Richard Linklater’s rapturous 1995 romance about Interrailing strangers – played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy – once felt uncomplicated and joyous. Revisiting it, though, feels almost heart-piercing, while only further illuminating the skill of a filmmaker fixated on the passing of time, writes Xan Brooks

Conclave, Nickel Boys, and A Real Pain also took home major prizes

Chris Martin delivered an emotional performance as a tribute to Liam Payne aired at the 2025 Grammys on Sunday, 2 February.

Microsoft co-founder tells The Independent he’s ‘surprised’ by prominent Silicon Valley figures backing President Trump

After decades of playing posh, smug supporting roles, comic actor Punch finally has the opportunity to star as a posh, smug lead in her own BBC show, ‘Amandaland’. She tells Hannah Ewens about the drama involved with making the ‘Motherland’ spin-off, her own approach to parenthood, and how she was gifted her big break by Woody Allen

Keys received this year’s Dr Dre Global Impact Award

After some early controversy on the red carpet involving Kanye West and Bianca Censori, the ceremony went ahead with some dazzling live performances and historic wins

Chris Martin performed Coldplay’s ‘All My Love’ as the tribute to Payne aired on a big screen

The event chose to support local wildfire relief efforts and raise funds

The Weeknd announced his Grammys boycott back in 2021

Censori shocked the Grammys red carpet with her ‘nude’ look

South African comedian joked: ‘Shakira is here. The greatest thing out of Colombia that isn’t a Class A felony’

Fans including Grammy-winner Dionne Warwick criticized the reporters on social media

There’s much to admire in this series about Jane and her sister Cassandra, who inexplicably burned many of the writer’s letters, but it cannot quite nail the great author’s piercing satire

West briefly followed pop superstar with whom he has feuded for an unexplained reason

Actor, who stars as FBI profiler Emily Prentiss, said she will undergo surgery to repair the fracture

Watch live from the Grammy Awards 2025 red carpet as celebrities arrive for the 67th star-studded ceremony on Sunday (2 February).

‘Please do not believe the internet,’ Witherspoon wrote on her Instagram Story

The Simpsons is the longest-running sitcom in the history of the United States and is now in its 36th season but the gap between its last episode and next is reaching unprecedented levels.

Actor appeared in the second season of Netflix’s hit drama