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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Entertainment articles  Entertainment
    Jessie Buckley dedicated her 2026 EE BAFTA Film Award for Best Leading Actress to the women who inspired her to break the mould
     25 February 2026
    The 36-year-old actress encouraged more women to tell stories in cinema after she beat Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) and Emma Stone (Bugonia) to the gong for her role of Agnes Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, in Hamnet.
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    Lizzie McGuire and Revenge of the Nerds star Robert Carradine dies at 71
    25 Feb: Robert Carradine — the youngest member of a legendary Hollywood family —  dies, with his loved ones revealing his struggle with bipolar disorder.... more
    Hamnet was dec lared Outstanding British Film at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards
    25 Feb: The Shakespeare drama - which stars Paul Mescal, 30, and 36 year old Jessie Buckley - managed to beat 28 Years Later, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy, Die My Love, H Is For Hawk, I Swear, Mr Burton, Pillion, and Steve, to bag the accolade.... more
    Robert Aramayo joked he was scared to pick up his EE BAFTA Rising Star Award after he previously dropped a gong
    25 Feb: The 33-year-old actor received the publicly-voted accolade and fended off Miles Caton, 20, Chase Infiniti, 25, Archie Madekwe, 31, and 33 year old Posy Sterling.... more
    Ryan Coogler "didn't expect" Sinners to win Best Original Screenplay at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards
    25 Feb: The 39-year-old actor wrote and directed the 2025 supernatural horror movie, and praised those who helped bring his vision to life in his acceptance speech.... more
    Akinola Davies Jr. dedicated his EE BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut to immigrant parents who sacrificed everything to give their children a better future
    25 Feb: The 40-year-old British-Nigerian filmmaker created the film My Father's Shadow - which follows two brothers exploring Lagos with their troubled dad during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis.... more
    Sinners' Wunmi Mosaku has won her first EE BAFTA Film Award
    25 Feb: The 39-year-old actress beat Odessa A'zion (Marty Supreme), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value), Carey Mulligan (The Ballad of Wallis Island), Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) and Emily Watson (Hamnet) in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance as Annie in the 2025 supernatural horror.... more
    Sean Penn was dec lared Best Supporting Actor at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards
    25 Feb: The 65-year-old actor fended off his One Battle After Another co-star Benicio del Toro, Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Paul Mescal (Hamnet), Peter Mullan (I Swear), and Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value) following his standout performance as Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw in the action-thriller movie.... more
    Jacob Elordi has likened filming his and Margot Robbie's steamy Wuthering Heights sex scenes to "choreographing a fight scene or a dance sequence"
    25 Feb: The pair star as Heathcliff and Cathy, respectively, in the Emerald Fennell-directed movie - loosely inspired by Emily Bronte's 1847 novel of the same name - which is jam-packed with raunchy scenes, that Jacob, 28, says were "super technical" to create.... more
    Chris Hemsworth's children "don't care" about his global stardom
    25 Feb: The 42-year-old actor thinks daughter India, 13, and 11-year-old twin sons Sasha and Tristan - whom he has with his 49-year-old wife, model-and-actress Elsa Pataky - loved his films when they were younger, but have grown less interested.... more

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     Today's News

    Entertainment:
    Jessie Buckley dedicated her 2026 EE BAFTA Film Award for Best Leading Actress to the women who inspired her to break the mould 14:21

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    Politics:
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    Entertainment:
    Lizzie McGuire and Revenge of the Nerds star Robert Carradine dies at 71 13:57

    Entertainment:
    Hamnet was dec lared Outstanding British Film at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards 13:51

    Law and Order:
    Police say the community is safer without the pathetic gutless coward who murdered a Christchurch mother in front of her children 13:47

    Business:
    Meridian's strong bounce-back in the second half of last year has renewed talk of hydro expansion 13:27

    Entertainment:
    Robert Aramayo joked he was scared to pick up his EE BAFTA Rising Star Award after he previously dropped a gong 13:21

    National:
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    Law and Order:
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