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• ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger’ filmmakers explain why doc doesn’t show how Noel and Liam Gallagher made up

  07-10-2026 10:31 via nme.com
  
  The filmmakers behind Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger have explained why the documentary doesn’t show how Noel and Liam Gallagher made up ahead of their momentous 2025 reunion gigs.READ MORE: ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger’ review: an emotional, irreverent reliving of rock’s unlikeliest reunionThe film arrived in cinemas last month and will be available to stream on Disney+ from this Friday (October 9). The digital version will include previously unseen
  
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• You could be arguing with Ben Affleck on ‘Call Of Duty’ online

  09-10-2026 15:35 via nme.com
  
  Ben Affleck has revealed that he still plays online first-person shooter games, and occasionally gets into heated arguments with younger gamers.READ MORE: How NBA 2K became the evolved rap version of FIFA’s indie-obsessed soundtrackBack in 2023, Affleck attended the Valorant Champions tournament in Los Angeles with his son, and even weighed in on organisers nerfing Jett in the team-based first-person shooter. 
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• Anne Hathaway defends Tom Cruise’s “brilliant” ‘Digger’ from scathing reviews

  09-10-2026 13:49 via nme.com
  
  Anne Hathaway has posted a glowing appraisal of Tom Cruise’s Digger and encouraged people to watch it for themselves after a string of scathing reviewsREAD MORE: ‘Digger’ review: Tom Cruise’s search for an Oscar continuesSatirical black comedy Digger was co-written and directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman, The Revenant) and follows oil tycoon Digger Rockwell (Cruise) as he tries to save the lives of thousands from an environmental disaster that he&rsqu
  
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• Hugh Hefner’s widow criticises Jessica Biel’s ‘Playboy’ movie: “Please reconsider it”

  09-10-2026 13:17 via nme.com
  
  Hugh Hefner’s widow Crystal has asked Jessica Biel to “reconsider” starring in upcoming Playboy movie Playmates.
  Written and directed by Lorraine Nicholson, who was friends with Hugh Hefner’s children, Playmates is a coming-of-age tale that sees Indiana Elle’s Elle, a 13-year-old know-it-all who considers the Playboy Mansion her second home, develop an unlikely friendship with Anna (Lily-Rose Depp) one of seven hopefuls vying to be Playmate Of The Month.
  “The
  
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• Jessica Chastain’s ‘Other Mommy’ is a “hot mess” horror, say early reactions

  09-10-2026 12:00 via nme.com
  
  Jessica Chastain’s new horror Other Mommy has been panned as a “hot mess” by those that have seen it early.READ MORE: The best films of 2026… so far!Based on Josh Malerman’s 2024 novel Incidents Around the House, Other Mommy follows eight-year-old Bela (Arabella Olivia Clark) who is struggling with her parents’ marital issues before her life is disrupted further by a sinister paranormal entity that looks and sounds identical to her mother Ursula (Jessica Chas
  
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• ‘The Odyssey’ is returning to IMAX cinemas after ‘Digger’ flop

  08-10-2026 12:45 via nme.com
  
  Tom Cruise’s Digger is ending a majority of its IMAX run after just a week, with The Odyssey set to replace it.READ MORE: ‘Digger’ review: Tom Cruise’s search for an Oscar continuesSatirical black comedy Digger was co-written and directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu – who is behind Oscar-winning films Birdman and The Revenant – and follows oil tycoon Digger Rockwell (Cruise) as he tries to save the lives of thousands from an environmental disaster t
  
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• Sydney Sweeney and Marilyn Monroe are related

  08-10-2026 11:39 via nme.com
  
  A new study has discovered that Sydney Sweeney is related to Marilyn Monroe.
  Sweeney has been compared to Monroe on multiple occasions, and has leant into the similarities at red carpet events. At the premiere for The Housemaid in 2025, Sweeney wore a white dress that seemed inspired by the famous Monroe outfit from 1955’s The Seven Year Itch and many believed that her look for the 2025 Governor’s Ball was also inspired by Monroe.
  Earlier this year, she wore a vintage Ceil Chapman go
  
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• FKA Twigs drops Shia LaBeouf lawsuit after being released from “unlawful” NDA

  08-10-2026 11:05 via nme.com
  
  FKA Twigs has been released from an “unlawful” non-disclosure agreement by her ex-boyfriend Shia LaBeouf.
  The singer, real name Tahliah Barnett, filed a lawsuit against the actor in 2020 accusing him of “relentless abuse” during their former relationship, including sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress. After a series of delays, the pair reached a settlement outside of court.
  Earlier this year though, Twigs filed another lawsuit over an “unla
  
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• ‘The Conjuring’ is being turned into a Netflix game, set in a haunted English pub

  07-10-2026 13:29 via nme.com
  
  The Conjuring universe is expanding, with a brand new story set to be told as an interactive Netflix game.READ MORE: ‘Silent Hill’s unsettling soundtrack was always meant to give you nightmaresThe Conjuring: Unspoken will be free-to-play for all Netflix subscribers when it launches October 13, with your mobile phone acting as the controller.
  While The Conjuring movies focus paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warrer, Unspoken sees you controlling demonologist Francesca Noakes wh
  
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• ‘24 Hour Party People’ cast reunite for premiere anniversary screening in Manchester

  07-10-2026 11:45 via nme.com
  
  The cast of influential, riotous Madchester biopic 24 Hour Party People have reunited for a special anniversary screening in Manchester.READ MORE: Michael Winterbottom talks “chaos” of ‘24 Hour Party People’: “It was a celebration of the music and Manchester”Released in 2002, comedy drama 24 Hour Party People tells the story of Manchester’s incredible music scene from the late ‘70s to early ‘90s through the eyes of Factory Records’ foun
  
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• ’24 Hour Party People’ cast reunite for premiere anniversary screening in Manchester

  07-10-2026 11:45 via nme.com
  
  The cast of influential, riotous Madchester biopic 24 Hour Party People have reunited for a special anniversary screening in Manchester.READ MORE: Michael Winterbottom talks “chaos” of ‘24 Hour Party People’: “It was a celebration of the music and Manchester”Released in 2002, comedy drama 24 Hour Party People tells the story of Manchester’s incredible music scene from the late ‘70s to early ‘90s through the eyes of Factory Records’ foun
  
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• Michael Winterbottom talks “chaos” of ‘24 Hour Party People’: “It was a celebration of the music and Manchester”

  07-10-2026 10:00 via nme.com
  
  24 Hour Party People director Michael Winterbottom has spoken to NME about capturing the “attitude and spirit” of Factory Records with the cult-classic film, ahead of it returning to cinemas for its 24th anniversary.
  The riotous Madchester music biopic, originally released in 2002, hits the big screen again in UK and Ireland cinemas this Friday (October 9), fully remastered in 4K, after 100 independent cinemas screened it for free this week. It’ll then be available digitally an
  
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• Hideo Kojima teases upcoming “big live-action” film cameo

  06-10-2026 15:08 via nme.com
  
  Hideo Kojima has suggested he could be set to make a cameo appearance in an upcoming “big live action” film.READ MORE: Designing ‘Diablo 4’s heavy metal monsters sounds like the coolest job in gamingLast year, gaming legend Hideo Kojima voiced Paul Moldebrandt (a mole who works at the Zootopia Police Department) in Zootopia 2’s Japanese dub after being asked by the film’s director Jared Bush. 
  He also appeared as Commissioner Watanuki in live-action Japan
  
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• Ron Perlman “spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times” during ‘The Name Of The Rose’ scene

  06-10-2026 12:34 via nme.com
  
  Ron Perlman has revealed that while filming 1986 classic The Name Of The Roses, he had to spit in “hero” Sean Connery’s face 16 times.
  Based on the historical mystery novel of the same name, The Name Of The Roses starred Sean Connery as friar William Of Baskerville, who’s trying to solve a series of bizarre deaths taking place within a medieval abbey.
  During his investigation he encounters Ron Perlman’s Salvatore, a hunchback who speaks in a jumble of different lang
  
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• OpenAI film ‘Artificial’ is “most urgently relevant film of our time”, critics say

  06-10-2026 11:00 via nme.com
  
  Artificial, Luca Guadagnino’s drama about OpenAI founder Sam Altman, is a “terrifying” and “urgently relevant” film, according to early reviews.READ MORE: The best films of 2026… so far!Artificial stars Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who was forced out of his own company in 2023 over disagreements with other board members (including Elon Musk) before he regained control five days later.
  Directed by Guadagnino (Challengers, Call Me By Your Name, Que
  
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• Ashley Walters to make directorial debut with ‘Animol’ – check out these exclusive images

  05-10-2026 15:57 via nme.com
  
  Ashley Walters’ directorial debut Animol is set to premiere later this week but NME readers can check out an early look at the brutal film below.READ MORE: Ashley Walters’ very busy life after ‘Top Boy’: “I’m a man now, so I wanna do man things”Directed by Walters from a script written by Nick Love (Goodbye Charlie Bright, Marching Powder), Animol tells the story of Troy (Tut Nyuot) who is thrust into a brutal world of gangs, loyalty and violence when he
  
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• ‘House Of The Dragon’ star Ewan Mitchell being eyed for Bond villain, rumours say

  05-10-2026 12:33 via nme.com
  
  House Of The Dragon’s Ewan Mitchell is expected to play a villain in the upcoming James Bond film, says a new rumour.READ MORE: ‘007 First Light’ review: no video game has done Bond betterAmazon is currently working on a James Bond reboot following Daniel Craig’s departure as 007 at the end of 2021’s No Time To Die. The streaming giant bought the rights to the franchise last year, in a deal believed to be worth around $1billion.
  It’s since been confirmed that
  
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• Paul Rudd doesn’t bring phone to set anymore: “They’re horrible things”

  05-10-2026 11:41 via nme.com
  
  Paul Rudd has said he no longer brings his mobile phone to work because they’re “horrible”.READ MORE: The best films of 2026… so far!Speaking on the red carpet of his latest movie A Statement, Rudd told Variety that he doesn’t take his phone to set any more. “I haven’t done that for a while now. It’s important to put it down. Anytime. They’re horrible things,” he explained.
  “I’m addicted to it like everybody else. They&rsqu
  
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• Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ is on course to become one of the biggest flops ever

  05-10-2026 10:52 via nme.com
  
  Digger, the latest Tom Cruise movie, could become one of the biggest flops in Hollywood history, after it took just $8million across its opening weekend.READ MORE: ‘Digger’ review: Tom Cruise’s search for an Oscar continuesThe satirical black comedy was co-written and directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu – who is behind Oscar-winning films Birdman and The Revenant – and follows oil tycoon Digger Rockwell (Cruise) as he tries to save the lives of thousands
  
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• Every song on the ‘Verity’ soundtrack

  03-10-2026 00:04 via nme.com
  
  Following It Ends With Us, Regretting You and Reminders Of Him, another Colleen Hoover film adaptation arrives on the big screen with Verity.
  Directed by Michael Showalter, the psychological thriller film follows bestselling author Verity Crawford who, after a mysterious accident, recruits another writer, Lowen, to finish her book series. However, Lowen discovers another manuscript which raises concern around Verity’s psychological state.READ MORE: The best films of 2026… so far!Ann
  
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• Every song on the ‘Digger’ soundtrack

  02-10-2026 23:12 via nme.com
  
  Tom Cruise takes on a satirical black comedy about climate change in Digger.
  Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman, The Revenant), the film follows wealthy oil tycoon Digger Rockwell who accidentally unleashes a global environmental disaster.READ MORE: ‘Digger’ review: Tom Cruise’s search for an Oscar continuesAlongside Cruise, who also serves as a producer, the film’s cast includes Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse P
  
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• ‘Fast & Furious’ TV series coming to Peacock streaming service

  02-10-2026 13:27 via nme.com
  
  A Fast & Furious TV series has been greenlit at streaming service Peacock ahead of the final movie, Fast Forever.
  The original The Fast & The Furious movie was released in 2001 and starred Vin Diesel as a street racing criminal opposite Paul Walker as an FBI officer sent to investigate his crimes. It spawned nine sequels and a handful of spin-offs with the final movie, Fast Forever, currently due to release on March 17, 2028.
  Earlier this year, Diesel said a number of Fast & Furious
  
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• Halle Berry’s ex-husband granted restraining order against her following alleged child abuse of 12-year-old son

  02-10-2026 13:14 via nme.com
  
  Halle Berry has been accused of physically abusing her 12-year-old son Maceo by ex-husband Olivier Martinez.
  People has reported that yesterday (Thursday October 1), a Los Angeles County judge granted Martinez’s request for a temporary restraining order that covered both himself and Maceo.
  The filing claims that Berry caused Martinez “emotional and mental distress due to physical abuse” of Maceo during an incident where Berry allegedly “grabbed Maceo by the neck” wh
  
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• ‘The Celebrity Traitors’ fans declare Richard E. Grant a “legend” after chaotic first episode

  02-10-2026 10:50 via nme.com
  
  The Celebrity Traitors season two kicked off last night (Thursday October 1) and Richard E. Grant has already been branded a “legend” after a chaotic first episode.READ MORE: Why ‘The Traitors’ is easier if you play video gamesHosted by Claudia Winkleman, the reality series brings 21 celebrities to a castle in the Scottish highlands where they can win up to £100,000 for their chosen charities. A majority of the players are “faithful” who must work togeth
  
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• ‘The Celebrity Traitors’ fans declare Richard E. Grant a legend after chaotic first episode

  02-10-2026 10:50 via nme.com
  
  The Celebrity Traitors season two kicked off last night (Thursday October 1) and Richard E. Grant has already been branded a legend after a chaotic first episode.READ MORE: Why ‘The Traitors’ is easier if you play video gamesHosted by Claudia Winkleman, the reality series brings 21 celebrities to a castle in the Scottish highlands where they can win up to £100,000 for their chosen charities. A majority of the players are “faithful” who must work together to increase
  
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• ‘Resident Evil’ film soundtrack coming to bloody red vinyl

  01-10-2026 13:52 via nme.com
  
  The soundtrack to Zach Cregger’s record-breaking Resident Evil film adaptation is getting a blood red vinyl release.READ MORE: ‘Resident Evil’ review: Zach Cregger injects new life into blood-spattered zombie franchiseReleased last month, Cregger’s take on the long-running survival horror franchise has become the best-reviewed video game movie of all time and taken more than $100million at the box office. 
  And now the film’s original soundtrack, composed by Hay
  
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• Danny Boyle backs Jack O’Connell as next James Bond, discusses his cancelled film

  01-10-2026 13:25 via nme.com
  
  Danny Boyle has backed 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple star Jack O’Connell as the next James Bond.READ MORE: ‘Ink’ review: Jack O’Connell makes headlines in thrilling The Sun origin storyThe search for the new 007 officially began in May and since then, numerous actors have been linked to become Daniel Craig’s replacement, who bowed out in 2021’s No Time To Die.
  According to reports, Tom Holland is unable to pursue the role due to his Marvel contract, while Ta
  
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• This documentary about Gaza is beating ‘Avengers Endgame: Encore’ at the box office

  01-10-2026 11:46 via nme.com
  
  NAZA, a documentary about the Israeli attacks on Gaza, is currently beating Avengers Endgame: Encore at the Italian box office ahead of a global launch.
  Created by Oscar-winners Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, NAZA features interviews with 24 Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers about how their country’s armed forces are using AI and automated surveillance in military targeting systems during the ongoing war in Gaza. The title comes from a military acronym used by Israeli intelligence
  
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• ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ sequel will be released in cinemas as well as on Netflix

  01-10-2026 10:41 via nme.com
  
  The planned Kpop Demon Hunters sequel will definitely be released in cinemas as well as on Netflix, said the streamer’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos.READ MORE: Kevin Woo on why Korean culture must “stay true to its roots” after ‘KPop Demon Hunters’Speaking at an event on Wednesday evening (September 30) Sarandos confirmed that some of Netflix’s biggest films, including the upcoming KPop Demon Hunters sequel, will get a “very broad theatrical release” run be
  
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• Paul McCartney “blown away” by Celine Dion’s work in ‘High In The Clouds’ adaptation: “What a talent”

  30-09-2026 13:32 via nme.com
  
  Paul McCartney has shared an update on the film adaptation of his children’s book High In The Clouds, sharing that the work that Celine Dion has done on the project has left him feeling “blown away”.READ MORE: The Beatles: every song ranked in order of greatnessThe project has been in the works for years now, and has recently been confirmed to have a star-studded cast including Celine Dion, Hannah Waddingham, Idris Elba, Lionel Richie, Jimmy Fallon, Himesh Patel, and Macca&rsqu
  
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