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‘Whack fol lol le rah!’ Inside the roaring resurgence of Irish trad music

ON TREND: From Jack O’Connell’s viral rendition of ‘Rocky Road to Dublin’ in Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ to Irish band Kingfishr selling out a headline US tour, trad music is connecting with younger generations in a huge way. Roisin O’Connor speaks to veterans Máirtín O’Connor and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, as well…

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‘Revelatory, magnetic, unknown’: how Frank Dillane became a star at Cannes

With a breakout performance in Urchin, the actor has emerged from cult TV fame to the cusp of major stardom – a new ‘post-alpha male’ lead to join the ranks of Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor

The Guardian - UK

Paul Mescal & Gracie Abrams (Almost) Hard-Launched Their Romance At Cannes

Just give us the red carpet debut already!

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Paul Mescal 'whines' about career and 'alpha male' replacement as Lennon’s sister slams him for overexposure

As the star complains about critiques of his work, Julia Baird points out the privileged actor is already everywhere

Evening Standard

Paul Mescal hits out at ‘lazy and frustrating’ comparisons between new movie and Brokeback Mountain

‘The History of Sound’ stars Mescal opposite Josh O’Connor as two young music students who travel to rural Maine together in the summer of 1919 to record local folk songs

The Independent UK

Paul Mescal says comparing his film romance with Josh O’Connor to Brokeback Mountain is ‘lazy and frustrating’

In Cannes to promote The History of Sound, the actor said ‘I don’t see the parallels at all, other than we spent a little time in a tent’

The Guardian - UK

John Lennon's sister criticises casting for Beatles biopics as she takes aim at Paul Mescal

‘There are more actors out there waiting for a go, and for a chance,’ Julia Baird said

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Paul Mescal’s gay love story The History of Sound is severely anticlimactic

2/5 Despite the buzz surrounding the Irish actor’s romantic team-up with Josh O’Connor, this is a slight, sentimental misfire from ‘Living’ director Oliver Hermanus

The Independent UK

The History of Sound review – Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor romance is full-bodied but tin-eared

A love story of two folk song aficionados in the early days of recorded music is told with tiresomely mournful awe at its own sadness

The Guardian - UK

Renée Zellweger nominated as best actress in 2025 National Film Academy awards

Ahead of the 11th annual ceremony, it’s been announced Renée Zellweger has been nominated as best actress in this year’s National Film Academy awards.

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Richard E. Grant, Jourdan Dunn and Charli XCX dazzle at a week of celeb parties from London to Cannes

It’s been a star-studded week on both sides of the Channel, with A-listers lighting up London and Cannes

Evening Standard

TV tonight: Chris Packham gets inside the minds of people with ADHD

The autistic presenter discovers it’s another diagnosis missed more often in women. Plus: 12 adult virgins head to a luxury resort in the Med. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Cannes, the global Colosseum of film, readies for 78th edition with new challenges on the horizon

Perhaps as much as ever, all eyes in the movie world will be on the 78th Cannes Film Festival when it gets underway Tuesday in the South of France

The Independent UK

The Beatles biopic is being brought to us by a trio of white men – how boringly predictable

STATE OF THE ARTS: As three male writers are announced as the people behind the new, four-part Beatles biopic – along with director Sam Mendes and stars including Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan – Laura Barton asks why women, despite propelling the band to glory, are rarely considered an authority…

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The Guardian - UK

Gladiator II to Garbo: Where Did You Go? The seven best films to watch on TV this week

Paul Mescal takes the lead in Ridley Scott’s epic return to the Colosseum, plus a beguiling documentary about the screen star who came from a Stockholm slum then became the most famous female star in Hollywood

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Barry Keoghan 'couldn't look at' Sir Ringo Starr

Barry Keoghan "couldn't look" at Sir Ringo Starr when he went to visit the Beatles legend as part of his research into playing the drummer in an upcoming biopic.

The Guardian - UK

Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films to be written by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne

The director has appointed the acclaimed Olivier, Tony, Bafta and Oscar winning talents to be the screenwriters for The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event

Evening Standard

Barry Keoghan visited Ringo Starr to ‘study’ him for upcoming Beatles biopics

Saltburn actor Keoghan has been cast to play the drummer in a collection of new biopics.

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Paul Mescal headlines National Theatre’s bold new season as Stormzy debuts for ground-breaking collaboration

The theatre unveils ambitious global vision with 16 new productions, including Mescal’s double debuts and a Stormzy-powered musical

Evening Standard

Paul Mescal to make National Theatre debut in two 20th century plays

It comes after it was announced the actor is play Sir Paul McCartney in four films directed by Sir Sam Mendes about The Beatles.

The Guardian - UK

Paul Mescal, Stormzy and the return of rep – National Theatre boss reveals her risky debut season

With star names, a Hamlet in shades, orgiastic murder and a miners’ strike musical, Indhu Rubasingham promises something for all. But can she attract newcomers while keeping diehards happy? And is she having sleepless nights?

The Independent UK

Hollywood’s new A-list are rejecting superheroes and Star Wars – and I don’t blame them

STATE OF THE ARTS: Mikey Madison has this week turned down Star Wars. Jacob Elordi said no to ‘Superman’. And Paul Mescal took years to say yes to a blockbuster. Welcome to the new rules of nascent movie stardom, writes Adam White – where franchises are major risks and the…

Evening Standard

Harris Dickinson and Lola Young among stars on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Europe List

The prestigious list has previously predicted some of the biggest stars of the future, including Sam Smith, Florence Pugh and Ncuti Gatwa.

The Independent UK

Director Sam Mendes reveals why he’s making four Beatles films

‘One is always looking to find new ways to look at the past,’ filmmaker said

The Guardian - UK

Critics are tearing into the Beatles biopics already. Here’s why they should let it be

The casting of new Fab Four movies and Wuthering Heights has been slammed before filming even finishes. Can’t we just wait and see?

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