Christmas Number One 2025: Kylie Minogue Ends Wham!’s Winning Streak

Posted on 19/12/2025 by Boris Clair

After two years of Wham! at the top of the festive chart, the UK has a new Christmas number one in 2025.

On Friday evening, it was announced that Kylie Minogue’s latest single XMAS was number one on this year’s Christmas chart.

The accolade is noteworthy for a number of reasons, not least because XMAS is an Amazon Music exclusive, meaning it’s not available to stream on the most popular platforms like Spotify, Apple Music or Tidal.

Kylie is also celebrating her first UK number one in more than two decades, having last topped the charts in 2003 with Slow.

Kylie Minogue performing at the Jingle Bell Ball earlier this month

In response to her first solo Christmas number one – and her eighth overall – the Australian pop superstar enthused: “It’s hard to put into words how special this feels. Being Christmas number one really is the most wonderful gift!

“I’m so thankful to everyone who’s been listening and sharing the love and I’m wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!”

As for the rest of the chart, Wham!’s Last Christmas gets the silver medal for this week at number two, while Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You is at three.

Rounding off the top five are Brenda Lee’s classic Rockin’ Around The Christmas Is You and Together For Palestine’s new charity single Lullaby.

Kylie is now the only woman to have had number one in four different decades – the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2020s – with only Elvis Presley, Elton John and Queen being able to boast the same.

XMAS is taken from the reissued version of Kylie’s seasonal album Christmas, which was revamped earlier this year in celebration of its 10th anniversary.

She was previously a featured vocalist on the oft-overlooked second version of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?, which was released in 1989 and topped the Christmas chart in the UK that year, though XMAS is her first festive number one as a solo performing.

David Walliams Dropped By Publisher HarperCollins Over ‘Inappropriate Behaviour’

Posted on 19/12/2025 by Boris Clair

Comedian, children’s author and former Britain’s Got Talent star David Walliams has been dropped by HarperCollins UK following an investigation into his conduct.

A spokesperson for the publisher told the The Telegraph: “After careful consideration, and under the leadership of its new CEO, HarperCollins UK has decided not to publish any new titles by David Walliams.

“HarperCollins takes employee well-being extremely seriously and has processes in place for reporting and investigating concerns.”

However, HarperCollins UK commented in their statement to The Telegraph that “to respect the privacy of individuals, we do not comment on internal matters.”

Former employees also told the publication that they were advised to work in pairs when meeting with Walliams and not to visit his home.

The Little Britain star is one of the UK’s most successful children’s authors, having written 40 books, which have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide and been translated into 55 languages.

HuffPost UK has contacted Walliams’ representatives for comment.

William Rush, Waterloo Road Actor, Dies Aged 31

Posted on 18/12/2025 by Boris Clair

Former Waterloo Road actor William Rush has died at the age of 31.

William was best known for his work as Josh Stevenson in the long-running BBC school drama, playing the character for four seasons between 2009 and 2013.

His mother, soap actor Debbie Rush, shared the news on Instagram on Thursday morning, writing that her “beautiful baby boy” had died the previous day.

“As a family, our hearts are completely broken, and there are no words that can truly capture the depth of our loss,” she wrote.

“Even in our darkest moment, William gave the most precious gift of all. Through being an organ donor, he has given hope and life to other families, thinking of others right to the very end. His kindness and love will forever be part of his legacy.”

She added: “We kindly ask that our privacy be respected as we navigate this unimaginable grief. William will always be loved, always missed, and forever in our hearts.”

Debbie signed off her message using the hashtag “#bekind”.

William Rush in character as Josh in Waterloo Road

William began his career as a child actor, appearing in shows like Grange Hill and Shameless before landing the role of Josh in Waterloo Road.

Throughout his time in the series, William’s character, Josh, was involved in several of the show’s major storylines, including coming to terms with his sexuality, issues with drug addiction and his mental health.

He also appeared in Coronation Street, the same soap in which his mum starred as Anna Windass, and the ITV detective drama in 2014.

William was also a musician and singer, appearing on the talent search The X Factor in 2016, making it through to the infamous “six chair challenge” stage, before being cast in the Australian miniseries Friday On My Mind as the musician George Young, which marked his final on-screen role.

Keir Starmer Calls Out Donald Trump’s ‘Quiet, Piggy’ Insult

Posted on 18/12/2025 by Boris Clair

Keir Starmer has just claimed he would “call out” someone for using Donald Trump’s “quiet, piggy” insult.

The prime minister was on ITV’s Loose Women to promote the government’s new scheme to halve violence against women and girls by calling out misogyny when panellist Myleene Klass asked Starmer about the US president’s remarks.

She said: “You know someone very close, one of our closest allies shall we say, recently used the language – ‘quiet, quiet, piggy’. Would you allow for someone to speak to your daughter, your wife, your colleagues in the way that Trump spoke to a female journalist?”

The US president caused an international stir in November when he insulted a female reporter after she asked about his name being mentioned in newly released emails sent by the dead convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The prime minister replied: “No, I wouldn’t. I absolutely wouldn’t.”

“Would you class it as misogyny, is that something you would be looking at?” Klass asked.

“I would call it out,” he said. “But I would also say, part of the stuff we’re doing with teenagers is talking about behaviours they might not think are problematic but in fact are.”

Klass said: “It’s not just online, they’re learning from the top.”

Starmer has been in a precarious diplomatic situation ever since Trump returned to office at the start of the year.

He has tried to maintain the strong international relationship between the US and the UK while dodging over their ideological differences.

The prime minister has also tried to call out misogyny repeatedly in recent weeks, saying his female cabinet colleagues such as chancellor Rachel Reeves had been victim to it.

Meanwhile, Trump has been accused of ratcheting up his insults towards female reporters in recent weeks, angrily claiming one was “stupid” in November and another is “ugly, inside and out”.

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Rob Reiner’s Son Nick Arrested And Charged Following Parents’ Deaths

Posted on 15/12/2025 by Boris Clair

The son of filmmaker Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer is in police custody following his parents’ deaths.

In the early hours of Monday morning, it was first reported that Reiner and Singer had been found dead at the home they shared in Los Angeles, California, in what has since emerged to have been an apparent double homicide.

Following this, outlets including Entertainment Weekly and ABC News reported that the couple’s son, Nick, had been arrested, and was being held on $4 million (just under £3 million) bail.

BBC News also said that Nick Reiner had been charged with a felony-level crime following his arrest.

Rob Reiner and his son Nick during an interview in 2016

The Los Angeles Fire Department previously said it had responded to a medical aid request shortly after 3.30pm on Sunday afternoon, where a 78-year-old man and 68-year-old woman were found dead inside.

Reiner and Singer’s deaths were subsequently confirmed in a statement from their family to Variety, which read: “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner.

“We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time.”

The son of the late entertainment legends Carl and Estelle Reiner, Rob Reiner began his career in entertainment in the late 1960s, eventually rising to fame for his work in the sitcom All In The Family, for which he won two Emmys.

However, to many, Reiner will be best remembered for his work behind the camera, helming classic films like This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, Misery and When Harry Met Sally.

Over the course of his film career, Reiner was nominated for Best Director at the Golden Globes on four occasions, for Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men and The American President.

Reiner married Singer in 1989, after meeting her while working on When Harry Met Sally.

The couple had three children; Jake, Nick, and daughter Romy. Reiner also became the adopted father of a daughter, Tracy Reiner, during his first marriage to the actor and film director Penny Marshall.

Additional reporting by AP.

Here’s Where You’ve Seen The Cast Of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Before

Posted on 13/12/2025 by Boris Clair

In Hollywood, you can usually chart a sequel’s quality on a downward-sliding line graph: the higher the number after the original, the lower your expectations should be.

But Knives Out seems to be gloriously bucking that trend based on the glowing reception the third film has received from fans and critics alike.

Wake Up Dead Man sees Daniel Craig return with his usual southern drawl and thirst for a juicy murder mystery to solve. This time, it centres on a dead priest and his flock of suspicious characters, meaning we’ve got pews full of new characters to get to know.

Here’s where you’ll have seen them before.

1) Josh O’Connor

Ever since his big breakthrough as a binge-drinking sheep farmer who falls in love with a Romanian migrant worker in God’s Own Country in 2017, it’s been an upward trajectory for Josh.

He picked up an Emmy Award for his role as Prince Charles in Netflix series The Crown and also starred opposite Anya Taylor-Joy in the 2020 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma.

Josh had another huge moment when Challengers and its steamy tennis love triangle – completed by Zendaya and Mike Faist – became the film of 2024. With it, he accidentally ushered in the ‘hot rodent boyfriend’ movement that dominated the summer, making him a well-known face across pop culture in general.

You might have also seen Josh in the artier films La Chimera and The Mastermind, while before his big screen breakthrough, he spent three years playing Larry Durrell in the ITV series The Durrells.

2) Glenn Close

Glenn is an acting legend that you’ll most definitely have come across at some point in your viewing life.

Glazing over her recent stint in Kim Kardashian legal drama All’s Fair, Glenn has been nominated for eight Oscars for her standout roles in The World According To Garp, The Big Chill, The Natural, Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, Albert Nobbs, The Wife and Hillbilly Elegy.

Never one to fall victim to typecasting, she’s also well-loved for her depiction of Cruella de Vil in the 1990s Disney classic 101 Dalmatians and played Nova-Prime Irani Rael in Marvel superhero film Guardians Of The Galaxy.

If you’re more of a small-screen person, you might have come across Glenn on TV shows like the Emmy-winning Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story and Damages.

3) Mila Kunis

You’re likely to recognise Mila’s voice thanks to her ongoing voice role as Meg Griffin in Family Guy, while she rose to fame as Jackie Burkhart in That ’70s Show opposite her now-husband Ashton Kutcher.

Her big film breakthrough came with Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008, which she followed up with fellow comedies like Friends With Benefits, Ted and Bad Moms.

You’ll probably have seen, if not heard about, Mila in the 2010 psychological horror movie Black Swan, where she played a ballerina opposite Natalie Portman.

She’s further tested the waters with more dramatic roles, like in Four Good Days, where she played a woman struggling with drug addiction (with Knives Out co-star Glenn Close playing her mother).

4) Kerry Washington

Kerry is probably best known for playing powerful ‘fixer’ Olivia Pope in the political drama series Scandal, which landed her Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.

She picked up further Emmy nods for Confirmation, American Son, and drama series Little Fires Everywhere, where she starred opposite Reese Witherspoon, shaking up suburbia.

2000s film fans will recognise Kerry for her breakthrough film role as Chenille Reynolds in Save The Last Dance, while she’s also appeared in Ray, Mr & Mrs Smith, Fantastic Four, The Last King Of Scotland and Django Unchained.

5) Josh Brolin

You might have recently clocked Josh in Weapons, aka the best horror movie of the year, but he first became famous for appearing in the classic 1980s film The Goonies.

While he followed it up with a handful of other movies like Guillermo Del Toro’s Mimic, his portrayal of Llewelyn Moss in 2007 neo-Western No Country for Old Men is largely considered to have ushered in the second act of his career.

He went on to appear in the likes of American Gangster, Milk, Inherent Vice, Sicario, Oldboy and Dune, but swathes of people will know him as supervillain Thanos within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

6) Jeremy Renner

Jeremy is widely known for playing Clint Barton/Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in films like The Avengers and the Disney+ miniseries Hawkeye.

A regular in the action world, you might have also seen him in the Mission: Impossible film series and The Bourne Legacy, while he also had a brush with a zombie apocalypse in 28 Weeks Later.

Jeremy received Oscar nominations for his roles in The Hurt Locker and The Town, but he’s also no stranger to television, having starred as Mike McLusky in Mayor of Kingstown for the past four years.

7) Andrew Scott

Andrew is forever known to a generation as ‘hot priest’ thanks to Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s award-winning series Fleabag.

His other TV roles include Sherlock, The Town, Black Mirror, His Dark Materials, Ripley and – most recently – Lena Dunham’s Netflix series Too Much.

Andrew has gone on to make a massive impact on the big screen with roles in Pride, Spectre and 1917. But it was his turn in All Of Us Strangers, opposite Paul Mescal, that truly set him apart, gaining serious awards attention with the pair’s portrayal of doomed lovers.

Also a big name on stage, thespians might recognise Andrew from his role in the 2019 production of Noël Coward’s Present Laughter or A Girl in a Car with a Man, both of which landed him Olivier Awards.

8) Cailee Spaeny

Cailee’s most high-profile role to date was portraying Priscilla Presley in Sofia Coppola’s 2023 biographical film, opposite Jacob Elordi as Elvis – a performance that earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

She went on to star in Civil War and Alien: Romulus while you might have also seen her in films like Pacific Rim Uprising, Bad Times at the El Royale, On The Basis Of Sex and Vice.

Over on TV, Cailee has appeared in Devs, Mare Of Easttown and The First Lady.

9) Daryl McCormack

Daryl received a BAFTA nomination for his role as the titular sex worker in Good Luck To You, Leo Grande.

He’s also appeared in Twisters, along with Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones, and opposite Richard E. Grant in 2023 thriller The Lesson.

Peaky Blinders fans will know him as Finn Shelby’s close pal Isaiah Jesus while he had a key role in Sharon Horgan’s Apple TV+ comedy Bad Sisters and has appeared in other TV series like A Very English Scandal, Cleaning Up, The Wheel Of Time and The Woman In The Wall.

10) Thomas Haden Church

Thomas rose to fame starring in 1990s US sitcoms Wings and Ned And Stacey, with more recent TV roles including Divorce, where he starred opposite Sarah Jessica Parker as a married couple going through a knotty break-up.

He’s most known for his film roles, which include Sideways, Easy A, George Of The Jungle, Smart People while Marvel fans will know him as the villainous Sandman in the Spider-Man films.

11) Jeffrey Wright

Beginning his career in theatre, Jeffrey picked up a Tony Award for his role in the Broadway production of Angels In America, later adding an Emmy to his mantelpiece after also starring in the TV adaptation.

You might have also seen the actor in Boardwalk Empire, Westworld, The Agency or season two of The Last Of Us.

In film, he recently earned a ‘Best Actor’ Oscar nomination for his appearance in comedy-drama American Fiction.

Jeffrey has had a prolific career in movies before that nomination, having starred in other big-name productions including The Batman, The French Dispatch, Broken Flowers, The Hunger Games films, Daniel Craig’s James Bond films, and Rust.

12) James Faulkner

James’ Knives Out role isn’t his first brush with the clergy, having played Pope Sixtus IV in the TV series Da Vinci’s Demons and Saint Paul in 2018 film Paul, Apostle of Christ.

On the other side of the spectrum, many will know him as pervy Uncle Geoffrey from the Bridget Jones films, while James has also appeared in Atomic Blonde, Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey and Slow Horses.

13) Bridget Everett

Not forgetting her role as “drunk party girl” in the Sex And The City movie, Bridget is known for comedy appearances in the likes of Inside Amy Schumer, Trainwreck and Breaking News In Yuba County.

Bridget also picked up an Emmy Award nomination for her lead role as Sam in comedy drama series Somebody Somewhere, where she played a woman who returns to her hometown to care for her dying sister.

14) Noah Segan

Noah is a Knives Out regular, and also starred in the previous two films, with director Rian Johnson clearly a fan of his work as he also cast him in his movies Looper and Brick.

As well as his collaborations with Rian, Noah appeared in US soap Days Of Our Lives, comedy-horror film Blood Relatives and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Wake Up Dead Man is streaming now on Netflix.

Buddy The Elf Was Almost Played By A Different Actor

Posted on 12/12/2025 by Boris Clair

The film came out over 20 years ago (2003, would you believe it) and still, Elf is a family favourite in many households. In fact, in an ongoing survey by Newsround, Elf is currently the third most popular Christmas film in the UK, just behind Nativity and Home Alone, which has taken the top spot.

Along with Anchorman which came out in 2004, Elf is one of the films that comedian and actor Will Ferrell is known for. He plays Buddy with such whimiscal charm that it was one of his career-defining roles.

However, the actor wasn’t the first choice for the flick and was actually given it a decade after the original script was written.

The actor originally chosen to play Buddy the Elf

So, the script for Elf was written way back in 2003 by David Berenbaum and according to film website Screen Rant, the role was written with actor Jim Carrey in mind.

This may be surprising but this same year, the actor was filming Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and starring in In Living Color. He really was just about to become a comedy giant in Hollywood. Screen Rant also explain: “Given his wild and zany characters on In Living Color, Carrey was seen as a natural for the goofiness and playfulness needed to play Buddy the Elf.”

While I personally prefer Jim Carrey, it really is hard to imagine anybody but Will Ferrell playing the role and it turns out, the actor thought the exact same.

He and screenwriter Adam McKay took on the script after several years of stagnation and decide to make it themselves with director Jon Favreau. The film originally had a darker tone but this trio made it into the modern fairytale that we see on our screens every year now.

Elf is available to stream on Netflix UK.

People Are Just Realising Stuart Little Isn’t A Mouse, And I Need To Lie Down

Posted on 10/12/2025 by Boris Clair

There are some things I thought I could take for granted. I always assumed paprika came from some spicy variety of pepper, but while traditional ones can contain varying degrees of heat, many large manufacturers use a type of sweet bell pepper instead.

I’d believed “wi-fi” stood for something, like “wifeless fidelity,” too. Nope: its name “doesn’t stand for anything. It is not an acronym. There is no meaning”.

But even I, a person who could fairly be described as “professionally bemused,” was uniquely surprised to learn that Stuart Little is not actually a mouse.

And looking at the responses to an X post from film critic and editor of Slash Film, Chris Evangelista, it seems I’m not alone.

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I’ve just now learned that in the STUART LITTLE book, Stuart is not actually a mouse but a human boy who looks like a mouse, and I don’t know how to process this pic.twitter.com/W2mGvwWula

— Chris Evangelista (@cevangelista413) December 8, 2025

In the books, Stuart Little is a human

The film Stuart Little is based on the book Stuart Little by EB White (also the author of Charlotte’s Web).

And I sincerely regret to inform you that the first chapter of that cursed tome novel, “In The Drain,” begins in this haunting manner:

“When Mrs Frederick C. Little’s second son arrived, everybody noticed that he was not much bigger than a mouse. The truth of the matter was, the baby looked very much like a mouse in every way. He was only about two inches high; and he had a mouse’s sharp nose, a mouse’s tail, a mouse’s whiskers, and the pleasant, shy manner of a mouse. Before he was many days old he was not only looking like a mouse but acting like one, too – wearing a grey hat and carrying a small cane. Mr and Mrs Little named him Stuart, and Mr Little made him a tiny bed out of four clothespins and a cigarette box.

So, while publisher Harper Collins markets the children’s book as a “classic novel about a small mouse… born to a family of humans,” the perhaps less invested Britannica is more alive to its body horror realities.

It is, they point out, about a “two-inch-tall boy who resembles a mouse”.

Which begs the question, A24 Stuart Little remake when?

People had… thoughts

In response to the recent X post, one netizen called the news “disturbing”.

Another pointed to the historical myth of sooterkins. These were believed to be the rat-like afterbirth of some Dutch women (great! Normal!).

But it is not the first time innocent internet users have become aware of the fact.

A post shared to Reddit’s r/todayilearned pointed out the “mouse”’s true species in 2018.

“He also tries to get frisky/date a girl who is tiny like him and looks like a human,” wrote u/Atoning_Unifex.

Yup, that’d be Harriet Ames, who does not look like a mouse. Stuart got the hots for her after hearing that she was a little “shorter” than him, and after a shopkeeper “gave [him] a most favourable report of [her] character and appearance”.

They did not work out. But notably, Stuart Little began a letter to her by saying, “I am a young person of modest proportions” (italics mine).

All in all, I’m with u/MattheJ1: “If I were Mr Little, I’d be asking some questions”.

Golden Globes Nominations 2026: 9 Biggest Snubs And Surprises

Posted on 08/12/2025 by Boris Clair

If ever you need proof of just how quickly time is slipping by… awards season for 2026 is officially underway.

Yes, while some of us are still only a quarter of the way through our Christmas shopping and putting together our New Year’s Eve “sorry I can’t come” excuses, Hollywood is already insisting that we look further into the future with the news that next year’s Golden Globes nominees have been announced.

Unsurprisingly, One Battle After Another is leading the way when it comes to the most-nominated films with nine nominations, ahead of Sentimental Value’s eight and Sinners’ seven.

In the TV categories, meanwhile, The White Lotus is the most-recognised TV show, with six nominations to Adolescence’s five.

While none of that comes as a huge shock, that’s not to say that the Golden Globe nominees for 2026 are without their surprises, whether that’s an unexpected addition to the shortlist, an outsider leapfrogging their more obvious competition or a frontrunner failing to make the cut for one reason or another.

Here are nine of the stand-out surprises and snubs…

SURPRISE

Amy Madigan

We’re starting off with one that really put a big smile on our face. Weapons is undoubtedly one of our favourite movies of 2025, and when you think Weapons, you can’t help but think of Amy Madigan as Aunt Gladys, can you?

Her performance was so striking and transformative that Gladys was completely kept out of the film’s promotional materials, while Amy didn’t start doing any interviews to talk about the movie until enough people had seen it that it wouldn’t constitute a spoiler.

It didn’t take long for fans of Weapons to begin loudly calling for Amy to get some recognition when awards season came around, although given the various bodies’ reluctance to show love to the horror genre, we weren’t sure quite how seriously to take it.

Amy’s Golden Globe nomination is further proof that horror films are worth considering alongside their mainstream peers – and we’re thrilled that she’s now one step further to that Oscar nomination (not to mention how excited we are at the prospect of what brooch she might sport on the red carpet).

SNUB

Wunmi Mosaku

Moving on to something we’re a lot less pleased about…

The unanimous acclaim and inarguable box office success of Sinners meant that it was clear the part-horror, part-period drama, part-musical was going to be hard for the various powers-that-be to ignore it when awards season rolled around.

Our concern was always that because of its ensemble cast, the filmmakers and those behind-the-scenes would be the ones who got the recognition over the actors on screen.

Don’t get us wrong, we’re thrilled to see Michael B Jordan among the Best Actor In A Musical/Comedy nominees, particularly as he had the challenge of playing two distinct characters in the movie.

However, it’s a shame that Sinners’ supporting cast members aren’t up for any Golden Globes, and hopefully the immediate outcry over Wunmi Mosaku’s omission will be enough for future awards shows to realise how much people want her to get the flowers she so deserves for her performance as Annie.

SNUB

Delroy Lindo

Similarly, aside from Michael B Jordan, it was Delroy Lindo that many movie fans considered the most likely candidate from Sinners’ ensemble cast for awards buzz after the movie came out.

For his performance as harmonica devotee Delta Slim, Delroy gave the movie some comic relief, adding even more strings to the bow of a film that was already so ambitious in its scope.

Like co-star Wunmi, Delroy’s work in Sinners hasn’t been acknowledged by the Golden Globes, but we’re very, very early into awards season, and there’s still plenty of time for other ceremonies to show him some love.

SNUB

Gwyneth Paltrow

Marty Supreme marks Gwyneth Paltrow’s return to the big screen after six years away (and her first time appearing on screen in a movie that wasn’t under the Marvel umbrella in over a decade), during which time she’s mostly been focussed on her work with Goop and the occasional TV role.

In other words, there was a lot riding on the Oscar winner’s Hollywood comeback – and the reviews for her performance have already suggested that more awards love could be in her future.

With stiff competition this year, Gwyneth is not up for a Best Supporting award at the Golden Globes, but we definitely wouldn’t count her out for future awards shows later in the season just yet…

SNUB

Josh Safdie

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While we’re on the subject of Marty Supreme, many fans have been voicing their upset that filmmaker Josh Safdie has not been recognised in the Best Director category for his work on the movie.

Marty Supreme – released in the UK later this month – is up for three prizes in total, including an acting nod for leading man Timothée Chalamet, who has made no secret of his hopes to secure some new hardware this awards season.

SURPRISE

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas

Given all of the fuss around established international name Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value, we were somewhat resigned to the fact she could be overshadowing co-star Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in this year’s Best Supporting categories.

So, we’re thrilled to see that the Golden Globes has managed to make room for both of them, and we’re hoping that the likes of the SAG Awards, Baftas and, of course, Oscars follow suit, as Inga’s performance as Agnes adds so much to Sentimental Value, not least some of the tear-jerking moments that most stick in our head when we think about the film.

SNUB

Wake Up Dead Man

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