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Perspective: Val Kilmer set to be resurrected with AI for new film

Executive context: As Deep As the Grave, the true story of 1920s archeologists, will bring late actor back with support from his estate.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

Entertainment

Perspective: Shaun Ryder on highs, lows and Happy Mondays: ‘Heroin isn’t a party drug – you can’t just do it at the weekend’

Executive context: The singer reflects on his chaotic life, music career, and the realities of addiction in a candid interview.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

Entertainment

Perspective: Len Deighton, spy novelist and author of The Ipcress File, dies aged 97

Executive context: British writer brought wit, realism and class consciousness to cold war espionage fiction, reshaping the genre in the 1960s.

Editorial Staff Mar 17

Entertainment

Perspective: New York hip-hop experimentalist Elucid: ‘I like the harmony of the city. Everybody’s got a little solo’

Executive context: From a pocket of Zen in the Dream House installation, the rapper/producer talks about channelling the city’s perpetual din.

Editorial Staff Mar 17

Entertainment

Perspective: Avant-pop Star Mary Ocher on Politics and Leaving Israel

Executive context: Mary Ocher discusses her journey from Israel to Germany, her new album, and her views on nationalism and AI.

Editorial Staff Mar 17

Entertainment

Perspective: And the winner is ... all of us? How the Oscars have changed for the better

Executive context: The diversified Academy and a mutating industry have changed what many had come to expect from the stuffy, rule-following Oscars.

Editorial Staff Mar 16

Entertainment

Perspective: One no-show after another: Sean Penn joins an exclusive band of Oscar-winning refuseniks

Executive context: The One Battle After Another star’s failure to collect his best supporting actor award – because he was visiting Ukraine – only serves to burnish his reputation.

Editorial Staff Mar 16

Entertainment

Perspective: John Oliver on JD Vance: ‘He’s become the archetype of the hyper-online conservative troll’

Executive context: The late-night host dug deep into JD Vance’s political shift into a rightwing troll second in line to the US presidency.

Editorial Staff Mar 16

Entertainment

'One Battle After Another' wins Oscar for best picture

Paul Thomas Anderson's film triumphs at the 2026 Academy Awards.

Editorial Staff Mar 16

Entertainment

Perspective: Oscars 2026: celebrities walk the red carpet – follow the action live!

Executive context: Will Sinners beat One Battle After Another to the big prize? Join us to find out!

Editorial Staff Mar 15