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Cheers – and his refusal to portray Donald Trump.Radio Times asked the 79-year-old about the decision to turn down the chance to play Crane in the iconic 1980s sitcom Cheers. The character first appeared in the third season of the show, and it was Kelsey Grammer who portrayed the psychiatrist.

Oscars taking place this evening (March 2).The 97th Academy Awards are being hosted by Conan O’Brien for the first time, the comedian taking over duties from Jimmy Kimmel.Leading this year’s nominations is Netflix musical Emilia Pérez, which is up for 13 awards including Best Picture, while epic drama The Brutalist and Broadway adaptation Wicked follow behind with 10 nominations apiece.Other strong contenders include papal thriller Conclave and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown with eight nods each, while comedy drama Anora has six nominations.This year’s ceremony will get a bit of a change-up, with no performances for Best Original Song, while the show is expected to honour Los Angeles following the recent devastating wildfires.

Anora is currently odds on favourite to win Best Picture at the Oscars.Sean Baker’s sex worker drama received six nominations ahead of the forthcoming 97th Academy Awards ceremony in LA on Sunday, March 2.It is up against the likes of musical thriller Emilia Pérez, Brady Corbet’s architectural epic The Brutalist, Wicked and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.Anora currently has booking odds of 4-9 closely followed by The Brutalist on 9-4. Papal drama Conclave is just behind with odds of 16 to 1 while Emilia Pérez and A Complete Unknown are further back on odds of 22-1, according to Oddschecker.

Saturday Night, the behind-the-scenes story of the premiere episode of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975. Directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Up In The Air), it stars Gabriel LaBelle as SNL founder Lorne Michaels, as well as Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner and Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd.Also new in cinemas is the critically acclaimed Hard Truths, the latest drama from legendary auteur Mike Leigh (Mr Turner, Abigail’s Party, Naked).

Charli XCX has given her verdict on some of 2024’s biggest films.The star, who has signed up for a number of acting roles in a series of forthcoming films, spent much of Christmas catching up on a host of movies and sharing her opinion of them on the film social media site Letterboxd.Among them were Challengers,Conclave, and Nosferatu which she awarded five stars. She also gave a like for Anora.She also noted that there “there were a lot of songs” on the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet and said Martha Stewart “is brat” after seeing her recent Netflix documentary Martha.Some of Charli’s other favourite films included 1995’s The Addiction, 2000’s Charlie’s Angels, 1974’s Céline And Julie Go Boating, and 1935’s Bride Of Frankenstein.It comes after she was recently cast in The Gallerist, an upcoming film by Birds Of Prey director Cathy Yan alongside Jenna Ortega, Natalie Portman, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Sterling K.

Barack Obama has published his annual list of his favourite films for 2024 – check out his picks below.The former President has long been publishing his personal lists of favourite music, films and books at the end of every year. In a post on X/Twitter, Obama introduced his 2024 edition by writing: “Here are a few movies I’d recommend checking out this year.”Featuring this year are Sean Baker’s Anora, the Timothée Chalamet-starring Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and the mystery thriller Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Sergio Castellitto and Isabella Rossellini.Elsewhere, he spotlighted Dune: Part Two, The Piano Lesson and All We Imagine as Light, directed by Payal Kapadia.

There is always a shortlist of actors deserving of an Academy Award. Ralph Fiennes is one of them.

The Venice Film Festival has begun and the Toronto International Film Festival is a week away, but in the mountains of Colorado, perhaps one of the most influential festivals in the world has finally announced its slate. The 2024 Telluride Film Festival will screen nearly 60 feature films including world premieres of Malcolm Washington’s “The Piano Lesson,” Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” Michael Gracey’s “Better Man,” Scott McPhee and David Siegel’s “The Friend,” Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night,” Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End,” and RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys.” Documentary screenings include Morgan Neville’s “Piece by Piece” and Errol Morris’ “Separated.” READ MORE: Venice Film Festival Preview: 15 must-see movies including “Maria,” “Queer” & “Joker: Folie à Deux” The festival will also screen Sean Baker’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Anora” as well as award winners such as Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez,” Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” and Jesse Eisenberg’s Sundance screenwriting winner “A Real Pain.” Additionally, Pablo Larrain’s “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie, and Tim Fehlbaum’s “September 5” and Alfonso Cuarón’s “Disclaimer” will make the trip from Venice to Telluride to screen at the festival.