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<p>‘I’m very happy with the way things have transpired’: Josh Brolin stars in ‘Wake Up Dead Man’</p>
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Josh Brolin: ‘I shouldn’t have ended up where I ended up’

The Dune and Avengers star tells Patrick Smith not to drink the Kool-Aid as he talks about his wild past – fights, addiction, and friendship with Donald Trump – plus his relationship with fame and starring in the new Knives Out film

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<p>And starring as himself: George Clooney is Jay Kelly in Noah Baumbach’s ‘Jay Kelly’</p>
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George Clooney basically plays himself in Jay Kelly, and it’s wildly unconvincing

Noah Baumbach’s new comedy drama ‘Jay Kelly’ casts Clooney as a wealthy, handsome, pampered and indulged A-lister, and like many films in which fake stars opine about the miseries of celebrity, it quickly wears out its welcome, writes Xan Brooks
<p>Jennifer Lawrence in Lynne Ramsay’s new psychodrama ‘Die My Love’</p>
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How America stole our best international directors – and neutered them

The psychodrama ‘Die My Love’, starring Jennifer Lawrence, is the latest trip to the US for Scottish director Lynne Ramsay. But, like Pedro Almodovar and Wong Kar-Wai before her, leaving her homeland has slightly sanded off her edges, argues Xan Brooks

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