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Songwriter Diane Warren loses original song Oscar for the 16th time

Warren, 68, lost out to the song El Mal from Emilia Pérez

Peter Straughan wins the best adapted screenplay Oscar for Conclave

The award follows previous triumphs at the Baftas, Golden Globes and more

Sean Baker wins best original screenplay Oscar for Anora

Academy Award goes to writer-director of film starring Mikey Madison as a dancer who gets married to a Russian playboy

Oscars pays tribute to Los Angeles after devastating wildfires: ‘The work continues’

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande honor city in performance while host Conan O’Brien discusses fires in monologue

Halle Berry ‘pays back’ Adrien Brody for 2003 Oscars kiss – with a red-carpet kiss

Actors meet at Academy Awards for first time in 22 years after notorious impromptu kiss from Brody after Oscars win

Flow wins best animated feature Oscar

Latvian adventure centered on a cat has triumphed over blockbusters Inside Out 2 and The Wild Robot

Kieran Culkin wins best supporting actor Oscar for A Real Pain

Succession actor adds to the Golden Globe and Bafta he had already won for his performance in Jesse Eisenberg’s serio-comic film

Papa review – Hong Kong drama about grieving father is a ghoulish waste

A promising opening gives way to a flabby backstory in this study of a man whose wife and daughter are murdered by his teenage son

‘She was so much fun to play’: Ella Lily Hyland, breakout star of Black Doves, on her wise-cracking assassin

After her role in the hit spy thriller, the Irish actor stars in the BBC’s racy new Agatha Christie adaptation. She talks about her difficult school days, her pole-vaulting uncle, and being inspired by Love Island

Hopeful or ‘hate-fuelled’? Film of controversial play about Israel gets London premiere

Director says Seven Jewish Children by Caryl Churchill, which provoked fury at its first production in 2009, is a ‘family story’ at heart

Superboys of Malegaon review – amateur Indian film-makers reach for the stars

A group of enthusiasts make their own versions of Bollywood blockbusters in this engaging, if slightly baggy, Hindi-language drama

The Sound of Music at 60: a flawed but enduring cultural touchpoint

The 1965 musical has its faults but it remains a deserving and enduring point of reference for so many of us

And the winner is … the rising generation of older female actors

With this year’s Oscars about to be handed out, Hollywood women of a certain age have never been more bankable or in demand. What’s behind the cultural shift?

The Last Showgirl review – Pamela Anderson gives performance of a lifetime in rhinestone-studded tale

The former Baywatch star’s turn as a veteran Vegas dancer single-handedly rewrites her career in Gia Coppola’s bruising and beautiful film

First, catch your (CGI) dragon: hope that visual effects breakthrough can reanimate UK film industry

Pioneering startup technology allows camera operators to see on-screen graphics while filming in real world, rather just imagining them

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