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One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, has consolidated its place as the awards-season leader in emerging with the most nominations from the London Critics' Circle film awards. One Battle After Another, a counter-culture thriller loosely based on Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland, picked up nine nominations, including film of the year, director and screenwriter of the year for Anderson, and actor of the year for DiCaprio.

This year has produced a glorious array of movie posters, and although there was plenty to admire in the brash marketing of big budget franchise fare - there was some interesting work around Tron: Ares and Thunderbolts, for example - it's perhaps telling that the most eye-catching creativity can be found promoting lower budget films that don't have recognisable IP to fall back on.

"The films have very much become about family," he said. "But we've been doing it for 20 years now. And every time we're ready to make an 'Avatar' film, the whole 'Avatar' family gets back together."

There aren't many actors who can boast seven Academy Award nods, but Ingrid Bergman wasn't just any actor. The Swedish star, born in Stockholm in 1915, took home three Oscars throughout her Hollywood career, for Gaslight, Anastasia, and Murder on the Orient Express. She is perhaps most famous for her leading role in the classic romantic drama Casablanca, but also took her talents to the stage, where she earned a Tony as the star of Joan of Lorraine.

I wanted to say three extemporaneous things before I launch it in my prepared comments. The first was I wanted to thank Freethink and the Templeton Foundation. What an amazing night. I mean, I'm, I'm just like so impressed and moved and, you know, the last act, I just, I sort of wish I was on mushrooms now, and when they asked me to do this, I thought, yeah, sure.

Turning her camera to the streets and taking us into artists' studios, the film-maker captures the vibrant creative scene of the city. The turmoil of the protests against the 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill, along with the draconian laws that followed, hangs heavy over every frame. In the midst of political turbulence, art emerges as a powerful, transformative tool of collective resistance.

I remember this as a happy day, but my eyes tell a different story. They look a little mistrustful. In my arms is my brother Carlo we have different fathers; his is Italian actor Franco Nero. That day was Carlo's christening, and it was obvious from my hand position that I'm not used to standing like that. Someone's gone: Put your arms out! We're taking a picture of you holding the baby! The whole thing looks awkward.

Pro wrestling superstar John Cena ended his 24-year WWE tenure at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. by doing what he hadn't done in more than 20 years: He tapped out. Cena submitted to former two-time WWE heavyweight champion Gunther at Saturday Night's Main Event in a stellar final match that had the crowd hanging on to every moment, hoping that Cena would go out with a win.

The Jane Birkin footbridge -- it's poetic,

When people don't give grace to their fellow passengers, it drives me nuts. When I see somebody traveling with a young kid, and they're not only worried about their baby's experience of this flight and trying to make sure that it's a good memory for them, but also then having to worry about the adult the row over who is huffing and puffing and rolling their eyes? Have some grace!

I was extremely thin. I'm not joking. I used to button my shirt all the way up, and had a bowl haircut. I was like a Rutger Hauer son. almost albino, very pale. And in 1969, my father won the National Lottery, and he became a millionaire, and he bought a house, and somebody told him that he needed a library, because he was now a cultured gentleman. So he bought a huge library, which he never visited, and I read everything in there.

Since James Gunn's Superman became the biggest superhero movie at this summer's box office, the world has been waiting to find out what the rest of the DCU sandpit will look like. Now, with the debut trailer for Supergirl, we have our first proper glimpse. On this evidence, the new Kara Zor-El lives in a brave new universe of gods and monsters that reflects her loneliness and fury right back at her.