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<p>Rumoured new Bond Callum Turner in a very 007 get-up at a film premiere last August</p>

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‘New Bond’ Callum Turner is very believable casting for 007

The actor is allegedly ‘blabbing all over town’ that he’s been cast as the super-spy. And following years of far-fetched claims that Paul Mescal or Jacob Elordi were about to don the famous tuxe, it’s finally a ‘new Bond’ rumour that actually makes sense, writes Adam White

<p>Ian McKellen in Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’</p>

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How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?

<p>‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘The Drama’, ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ and ‘The Odyssey’ lead our 2026 preview</p>

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Timothée Supreme: How Chalamet finally escaped boy-next-door purgatory

The actor’s new role as egomaniacal ping-pong prodigy Marty Mauser has seen him emerge as this awards season’s Best Actor frontrunner. It’s a watershed moment for a star whose ascendant career has not been without its teething issues, writes Xan Brooks

<p>Gloria Swanson as the faded movie star Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder’s ‘Sunset Boulevard’</p>

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Hollywood is poison – and Sunset Boulevard exposed it all

Seventy-five years after its release, Billy Wilder’s melodramatic satire on celebrity culture and faded stardom – starring Gloria Swanson as its grotesque heroine – retains its tragic grandeur, writes Xan Brooks