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Oscars 2025: Mikey Madison springs surprise win for 'Anora'; 25-year-old among youngest Best Actress winners in history

In a night filled with surprises, 25-year-old Mikey Madison delivered one of the biggest shocks at the 97th Academy Awards, winning Best Actress for her role in Anora. The rising star’s victory places her among the youngest winners in Oscar history, securing her spot as the ninth-youngest actress ever to…

The Times of India

Returning to Ukraine: 'If everyone leaves, what will become of this country?'

Two years ago, RFI met a family separated by the war in Ukraine. Volodymyr and Nataliia had lost their home near Kyiv, and Natallia left for Paris with their children. Now, like many Ukrainian refugees, she has decided to return home, despite the ongoing war – and the other, more…

Radio France Internationale

'Very Personal': Hundreds Flock To Navalny Grave On Death Anniversary

Standing in the freezing cold at Moscow's Borisovsky Cemetery, 63-year-old Anna looked at the hundreds of people flocking to the grave of a man whose name the Kremlin has warned not to utter in public -- Alexei Navalny -- and could not hold back the tears.

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30 Pics That Show Something Interesting That You May Not Have Seen Before

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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney audiobook review – modern love and loss

The stark differences between two brothers are thrown into relief as they navigate grief in this moving novel from the Normal People author

The Guardian - UK

How Much Fun Is Too Much Fun When You're in the Office?

Having a work-should-be-fun atmosphere sounds great — until someone gets hit in the head by a basketball. What should companies consider about workplace safety?

Kiplinger

‘Russians in Kherson train on civilians’: Deadly drones stalk south Ukraine

Residents and officials accuse Russians of ‘human safaris’ with fatal effects in a city they once occupied.

Al Jazeera

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I’m with stupid: How The Traitors proved playing dumb is the smartest move in the modern age

LET’S UNPACK THAT: As thoroughly decent doctor Kasim gets banished on the popular BBC show, Helen Coffey asks whether intelligence has become a hindrance that should be hidden at all costs if you want to get ahead

The Independent UK

16 best new books to read in 2026, from Patrick Radden Keefe to Elizabeth Strout

Discover debut novelists and immersive page-turners from acclaimed authors

The Independent UK

People are very angry that Mikey Madison denied having an intimacy coordinator in Anora

The 25-year-old actress has come under fire for refusing an intimacy coordinator during filming the sex scenes of her Oscar-tipped film, Anora

Evening Standard

Winter appeal: Inside the small charity making a big difference for homeless people

Standard visits Ace of Clubs community centre in south London - as Sainsbury’s pledges £500k to our winter appeal

Evening Standard

The 1920s desecration of a Gutenberg Bible shocked the US – but miraculously gave a Jewish family new life in Australia

Michael Visontay discovered that a ‘crime against history’ in the book world set off a chain of events that led to his family’s delicatessen in 1950s Sydney

The Guardian - AU

On my radar: Peter Biskind’s cultural highlights

The film historian and cultural critic on his love of Gentleman Jack, why blueberries from Maine are superior, and how Tana French’s crime novels transcend genre

The Guardian - UK

How the pole dancing cast of Anora became your latest make-up inspo

The glam team behind the Oscar-sweeping movie reveal how its beauty looks became so accidentally on-trend — and the products you need to copy them

Evening Standard

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Sean Baker's Anora Is a Riotous Celebration of Working-Class Life

It's Pretty Woman for the modern age, and one of the best movies of the year.

The Guardian - UK

‘They will just die uselessly’: Ukrainians ready for North Korean troops joining Russia’s war

Soldiers holding chunk of enemy territory in Kursk have been learning Korean phrases and are largely unconcerned by threat from reinforcements

The Guardian - UK

Mikey Madison: from Tarantino bit part to hot tip for an Oscar playing a sex worker

The actor, who stars in Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora, talks about the reaction of the strip club community to the film, how she managed to learn Russian, and her lucky break in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

International Business Times

Ukraine's Army Brigades Battle To Make Enlisting 'Sexy'

The billboard showing an elegant young woman wrapped around a man on a motorcycle, pistol in hand, looks more like a perfume ad than a military campaign.

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Evening Standard

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney review: Her best novel yet

At this point, it feels as though there is very little interesting left that can be said about Sally Rooney. Every criticism has been mined, every degree of adulation expressed. Seven years on from her dazzling debut Conversations With Friends, and particularly since the stratospheric success of Normal People the…

The Guardian - UK

Novelist Rebecca Watson: ‘What are siblings: twisted reflections of ourselves? Allies? Enemies?’

The author of I Will Crash, about an estranged brother and sister, looks at other books on difficult sibling relationships, from authors including Sally Rooney and Julia Armfield

The Guardian - UK

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney review – is there a better writer at work right now?

With her fourth novel, the Normal People author leans fully into her talent, creating a funny, tender tale of two grieving brothers and their messy love lives that’s utterly perfect

Evening Standard

When is the next Sally Rooney novel out? Everything you need to know about Intermezzo

The Irish author’s latest novels hits shelves in September

Evening Standard

The cult of Sally Rooney: how she became the most talked-about author of a generation

As her highly-anticipated new novel Intermezzo is published, Emma Loffhagen speaks to both fans and sceptics of the hugely influential millennial author

The Independent UK

Intermezzo review: Sally Rooney ditches the style that made her ‘voice of a generation’

With her fourth novel, Rooney has discovered her full literary prowess – the reward is transcendent

The Guardian - UK

Sally Rooney: ‘Falling in love when I was very young transformed my life’

Sally Rooney on romance, writing about sex and, the Normal People phenomenon and her new novel, Intermezzo

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