Film
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Hilary Swank on returning home as an Oscar winner: ‘I can take the high road on a lot of things, but not that’
It was the year 2000, and Hilary Swank was in a peculiar position. She had won her first Academy Award,…
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The naked pleasures of Women in Love – why Ken Russell’s misunderstood film is a masterpiece
It’s hard to tell what’s most subversive about Women in Love, Ken Russell’s landmark 1969 DH Lawrence adaptation. Was it…
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With Sometimes I Think About Dying, has Daisy Ridley beaten the Star Wars curse?
It ain’t easy being a Jedi. On the face of it, it seems like a pretty cushy gig – replete…
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JK Rowling says Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson can ‘save their apologies’
JK Rowling has told Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson to “save their apologies” as their relationships continue…
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Angelina Jolie is a huge star in dire need of a great acting career – will her new movie finally change that?
Where in the world is Angelina Jolie? Twenty-five years after winning an Oscar for her wildly arresting performance as a…
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‘I was Amy Winehouse’s close friend – to know the real her you need to understand her relationship with women’
I was at a particularly chaotic music festival when I heard that my friend Amy Winehouse had died. It was…
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Why a film about the next American Civil War is Alex Garland ‘hotwiring’ the zeitgeist once again
The turmoil in Washington, DC on 6 January 2021 has nothing on Civil War. If the mob of Trump supporters…
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Billie Piper on the Prince Andrew scandal: ‘Any abuse of power and abuse of innocence just makes me feel sick and furious’
I think Billie Piper is being polite when I ask how she feels about journalists. “Very mixed, obviously,” the I…
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Olivia Williams on bad behaviour, her ‘harrowing’ time on Friends and playing Queen Camilla: ‘I had queasy moments’
What on earth happened to Olivia Williams on the set of Friends? It’s not like she was in it for…
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Leave Forrest Gump alone – Tom Hanks’s Oscar-winning charmer doesn’t deserve the stigma
Sex. Psychedelia. Political assassination. Race riots. The Vietnam war. High-speed table tennis. Seafood commerce. Forrest Gump had anything and everything.…
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