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Why some Mexican people are upset about Oscar-tipped film Emilia Pérez
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- . January 22, 2025
Netflix French director Jacques Audiard’s musical about a Mexican drug lord is a frontrunner for the Academy Awards’ big prizes.

Why David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive is the greatest film of the 21st Century
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- . January 19, 2025
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) It puzzled many viewers but delighted critics. We explain why the late, great David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive

How YMCA became Donald Trump’s unlikely anthem
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- . January 16, 2025
Getty Images Following the announcement that the Village People would be performing at several upcoming inauguration events, what is it

How Eartha Kitt rose from ‘extreme poverty’ to superstardom
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- . January 13, 2025
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) With her sultry drawl and feline charisma, the singer and actor oozed sophistication. But Eartha

40 of the most exciting books to read in 2025
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- . January 10, 2025
Gallery Books, Alfred A. Knopf, Penguin Press (Credit: Gallery Books, Alfred A. Knopf, Penguin Press) From the most anticipated literary

The dystopian office drama ‘works the same magic but is even more mind-bending’
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- . January 7, 2025
Apple TV+ When it premiered in 2022, Apple TV+’s surreal workplace show was a hit. Now it’s finally back –

25 films to look forward to in 2025
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- . January 4, 2025
Disney (Credit: Disney) The coming year sees the return of Superman, Avatar and Bridget Jones, along with new films from

How Audrey Hepburn became a secret spy during World War Two
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- . January 1, 2025
Getty Images As a teenager growing up in the Netherlands, the Oscar-winning actress bravely carried messages for the Dutch resistance

The 24 best books of 2024
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- . December 29, 2024
Simon & Schuster/ Faber/ Doubleday From an intense tale of two brothers to a stunning Booker winner – the very

‘A highly welcome return to this hellscape world’
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- . December 26, 2024
No Ju-han/ Netflix The brutal Korean satire became a worldwide phenomenon when it first aired in 2021. Its return is