The Latest Breaking News from Brendan Fraser

Batgirl was filmed almost entirely in Glasgow as production took over much of the city for a number of months, but was ultimately scrapped by Warner Bros after a poor reaction at test screenings.

"They needed me, I didn’t need them."

‘I honestly don’t even wanna think about it that much because it’s not that important to me,’ Fraser says

From Magic Mike to Titanic, what’s hot at the cinema this week

The director talks to us about his new drama starring Brendan Fraser, The Whale, and why audiences have been flocking to theatres to shed some group tears

The Oscar-nominated star plays a chronically obese man in Darren Aronofsky’s clammy, uncomfortable but ultimately redeeming movie

Fraser’s controversial Oscar-tipped turn as an obese man saw the actor radically alter his appearance through weight gain and prosthetics. Hollywood’s fixation with extreme physical transformations is at fault, writes Louis Chilton – and it’s starting to stifle the whole industry

The Whale debuted at the 2022 Venice Film Festival to a six-minute standing ovation for its Academy Award-nominated lead, Brendan Fraser, who has returned to the big screen after a considerable hiatus.

In this week’s newsletter: With their camp, raunchy new video, the singer has firmly traded sensible and sombre ballads for unapologetic, unbothered queerness