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Oscar nominations 2026: ‘Sinners’ makes history with record-breaking 16 nods

The record in the Academy Awards' 98-year history was 14 nominations, and Ryan Coogler's vampire horror 'Sinners' has shattered that achievement. Here's everything you need to know about this year's Oscar nominations.

Euronews

Hamnet star Bodhi Rae Breathnach has ‘fingers crossed’ as Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal tipped for Oscar nods

The literary adaptation has been widely tipped for Oscars recognition

Evening Standard

Shakespeare reinvented: how Chloé Zhao blends East and West philosophies in Hamnet

In Hamnet, Agnes Hathaway (Jessie Buckley) asks William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) to introduce himself by telling her a story. It is her way of seeing who this man really is.

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The Joy That Radiates Off the ‘Hamnet’ Cast Is Beautiful

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The Mary Sue

The Sundance Film Festival prepares to bid farewell to Park City, and Robert Redford

The Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday in Park City, Utah, marking its final year there

The Independent UK

Gracie Abrams Has Spoken Out About Her Relationship With Paul Mescal

Marie Claire

‘Midlife crisis is not a bad thing’: Hamnet director Chloé Zhao reframes ageing and urges women to stop carrying life’s burdens alone

The director spoke openly about coping with midlife challenges during an episode of Woman's Hour

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The real reason Hamnet is making you cry, according to psychologists

IN FOCUS: After its big success at the Golden Globes, ‘Hamnet’, starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, is tipped to be a major winner at the Oscars too. But beyond the astonishing performances, are audiences also flocking to it because they simply need a really good cry? Charlotte Cripps thinks…

The Independent UK

It takes many ghosts to make a story: how Maggie O'Farrell’s Hamnet takes from – and mistakes – Shakespeare

In her eighth novel Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell imagines the short life and tragic death of Shakespeare’s only son, aged 11, in 1596. Although it is not known how Hamnet died, O’Farrell attributes his death to the plague. She creates a visceral and affecting portrait of his swift decline and the…

The Conversation

Golden Globes 2026 winners: full list and where to watch them

Here's a full rundown of all the Golden Globes 2026 winners from across the TV and film landscape, plus where you can currently watch all the big winners.

Tom’s Guide

Ignore the awards – Hamnet is artificial and manipulative Shakespeare fan fiction

COMMENT: It is poised to sweep Oscar season, but Chloé Zhao’s tale of Shakespearean grief – starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal – is less a masterpiece than a blunt spade designed to whack you over the head until you weep from the pain, writes Patrick Sproull

The Independent UK

Golden Globes 2026: Full List Of Winners & Grinners

The red carpet is cleared and the 83rd Annual Golden Globes awards ceremony has officially begun. Here are all the winners.

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How To Watch The 2026 Golden Globes In Australia For All The Award Show Tea

The 2026 Golden Globes are here and we're manifesting a Sinners sweep. Here's how to watch the awards show in Australia.

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How to watch Golden Globes 2026 online from anywhere

With One Battle After Another and The White Lotus leading the film and TV nominations respectively, here's how to watch Golden Globes 2026 from anywhere.

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The Guardian - UK

‘She will go down as one of the best’: the rise of Jessie Buckley

From talent shows to the big screen, the actor’s performance in Hamnet has made her a leading awards contender

The Guardian - UK

Bafta 2026 film awards longlists hope to avoid #BaftasSoWhite diversity criticism

With strong showings for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and target hit for 50% female directors, criticism that has dogged the prizes in recent years may have been headed off

Latin Times

Golden Globes 2026: Diego Luna and Benicio del Toro Among the Actors and Filmmakers that Could Break 30+ Records

As Hollywood looks ahead to the Golden Globe Awards, scheduled for January 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, this year's ceremony is shaping up as one of the most potentially historic in recent memory, with Latino actors Benicio del Toro, Diego Luna and Wagner Moura poised to…

The Independent UK

Directors Guild nominates Anderson, Coogler, del Toro, Safdie and Zhao for its top prize

Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Guillermo del Toro, Chloé Zhao, and Josh Safdie have been nominated for the Directors Guild's top prize

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The Independent UK

Hamnet review – Oscar-primed Shakespeare film isn’t as manipulative as its critics claim

4/5 Jessie Buckley, already the Best Actress Oscar frontrunner, is remarkable as William Shakespeare’s wife Agnes in Chloé Zhao’s speculative grief drama

Cinemablend

‘I Will Eat My Words’: Why Sarah Michelle Gellar Joined The New Buffy The Vampire Show After Saying She’d ‘Never’ Return

New Sunnydale is on the way!

The Guardian - UK

Chloé Zhao says ‘feminine consciousness’ incompatible with current Hollywood model

Responding to new reporting finding only nine of the directors behind 2025’s 100 top-grossing US films were women, Hamnet film-maker questions industry’s capacity for inclusivity

The Guardian - UK

Hamnet review – Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley beguile and captivate in audacious Shakespearean tragedy

Chloé Zhao’s film version of Maggie O’Farrell’s myth-making novel powerfully reimagines the agonising loss of a child as the source of Hamlet’s grand stage drama

The Independent UK

Shakespeare fans can book stay in Herefordshire farmhouse featured in Hamnet this spring

Stays at the Grade II-listed Jacobean farmhouse start from £1,547

The Independent UK

Jessie Buckley sets pulses racing with comment about Paul Mescal at Critics Choice Awards

Irish actors co-star in Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ adaptation

Marie Claire

Paul Mescal Was Seriously Blushing During Jessie Buckley’s Acceptance Speech at the Critics Choice Awards

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