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Cannes: Alicia Vikander on playing Catherine Parr in Henry VIII drama 'Firebrand'

It’s widely know that Henry VIII, the Tudor king, had a particularly grim batting average when it came to matrimony

The Independent UK

Alicia Vikander and Jude Law get eight-minute standing ovation at Cannes for ‘brutal’ historical drama

A visibly emotional Vikander motioned for the cheering audience to stop before she was overwhelmed

The Independent UK

Critics wonder whether Jude Law used butt double for Alicia Vikander sex scene in new film Firebrand

Audience members at Cannes witnessed a shocking shot of the Tudor monarch’s bare behind

The Independent UK

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Cannes 2023: 'Four Daughters' looks at reasons why two sisters joined Islamic State group

In today's Cannes Film Festival round-up, actors and real people re-enact the past to understand why two young sisters left Tunisia and their family to fight for the Islamic State group in Syria. "Four Daughters" comes from Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, who is one of the seven female directors…

France 24

In Cannes, standing ovations stretch on and on — but they're designed to

The Cannes Film Festival is on, which means stopwatches are out

The Independent UK

Jude Law reveals he wore perfume made from ‘pus, blood, faecal matter and sweat’ for Firebrand role

The actor plays Henry VII in a new period drama based on the novel Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle

Evening Standard

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wows in glam gown alongside husband Jason Statham at Cannes

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley stunned as she attended the Women in Motion Awards at the Cannes Film Festival alongside her actor husband Jason Statham

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Jude Law wore ‘awful’ perfume scent of ‘blood, faecal matter and sweat’ to play Henry VIII

Actor stars as Henry VIII in historical drama ‘Firebrand’

The Independent UK

Critics wonder whether Jude Law used butt double as Henry VIII in Firebrand

Audience members at Cannes witnessed a shocking shot of the Tudor monarch’s bare behind

The Independent UK

Alicia Vikander and Jude Law get eight-minute standing ovation at Cannes for ‘brutal’ historical drama

A visibly emotional Vikander motioned for the cheering audience to stop before she was overwhelmed

The Independent UK

Firebrand review – Jude Law’s obese and oozy Henry VIII rules supreme in Catherine Parr drama

The ailing king’s misogyny is compellingly disturbing but Alicia Vikander is underused as his final wife

The Guardian - UK

Cannes 2023 week one roundup – from Depp to Godard, the chaotic circus rolls on

Enraging, bracing and sublime, the 76th edition of the French film festival kicks off with a controversial visit from Johnny Depp and gallops through films from Pedro Almodóvar, Catherine Corsini, Steve McQueen and more

The Guardian - UK

Jude Law’s Henry VIII, Alicia Vikander’s Catherine Parr – and Johnny Depp as Louis XV: Cannes again lays on a king’s banquet

This year’s Cannes reveal does not disappoint: Scorsese, Glazer, Loach – and the prospect of a lot of powdered wigs

The Guardian - UK

Michael Fassbender set to star in Korean thriller alongside wife Alicia Vikander

Emmy-nominated Korean actress and model Hoyeon, who made her screen debut with Netflix’s Squid Game, also joins the cast

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The Independent UK

Daniel Day-Lewis over Bradley Cooper?!: The 13 most confusing Oscar screw-ups of all time

From awarding Rami Malek’s all-teeth performance as Freddie Mercury to Julianne Moore winning Best Actress for the wrong movie, the Oscars have always inspired confusion and frustration. Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards, Adam White explores the most egregious mistakes in recent Oscar history

The Independent UK

Daniel Day-Lewis over Bradley Cooper?!: The 13 most confusing Oscar mistakes of all time

OSCARS 2025: From awarding Rami Malek’s all-teeth performance as Freddie Mercury to Julianne Moore winning Best Actress for the wrong movie, the Oscars have always inspired confusion and frustration. Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards, Adam White explores the most egregious mistakes in recent Oscar history

The Guardian - UK

What links the 1975 to Alicia Vikander and Jack Antonoff?

Go down the rabbit hole to discover how Matty Healy is just a few degrees away from Hollywood stars and super producers

Salon

The Patient star on a killer in therapy

The actor spoke to Salon about the Hulu series in which he coerces psychotherapist Steve Carell into treating him

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The week in TV: Irma Vep; The Sandman; All or Nothing: Arsenal; Paper Girls

It’s meta madness as Olivier Assayas gets to remake his own film as a TV series; Old Testament meets Ouija board in Neil Gaiman’s dark fantasy; and the Gunners get a going over

Evening Standard

Devon Ross on fame, fashion and her new Sky show Irma Vep: ‘I want to play rockstars not the girlfriends’

Fashion’s hottest rising star discusses her foray into acting, her love of the Sixties and her idol Keith Richards

The Guardian - UK

Irma Vep review – Alicia Vikander is ‘pure evil but in a sexy kind of way’

The Oscar-winner stars as a velvet-catsuited villainess in this series about a film about a series of films – but while it may be headspinningly meta, it is also fun, witty and a total visual treat

Evening Standard

Irma Vep TV review: Alicia Vikander is mesmerising in this exercise in showbiz navel-gazing

Intriguing, though initially slow, Vikander’s performance will keep viewers watching

The Guardian - UK

From Joyride to Irma Vep: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you fancy a gentle road trip with national treasure Olivia Colman or a mind-bending TV show about the making of a TV show, our critics have all bases covered

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MGM loses film rights to Tomb Raider, starting fierce bidding war in Hollywood

Alicia Vikander will no longer play Lara Croft in any big-screen adaptation.

The Independent UK

Hollywood is in a ‘feeding frenzy’ over Lara Croft, Alicia Vikander no longer attached

MGM missed the window to greenlight a ‘Tomb Raider’ sequel

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