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Four Beatles, four biopics: How director Sam Mendes secured the rights to tell their stories

Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr are each set to get their very own film from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes.
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The Beatles at Abbey Road

Here are all the People's Choice Awards winners, updated live

Here are the winners from the People's Choice Awards, where Barbie beat Oppenheimer and Taylor Swift, before Swift bounced back in a host of other categories.
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A composite image of Taylow Swift on stage and Travis Kelce in his NFL uniform.

Oppenheimer, Poor Things dominate BAFTAs as Barbie shut out. Here is the full winners list

Here are the winners from the BAFTA film awards, where Oppenheimer led the field and Barbie was one of many high profile films completely overlooked.
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Ryan Gosling winks at Emma Stone as she walks past to accept her BAFTA, as Margot Robbie looks on

Ben Mendelsohn is Christian Dior in The New Look, a TV show about high fashion's dark stains from WWII

Apple TV+ show The New Look brings to life a complex, rich moment in time — whether you're a fashion history buff or can barely spell Balenciaga.
Ben Mendelsohn as Dior stands in front of Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel, and Maisie Williams and John Malkovich in costume.

Elvis has never left the building. Here are the 10 best depictions of the king

Larger-than-life singer Elvis Presley offers storytellers plenty to play with. Here are our favourite portrayals of the king across the years, from small cameos to award-winning performances.
Against a glittery gold background, a composite of Elvises: L'il Elvis, Jacob Elordi, Austin Butler and Stitch.

Mascara, hairspray and manipulation: Priscilla Presley comes of age as a teen bride to a domineering Elvis

Elvis Presley's estate refused Sofia Coppola permission to use the star's music in her new biopic, and its absence — ensuring the focus remains on Priscilla — turns out to be a blessing.
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Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi in character as Priscilla and Elvis Presley in front of their wedding cake

Family or cult? The Iron Claw explores the stranger-than-fiction tale of four beefcake brothers

Tanned torsos and Prince Valiant haircuts abound in this stranger-than-fiction tale of a Southern dynasty of professional wrestlers.
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Four beefed up brothers in jeans and singlets or t-shirts, sit or lean together on a farm fence.

From a viral meme to owning his story, 21 Savage talks up his American Dream

The sagas of Grammy Award-winning artist 21 Savage were reduced to a series of viral memes in 2019, but the rapper is now sharing his side of the story on the album American Dream, which will soundtrack his debut film.
21 Savage with natural hair, a tattooed cross between his eyes, not smiling, headshot, wearing a hoodie

Speed, sleek cars and a persistent sense of impending doom: Adam Driver stars in Ferrari

Adam Driver stars as Enzo Ferrari in director Michael Mann's take on the legacy of the eponymous racing-car mogul.
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A film still of Adam Driver, with white hair and sunglasses, his arms folded, and Gabriel Leone, in a leather jacket and sunnies

Bradley Cooper delivers Oscar-worthy performance in his 'swooning biopic' Maestro

Cooper follows up his 2018 directorial debut A Star Is Born with an ambitious portrayal of the life of legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein.
Black and white image of Bradley Cooper sitting at a piano.

'Work harder than everyone else': Mao's Last Dancer gives his parting words of wisdom on eve of retirement

Before he became the legendary Mao's Last Dancer, Li Cunxin was a peasant boy in communist China with a burning desire to work harder than everyone else.
A chinese man at a graduation ceremony

Here are all the nominations for the Golden Globes — plus we unpack the biggest snubs and surprises

The nominees for the 2024 Golden Globe awards have been announced with Barbie and Succession both receiving multiple nominations.
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A composite image of Sarah Snook in Succession, Margot Robbie as Barbie and Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer.

'I hope this helps people to understand': Why a film about racism and a rugby tour in 1972 still resonates today

In Julian Dennison's new flick Uproar, his character's life echoes his own experiences of navigating culture, racism and ethics, all while going through the truly formative adventure that is attending an all-boys high school.
Julian Dennison wears a dirty rugby jersey and stares at the camera in Uproar.

'No kissing, no touching': Iranian filmmakers can get censored by strict Islamic laws but they are finding ways around it

Iranian cinema has long been the darling of the international film festival circuit, earning praise and awards at prestigious film festivals. But protests across Iran sparked by the death-in-custody of Mahsa Jina Amini in September 2022 ushered in a new kind of challenge for filmmakers working under the strict censorship rules of the Islamic Republic. 
A lady in a hijab sitting

We all know about Napoleon, but we've never seen it played quite like Joaquin Phoenix

In their first collaboration since Gladiator, director Ridley Scott reunites with Joaquin Phoenix to bring the complexities of the notorious French emperor to life.
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Joaquin Phoenix acting on screen as Napoleon Bonaparte in an 18th-century French naval uniform and large hat, wielding a sword.

How does the film about Priscilla compare to Baz Luhrmann's Elvis epic?

Many films and documentaries about music icon Elvis Presley have been made, but now his ex-wife Priscilla's story is in the spotlight. 
Jacob Elordi in character as Elvis and Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla on their wedding day

Actress Nazanin Boniadi on how Iran is responsible for regional aggression and global terrorism

Iranian born British-American actress and human rights activist Nazanin Boniadi wants to see peace in the Middle East, but she worries about China seeking the role of mediator.
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Bradley Cooper has been accused of 'Jewface' over his new movie — here's what that means

This is not the first time prosthetic noses have popped up on screen and caused controversies towards the Jewish community.
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An Australian helped shift Oppenheimer 'from the shadows of theory' to the Manhattan Project

The story of the first nuclear weapons is, in some respects, the story of a human chain reaction behind an atomic one. With scientists sharing information about the feasibility of a bomb, a crucial moment occurred in 1941, when Australian scientist Mark Oliphant met with American physicists in California.
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A composite image showing two physicists and the Nagasaki mushroom cloud.

'Barbenheimer' memes trigger backlash in Japan and calls for Barbie boycott

The Japanese distributor for Barbie apologises for its US parent company's reaction to memes that some say trivialise the atomic bombings on Japan.
A blonde white man wears a pink shirt, while riding in the back of a pink car driven by a white blonde woman in a pink outfit.

Early figures from 'Barbenheimer' weekend put Barbie ahead of Oppenheimer

Two of the year's most anticipated movies came out this weekend. Early estimates from the US put Barbie ahead in the box office takings. 
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Margot Robbie in a scene from Barbie, and Cillian Murphy in a scene from Oppenheimer.

Meet Robert Oppenheimer, the destroyer of worlds

Robert Oppenheimer is often placed next to Albert Einstein as the 20th century's most famous physicist, yet his name is not nearly so well known. Who was he and why will he forever be the "father of the atomic bomb"? 
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Why Oppenheimer is the film you should go and see this week

Christopher Nolan’s masterful movie fuses spectacle and melancholy to tell the true story of J Robert Oppenheimer, who oversaw the creation of the atomic bomb and changed the course of history.
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A white man with light brown hair and wearing a grey 40s suit, stands in a windswept and gloomy desert landscape.

Only two people in Australia know how to show Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer in its full IMAX glory

There is only one IMAX 1570 film print of the new-release epic in the southern hemisphere, and the only two projectionists trained to show it are treating the spool like "liquid gold". 
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A black-and-white close-up of a gaunt and harrowed-looking man with a stetson hat and a cigarette in his mouth.

Sydney turns pink for Barbie as stars descend on Bondi

Margot Robbie one the lead actors in the Barbie movie says, Barbie is a fun film with universal appeal.
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