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Eddie Redmayne and Kiera Knightley are among a host of British stars nominated for next year’s Golden Globe Awards.

Redmayne starred in Sky Atlantic’s thriller The Day of the Jackal, which is also up for best drama series, and Knightley is the lead in Netflix’s spy series Black Doves.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked. Pic: Universal Pictures
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Selena Gomez as Jessi in Emilia Pérez. Pic: Shanna Besson/Page 114/Why Not Productions/Pathe Films/ France 2 Cinema

Genre-blurring musical Emilia Perez – which is about a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender-affirming surgery to transition to living as a woman – led the field with ten nominations.

All three of its lead stars – Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez and Spanish actor Karla Sofía Gascón – are up for acting awards.

It was followed by the historical epic The Brutalist, starring Adrian Brody as a Hungarian immigrant fleeing the horrors of the Second World War, which got seven nods. Brody, Australian star Guy Pierce and British actress Felicity Jones all got performance nominations.

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Adrian Brody is the star of The Brutalist. Pic: AP

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Mikey Madison in Anora. Pic: Neon/Augusta Quirk

Meanwhile, The Wizard Of Oz prequel Wicked – which has so far taken hundreds of millions at the box office – saw its lead stars, singer Ariana Grande and British actress Cynthia Erivo, both score major nods for their leading roles.

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With four nods to its name, Wicked also got a mention in the cinematic and box office achievement category, while both musicals are shortlisted in the best picture musical or comedy category.

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Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s Conclave. Pic: Philippe Antonello/Focus Features 2024

Cardinal drama Conclave starring Ralph Fiennes; Anora, about a New York stripper who falls for the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, and The Substance. a body-horror starring Demi Moore, also received recognition, with five nods apiece.

Other British stars to make it into contention included Kate Winslet (who was nominated in both the TV and film categories for The Regime and Lee), Gary Oldman for hit Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, Hugh Grant for horror movie Heretic and Daniel Craig for his film Queer, based on the 1985 novella by William S Burroughs.

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Meanwhile, there was a surprise nomination for Robbie Williams for his offbeat biopic, Better Man, which is his life story told through the medium of a computer-generated monkey. It’s up for best original song.

Among a starry field of nominees, Zendaya, Timothee Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Denzel Washington and Glen Powell all scored nominations.

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Zendaya’s sport romance Challengers got four nods, including best actress in a motion picture in the musical and comedy field.

The Wild Robot, an animation about an android that becomes the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling, got four nods, including best animated film.

Sing Sing, a film based on a rehabilitation programme at the Sing Sing correctional facility in Ossining, New York state, saw its star, Colman Domingo, nominated for best actor in a motion picture drama.

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Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson got a nod as best actress in the drama film category, for her lead role in The Last Showgirl, Gia Coppola’s movie about a fading showgirl forging a new future.

And while president-elect Donald Trump wasn’t a fan of The Apprentice – a movie based on his early life – the movie received nominations for its two central performances from Sebastian Stan (who plays a young Trump) and Jeremy Strong as his lawyer Roy Cohn.

In the TV field, chef drama The Bear got five nods, with Shogun and Only Murders in the Building receiving four.

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Richard Gadd’s contentious Netflix series, Baby Reindeer, got three nods, including best actor for him, best actress for Jessica Gunning and best limited series or TV movie.

Controversial drama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story – based on the real-life murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez in 1989 – got three nods, including two acting nods for its stars, Cooper Koch and Javier Bardem.

Irish star Colin Firth got a nod for his performance in Sky Atlantic’s The Penguin, which offers a deep dive into the life of one of Gotham’s most notorious gangsters.

Like Winslet, Gomez received nods across both the film and TV categories, for her work on Emilia Perez and Only Murders In The Building.

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Colin Farrell is The Penguin. Pic: Sky/HBO/Macall Polay/ Warner Bros

This year’s lifetime achievement awards will go to former Cheers star Ted Danson (for the Carol Burnett Award) and Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis (for the Cecil B DeMille Award). Both will be announced a few days before the ceremony in the New Year.

Announced by actors Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut live from LA, the Golden Globe nominations are the first big milestone of awards season, and the first signpost to which films we’ll be hearing lots more about ahead of next year’s Oscars.

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Jeremy Allen White, star of The Bear. Pic: AP

Unlike other awards, the Globes cover both TV and film and are split by genre, falling into either the drama or comedy and musical category – meaning a wealth of nominees are in the running. There are six competing performers in each of the six acting categories.

Last year’s nominations were led by Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the latter of which went on to win best picture at the Oscars.

Now in comeback mode, the Globes had previously faced criticism over a lack of diversity in the organisation, which led to the event being held behind closed doors in 2022.

Golden Globes winners will be announced on Sunday 5 January, with the ceremony hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser.

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UK government in ‘active discussions’ with Washington over US film tariffs as Starmer urged to ‘stand up’ to Trump

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UK government in 'active discussions' with Washington over US film tariffs as Starmer urged to 'stand up' to Trump

The UK government is in “active discussions” with top officials in the White House about Donald Trump’s film tariffs, a minister has said.

Chris Bryant said the US president’s plan to put 100% tariffs on films made outside America is a “fluid situation” that requires a “calm and steady approach”.

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“We are already in active discussions with the top of the US administration on this subject,” he told MPs after an urgent question was raised on the matter in the House of Commons.

“We are working hard to establish what might be proposed, if anything, and to make sure our world beating creative industries are protected.”

He added that he is due to meet UK industry leaders on Thursday.

In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Mr Trump said he had authorised government departments to put a 100% tariff “on any and all movies coming into our country that are produced in foreign lands”.

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Entertainment industry union BECTU has warned this could seriously damage the industry in the UK.

Shadow culture minister Stuart Andrew asked what impact assessment the government has made and whether there are any contingency plans if an exemption can’t be secured.

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Mr Bryant said he is “not sure precisely what is intended” with the film tariffs as he doesn’t know “what a tariff on a service would look like”.

“Most films these days are an international collaboration of some kind and we want to maintain that,” he said.

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He appeared to rule out retaliatory tariffs if Mr Trump follows through with his plan, saying the Labour government of 1947 introduced tariffs on US films because they thought too many were being shown in the cinema and “it didn’t go very well as a strategy”.

“The Americans simply banned exports of US films and we ended up watching Ben-Hur repeatedly in every cinema.

“The successful bit of what we did in 1947 and 1948 was that we invested in the British film production system. And that led to films like Hamlet and Kind Hearts and Coronets. I think that that’s the pattern that we still want to adopt.”

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However, the Liberal Democrats have urged the government to stand up to Mr Trump, whose film tariffs form part of a wider crackdown on US imports announced earlier this year.

At Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, party leader Ed Davey urged Sir Keir Starmer to work with allies in Europe and in the Commonwealth to “make clear to President Trump that if he picks a fight with James Bond, Bridget Jones and Paddington Bear, he will lose”.

However, the PM said it is “not sensible or pragmatic” to choose between Europe and the US, with Downing Street still seeking to negotiate an “economic deal” with Washington that it hopes could offset some of Mr Trump’s measures.

Mr Trump said the film tariffs were necessary because other countries were “offering all sorts of incentives to draw” filmmakers and film studios away from the United States, calling the issue a “national security threat”.

But insiders have questioned whether it will be effective as the exodus of the film industry from Hollywood is mostly due to economic reasons, with other countries having lower labour costs and more expansive tax incentives.

Much of the 2023 box office smash Barbie was filmed at the Warner Bros Leavesden studios, in Hertfordshire, as was Wonka and 2022 hit The Batman, while the vast majority of James Bond films were shot at Pinewood Studios, in Buckinghamshire.

It was also unclear whether the duties will apply to films on streaming platforms as well as those that are released in cinemas.

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‘These are needless deaths’: Vaccine misinformation will lead to more deaths from measles outbreak, ousted US scientist tells Sky News

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'These are needless deaths': Vaccine misinformation will lead to more deaths from measles outbreak, ousted US scientist tells Sky News

America’s ousted vaccine chief has told Sky News there will be more deaths from a growing measles outbreak unless the US government shifts its rhetoric on vaccination.

“Ultimately, they’re not gonna be able to run from reality,” said Dr Peter Marks, former head of vaccines at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Dr Marks also echoed concerns among public health experts that the federal administration’s stance on vaccinations and cuts to global health initiatives could make the world, including America, more vulnerable to other preventable diseases.

There have been 935 confirmed cases of measles in the US, with outbreaks in six states and cases reported in 23 others.

There are also related outbreaks in Mexico and Canada, which share links to the Mennonite religious community in which the US outbreak took hold.

A funeral is held for the second measles death in the state, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)
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There have been outbreaks in Mexico and Canada, which share links to the Mennonite religious community. Pic: AP

Dr Marks was forced to resign as the director of the FDA’s Centre for Biologics Evaluation and Research in March after clashing with incoming US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr over his stance on vaccines and scientific evidence.

RFK Jr has come under intense criticism from public health experts after continuing, despite the outbreak, to endorse alternative and unproven ways to prevent and treat measles.

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Secretary Kennedy has since publicly endorsed the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as the safest and most effective way of preventing measles.

But at the same time, he has continued to criticise the MMR jab.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, arrives at Reinlander Mennonite Church after a second measles death, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)
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RFK Jr has endorsed alternative and unproven ways to prevent and treat measles. Pic: AP

MMR – one of the safest and most well-studied vaccines in history – is credited with virtually eliminating measles in the US and much of the developed world in the early 21st century.

Uptake of the vaccine is now falling.

On Friday, as the latest data confirmed measles cases continued to rise, Secretary Kennedy instructed the federal agencies to review the use of alternative drugs in combination with vitamins for the treatment of measles and other diseases.

In an interview the same day, while maintaining he is not opposed to vaccination, Secretary Kennedy repeated erroneous claims that the MMR jab contains “aborted foetus debris and DNA particles”.

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Three people have died in the US outbreak so far, two of them children. None had been vaccinated against measles.

“It’s fully appropriate to say that these are needless deaths,” said Dr Marks. “And we’re going to be having more of those if this measles outbreak continues to spread.”

He also believes public health experts need to get better at preventing “misleading information and lies” around vaccination to take hold.

“We have yet to find the kind of active, unified voice that we need to say: ‘hey guys, stop this stuff’,” said Marks.

“These people over there, they’re entitled to their opinion, but they don’t have to harm your kids by broadcasting it.”

He is careful not to directly criticise the man who forced him from his position at the FDA, urging him, instead, to listen to reason.

“To consider alternative viewpoints from those who have a lot of knowledge and experience,” said Marks.

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‘A sad day for America’s children’

Others are less cautious about criticising RFK Jr: Paul Offit, a vaccinologist at the University of Pennsylvania, said: “When he was confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, I think that was a sad day for America’s children.

“He has for 20 years been a virulent anti-vaccine activist, science denialist and conspiracy theorist.”

Prof Offit is also concerned about his impact on the rest of the world.

“We export our fears and I think with social media now, it’s much easier to amplify those fears.”

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Uptake of the MMR jab is falling in the UK and parts of the EU. Cases of measles have increased there too but, with the exception of Romania, to a lesser extent than in the US.

An increase in measles, one of the most infectious diseases known to science, is often “an early warning sign” of falling vaccination rates more widely, according to the head of the UK’s vaccine advisory committee, Prof Andrew Pollard.

“Just as we’ve seen whooping cough outbreaks here in the UK over the last couple of years,” said Pollard.

“It’s not just MMR where the [vaccination] rates are lower, it’s also other vaccines where we’re not getting such high coverage.”

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According to the World Health Organisation, 138 countries have reported measles cases with 61 experiencing large outbreaks. The highest number globally since 2019.

The situation could now get worse after the Trump administration froze the US annual contribution to the WHO, which stood at $960bn last year and has threatened to cut $300m for the global vaccine alliance (GAVI).

“That money not coming through for our next strategic cycle would mean that we will be unable to vaccinate about 75 million children,” said Sania Nishtar, CEO of GAVI.

According to GAVI, that could lead to well over a million additional child deaths over the next five years from diseases like Malaria, meningitis and yellow fever.

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GAVI is urging the US administration to reconsider a funding cut, in part because US businesses manufacture many of the vaccines it supplies, but also because it keeps the US safe.

“We are the only agency in the world that maintains the stockpiles of vaccines,” said Nishtar.

“If there’s an Ebola outbreak anywhere in the world, we would be the ones mobilising the stockpiles to ensure that the outbreak is contained. There and then, preventing it from reaching American shores.”

Dr Marks predicts that the administration will be forced to shift its stance if the outbreak continues to grow and vaccine-hesitant Americans begin to witness the typically unseen impact vaccinations have.

He said: “As the deaths start to crank up, public opinion will certainly change because they will see once again what happens when people around them are dying or getting very sick.”

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Mark Carney’s body language during his Trump meeting spoke volumes

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Donald Trump welcomed Mark Carney to an Oval Office refurbished, in his words, “with love and carat gold”.

But there was more gold than love on display when they got around to discussing the annexation of Canada.

The US president said it would be “better” for the people of Canada, opening the door for the inevitable response.

Prime Minister Carney replied that he had met with the people, “the owners of Canada” during the campaign, adding: “Canada is not for sale.”

His approach, largely shutting the debate down, can be summed up in four words: the people have spoken.

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Listing the White House and Buckingham Palace among other places “not for sale”, his answer on the 51st state question appeared well prepared.

But when it came to the issue of tariffs, the new premier struggled to get a word in edgeways.

Instead, his body language spoke volumes – the clenched jaw, a hand raised several times in an attempt to interject, and the silent mouthing of two words – “never, never”.

That was Carney’s response when Trump suggested never saying never to the annexation question.

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Diplomats on both sides will be relieved that the meeting was more cordial than the prelude.

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Just moments before the Canadian prime minister arrived, the US president launched a scathing attack on the neighbours.

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On his Truth Social platform, Trump posted: “Why is America subsidizing Canada by $200 billion a year, in addition to giving them FREE military protection, and many other things?”

If that was a $200bn bid for Canada, the people have spoken and their message to the former real-estate tycoon now occupying the White House is very clear: “Canada is not for sale.”

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