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‘You like me, you really like me!’ The 10 worst Oscar acceptance speeches of all time

Some are too saccharine, others too long – and the worst are when an actor thinks only of themselves

The Independent UK

Movies about movies – ranked!

Odes to cinema from Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg and Damien Chazelle will jostle for Oscar glory next year – until then, here are 20 of the best films about film-making well worth dimming the lights for

The Guardian - UK

Actor Kamal Haasan and writer Jeyamohan discuss world literature, filmmaking and the power of narrative

Jeyamohan’s new book ‘Stories of the True’, the translation of his well-known short story collection ‘Aram’, will be out soon

The Hindu

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64 years ago, Hollywood made the most rip-roaring Viking movie ever

Richard Fleischer’s 1958 widescreen spectacle, 'The Viking,' hails from a different era, one that supplied reliable Sunday afternoon movies in an earlier era when you’d just curl up in front of the TV to see what was on.

Inverse

Martin Schram: Seven days in May — saving America from within

“Seven Days in May,” the epic 1960s novel and a film starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Ava Gardner, was a fictional tale about right-wing Pentagon generals who tried to topple the U.S. government.

Tribune News Service

‘Name names? Never, never, never!’ Lee Grant on her decades of defiance

The Oscar-winning actor lost 12 years of her career refusing to out her partner as a communist, then had to endure his lectures about Marx while being treated as a ‘maid’. But a remarkable third act as a documentarian showcased her unique voice

The Guardian - UK

Could climate change lead to the next black plague?

Rodents are well known reservoirs of disease, and our lives will increasingly intersect as our shared environment warms, writes Dr Kirk Douglas

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The 10 worst Oscar acceptance speeches of all time

Some are too saccharine, others too long – and the worst are when an actor thinks only of themselves

The Independent UK

A piece of Hollywood history: Kirk Douglas’ Beverly Hills home sells for £1 million over the asking price

Inside the one-storey Beverly Hills home with its very own Walk of Fame.

Evening Standard

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