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This year's Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey speaks to FRANCE 24's Culture Editor Eve Jackson about her wonder-filled space novel "Orbital". They discuss climate change, fiction's role in politics and Elon Musk's space endeavors.

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Film show: 'Gladiator II' marks Roman epic's return

Culture • 2:37 PM

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It's been 24 years since Russell Crowe stepped into a dusty arena as the mighty Maximus. Now, Ridley Scott has returned to his blockbuster hit for a sequel starring Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and Connie Nielsen. Film critic Emma Jones tells us why it

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UK's Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for 'Orbital'

Culture • 3:21 AM

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UK author Samantha Harvey, one of a record five women shortlisted for the Booker Prize, won the coveted award on Tuesday for her fifth novel, a "space pastoral" titled "Orbital", becoming the first woman to win the award since Margaret Atwood in 2019.

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Comedian Tatty Macleod on dating French vs English men

Culture • 3:12 PM

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She was on the show back in June to discuss her bilingual viral comedy sketches about the French and English that have millions of views. Tatty Macleod is the ultimate FRANCE 24 guest who fits right in here in our “franglais” world. She’s back as she’s j

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Music show: Leyla McCalla blends diasporic sounds on ‘Sun without the Heat’

Culture • 2:24 PM

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In this music show on arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim is joined on set by American-Haitian multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla. She’s on tour with her fifth studio album “Sun Without the Heat”. It blends sounds from the diaspora – Afrobeat, Ethiopian modalit

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Beyonce leads Grammy nods after country album 'Cowboy Carter'

Culture • 9:23 AM

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Beyonce and her "Cowboy Carter" country album earned a leading 11 nominations for the Grammy Awards, the music industry's showcase gala, where she will face off against Taylor Swift and a new class of pop hitmakers. Beyonce has now been nominated a recor

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South African visual artist Lebohang Kganye shines at Paris Photo

Culture • 3:45 PM

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Dheepthika Laurent talks to Lebohang Kganye, recipient of the 2024 prestigious Deutsche Börse photography prize. The South African visual artist is displaying her work at the 27th edition of Paris Photo, one of the biggest photography fairs in the world.

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Dakar contemporary art month-long exhibition opens, on the theme of 'the wake'

Culture • 12:06 AM

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The 15th edition of the Dakar Biennial of Contemporary Art was officially inaugurated this Thursday. Initially scheduled for last May, it had been postponed for budgetary reasons. This year's “IN” exhibition features some 70 artists from Africa and the d

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UK star Craig David: Still 'Born to Do It'

Culture • 4:23 PM

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"7 Days", 'Walking Away", and "Rewind" were songs that defined an era of UK music and made waves across the globe in the early noughties. With these catchy lyrics and melodies, Craig David became the voice of the UK garage genre. The multimillion selling

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From book bans to celebrity endorsements: The US election culture wars

Culture • 3:14 PM

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Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, Harrison Ford and even The Avengers have come out in support of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, while Republican hopeful Donald Trump has the likes of Elon Musk, Kid Rock and Hulk Hogan supporting h

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Music icon Quincy Jones dies at 91

Culture • 4:49 PM

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FRANCE 24 Journalist Jenny Ben Brahim tells us more about Quincy Jones, the superstar producer behind Michael Jackson's thriller album, who died at 91. Born in Chicago, Jones’ decades-long career started in smoky jazz clubs where he collaborated with jaz

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2024 Prix Goncourt awarded to Kamel Daoud for his novel 'Houris'

Culture • 4:31 PM

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The 2024 Prix Goncourt, France’s top literary prize, was awarded Monday to French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud for his novel “Houris” (ed. Gallimard) that looks back at the Algerian Civil War in the 1990s. Executive Director at the American Library in Par

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Music show: Okay Kaya and Ziyad Al-Samman bring their musical universes to France

Culture • 4:17 PM

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On today’s music show on arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim is joined on set by Norwegian-American singer Okay Kaya and Syrian-British musician Ziyad Al-Samman. Okay Kaya is known for juxtaposing her sweet vocal melodies with her unfiltered take on the human ex

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Prix Goncourt: Kamel Daoud wins France's literary prize for Algerian Civil War novel ‘Houris’

Culture • 11:54 AM

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French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud has won the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize, for his novel set during the bloody "Black Decade" that tore apart his native Algeria at the end of the 20th century.

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'From one World to Another': Dominique Trinquand on the axes of humanity

Culture • 11:27 AM

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If you think of the major axes of the world, the big borderlines, you might think of migratory routes like through Africa into Europe, or through the Americas. You might also think of trade routes, like the Silk Road, or you might even think of the route

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Quincy Jones, music legend who worked with Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra, dies at 91

Culture • 7:53 AM

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Quincy Jones, a titan of American music who worked with artists ranging from Count Basie to Frank Sinatra and who then reshaped pop music by collaborating with Michael Jackson on "Thriller", died on Sunday at the age of 91, his publicist said.

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Hats off to Stephen Jones, the master of millinery

Culture • 3:09 PM

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In this edition of arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim meets the master of millinery, Stephen Jones, at a monumental exhibition of his work at Paris's Palais Galliera museum. The British designer has been working for over four decades on both sides of the Englis

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Paris Opera to close its houses for years of renovation work

Culture • 6:28 PM

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Two of the French capital’s most important cultural institutions, the Palais Garnier and the Opera Bastille, are in need of major renovations, according to France's Court of Accounts. As a result, the two Parisian opera houses will be closed from mid-202

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Zombies: An anthropological, ancestral look at the living dead

Culture • 3:09 PM

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We learn more about the history and traditions surrounding zombies at the Quai Branly museum in Paris, as our reporters take a tour of a new exhibition there. Contemporary art from Benin is in the spotlight at the Conciergerie in Paris, as dozens of crea

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Film show: Palme d'Or winner 'Anora' reverses Cinderella fantasy

Culture • 4:46 PM

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It won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival this year: "Anora" is Sean Baker's most sophisticated film yet, according to critic Emma Jones. She tells us why there is lots to love in this story of a sex worker and an oligarch’s son, and why lead actr

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New Paris exhibition explores changing nature of intimacy

Culture • 2:44 PM

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From the bedroom to social media: a new exhibition at Paris's Museum of Decorative Arts explores how the concept of privacy and intimacy has evolved over more than 300 years. In this edition of Entre Nous, FRANCE 24's Charli James speaks to Christine Mac

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'No Other Land': Documenting displacement and destruction in the West Bank

Culture • 3:26 PM

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“We have no other land to go to," a Palestinian woman responds to Israeli soldiers seeking to displace her community from their village in the West Bank. It's one of the many moving moments captured in the documentary "No Other Land", by an Israeli and P

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Music show: Katy J Pearson on her third album 'Someday, Now'

Culture • 2:35 PM

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English singer-songwriter Katy J Pearson has just released her third album "Someday, Now", which sees the indie-folk artist reconnect with people around her while drawing in 1980s-tinted aesthetics. We also hear from Xavier Boyer, the singer of the indie

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Summer 2025 ready-to-wear collections: An invigorated avant garde

Culture • 6:55 PM

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Fashion's avant garde is at its most creative when it looks to the outside world for inspiration. For next summer's ready-to wear-looks, Victor Weinsanto, responsible for the daring looks we saw at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, pays tribute to dra

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A cultural stroll through the Moroccan city of Tangier

Culture • 4:23 PM

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This week in Paris des Arts, FRANCE 24's Valérie Fayolle sets her sights between the Atlantic and Mediterranean: Tangier in Morocco. Kenza Bennani, stylist and founder of the New Tangier brand, welcomes us to her studio and shows us her designs that refl

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John Woo's 'The Killer' returns: A 21st-century femme fatale

Culture • 3:14 PM

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His 1989 film "The Killer" is a cult classic of Hong Kong action cinema, featuring John Woo's dynamic style as a filmmaker and highlighting Chow Yun-Fat's charisma as its protagonist. Woo has now revisited the film for a 21st-century audience, shifting t

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Cult French film 'La Haine' shifts its story to the stage

Culture • 2:15 PM

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When the cult French film "La Haine" came out 30 years ago, it sent shockwaves through the world of French cinema. The movie has now been adapted for a musical; our reporters went to La Seine Musicale theatre to check it out. Meanwhile, Lyon is currently

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Original typescript of children's classic 'The Little Prince' goes up for sale

Culture • 12:05 AM

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An original typescript of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince", containing extensive handwritten corrections by the French author and described by book dealers as "literary treasure", will soon go on sale with an expected price of at least $1.2

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'Monsieur Aznavour': Legendary singer's life brought to the screen in France

Culture • 1:26 PM

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He was an icon of la chanson française. Charles Aznavour's lyrical talent illuminated the 20th century and shone until his death in 2018. The singer-songwriter's life has now been brought to the screen by Mehdi Idir and slam poet Grand Corps Malade. Film

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US photographer Tina Barney's penetrating portraits

Culture • 2:08 PM

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The American fine art photographer Tina Barney is known for giving us a glimpse into the soul of her subjects, deftly capturing a passing glance, a wistful gaze or a confident look. The artist has been honing that singular perspective from behind her tra

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Music show: Franco-British artist Emily Loizeau digs deep with 'La Souterraine'

Culture • 1:32 PM

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Franco-British singer-songwriter Emily Loizeau joins us on arts24 to tell us about her new album "La Souterraine", which she produced with John Parish, a longtime collaborator of PJ Harvey. She tells us more about her multi-layered pop and rock album, th

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Art Basel Paris: Grand Palais welcomes a world of contemporary art

Culture • 2:10 PM

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Three years after the majestic Parisian monument closed for renovations, the Grand Palais is once again the HQ of the contemporary art world, as it hosts Art Basel Paris. We hear from Oliver Beer, one of the artists showing his sound-inspired pieces at t

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US author Ayana Mathis puts her characters on shaky ground in 'The Unsettled'

Culture • 1:21 PM

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After the phenomenal success of her first novel, "The Twelve Tribes of Hattie", author Ayana Mathis returns with a story that shifts between 1980s Philadelphia and a mythical Black utopia in Alabama. She tells us about finding inspiration in a particular

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'Smalltown Boy': Bronski Beat's gay anthem strikes chord 40 years on

Culture • 5:55 AM

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Forty years after its 1984 release, Bronski Beat's new wave hit "Smalltown Boy" has transcended generations to become an LGBTQ anthem for young and old alike.

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'Mortelle Adèle': The hit French comic that gets kids reading

Culture • 12:52 AM

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In this edition of Entre Nous, we speak to Diane Le Feyer, the illustrator of "Mortelle Adèle" or "Rebel Adèle". We find out more about the creative process behind this much-loved French comic. Le Feyer tells us how she and Mister Tan collaborate and how

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One Direction's Liam Payne dead at 31 after Buenos Aires hotel fall

Culture • 11:18 PM

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Musician Liam Payne, 31, died after falling off a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday. The pop star rose to stardom as a former member of the hugely popular British boy band One Direction, accruing a loyal fan base known as "Directione

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Film show: French teen romance raises our heart rate

Culture • 1:16 PM

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Gilles Lellouche's take on the euphoria of teen romance was savaged by the press at the Cannes Film Festival, but critic Emma Jones tells us why "Beating Hearts" won her over by capturing the intensity of first love. We also discuss the dark undercurrent

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Blanca Li: Choreographer to the stars

Culture • 1:29 PM

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The Spanish powerhouse dancer has been called on by the likes of Beyoncé, Coldplay and Paul McCartney to create memorable works. One of the world's most sought-after choreographers, Blanca Li is Eve Jackson's guest to talk about her latest creations show

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Music Show: Tshegue bring Kinshasa to Paris with new EP ‘Argent’

Culture • 3:45 PM

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In this edition of our music show on arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim is joined on set by one half of the Franco-Congolese duo Tshegue. Faty Sy Savanet and Nicolas Dacunha AKA “Dakou” burst onto the music scene in 2017 with their powerful blend of afropunk, r

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A cultural stroll through Paris with singer Meryl and sculptor Agnès Baillon

Culture • 2:18 PM

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This week, FRANCE 24’s Valérie Fayolle meets Meryl. The singer and rapper from Martinique takes us to the Elysée Montmartre concert hall, where she first performed in Paris. She chats about her latest album, Caviar I and its many influences. Then it's of

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New French series sheds light on fake victim of Paris attacks

Culture • 2:08 PM

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Olivia Salazar-Winspear and Dheepthika Laurent look at the latest releases on the small screen. They discuss "The Confidante", Max's first French series about a woman who faked her way into a victim's association set up after the Bataclan terror attack i

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Han Kang wins South Korea's first Nobel Prize in Literature

Culture • 2:56 PM

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Best known for her dark and troubling novel "The Vegetarian", Han Kang has been announced as the 2024 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, with the Swedish Academy praising her "intensely poetic prose" and the important questions of historical trau

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'Unicorns' enchant Brittany coast at Dinard Film Festival

Culture • 2:24 PM

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From "The Full Monty" and "Billy Elliot" to last year's "The Quiet Girl", which went all the way to the Oscars, arts24 is at the intimate French film festival that’s served as the launchpad for independent gems that go on to conquer the world of cinema.

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Film show: Pamela Anderson returns as 'The Last Showgirl'

Culture • 1:49 PM

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She was the ultimate 1990s bombshell: Pamela Anderson got her break on TV show "Baywatch" three decades ago. After years out of the spotlight, Anderson returns as the protagonist of Gia Coppola's film, "The Last Showgirl". The actress spoke to film criti

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'The Apprentice': Film about Donald Trump released a month before US election

Culture • 1:45 PM

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There have been documentaries, television programmes and "Saturday Night Live" comedy sketches, but this is the first film about one of the most divisive men of our times. "The Apprentice" tells of how Donald Trump rose to fame and power in 1980s New Yor

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Music show: Cassius on three decades of the French Touch

Culture • 2:31 PM

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Hubert Blanc-Francard, aka Boombass, is one half of one of France's coolest music exports: Cassius. In the wake of acts such as Daft Punk and Air, they conquered dancefloors and charts across the world as part of the French Touch movement, before reinven

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Ready-to-wear collections, summer 2025: The new Amazons

Culture • 4:56 PM

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A celebration of the body, dance, art and sport! At Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri installs Italian archer-artist Sagg Napoli in a long glass cage. Her collection is an ode to the Amazons, a reference to the designs created by Christian Dior in the 1950s. For

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'The Wild Robot' by Chris Sanders: Nature meets tech in new Dreamworks fable

Culture • 3:24 PM

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Chris Sanders is the artistic mastermind behind children's films "Lilo and Stitch", "How to Train Your Dragon" and "The Croods". His latest animated feature sees a lone robot, Roz, cast adrift on an island where her artificial intelligence is pitted agai

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France celebrates British and Irish film in Dinard

Culture • 3:21 PM

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This week, arts24 is in the delightful seaside town of Dinard in Brittany, for France's yearly celebration of British and Irish film. For 35 years, it's been a launchpad for independent gems that go on to conquer the world of cinema. Culture editor Eve J

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Saoirse Ronan on 'The Outrun', 'Blitz' and why Irish actors are having a renaissance

Culture • 3:05 PM

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Four-time Oscar-nominated Irish actress Saoirse Ronan speaks to Eve Jackson about her heart-wrenching addiction drama "The Outrun", based on Amy Liptrot's memoir. Known for "Lady Bird" and "Little Women" in German filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt's film, Ronan

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Tawfik Alzaidi's 'Norah' marks Saudi Arabia's arrival at Cannes Film Festival

Culture • 3:06 PM

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Depicting a young woman yearning for freedom and suffocated by village life, "Norah" is a striking account of provincial life in the Saudi Arabia of the 1990s. The film was shown at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Director and writer Tawfik Alzaidi joi

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Louboutin, Valentino & Loewe celebrate 50 years of Paris Fashion Week

Culture • 2:35 PM

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Fashion critic Samantha Tse speaks to Eve Jackson about the highlights of Paris Fashion Week, including Louboutin's swimming spectacle in stilettos, the return of Bella Hadid to the runway and our top picks including Alessandro Michele's debut at Valenti

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Jamaican poet Safiya Sinclair on finding her voice as a woman

Culture • 12:31 AM

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A writer who grew up in Jamaica under the strict supervision of her Rastafarian father has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her ambition to write about what happened to her and ensure people don't simply think about the picture-postcard image of her country. Sa

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Music show: Saràh Phenom & Hen Yanni on finding freedom through music

Culture • 3:30 PM

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In this edition of our music show on arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim is joined on set by two artists from very different musical universes, but linked by a similar nomadic spirit. Model and actress Hen Yanni is starting a new chapter of her life as a singer-

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A cultural stroll through Paris with singer Ayo and pianist Alain Roche

Culture • 8:04 AM

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In the first edition of our new show Paris des arts, FRANCE 24's Valérie Fayolle meets Ayo. The Nigerian German singer-songwriter takes us on a tour of the National Navy Museum to talk about "Mami Wata", her seventh acoustic album dedicated to the Nigeri

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Maggie Smith, scene-stealing actor famed for Harry Potter and 'Downton Abbey,' dies at 89

Culture • 3:18 PM

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Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar for 1969 film “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and gained new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “ Downton Abbey” and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry

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Colson Whitehead, the Great American author

Culture • 1:29 PM

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Colson Whitehead is one of the rare authors to win the Pulitzer Prize twice. The first time was for his novel "The Underground Railroad" in 2017, loved by Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey and made into a TV series by Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins. I

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Opera singer Marie-Nicole Lemieux: 'I always felt aligned with Celine Dion'

Culture • 12:14 AM

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She's one of the greatest contralto singers in the world; a French-speaking Canadian opera star who has performed on stage across the planet. Marie-Nicole Lemieux talks to Eve Jackson about wanting to speak to the audience’s emotions through music, being

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'Emmanuelle': A remake of an erotic phenomenon for our era

Culture • 1:44 PM

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It was a low-budget, erotic film that became the most successful French movie of the time. "Emmanuelle" went on to be the symbol of the sexual liberation and free love of the 1970s. Fifty years after Just Jaeckin's softcore movie first became a global ph

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'Megalopolis' director Francis Ford Coppola: 'Death is like an electric toothbrush'

Culture • 1:09 PM

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One of the greatest filmmakers of all time speaks to Eve Jackson on arts24 about his new movie. Francis Ford Coppola has five Oscars and two Palmes d'Or from the Cannes Film Festival. The man who gave us the "Godfather" trilogy, "Apocalypse Now", "Dracul

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