Next month an epic eight-part biopic of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini airs on Sky. Craig McLean visits the set in Rome and talks to those who worked on the project, including the British director Joe Wright, on the importance of understanding the man behind the bloodshed, why the fascist dictator appealed to so many people, and how he wrote the playbook for 21st-century strongman politics

The latest record from the singer and dancer is rawly explicit; at times, it does wander around in vague search of melodies

Compared to tired old franchises like ‘Love Island’ and ‘I’m a Celeb’, ‘The Traitors’ continued to shine this January. Across a brilliantly devious third season of the show, it’s the Faithfuls who have been the true villains for their incompetence, argues Hannah Ewens

Gallery which exhibited legendary artist MF Husain’s works hits out at ‘unfounded allegations’

British rapper comes through with his smartly produced debut, which sees him switching between macho posturing and surprising vulnerability

Lauer was fired by NBC in 2017 after several women came forward with accusations of sexual harassment

The two will later embark on a North American tour from April to June

The yoga instructor’s book on motherhood is expected to be released in May

Moore, once the highest paid actress in the world, is earning the best reviews of her career thanks to ‘The Substance’

‘The Megyn Kelly Show’ host called Lively’s sexual harassment accusations ‘absurd’

Diverse group of nominations for the 2025 ceremony also includes a Christmas song and The Cure’s first nomination in over three decades

Netflix’s musical crime drama has broken new ground when it comes to representation at the Oscars. But while this year’s nominations look meaningful at a glance, there’s more than a hint of empty gesturing, writes Clarisse Loughrey

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

The 52-year-old actress came out as a trans woman in 2016

It was noted that the Academy had not yet determined the film producers who would be nominated alongside each title

Lucy Liu and Julia Fox star in a film that puts the viewer in the perspective of the ghost haunting a family’s new home

The most egregious omissions and unexpected mentions

Musician and son of the country music star appeared to reference his sisters, including Miley and Noah Cyrus, in a post shared in the wake of Billy Ray’s controversial performance at Donald Trump’s Liberty Ball

Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture, Brady Corbet’s film – starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones – explores around the existential terrors of America, and clocks in at a gargantuan 215 minutes

Watch live as the 2025 Oscar nominations are announced in Hollywood on Thursday (23 January).