths are “suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation”.
Food and Drink
Here's the menu that Wolfgang Puck will be serving stars at the Oscars
Wolfgang Puck’s Oscars Governors Ball menu features a mix of classics and new delights, including chicken pot pie, smoked salmon Oscars, shrimp pad thai, and beef Wellington. Guests will also enjoy indulgent treats like chocolate Oscar statues and Miyazaki beef.
Cinema
Berlinale interview: ‘Honey Bunch’ - Deconstructing love in darkness
What would you for love? We sit down with Canadian filmmakers Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli to talk about their follow-up to 2020’s ‘Violation’ – ‘Honey Bunch’, a haunting and strangely tender deconstruction of all the things we believe to be love and devotion.