Film festivals/awards

Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau make red-carpet debut as a couple, she calls him ‘love of her life’

Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry at the Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour - Live From Paris' premiere at the 2026 Tribeca Festival, New York.

Madonna premieres star-studded short film, Confessions II, at Tribeca Festival

Madonna performs during a surprise concert in Times Square, New York City, on June 4, 2026.

Fjord by Romania’s Cristian Mungiu wins top prize at Cannes Film Festival

Director Cristian Mungiu posing with his Palme d'Or for the film Fjord, at the closing ceremony of the 79th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 23.

Love, lust and gnomes as top British flower show bursts into bloom

A visitor amid rose bushes from the Peter Beales' roses exhibit ahead of the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 18, 2026.

‘Beyond the Oscar’: Actor John Travolta gets surprise lifetime achievement award at Cannes

John Travolta receives an honorary Palm d'Or award prior to the screening of his film Propeller One-Way Night Coach at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 15.

Film and TV Picks

In acclaimed Hong Kong film Ciao UFO, three friends ponder lost dreams

Charlene Choi in Ciao UFO.

Missing Oscar statuette for award-winning Mr Nobody Against Putin documentary is found

Russian director Pavel Talankin (left) and his co-director David Borenstein with their Oscar awards for Mr. Nobody Against Putin at the Governors Ball in Hollywood in March.

The Violinist becomes first Singapore animated feature to compete at Annecy film festival

Image from The Violinist, a Singapore animated feature selected for the Annecy International Film Festival 2026.

With new film Ghost In The Cell, director Joko Anwar uses monsters to expose corruption

(From left) Indonesia film-maker Joko Anwar, during a Ghost In The Cell press stop at GV Suntec on April 23, lead actor Abimana Aryasatya (facing camera) in a movie still.

Film Picks

Joko Anwar’s supernatural prison film Ghost In The Cell turns corruption into a blood-soaked comedy

Abimana Aryasatya (foreground, second from left) in the Indonesian horror-comedy Ghost In The Cell.

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