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Riz Ahmed's 'Hamlet' Is a Frenetic Take on the Tragedy

Riz Ahmed's portrayal of Hamlet emphasizes fighting injustice rather than merely questioning life in a modern adaptation of the classic play.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago
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Hamnet review Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley beguile and captivate in audacious Shakespearean tragedy

An imagined parental grief over Hamnet's death is dramatized as a poignant, speculative origin for Hamlet, blending creative audacity with emotional depth.
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fromKqed
3 days ago

Riz Ahmed's 'Hamlet' Is a Frenetic Take on the Tragedy

Riz Ahmed's portrayal of Hamlet emphasizes fighting injustice rather than merely questioning life in a modern adaptation of the classic play.
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4 days ago

FIRST LOOK: Hulu's new anti-rom-com starring Jemaine Clement and Nicola Walker

A new comedy series 'Alice and Steve' explores friendship and rivalry when a woman’s best friend dates her daughter.
London food
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6 days ago

The 10 best new London theatre openings in April 2026

April features notable revivals and new productions in London theatre, including classics and avant-garde performances.
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fromVulture
4 days ago

'Most of Us Long to Be Elizabeth Bennet, But Actually, We're Mary'

The Other Bennet Sister focuses on Mary Bennet's journey of self-discovery after Pride and Prejudice, shifting the spotlight from her more famous siblings.
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fromBustle
5 days ago

Finally, Daniel Radcliffe Gets To Be One With The Crowd

Daniel Radcliffe's performance in Every Brilliant Thing emphasizes audience participation and connection, enhancing the emotional impact of the play.
London music
fromTime Out London
2 weeks ago

Gillian Anderson will star in an intimate West End production of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'

Gillian Anderson will star as Martha in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Soho Place in September, alongside Billy Crudup as George.
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1 week ago

Five facts about Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham as she's tipped to host SNL UK

Hannah Waddingham is a staunch LGBTQ+ ally. The star has garnered a strong queer following, thanks to her performances in West End favourites and on-screen with Willow, as well as her 2022 judging panel appearance on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
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2 weeks ago
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'An Oscar for Killarney, Kerry and Ireland' - Killarney erupts with pride as Jessie Buckley wins Best Actress Oscar for 'Hamnet'

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2 months ago
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Chris Wasser: The night Jessie Buckley came to our awards, and why industry insiders are tipping her for the big prize

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2 weeks ago
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'An Oscar for Killarney, Kerry and Ireland' - Killarney erupts with pride as Jessie Buckley wins Best Actress Oscar for 'Hamnet'

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2 months ago
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Chris Wasser: The night Jessie Buckley came to our awards, and why industry insiders are tipping her for the big prize

fromExchangewire
2 weeks ago

Hamnet is UK's Most Read-About Oscar Film, Despite Missing Out on Best Picture Award - ExchangeWire.com

As with previous years, our figures show that the winning film isn't always the most read about. Whereas the Academy chooses their winners based on artistic merit, on the other hand promotional campaigns, big name actors, and controversies can affect which movies capture public attention.
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1 month ago

If you loved 'Hamnet,' here's what to watch next

Hamnet depicts Shakespeare and his wife experiencing profound grief after tragedy, blending historical drama with intimate emotional exploration through acclaimed performances and direction.
#olivier-awards
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fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

Jessie Buckley nominated for Best Actress Oscar for 'Hamnet' performance as Paul Mescal misses out

Buckley nominated for Best Actress for Hamnet; Mescal missed Best Supporting Actor; Hamnet also earned Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture nominations.
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fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

Jessie Buckley says she's 'delighted' with Hamnet Oscars nomination as she addresses Paul Mescal snub

Paul Mescal missed a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Hamnet while Buckley received a Best Actress nomination and is favored to win.
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fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

'Beautiful chaos': Jessie Buckley wins best actress Oscar for Hamnet

An Irish actress won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Agnes Hathaway in Hamnet, becoming the first Irish actress to win this award.
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fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

'Beautiful chaos': Jessie Buckley wins best actress Oscar for Hamnet

An Irish actress won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Agnes Hathaway in Hamnet, becoming the first Irish actress to win this award.
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fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

'Beautiful chaos': Jessie Buckley wins best actor Oscar for Hamnet

An Irish actress won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Agnes Hathaway in Hamnet, becoming the first Irish actress to win this award.
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2 weeks ago

Weapons Star Amy Madigan Wins Best Supporting Actress

Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress at the 98th Academy Awards for her role in Weapons, earning her first Oscar after a 1985 nomination.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Lesley Manville says her stage and screen careers 'feed each other'

Lesley Manville stars in Midwinter Break as Stella, exploring marital tensions in a retired couple's Amsterdam trip, while balancing a 50-year career across stage and screen.
Television
fromConsequence
4 weeks ago

Stream On This Week: Rachel Weisz Is Full of Desire and Two Major Oscar Contenders Hit Streaming

Stream On newsletter recommends Vladimir on Netflix, Hamnet on Peacock, and other new releases across major streaming platforms, featuring Rachel Weisz in an academic psychosexual drama and Jessie Buckley in a Shakespeare biographical film.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

'Hamnet' star Jessie Buckley looks for the 'shadowy bits' of her characters

What Maggie O'Farrell so brilliantly did, not just with Agnes and Shakespeare's wife, but also with Hamnet, their son, was to bring these people ... and give them status beside this great man. ... [And] give the full landscape of what it is to be a woman.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Chloe Zhao on "Hamnet," Which Is Nominated for Eight Academy Awards

Chloé Zhao discusses her Oscar-nominated film 'Hamnet,' which explores Shakespeare's grief over his son's death through nature imagery and literary adaptation techniques.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I'm fully prepared for our dystopian future!' Holliday Grainger on AI, firearms training and The Capture

Each series explores technology that feels just one step ahead of reality. In the era of AI, it feels more and more timely. Ben does a lot of research and we have advisers who inform us about the latest developments. Not just from the Met and counter-terror but military consultants as well. They're banks of information and a lot more open than you'd expect because it's all off the record.
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

Emma Roberts Enlists in the Bride Wars

The original version followed childhood best friends in New York who get engaged at the same time and accidentally schedule their weddings on the same date and at the same location. The new version is keeping the name but not anything else, really. The series will be set in North Carolina and follow a wedding planner who moves to a new town and sparks a feud with the town's currently reigning wedding planner.
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fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

She Went From Reality Star to Best Actress Front-Runner. She Deserves It All.

The Bride! fails as a film by attempting too many conflicting genres, tones, and stylistic approaches simultaneously, undermining its ambitions as both camp entertainment and serious feminist commentary.
#olivia-colman
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Kristin Scott Thomas says male theatre critics fail to grasp plays about women

So why did people flock to the Pinter to catch it before we all vanished? A clue might be that many of the reviews were written by men who really didn't understand what it is to be a working mother or a child-free actress. She said one male critic had described a female character's lament about her vagina as unrealistic. We need women to write that, she said.
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fromVulture
1 month ago

Tom Hiddleston to Cross the Pond for Much Ado About Nothing

Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell's Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Jamie Lloyd, transfers from the West End to Broadway for ten weeks this fall.
#shakespeare
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Why Hamnet should win the best picture Oscar

Hamnet reimagines Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway as an intelligent, independent herbalist and falconer, centering her story rather than Shakespeare's, based on Maggie O'Farrell's speculative novel.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Chic couture, bio-terror and a whole load of Mike Leigh: Lesley Manville's finest films ranked!

Among the bold choices in Luca Guadagnino's feverish film of William S Burroughs' novel are the late 20th-century pop and alternative soundtrack (Nirvana, Prince, New Order) for a 1950s story, and the casting of an unrecognisable, orc-like Manville in a trumped-up cameo as the shaman Dr Cotter, who was male in the original book.
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fromIndieWire
1 month ago

'Young Sherlock' Stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Joseph Fiennes Crack the Case on Big Spoilers and Real Chemistry

Hero Fiennes Tiffin stars in Prime Video's "Young Sherlock" opposite his uncle Joseph Fiennes, marking their first significant on-camera collaboration in a major project.
Film
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1 month ago

She's the best part of Wuthering Heights': How Alison Oliver won over Hollywood

Irish actress Alison Oliver achieved rapid career success through serendipity, landing major roles immediately after graduating from drama school and becoming a coveted figure in film and fashion within five years.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Melancholy magic': how Judi Dench and a host of stars came under the spell of the greatest comedy in history

Veteran actors fondly recall formative experiences with Twelfth Night, revealing personal connections, comic inventions, and the play's enduring structural brilliance.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

It was overwhelming': Katie Leung on Harry Potter, sudden fame, insecurity and starring in Bridgerton

Katie Leung embraces playing Lady Araminta Gun, a complex, protective mother whose harsh actions stem from love and human motivations.
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Judi Dench affectionately described as a 'mischief maker' by former co-star

The best actress I've ever worked with is Judi Dench, who's such a mischief maker. She's so delightful. She's so, so good. If you ever just want to just hear something short, listen to Judi Dench read a Shakespeare sonnet, just find one on YouTube, and it will move you to tears - you'll just think that is how English should be spoken.
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fromVulture
1 month ago

Tom Hollander Keeps Hearing About These Boiled Potatoes

Tom Hollander's portrayal of Mr. Collins in Joe Wright's 2005 Pride and Prejudice adaptation remains remarkably enduring, capturing the character's social awkwardness with nuanced humor and unexpected pathos.
Television
fromTime Out London
2 months ago

'Andor' breakout star Elizabeth Dulau has been cast in Hampstead Theatre's 'Bird Grove'

Elizabeth Dulau, famed for playing Kleya Marki on Andor, will portray young Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) in Bird Grove at Hampstead Theatre.
Film
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Jessie Buckley wins Bafta Best Actress award for 'Hamnet' role - and a full list of winners

Buckley won the prize, celebrated women's storytelling and mentorship, shared motherhood's central role, and vowed to remain disobedient so young women can belong fully.
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

Guess What The Miniature Wife Is About

Peacock's dramedy The Miniature Wife stars Elizabeth Banks as a tiny wife and Matthew Macfadyen as her regular-size husband after a shrinking accident.
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

You're Telling Me It's Possible to Be More Beautiful Than Rebecca Hall?

The Beauty blends body-horror and satire, depicting a beauty virus that physically heats people, spreads through bodily fluids and sex, and leads to obsession and self-destruction.
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Jessie Buckley wins BAFTA Best Actress award for Hamnet role

She continued: "I share this with my daughter, who has been with me since she was six weeks old on the road with this. "It's the best role of my life being your mum and I promise to continue to be disobedient so you can belong to a world in all your complete wildness as a young woman. I am very grateful for this."
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

What to watch: GOT's' Sophie Turner is back in Steal'

Steal is a tightly wound, character-driven financial thriller that favors flawed, realistic leads over hero worship and delivers suspense despite an ambiguous finale.
Television
fromFortune
2 months ago

Sarah Jessica Parker says she only has work-life balance because of the people supporting her: 'I'm making choices differently than I used to' | Fortune

Sarah Jessica Parker won the 2026 Carol Burnett Award and now prioritizes selecting flexible projects that support her off-set life and work-life balance.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Damian Lewis: Someone put flowers at my feet and I realised it was my stalker'

Taking a helicopter to Royal Ascot. That is one of the poshest things I have done. I became aware of how posh it was when I started calming down and realised I wasn't going to fall out of it. There's a scene in which you spit an hors d'oeuvre squarely at Katherine Waterston. How many takes did you need to get it right? Thirty-three. But that's because I asked for 20 more just because I was enjoying it.
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fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Jessie Buckley wins for Hamnet and Eanna Hardwicke for Saipan on night of IFTAs glamour

"I've become a mom and I'm in a wow moment of my life that I never expected, and it's such an honour to come home and share this with you," she said. Buckley gave a nod to her co-star Paul Mescal in her speech. "I know everyone is sick of me talking about how much I love him, but I love him, and to Kerry for reminding me of my own wildness," she said.
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#journalism
#wuthering-heights
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

It had to be Jessie Buckley': star-maker Nina Gold glimpses Oscar chance for Hamnet casting

Casting directors will be honoured by the Academy for the first time, recognizing their role in discovering and pairing stars like Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Melissa Leo: Winning an Oscar was not good for me or my career'

She declined an on-screen kiss with Denzel due to a boss‑trainee character dynamic; pottery supplanted knitting, and she seeks diverse, non‑typecast roles including period royalty.
#film-adaptation
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fromVulture
2 months ago

The Bone Temple May Be the Best Thing Ralph Fiennes Has Ever Done

Ralph Fiennes delivers a multifaceted, essential performance in The Bone Temple that anchors the film's ideas and emotional core.
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fromHarvard Gazette
2 months ago

Michael Keaton and Rose Byrne named Hasty's Man and Woman of the Year - Harvard Gazette

Michael Keaton and Rose Byrne will be honored by Hasty Pudding Theatricals as Man and Woman of the Year with roasts and Pudding Pots.
Film
fromBustle
2 months ago

Exclusive: Emily Henry Addresses This 'Book Lovers' Casting Rumor

Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation overcame yearslong development delays, premiered on Netflix to strong viewership, and earned praise for its lead actors' chemistry.
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fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Sir Ian McKellen hits out at 'improbable' Hamnet: 'I don't get it'

Sir Ian McKellen finds the film Hamnet's premise—that Shakespeare's creativity sprang mainly from family tragedy—improbable and doubts its depiction of Anne Hathaway's familiarity with plays.
Film
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 months ago

Rachel McAdams honored with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Rachel McAdams received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after a long, acclaimed acting career including The Notebook and Mean Girls.
Film
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku on why she didn't enjoy 'isolating' time at Rada

Wunmi Mosaku experienced isolation, mockery for her Manchester accent, racial marginalization, and criticized RADA's training methods and lack of roles.
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

Actor Rose Byrne named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Rose Byrne, fresh off her Golden Globe Award win and Oscar nomination for the leading role in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," was named as the 2026 Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals on Wednesday. Byrne, who also has starred in "Bridesmaids," "Neighbors," "Insidious," and "Damages," will be honored Feb. 13 with a parade through the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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fromVulture
1 month ago

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi Are More Fun to Watch When They're Weird

Jacob Elordi's playful eccentricity and Margot Robbie's candid energy overshadow traditional romantic chemistry, offering a more compelling marketing angle for Wuthering Heights.
fromBustle
2 months ago

Julia Roberts Thought This Iconic Movie Was "The Dumbest Idea" At First

"Gosh, I just remember when my agent called me about Notting Hill, and I thought, 'Well, that sounds like the dumbest idea of any movie I could ever do,'"
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fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal among Irish nominated for Bafta as Hamnet makes history - and full list of nominees

Killarney woman Buckley has proved unbeatable through the awards season so far for her performance as Shakespeare's wife Agnes Hathaway - historically known as Anne - in the big-screen adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel about the family life of William Shakespeare and the death of their young son. The Irish actress has also been nominated for an Oscar and secured a string of trophies including the Golden Globe and Critics' Choice awards.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Utterly overwhelmed': British writer-director's short film earns Oscar nod

Lee Knight's 22-minute short A Friend of Dorothy, inspired by a real neighbour, earned an Oscar nomination for best live action short.
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