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Edmund's White new memoir

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Today in culture – Eve Jackson meets the godfather of gay fiction: Edmund White. The writer was at the Stonewall riots, there again at the onset of Aids, and his intellectual friends ranged from Jasper Johns to Susan Sontag. He tells us about his new book, ‘City Boy’.

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Walk-Outs and Weinstein

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Too Gay For Hollywood?
21/05/2013 - CULTURE

Too Gay For Hollywood?

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Flops, tramps and cartoonists in Cannes
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Flops, tramps and cartoonists in Cannes

We check out French director Guillaume Canet's English language debut "Blood Ties", starring Marion Cotillard and Clive Owen. Also, Eve Jackson meets "Borgman" director Alex Van Warmerdam, whose film is the first Dutch competition entry in 38 years. And Cat Nicholson speaks to the Cannes cartoonists who want to change the world.
100 Years of Indian Film!
20/05/2013 - CULTURE

100 Years of Indian Film!

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On the shrink's couch in Cannes
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On the shrink's couch in Cannes

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