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Oscars 2016 – live blog

It’s finally here, after months of talking about it, tonight is the 88th Academy Awards.

Chris Rock is back as host – fun fact, he forgot his underwear when he arrived at the Dolby Theater and had to send a lackey out to pick him some up.

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BAFTA confirm 2016 guests

The line-up of guests for this Sunday’s British Academy Film Awards have been confirmed.

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Super Bowl 2016 – film trailers

From super spies to super heroes, this year’s Super Bowl featured loads of brand new movie trailers.

Here’s a round-up of some of the best.

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Dates for your Diary – November 29

As the festive season edges ever closer, celebs are busy promoting their new projects – be it films, books or TV projects.

Over the next few weeks London will see everyone from Chris Hemsworth to Eddie Redmayne to Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman meeting their fans.

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It’s LFF launch day!

Today is one of my favourite days of the year – the day the BFI London Film Festival unveils its programme for 2015. The Festival consistently manages to programme most of the Best Pictures nominees every year – will 2015 be any different?

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Films to watch out for – August to September

As the summer draws to a close and autumn fast approaches it’s time to say farewell to the big blockbusters and begin to prepare ourselves for the inevitable slide into awards season.

August to October is always a strange time in cinema as distributors move away from the big tent-pole movies into the more dramatic, kudos-likely fare. But, as always, there are plenty of films that are worth getting excited about.

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Eddie’s Second Oscar Shot?

Here’s your first look at Eddie Redmayne playing a transgender woman in The Danish Girl.



Eddie plays Einar Wegener, a Danish-born artist who was one of the first known people to undergo sex reassignment surgery. Born as a man, she underwent a series of experimental surgeries in Germany, beginning in 1930.

The film, directed by Tom Hooper, also stars Alicia Vikander as Wegener’s wife Greta as well as Amber Heard and Matthias Schoenarts.