Oscars

Mission impossible star Tom Cruise is a four-time Oscar nominee who has never won the award

Sally Kirkland, star of Anna, JFK and Bruce Almighty, entered hospice care two days before death

The male-female split among the star’s rivals for a gender-neutral acting award is the sort of result sceptics feared

Academy Award nerds are already engraving the Hamnet star’s name on the best-actress trophy. All that stands in her way are pesky other actors

Like his friend Paul Newman, Redford helped define American culture through his acting – and was exemplary off-screen

Plus: How many best actress Oscar nominations have Irish nationals accrued in total?

TV host placed on indefinite leave by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments, prompting debate on whether the land of the free is becoming a dystopia

89-year-old Hollywood superstar had lead roles in comedies, dramas thrillers

Big-screen charmer made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with audiences

Actor who starred in Scotland-based movie released in 1995 will attend King John Summer Prom Festival

The lavish take on Thackeray’s novel received mixed reviews on its first release, but has secured its place among the greats

Depardieu’s sexual assault convictions will challenge those intent on finding his dissolution charming

Grouping including guitarist pointed to Kneecap controversy, noting ‘how sad it is that those supporting their freedom of expression are the same ones most determined to restrict ours’

Donald Clarke: There has been speculation that this is good news for low-budget titles, but expect no seismic shift

Miguel Gomes won the best director award at Cannes for a film that is properly strange, in a way you don’t get from the mainstream

Documentary based on U2 frontman’s memoir will premiere in Cannes, while Paul Mescal will attend for The History of Sound

The actor, who recently starred in the Oscar-winning Conclave, arrives to Uberto Pasolini’s The Return as a known property – but is still also a bit of a mystery

Collection of 83 songs will include 74 that have never been officially released

Hamdan Ballal was hospitalised for his injuries

This tiny Latvian film hammered the giant studios in the race for animated feature at the Oscars

Hollywood came calling after she starred in Swimming Pool but the actor had other ideas

Film review: Gints Zilbalodis made this gorgeous feature-length animation entirely by himself

Flow, which the self-taught director made for $3.5m, beat Pixar and DreamWorks to take the Academy Award for best animated feature

Plus: Spot the film without a credit for Bono

The Academy Award can help move a director to the top of the heap – or make everyone involved lose the run of themselves and deliver a catastrophic flop

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Apolitical Oscars indicative of sense that world is sinking into total fatalistic malaise

Robert Pattinson and the rest of the strong cast manage to make something fleetingly diverting of this jumbled concoction

It might be early, but we’re betting on these 10 movies getting the all-important Oscars nod next year

How did the drama over best international picture end up? And who was left off the in memoriam tribute section this year?

Gowns holding space were popular this year, with Ariana Grande setting the standard in Schiaparelli. Among men, Timothée Chalamet stood out in ‘Kerrygold’ yellow

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

The star of Happening, Being Maria and Traffic appears next in Bong Joon Ho’s futuristic new film, Mickey 17

Actors can be shallow and self-serving ... but so can the rest of us

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?

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Police search warrant indicates couple dead for some time

Hackman was among actors most responsible for changing Hollywood in 1970s, becoming a generation-defining performer

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’

It’s almost Academy Award weekend. From an inappropriate smooch to Envelopegate, here are the biggest limelight-stealing Academy Award moments