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Searchlight PicturesAmong the many controversies of this year's Oscars race, many believe that favourites to take home the acting awards have been recognised in the wrong category.This year's race to the Oscars has been shockingly chaotic and vitriolic, with one...

Universal Pictures(Credit: Universal Pictures)Since Helen Fielding created hapless, middle-class Bridget in the mid-90s, she's divided opinion. As the fourth film is released, women across different generations discuss her impact.Fretful hedonist and loyal owner of ungainly knickers, Bridget Jones first appeared in a...

Serenity Strull/ BBCThe new star of US fashion Christopher John Rogers' bold designs are worn by the likes of Zendaya and Gigi Hadid. Backstage at his New York Fashion Week show, he talks style, hierarchies – and clothes as a...

Hugh Montgomery and Nicholas BarberGetty Images(Credit: Getty Images)Today, the annual Berlinale begins, as the German city hosts 10 days of film and TV premieres from around the globe, complete with appearances from big-time directors and A-list stars. Here's what to...

Bill Stettner(Credit: Bill Stettner)A new exhibition of more than 200 photographs charts 300 years of image-making in the US, showing how the country's history and photography have run in parallel.Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington (DCSelf-portrait (1840) by Henry...

Fabio LovinoThe "very slow-burn" new series of the satire about a luxury resort is uneven and disappointing.Look closely at the opening credit sequence of this season's White Lotus, set at a luxury resort on the island of Koh Samui in...

Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)Becoming Led Zeppelin is a new authorised documentary that tells the "untold story" of the band, who despite achieving global influence and legendary status, are difficult to categorise.Rock's mightiest anthems, and the tales surrounding them, tend to...

BBC(Credit: BBC)In 1966, the BBC's Tomorrow's World visited a party in New York organised by the electronic dating service Tact, or Technical Automated Compatibility Testing. Around 2,000 singles were invited to Manhattan to try out this modern method of matchmaking.In...

Getty ImagesAhead of Kendrick Lamar's headline performance at the Super Bowl half-time show in New Orleans, we explore the rapper's journey from the unforgiving streets of Compton to pop culture ubiquity."I'm not sure why I'm infatuated with death?" ponders a...

Universal Pictures(Credit: Universal Pictures)A fictional story about the struggles of a Holocaust survivor in the US is favourite to win the best picture Oscar. Historians and experts, along with the film's star and director, discuss how accurate The Brutalist is.When...