The Latest Breaking News from Bob Dylan

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Claire Keenan

I finally got round to watching Conclave last week. Two hours of Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini in Oscar-nominated performances alongside Lucian Msamati and a stray papal turtle. The scandals. The tension. The outfits (also nominated). A sublime experience.

Bob Dylan's rich legacy of more than 50 albums is a counterpoint to "narcissistic" modern music focused on "me, me, me", the director of the recently released biopic about the singer told AFP. James Mangold, in Paris ahead of the release of "A Complete Unknown" in French cinemas, said that…

After contributing to one of the most iconic moments in music, it’s been revealed Bob Dylan’s 1960s keyboardist Barry Goldberg has died aged 83.

The Spanish-language thriller has dominated the 2025 nominations despite receiving a middling response from critics

Jacques Audiard’s transgender musical has beaten the record for the most nominations by a film not in the English language, and taken three more than its next rivals – Wicked and The Brutalist – in this year’s competition

More nominations are being announced.

In 1961, aged 19, Bob Dylan left home in Minnesota for New York City and never looked back. Unknown when he arrived, he would later be widely described as the voice of a generation.

Bon Iver asked him to cover his new material and he’s teaching Mescal and Josh O’Connor to sing. But the interpreter is more interested in songs than stardom

"That's like an explicit thing"

Two pages of Bob Dylan's first draft lyrics for 'Mr. Tambourine Man' have sold for more than half a million dollars.