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Shaken not stirred: After his Oppenheimer triumph, Cillian Murphy (above) is in the running to play James Bond. Glossary
Academy Award - Hollywood's most prestigious honour, awarded annually since 1929 by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Golden Globes is often seen to predict potential Academy Award winners.
Prowess - Skill or talent in a particular area, such as music.
Soviet Union - Officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). A powerful group of communist republics, the biggest being Russia, that existed from 1922 to 1991.
Cold War - A period of diplomatic conflict between blocs led by the USA and the USSR that lasted from 1947 until 1991, when the USSR collapsed.
Iron Curtain - A political, military and ideological barrier dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War Two until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
Pervade - To spread through all parts of something.