The 60-year-old actor is of Irish heritage - his mother was born in Ireland and so were his paternal grandparents. He tells Sky News during an interview for his new film Saipan that his ancestry has shaped his view of the world for the better. "I don't feel fully like I want to be part of the British establishment because I feel like, you know, I'm not a royalist by any amount because I see them as a symbol of a sort of colonial approach to the world of which the Irish were nationally victims, historically, and that stuff matters in the way you view things. "It served me well, I think. I like the feeling of being outside the establishment and having an Irish heritage helps with that. I think it's good creatively not to feel too close to what I would call the British establishment." Saipan centres on the idea of national identity through an infamous argument between Cork native Roy Keane and his then-Irish football team manager, Mick McCarthy, in the lead-up to the 2002 World Cup. McCarthy was born in Barnsley and is second-generation Irish. The former Manchester United player is reported to have called McCarthy "not even Irish" and that he didn't respect him as a player, a manager, or a man. The explosive disagreement centred around how McCarthy was conducting the Republic of Ireland team and their training routine on their journey to the World Cup finals. The row, which saw the Cork footballer leave Saipan 10 days before the tournament began, is considered one of football's biggest controversies. Coogan plays McCarthy in the film and says McCarthy's sense of Irish identity is what drew him to the role. "Mick McCarthy, who I play, played for Ireland and managed the Irish team, but there's still, because you sound English, there's that whiff of, you're not really one of us, and you sound like the people who colonised us and there's a residue of that, however, that doesn't fully go away, I suppose, and all that interests me very much. "I think I understand because I am that, but in terms of the story that we're telling is the whole idea of people who are Irish, how they feel about that and how they present that to the world. There's that aspect of it, there's also the aspect of how you conduct yourself as an individual, but that idea of national identity, I found really interesting about the film." The BAFTA-winning actor says he had a phone call with McCarthy before he portrayed him in the film to get his side of the story and allow for a fair depiction of his side. Speaking previously on the Under the Cosh podcast, McCarthy said he has "no axe to grind" against Coogan and thought it was kind of him to call. He did joke, however, that it could be a "Baby Reindeer" situation and he could submit "a big £20m lawsuit" if he doesn't like the production's interpretation. Keane has always argued that he just wanted the Irish team to strive to put their best foot forward in the competition. Reflecting on the moment, Coogan says Keane was simply determined to succeed. "I think he was not bothered about whether people personally liked him. It was about whether he was achieving what he was supposed to do. And that is so laser-focused and you need people like that to achieve great things. "And often people who achieve great things are very wanting in other areas because everything is subsumed by this drive and this one direction. And so, it's almost like to have someone who's excellent at one particular thing, to then expect them to be a completely rounded individual is almost impossible." Eanna Hardwicke, who plays his fellow Cork man in the film, says he thinks it was that element, for Roy, that "got under his skin" "I think it's too high a standard sometimes, but it's never an excuse for bad behaviour," he said. "I'm doing a play in the National Theatre at the moment and I was just talking to somebody backstage who said they worked with some of the last generation of amazing British theatre actors who came of age maybe in the 60s, 70s, and they said working with them was tough because of the discipline and what they demanded of his own compromising. "And obviously we live in a slightly different world now and we need to make those compromises, but I think there is something quite powerful as well about being around people who go, you know, I really want this to be the very best it can be, and I'm always inspired by that." Roy Keane hasn't formally spoken about the film. Saipan is in cinemas now.

While Delroy Lindo can now reflect that being an Oscar nominee "has a certain ring to it", the Sinners star says he was taken by surprise at the news when it first broke. "My son called me," he explains. "I will not say I was asleep, but I was not fully awake, and I'm listening to my son very excitedly say how proud of me he was. "And I then noticed on my phone I had 179 Text messages, so I knew that something was up." While he says he is happy for viewers in the UK to "absolutely" root for him in the best supporting actor category on Oscars night, the Sinners star - who moved to the US in his teens - says he no longer considers himself a Brit. "My career has been birthed and nurtured in America," said Lindo. "I was born in Lewisham hospital, my family's from Jamaica, and my mom was part of the Windrush generation. I am British to that extent, that is my reality. "[But] I thank God I came to America, that I went to acting school in America, that I was a New York-based theatre actor for 10 years before I started doing film, and I thank God Spike Lee saw me on Broadway." As an actor who has quietly built a career of elevating whatever project he's in, some of Lindo's most unforgettable work has been with Lee. In films like Malcolm X, Crooklyn, Clockers and Da 5 Bloods, he's played men shaped by power, anger and history. While, arguably, the recognition is long overdue, his performance in Ryan Coogler's vampire horror Sinners is a stand-out one. His role as the world-weary blues musician Delta Slim is one of the most layered characters of the piece - and one of the most talked about moments in the Jim Crow-era horror is the monologue Lindo delivers about a friend who was lynched. "I started hearing from audiences how that scene was resonating for them, and at that point I knew there was something of real value," he explains. "The fact that Ryan gifted me that monologue in the car, that's really rich stuff for any actor to wrestle with." Read more from Sky News:Oscar nominations: The biggest snubs and surprisesOscar nominations 2026: The full list of stars and films Regardless of how many awards Sinners wins, with its record-breaking 16 nominations it has already made it into the Oscars history books. Whatever happens, Lindo says he's looking forward to celebrating all that he and his co-stars have already achieved. The Oscars takes place in Los Angeles on 15 March.

Two of the movie's British stars, Delroy Lindo and Wunmi Mosaku, have also made it into the best actor and best actress categories. Here are the nominations from all 24 Oscar categories. Read more: Oscar nominations 2026 live: Sinners breaks record - as Timothee Chalamet makes history Best pictureOne Battle After AnotherSinnersHamnetMarty SupremeFrankensteinSentimental ValueTrain DreamsBugoniaThe Secret AgentF1 Best directorPaul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After AnotherRyan Coogler - SinnersChloe Zhao - HamnetJosh Safdie - Marty SupremeJoachim Trier - Sentimental Value Best actress in a leading roleJessie Buckley, HamnetRose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick YouKate Hudson, Song Sung BlueRenate Reinsve, Sentimental ValueEmma Stone, Bugonia Best actor in a leading roleMichael B Jordan - SinnersLeonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After AnotherTimothee Chalamet - Marty SupremeWagner Moura - The Secret AgentEthan Hawke - Blue Moon Best supporting actorStellan Skarsgard - Sentimental ValueBenicio del Toro - One Battle After AnotherSean Penn - One Battle After AnotherJacob Elordi - FrankensteinDelroy Lindo - Sinners Best supporting actressTeyana Taylor - One Battle After AnotherAmy Madigan - WeaponsInga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental ValueWunmi Mosaku - SinnersElle Fanning - Sentimental Value Best original screenplaySinnersMarty SupremeSentimental ValueIt Was Just an AccidentBlue Moon Best adapted screenplayOne Battle After AnotherHamnetTrain DreamsBugoniaFrankenstein Best animated short filmButterflyForevergreenThe Girl Who Cried PearlsRetirement PlanThe Three Sisters Best live action short filmButcher's StainA Friend of DorothyJane Austen's Period DramaThe SingersTwo People Exchanging Saliva Best make-up and hairstylingKokuhoFrankeinsteinSinnersThe Smashing MachineThe Ugly Stepsister Best original scoreBugoniaFrankensteinHamnetOne Battle after AnotherSinners Best animated feature filmKPop Demon HuntersZootopia 2ArcoElioLittle Amelie or the Character of Rain Best castingHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle after AnotherThe Secret AgentSinners Best cinematographyFrankensteinMarty SupremeOne Battle after AnotherSinnersTrain Dreams Best documentary feature filmThe Alabama SolutionCome See Me in the Good LightCutting through RocksMr Nobody against PutinThe Perfect Neighbor Best short filmAll the Empty RoomsArmed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent RenaudChildren No More: Were and Are GoneThe Devil Is BusyPerfectly a Strangeness Best film editingOne Battle After AnotherSinnersMarty SupremeF1: The MovieSentimental Value Best international feature filmBrazil, The Secret AgentFrance, It Was Just an AccidentNorway, Sentimental ValueSpain, SiratTunisia, The Voice of Hind Rajab Best original songDear Me from Diane Warren: RelentlessGolden from KPop Demon HuntersI Lied To You from SinnersSweet Dreams Of Joy from Viva Verdi!Train Dreams from Train Dreams Best costume designHamnetMarty SupremeAvatar: Fire and AshFrankensteinSinners Best production designFrankensteinHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherSinners Best original soundF1FrankensteinOne Battle after AnotherSinnersSirat Best visual effectsAvatar: Fire and AshF1Jurassic World RebirthThe Lost BusSinners

The biggest names ​in fashion - including Donatella Versace, Tom Ford and Maria Grazia Chiuri - gathered in the Basilica di Santa ⁠Maria degli Angeli on Friday for the funeral. The couturier, who built one of ⁠Italy's most celebrated fashion houses, died on Monday aged 93, with the news being met by an outpouring of tributes from global celebrities. The crowd of mourners - which included actresses Anne Hathaway and Elizabeth Hurley and models Natalia Vodianova and Bianca Brandolini d'Adda - was dotted with splashes of his signature colour "Valentino red". The mourners also included Vogue's global editorial director Anna Wintour, American socialite Olivia Palermo and Valentino's current creative director Alessandro Michele and his predecessor Pierpaolo Piccioli. Valentino's chief executive Riccardo Bellini, French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, Antoine Arnault, the eldest son of LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault, and Rachid Mohamed Rachid, ‌chief executive of Mayhoola, also attended. Valentino's co-founder Giancarlo Giammetti, dressed in ​a tailored black satin suit, and his partner, ​Bruce Hoeksema, accompanied the wooden coffin as it entered the church, drawing applause from the crowd outside. "Through him, I discovered beauty, a beauty that followed us throughout our lives, that has kept us busy. We met when we were kids, we dreamed the same dreams, ‌we managed to realise some of them, I would even say many of them," Mr Giammetti said in ‌his eulogy. Mr Hoeksema said: "You ​were beside me when words were not needed. Life was not always perfect, but it was real. One day at a time, for more than 40 years." Valentino dresses became a fixture of Hollywood red carpets - with Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Lopez and Cate Blanchett among the stars to have worn his designs. Other famous names included Princess Diana, Queen Rania of Jordan, and former US first lady Jacqueline Kennedy - who wore his dresses throughout her mourning period for John F Kennedy. Hundreds gathered at the basilica, which was designed by Michelangelo and built on the ruins of ancient Roman baths, and famed for the red of its marbled walls and columns. More than 10,000 people have paid their respects to ​Valentino over the past two days as he lay in state in Rome's Piazza Mignanelli, next to his fashion house's historical headquarters. Born Valentino Garavani, in Voghera, northern Italy, he became known simply as Valentino - sharing the name with his eponymous fashion line.

Wicked: For Good may have done fairly swift business at the box office, but that simply did not translate into Oscar votes. Read more: Oscar nominations 2026 as it happened After the first instalment of the movie got 10 nods last year, the second part did not receive a single nomination. While its two stars - Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande - failed to make it into the best actress and best supporting actress categories, the biggest blow will be missing out on the coveted best picture category. Meanwhile, Paul Mescal was overlooked in the best supporting actor category for his performance as playwright William Shakespeare in the big-screen adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel Hamnet. While that's the category he campaigned in, some felt he would have been placed in the best actor category, raising the possibility that the Irish star split some of his votes if some people put his name in the latter. Another acting omission was that of Chase Infiniti - breakout star of One Battle After Another, playing the daughter of Leonardo DiCaprio's washed-up revolutionary. Read more: Oscar nominations 2026: The full list After her nomination in the best actress category at the Golden Globes earlier this month, she had been widely expected to appear in the Oscar nominations line-up too. Her four co-stars - Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn and Teyana Taylor - all made it into the mix. In a tight race, while Infiniti failed to make the best actress cut, Kate Hudson did make it in for her performance in musical drama Song Sung Blue, which was far from guaranteed. A recent publicity event at which she was interviewed by her mother, veteran Hollywood star Goldie Hawn, may well have given her the voter boost she needed to get her over the line. While Mescal and Infiniti missed out, it was a different story for British stars Delroy Lindo, 74, and Wunmi Mosaku, 39, who both got nods for Sinners. RADA-trained British Nigerian actress Mosaku had made her way into the awards conversation in recent days, but Lindo's nod for his portrayal of musician Delta Slim was out of the blue. The London-born actor was critically acclaimed for his performance, but most pundits expected him to be left out in favour of Mescal or Adam Sandler for Jay Kelly. While Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value got an impressive nine nods overall, it got nothing in the new category, best achievement in casting. It's a slightly strange omission, considering it got four nods in the acting categories - Renate Reinsve in best actress in a leading role, both Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in best supporting actress and Stellan Skarsgard in best supporting actor. And while gothic horror Frankenstein got nine nods - including best picture - Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro missed out in the best director category. Formula One blockbuster F1, starring Damson Idris and Brad Pitt, while expected to do well in the technical categories, also managed to nudge its way into the best picture race. A summer hit, it remains to be seen if it will have the backing to win pole position at this year's Academy Awards in LA on Sunday, 15 March.