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World Service,30 Oct 2021,49 mins

Singer-Songwriter Tems

The Arts Hour

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On The Arts Hour this week, Nikki Bedi is joined by American comedian Iliza Shlesinger and actor Sharon Duncan-Brewster alongside film critic Kaleem Aftab to discuss cultural highlights of the week. Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya talk about their characters in the mega movie Dune, based on the sci fi classic by Frank Herbert. Also Sharon Duncan-Brewster joins Nikki to tell her about her role in Dune and her move from TV soap star to silver screen heroine. Nigerian Afrobeat star and Billboard Top 100 singer-songwriter Tems explains how her biggest hit came about. Actor Jamie Lee Curtis reveals why horror films are such hard work. British musician Jarvis Cocker tells us about his role as an imaginary French pop star in Wes Anderson’s new movie The French Dispatch. And novelist Jeanette Winterson on the female pioneers in Artificial Intelligence. (Photo: Tems. Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

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