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Olivia Colman, Lady Gaga and Benedict Cumberbatch are among the stars nominated for best actor at Hollywood's first major awards show of the year. Films "Belfast" and "The Power of the Dog" are among the top contenders.

Olivia Colman, Lady Gaga and Benedict Cumberbatch are among the stars nominated for best actor at Hollywood's first major awards show of the year. Films "Belfast" and "The Power of the Dog" are among the top contenders.

Old-school arcade gaming, a smart chessboard and a robot vac that never needs help.

No plans for New Years eve? Here are 5 amazing miniseries you can binge-watch - If you havent made any plans for New Years eve, welcome 2022 by binge-watching these five amazing miniseries.

Oscars Red Carpet, Princess Dianas Sweaters, Meghan Markles last royal appearance, Lady Gagas nine looks, and others were among the years most memorable fashion highlights

Despite its ups and downs, the year 2021 provided us with several awesome TV series to keep ourselves busy with - the MCU hit hard this year, and new series like Squid Game captured our attention as we mourned the end of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Nona Gaprindashvili wrote referring to Milunka Lazarevic: “A literary person by profession, lively and impressionable, Lazarevic is one of the brightest figures in women’s chess of the sixties”. Milunka attracted attention by her exciting, uncompromising style: sacrificing pawns and pieces and despising draws, which made her famous and endeared her to chess audiences! | Pictured: Lazarevic, David Gurgenidze and Gaprindashvili (National Parliamentary Library of Georgia)

Dubbed the Netflix face  the phenomenon is down to psychology and is favoured by producers, as it works well on smaller screens because angularity provides contrast.

Part of the attraction of the Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit" is the design: costumes, buildings and music evoke the 1960s, the time in which the series is set. In a crucial scene of the series the Dutch band Shocking Blue provides the background music. Shocking Blue, founded in 1967, might not be as famous as other bands from the 1960s and 1970s but it still has ardent followers, and one of them is a prominent chess player and well-known coach. | Photo: Netflix

"The Queen's Gambit" is one of the most successful Netflix series and will remain one of the best representations of chess in film. The series contains many impressive and powerful scenes, e.g. the depiction of a tournament in fast-forward mode, fittingly accompanied by the famous instrumental musical piece "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams.