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Olivia Dean leads the way with three wins at 2026 Mobo awards https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/26/olivia-dean-wins-mobo-awards-raye-central-cee-ezra-collective #Mobos #OliviaDean #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Music #BlackBritishCulture #UkNews

Olivia Dean leads the way with three wins at 2026 Mobo awards

Other winners include Raye for video of the year, Central Cee for best hip-hop act and Ezra Collective in jazz category

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian 1d ago

Brendan Gleeson wins best actor as Critics’ Circle theatre awards toasts The Weir https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/mar/26/critics-circle-theatre-awards-winners-2026-brendan-gleeson #Theatre #Stage #Culture #UkNews #AwardsAndPrizes #WestEnd #BrendanGleeson #HayleyAtwell #IvoVanHove #Musicals #JamesGraham #RosamundPike

Brendan Gleeson wins best actor as Critics’ Circle theatre awards toasts The Weir

Other winners include Inter Alia’s Rosamund Pike, Ivo van Hove for All My Sons and Hayley Atwell who beat her Much Ado co-star Tom Hiddleston to best Shakespearean performance

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ABC Feeds 2d ago

Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed awarded key to city for bravery in terror attack
By Shannon Corvo

Father-of-two Ahmed Al Ahmed has been awarded a key to the city and a lifetime beach parking pass for his bravery in disarming one of the Bondi shooters during the December 14 terror attack.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-25/bondi-hero-ahmed-al-ahmed-awarded-key-to-city-terror-attack/106495970

#AwardsandPrizes #Terrorism #ShannonCorvo

Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed awarded key to city for bravery in terror attack

Father-of-two Ahmed Al Ahmed has been awarded a key to the city and a lifetime beach parking pass for his bravery in disarming one of the Bondi shooters during the December 14 terror attack.

ABC Feeds 6d ago

ABC wins big at Victorian Quill Awards

ABC journalists won in multiple categories at the Quill Awards in Melbourne on Friday night, which showcased the best journalism across Victoria for 2025.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-21/abc-victoria-quill-awards-melbourne-regional-rural-winners/106481492

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ABC wins big at Victorian Quill Awards

ABC journalists won in multiple categories at the Quill Awards in Melbourne on Friday night, which showcased the best journalism across Victoria for 2025.

Climate crisis | The Guardian Mar 18

‘They called me a water terrorist’: exiled Iranian scientist wins global prize https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/18/iran-scientist-exile-wins-stockholm-water-prize-kaveh-madani #Water #ClimateCrisis #Iran #Environment #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #AwardsAndPrizes #WorldNews

‘They called me a water terrorist’: exiled Iranian scientist wins global prize

Prof Kaveh Madani, winner of the Stockholm water prize, was accused of sabotage with his environmental work

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Culture | The Guardian US Mar 18

Oscars 2027: who might be up for next year’s awards? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/18/oscars-2027-early-prediction-wins #Oscars #AaronSorkin #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Film #OctaviaSpencer #AndrewGarfield #JackOconnell #SebastianStan

Oscars 2027: who might be up for next year’s awards?

First-time winners Michael B Jordan and Jessie Buckley might have just been crowned but here’s a too-early look at who might be winning this time next year

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Mar 18

Oscars ratings in US dip to four-year low, defying expectations https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/18/oscars-ratings-in-us-dip-to-four-year-low-defying-expectations #Oscars2026 #Oscars #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Film #UsNews #UkNews

Oscars ratings in US dip to four-year low, defying expectations

Hopes that Sinners and One Battle After Another would bring in a big audience dashed as viewers fell to 17.9m, a 9% drop on last year’s 19.7m

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Culture | The Guardian US Mar 16

Weirder is normal? Festivals are useless? How the Oscars has changed for the better https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/16/oscars-change-better #Oscars2026 #Oscars #Sinners #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Film #PaulThomasAnderson #WarnerBros #RyanCoogler

And the winner is ... all of us? How the Oscars have changed for the better

The diversified Academy and a mutating industry have changed what many had come to expect from the stuffy, rule-following Oscars

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Culture | The Guardian US Mar 16

Omission impossible: why the Oscars can never get their In Memoriam tribute right https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/16/oscars-in-memoriam-brigitte-bardot-farrah-fawcett-james-van-der-beek #Oscars2026 #Film #Oscars #BrigitteBardot #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture

Omission impossible: why the Oscars can never get their In Memoriam tribute right

Why did Brigitte Bardot, Farrah Fawcett and James Van Der Beek not warrant a mention when Michael Jackson did? The history of the Oscars tribute snubs says a lot about why some stars are gone but not forgotten

The Guardian

Culture | The Guardian US Mar 16

One no-show after another: Sean Penn joins an exclusive band of Oscar-winning refuseniks https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/16/one-no-show-after-another-sean-penn-oscar-winning-refuseniks-one-battle-after-another-best-supporting-actor #Oscars2026 #Film #Oscars #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #SeanPenn #Ukraine #Europe #WorldNews

One no-show after another: Sean Penn joins an exclusive band of Oscar-winning refuseniks

The One Battle After Another star’s failure to collect his best supporting actor award – because he was visiting Ukraine – only serves to burnish his reputation

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