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Star Trek Director JJ Abrams
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Interview with director JJ Abrams who explains that he wasn鈥檛 always a confirmed 'Trekker'. Also Daft Punk discuss their new album Random Access Memories and glamorous opera diva Angela Gheorghiu talks about singing Puccini鈥檚 La Rondine. Matthew McConaughey鈥檚 new film is written and directed by Jeff Nichols, who discusses the authentic setting of his Huckleberry Finn-esque movie on the Mississippi river in the US. We鈥檝e also got George The Poet, a 22 year-old Londoner, who is the hottest thing in spoken word in the UK today. The award-winning Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid tells us about the role of fiction in culture. And, with an exclusive session, we introduce singer-songwriter John Fullbright, whose debut album From The Ground Up has been warmly received.
(Image: Director JJ ABrams. Credit: Marianna Massey/Getty Images)
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Daft Punk
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JJ Abrams
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Angela Ghergiou
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Mud
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George the Poet
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Italy Immigrants Culture
Duration: 05:52
Mohsin Hamid
Duration: 03:56
John Fulbright
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- Sun 19 May 2013 00:06GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
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