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World Service,10 Mar 2018,49 mins

Hip-Hop Superstar Kendrick Lamar

The Arts Hour

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Nikki is joined in the studio by author Benedict Wells whose new book is called The End of Loneliness and by film critic Anton Bitel. Oscar winning actress Jennifer Lawrence discusses her film Red Sparrow and reveals what it was like interviewing Kim Kardashian Fresh from his Oscar win for Best Film In A Foreign Language Chilean director Sebastian Lelio relates how he cast his lead in A Fantastic Woman Hip-Hop superstar Kendrick Lamar tells us what inspired his song writing for the movie Black Panther. Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, shares his secret key to writing believable characters. The actress and TV comedy writer Sharon Horgan, tells us how she keeps on coming up with jokes. Singer Geri Van Essen sings a traditional Dutch folk song. (Photo shows Kendrick Lamar (c) Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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