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Academy Awards

Academy Awards
The Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, takes place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Tilda Swinton in Chanel, wearing a diamond brooch at the 2026 EE Bafta Film Awards. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Why brooches are the jewellery trend taking over red carpets

The ‘bro brooch’ swept awards season and the fall/winter 2026 runways – and Pinterest data confirms searches for brooch styling are surging.

Fashion

Dare to bare: shirtless suiting has taken over the red carpet

American cinema

Why Moulin Rouge remains a divisive masterpiece 25 years after its release

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Fame and celebrity

Hans Zimmer just scored Euphoria Season 3: here’s what to know about him

The award-winning composer, who scored over 100 films and won his first Oscar with The Lion King in 1995, replaced Labrinth this season.

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Hans Zimmer, pictured at the fourth annual Academy Museum Gala in 2024, stepped in to score Euphoria’s latest season after Labrinth’s exit. Photo: @hanszimmer/Instagram
Jewellery

Why brands are adding bejewelled cufflinks to their menswear repertoires

Maisons including Dior, Graff, Tiffany & Co. and Cartier are crafting them in gold and adding diamonds and pearls.

History

Opinion | The West was never the whole world. It’s time to move on

As Asia reclaims its roots, the burden of reinvention now falls on the West. Its brief era of supremacy was a historical aberration.

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Aviation

Oscar statue goes missing after director forced to check it on flight

Pavel Talankin’s prize was misplaced for two days until it was relocated by Lufthansa after an international outcry.

Oscars statuettes are on display during a preview for the Governors Ball in Hollywood, California, in March 2018. Photo: AFP
Fame and celebrity

Meet Matt Friend, whose comedy charms stars, presidents – and King Charles

Friend, whose CNN comedy special aired ahead of the White House correspondents’ dinner, is gaining acclaim for his celebrity impressions.

Jewellery

How jewellery pieces get starring roles in films like The Devil Wears Prada 2

Expert Kathryn Vanderveen explains how jewels in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, for instance, go beyond marketing to become a form of storytelling.

Timepieces

Colourful watches: the simple upgrade that celebrities are obsessed with

The Marty Supreme star’s Urban Jürgensen UJ-2 had a custom orange strap, while the rapper’s Pierre Balmain watch was a lush dark green.

Timothée Chalamet, Tyler the Creator and Canadian businessman Kevin O’Leary show off watches with coloured straps at December’s New York premiere of Marty Supreme. Photo: Variety via Getty Images
Timepieces

5 watch moments in March 2026 – from Zendaya’s Rolex to Tag Heuer’s new boss

Elsewhere, Grand Seiko signed on baseball star Shohei Ohtani, GPHG gets a new jury president … and Watches & Wonders isn’t even here yet.

At the Oscars, Zendaya paired Louis Vuitton with a Rolex Lady Datejust watch when she presented the best director award with Robert Pattinson. Photo: AP Photo
Style Edit

Style Edit: The 2026 awards season was all about Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel

At this year’s Baftas, Golden Globes and Oscars, many of those nominated for awards wore Chanel looks drawn from Blazy’s first 4 collections for the house.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Rafael Olarra, Pedro Pascal’s rumoured boyfriend – and Luke Evans’ ex

Pascal turned heads at the Oscars in Chanel with a new, clean-shaven look – but the internet is also curious about the creative director he might be dating...

Fame and celebrity

Meet Katelyn Rose Larson, girlfriend of Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams

The pair, who turned heads at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, have been together since 2020 – she’s a tattoo artist who prefers her privacy.

Hudson Williams attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party with his girlfriend, Katelyn Rose Larson. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
Ukraine war

Oscar-winner Penn skips Academy Awards ceremony to visit Zelensky in Kyiv

The ‘One Battle After Another’ star skips ceremony for his third Oscar win to meet President Zelensky and potentially visit the front lines.

American actor Sean Penn walks down a street in Kyiv on Monday. Photo: AFP
Celebrity Families

Meet Oscar winner Michael B. Jordan’s parents, Donna and Michael A. Jordan

Michael B. Jordan is now an Oscar winner – but what do we know about his parents, for whom he bought a home in Sherman Oaks, California, in 2015?

Celebrity style

What did stars wear to the Oscars 2026?

Meanwhile, Emma Stone wore a ‌liquid silver Louis Vuitton dress, and Teyana Taylor stunned in Chanel.

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American cinema

Oscars 2026: One Battle After Another is best picture, Michael B. Jordan best actor

The 98th Academy Awards saw One Battle After Another win big with six awards, Sinners followed with four, including best actor for Michael B. Jordan. Jessie Buckley took home best actress for Hamnet.

Paul Thomas Anderson (centre) and producer Sara Murphy (centre right) celebrate with the cast and crew onstage after winning the Oscar for best picture for One Battle After Another during the 98th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on 15 March, 2026. Photo: EPA
United States

Trump travel ban bars Palestinian actor Motaz Malhees from Oscars

Malhees stars in ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’, which has been nominated for best international feature film.

Fame and celebrity

Who are the 6 youngest Academy Award-winning actors ever? Anna Paquin and more

As we wait to see if nominees like Timothée Chalamet are taking home Oscars this year, we take a look back at the youngest best actor and best supporting actors in history.

American cinema

Sinners vs One Battle After Another - who will take best film at the Oscars?

Many categories at the coming Academy Awards are hard to predict, but there are some firm favourites for best picture, actor and actress.

Michael B. Jordan, left, in Sinners and Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another. Which movie will win best picture at the 2026 Academy Awards? Photos: TNS, AP
Editor's Letter

This week in PostMag: a focus on women in film, sport, science and life

For International Women’s Day, we look at women as wives and mistresses, as marine researchers, as athletes, and as battlers against perimenopause.

Elizabeth Lo, director of the Mistress Dispeller documentary, on the cover of this week’s PostMag print edition. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Fame and celebrity

When it comes to American accents, Australians like Rose Byrne are the masters

Don’t let Rose Byrne’s American accent in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You fool you. Voice coach Victoria Mielewska says Australians have a talent.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

This Hong Kong-raised director makes films about outsiders – as she’s one too

Lo’s film explores a little-known Chinese industry, exposing marital crises, gendered social pressures and truths about love, loneliness and agency.

Style Edit

Style Edit: Rolex just presented a Masterclass with Cameron Bailey

The session with Cameron Bailey, CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival, forms part of Rolex’s much wider Perpetual Arts Initiative.

Since 2025, Rolex has partnered with the National Film and Television School (NFTS) Masterclass programme, a globally respected forum that invites students into close dialogue with some of the industry’s most influential thinkers and makers. Photo: Handout
Crime

Son of slain director Rob Reiner pleads not guilty to parents’ murder

Nick Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder over the double killing that sent shock waves through Hollywood.

Nick Reiner in court on Monday. Photo: Pool via Reuters
Obituaries

Actor Robert Duvall, star of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, dead at 95

Over his six decades-long career, Duvall won a best actor Oscar in 1983 for Tender Mercies and was nominated 6 other times.

European cinema

Why Sentimental Value is the most acclaimed European film of the year

The Norwegian drama with Stellan Skarsgard and Elle Fanning won the Grand Prix at Cannes and has 9 Oscar nods. What makes it so appealing?

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