Category: Arts
Oscars 2025: how to watch, nominations, predictions, and timetable
There’s a febrile atmosphere to the Oscars this year, caused largely by events outside Hollywood’s control. The advent of Trump and the consequent assault on [more…]
Charli xcx, Jade and Ezra Collective’s Brit awards cap a vintage year for adventurous pop | Alexis Petridis
The Brits has long been in the business of underlining success; upsets and shock wins aren’t really the point. If they seemed moderately more exciting [more…]
Wild, waspish and whip-smart, there are few rock stars as great as David Johansen | Alexis Petridis
Nick Kent’s fabled 1974 NME piece about New York Dolls, Dead End Kids on the Champs-Élysées, is packed with characters and incident. The band have [more…]
Soul singer Angie Stone dies in a car crash at 63
Singer Angie Stone, known for her hit Wish I Didn’t Miss You, has died at the age of 63. A representative for the singer confirmed [more…]
On my radar: Richard Russell’s cultural highlights
Richard Russell was born in London in 1971. He joined XL Recordings in 1991 as an A&R and took over the label several years later, [more…]
‘A chilling effect’: is Hollywood too scared to touch hot-button documentaries?
The Oscars are far from a consensus, but few films head into Sunday’s awards with as much critical acclaim as No Other Land, a documentary [more…]
Justin Hawkins: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? “I would love to go on a date with you, but I’d be too embarrassed”’ | The Q&A
Born in Surrey, Justin Hawkins, 49, wrote music for adverts and played in bands with his brother, Dan. In 2000 they formed the Darkness; their [more…]
Mark Kermode on… director Ken Russell, the king of cult classics who was so much more than a sensationalist
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the release of one of the most important and groundbreaking pop movies of all time: Ken Russell’s psychedelic [more…]
A Wicked shame! In 2025, blockbuster success spells Oscars failure
Box-office success is a strong indicator of Oscars failure at this year’s Academy Awards, with the two highest-grossing best picture nominees among those titles least [more…]
Carbon monoxide poisoning ruled out in death of Gene Hackman and wife, police say
Authorities have ruled out that Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from carbon monoxide poisoning earlier this week in their home in Santa [more…]
