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Watch the Hamnet cast’s joy dancing to Rihanna while filming at Shakespeare’s Globe

The Hamnet cast danced to Rihanna's "We Found Love" in joyful scenes as they wrapped filming at London's iconic Globe Theatre.

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

Who doesn't love to dance to Rihanna?

The Mary Sue

Is Herefordshire experiencing a Hamnet boom? The quiet corner of England that’s been cast into the spotlight

How the award-winning motion picture could help Herefordshire rival the Cotswolds when it comes to rural escapes

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Gracie Abrams Has Spoken Out About Her Relationship With Paul Mescal

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How Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley went from an Andrew Lloyd Webber reality show to award season’s golden girl

The Irish actor’s heart-wrenching performance in ‘Hamnet’ has got critics talking (and cinemagoers sobbing). Katie Rosseinsky charts her rise from being body shamed in the “messed-up world of reality TV” to becoming the toast of Hollywood

The Independent UK

Gracie Abrams shares her love for beau Paul Mescal with rare comment

Gracie Abrams has publicly declared her love for boyfriend Paul Mescal on Instagram as she paid tribute to him and his role as William Shakespeare in Hamnet.

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‘It had to be Jessie Buckley’: star-maker Nina Gold glimpses Oscar chance for Hamnet casting

Woman who paired Buckley with Paul Mescal in critics’ favourite is contender in new Academy Award category

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New documentary explores what Sir Paul McCartney did after The Beatles broke up

Man On The Run will feature interviews with Sir Paul as well as previously unseen footage, and will be shown on Amazon Prime from next month.

Evening Standard

Where is Hamnet filmed? The real-life locations behind the Shakespeare story

Explore the real-life UK locations (including some that may surprise you) from Hamnet

The Independent UK

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

Paul Mescal credits Beatles films with giving him 'stability'

Actor Paul Mescal has admitted he's "so thrilled" to be working on Sir Sam Mendes' series of films about the Beatles because working in London on the long-term project has given him "stability" after a "mad six, seven years".

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Paul Mescal reveals what Hamnet taught him about love in his life

Paul Mescal has shared what Hamnet taught him about love in his life.

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William Shakespeare, King of Fanfiction, Would Have Loved ‘Hamnet’

Man basically invented fanfic!

The Mary Sue

Hamnet writer hails creative ‘family’ after Golden Globes success

Maggie O’Farrell wrote the novel of the same name.

Evening Standard

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Chalamet a smash, Sinners shut out: the key Golden Globes snubs and surprises

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another looks unstoppable ahead of the Oscars, despite Timothée Chalamet’s triumph over Leonardo DiCaprio for best actor

The Independent UK

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

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Golden Globe Awards: Best Film accolades go to Hamnet and One Battle After Another

Hamnet won the coveted Best Film - Drama award while Best Film - Musical or Comedy went to One Battle After Another at the Golden Globe Awards.

The Independent UK

Beatles biopic star has ‘heard very good things’ about eagerly awaited films

British actress Aimee Lou Wood described her Golden Globes nomination for The White Lotus as "quite surreal". She is preparing to play Pattie Boyd in Sam Mendes's upcoming Beatles biopics, due for release in 2028. Wood has visited the studio and met Harris Dickinson, who is cast as John Lennon.…

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Evening Standard

Claire Foy says she has ‘no interest’ in consuming anything generated by AI

The 41-year old actress is known for portraying the late Queen in the hit Netflix series The Crown and stars in the upcoming biopic H Is For Hawk.

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Paul Mescal on grief in Hamnet

Paul Mescal says Hamnet’s ending shows the impact of grief and the visually striking image of William Shakespeare covered in cracking clay at the end helps to portray this.

Evening Standard

Jessie Buckley and cast of Adolescence in running for Golden Globes

The awards will be handed out in Los Angeles.

The Guardian - UK

From Hamnet to Bridget Christie: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley play the Shakespeares in an emotional Maggie O’Farrell adaptation, while The Change creator returns to standup

The Independent UK

Paul Mescal will do his own singing in upcoming Beatles biopic: ‘It has really lit a fire’

‘I’ve learned so much,’ says the Irish actor as he prepares to play Paul McCartney

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

Evening Standard

Paul Mescal reveals he will sing as Paul McCartney in Beatles films

The Hamnet actor will appear as the Beatles star in four films directed by Sir Sam Mendes.

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