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Kate Winslet: ‘I’d take all my clothes off right now – I don’t believe in hiding the truth’

The Oscar-winning actor talks about the changing attitude to women’s bodies, and why her biopic of photographer Lee Miller is her best work yet.

  • Jessamy Calkin

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Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's explicit WAP somehow confounded listeners.

'What does WAP mean?': The pop culture questions we asked in 2020

The year's top-trending entertainment-related Google searches show we had more pressing concerns than a global pandemic.

  • Robert Moran
Daniel Craig appears for the fifth and final time as James Bond in No Time to Die – with rumours his character may even be killed off.

It seemed as if nothing could stop James Bond, but then came a novel enemy ... the coronavirus

How will James Bond navigate the post-#MeToo world? A ride on the publicity bandwagon elicits a few answers.

  • Greg Callaghan
George MacKay as Schofield in 1917.

Missed a best picture nominee? Catch up with our critics

Our critics review the best picture nominees from this year's Oscars.

  • Paul Byrnes, Sandra Hall and Jake Wilson
Who will win? Don't ask Faye or Warren ...

Who will win at the Oscars? It's all in the numbers

Despite the secrecy, a handful of Hollywood guild awards - with as high as a 90 per cent track record for predicting Oscar winners - have provided some major clues.

  • Michael Idato
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Margot Robbie at Monday's BAFTAs.

1917 is big winner at BAFTAs, while Robbie pipped by Oscars fave

The Aussie star had two shots at a best supporting actress win, but fell to Marriage Story's Laura Dern.

  • Tim Dams
Little Women director Greta Gerwig was among the female filmmakers snubbed in today's Oscar nominations.

'We're still considered niche': Anger after Oscars snub female directors

Even after a banner year, in which they helmed a record number of the year's top films, Tuesday's Oscar nominations couldn't find room to celebrate female filmmakers.

  • Robert Moran
Bombshell, starring Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie, misses out on producers and directors guild awards.

Strongest predictors of Oscar success are in, and Bombshell is missing

An unusually busy day in a truncated awards season for Hollywood left five films at the head of the Oscar pack.

  • Jake Coyle
Margot Robbie earned two nominations.

Margot Robbie earns two BAFTA nominations in controversial announcement

Australian Margot Robbie received two nominations in the best supporting actress category

  • Bethonie Butler

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