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Choreographers from the US, Brazil, Greece and Portugal in the running for the £40,000 inaugural Rose international dance prizeFour choreographers are in the running for the inaugural £40,000 Rose international dance prize, which hopes to do for contemporary dance what the Turner prize did for contemporary art in raising its profile. “That’s the aim,” said Alistair Spalding, artistic director of Sadler’s Wells, which is...

Authors and translators say PEN America has ‘had no criticism of American complicity in the bombardment of Gaza’, in stark contrast to other national centres of the organisation Thirty-one authors and translators have withdrawn their work from consideration for or declined PEN America’s 2024 literary awards over the organisation’s “failure to protect” Palestinian writers in Gaza.Nine out of 10 longlistees for the PEN/Jean Stein...

Imogen Wade’s The Time I Was Mugged in New York City impresses judges for ‘lyricism in the account of an abduction’• Scroll down to read the winning poemA poem inspired by the author’s experience of being mugged has won the first prize of £5,000 in the National Poetry Competition.The Time I Was Mugged in New York City by Imogen Wade tells the story of...

From Billie to Barbie and Pacino to the pins, here’s where to get up to speed with the winners, the losers, the talking points and the dud momentsJust want to know who won? Here’s our list of winners and all those nominated, or you can relive every minute of the ceremony in our live blog. Continue reading...

Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster picked up seven awards while Poor Things star won over Lily Gladstone for best actressThe winners – full listHow the night unfoldedThe night’s real winners and losers Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer has triumphed at this year’s Oscars taking home seven awards including best picture, best actor and best director.The drama, telling the story of the “father of the atomic bomb”,...

Four-minute video features drag queens, twerking, ballerinas, a classical Indian dancer and a bunch of friends from CanberraFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe former Canberra scientist Dr Weliton Menário Costa said it “felt like winning Eurovision” when he learned he had won the global “Dance Your PhD” competition, for...

Christopher Nolan’s historical epic picked up three major acting awards while The Bear and Succession shared the big TV winsChristopher Nolan’s hit biopic Oppenheimer has dominated this year’s Screen Actors Guild awards.The cast of the biographical epic won for best ensemble, ahead of Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon. Cillian Murphy picked up male actor in a leading role, which was also contested...