From awarding Rami Malek’s all-teeth performance as Freddie Mercury to Julianne Moore winning Best Actress for the wrong movie, the Oscars have always inspired confusion and frustration. Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards, Adam White explores the most egregious mistakes in recent Oscar history

Will it be Demi Moore or Mikey Madison? Timothée Chalamet or Adrien Brody? And is ‘Emilia Pérez’ really, truly dead in the water? Ahead of this Sunday’s Academy Awards, Adam White predicts who will reign supreme in the show’s major categories

From ‘American Beauty’ winning Best Picture to the eternal controversy over Marisa Tomei’s win for ‘My Cousin Vinny’, Oscar history is filled with divisive victories endlessly debated by film fans. Here our culture desk go to bat for some of the most controversial…

Following years of rumoured tension between the historic custodians of the 007 franchise and their new corporate overlords at Amazon, Jeff Bezos’s company has assumed complete creative control of the franchise. It could be a fate worse than death, writes Adam White – and transform Bond into just another algorithm-driven content farm

Filled with weddings, sardonic best friends and an abundance of Julia Roberts, these are the greatest romcoms of all time – ranked by Adam White from 25 to 1

The enigmatic star talks to Adam White about sexuality, psychopaths and ‘Severance’ – and why Madonna and Sean Penn’s wedding was the noisiest he’s ever attended

The latest Marvel blockbuster – starring Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford – has drawn backlash from all political corners. But a film this bland doesn’t warrant such hand-wringing

The broadcaster has spent the last few years engaging in unusually tepid conversations with celebrities on the BBC and on his Spotify podcast. But an explosive interview with actor Armie Hammer reminded us of his magic, writes Adam White

As Pamela Anderson draws rave reviews for her first dramatic acting role in ‘The Last Showgirl’, Adam White looks back on another pop culture pin-up whose attempt to change her image in the public eye via gritty character parts had only a short-term effect

The Mission: Impossible star talks to Adam White about her ‘awkward and confronting’ role in the revered show, acting as a way to pay off her college loans, and the Tom Cruise cake

Few directors have had as varied a career as James Mangold, who has directed everything from the Wolverine spin-off ‘Logan’ to ‘Walk the Line’ to a Meg Ryan romcom. As his Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ becomes the one to beat at next month’s Oscars, Adam White speaks to him

The rebellious, joyful sprite of ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ is about to embark on a farewell arena tour in the UK. She talks to Adam White about Trump, masturbation anthems, and burning her training bra in 1968

‘That was a doozy’, the actor remembered while promoting his new comedy film with Reese Witherspoon

A brilliant episode can refine the essence of the best shows into a single, self-contained moment. Here are our favourites from over the decades

Cameron Diaz’s dismal new movie with Jamie Foxx – and Diaz’s first film in more than a decade – is proof that style and craft have completely dropped out of a particular kind of action comedy, writes Adam White. Remember when even the most conventional of blockbusters used to be made with care?

Thirty-five years after the release of their debut album, which housed their seminal break-up song ‘Here’s Where the Story Ends’, the band behind a number of pretty, ethereal earworms still inspire adoration – and questions over their decision to drop out of the limelight three records into their career, writes Adam White

‘Secrets & Lies’ made her the first Black British woman to be nominated for an Oscar. Now, nearly 30 years and 160 episodes of the ‘factory-like’ US cop drama ‘Without a Trace’ later, she has reunited with Mike Leigh for the blistering ‘Hard Truths’ – it’s earned her a Bafta nomination, and could send her back to the Academy Awards, too. She speaks to Adam White

From salary disputes and poor scripts to feuds and voiceovers that apparently sound ‘too old’, Hollywood is filled with stories of emergency recastings due to off-screen conflicts, writes Adam White

A decade after leaving acting behind, the star of ‘There’s Something About Mary’ and ‘Charlie’s Angels’ has un-retired for a new Netflix film. Might she now be afforded some respect, asks Adam White

The sought-after British star of ‘Triangle of Sadness’ and ‘The Iron Claw’ speaks to Adam White about shooting graphic BDSM scenes with Nicole Kidman in his provocative new thriller, privilege in the acting industry, and why he’d hate for his looks to be his ‘sole currency’