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From Starbucks to stardom, James Martin on his Oscar nomination
It’s already been nominated for a BAFTA, and now the short film ‘An Irish Goodbye’ is up for an Oscar.
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Beyoncé criticised for Dubai performance
It had been billed as a regal return to the stage for the woman known to her fans as Queen B. Beyoncé’s first live performance in over four years, held at a luxury resort in Dubai, commanded a royal fee too, reportedly earning the megastar around twenty million pounds. But the decision by an artist…
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Rick Rubin: the legendary music producer on working with Run DMC, Slayer and Johnny Cash
Few people have done more to shape popular music than Rick Rubin. After co-founding the Def Jam label from a New York college dorm in the eighties, he helped bring rap into the mainstream, before applying his creative alchemy to just about every genre imaginable, and defining, or re-defining – the careers of artists like…
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Rick Rubin on working with Run DMC, The Strokes, Slayer and Johnny Cash and how to be an artist
Rick Rubin is the legendary music producer who founded Def Jam records
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Author Vikki Tobak highlights importance of jewellery in hip-hop culture
Whether it’s diamond-encrusted grills, oversized chains or rings, jewellery is a cornerstone of hip-hop culture – as one rapper puts it “my jewels are my superhero suit”.
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Will Harry and Meghan change the monarchy?
In today’s episode we speak to royal historian Anna Whitelock about Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series. We ask her about what the documentary says, the fall out and what it means for the future of the monarchy.
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What could Harry and Meghan’s documentary series mean for the Royal family?
We spoke to royal historian Professor Anna Whitelock and Professor David Olusoga, the historian and documentary-maker who appears in the Netflix series.
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What did we learn from Harry and Meghan Netflix series?
If you were expecting incendiary revelations in the Harry and Meghan show you might be disappointed. Instead, the first three episodes of their Netflix series released today and for which they were reportedly paid millions, gave lots of new details about how Meghan and Harry first met. It also made clear Harry’s enduring fury at…
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Kirstie Alley, star of ‘Cheers’, dies aged 71
Kirstie Alley, the star of the long-running US comedy series ‘Cheers’ and some iconic movies such as ‘Look Who’s Talking’ has died after a short battle with cancer, at the age of 71.
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Twitter comedian Rosie Holt – “I like laughing at things that make me angry”
In this episode Twitter comedian Rosie Holt joins Krishnan to discuss life as a social media sensation, women in media and why we should laugh at things that make us angry.
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37m
‘Stories aren’t told in a way I want to tell them’ – Clint Dyer
In this episode, Clint joins Krishnan to discuss theatrical traditions, his vision to articulate the Black experience and his new history-making production of Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello.
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Blind pianist who learns largely from memory to play Tokyo festival headlined by Katy Perry
Rachel, who is blind after being born prematurely, and also has Asperger syndrome, has a remarkable ability to learn complex pieces by ear.
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37m
‘For the first time in my life I feel whole’ – Julian Lennon
Julian Lennon is a singer-songwriter, who rose to fame for the Beatles song Hey Jude, which was written after his parents John and Cynthia Lennon separated.
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Stranger Things star Matthew Modine on the pressure of social media and the climate emergency
He’s already a movie star with a blockbuster back catalogue, but in recent years, Matthew Modine has reached a new generation of viewers playing an evil anti-hero in the cult Netflix series Stranger Things.
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‘Darkplace’ comedian makes comeback after nearly 20 years
TV Critics have described it as a cult classic which launched the careers of a generation of comedians.