12 Years A Slave This article is more than 10 years oldItalian posters for 12 Years a Slave herald Brad Pitt over Chiwetel EjioforThis article is more than 10 years oldLionsgate withdraws 'rogue' publicity that promotes film's white co-stars over black lead EjioforHollywood studio Lionsgate is embroiled in an embarrassing row over Italian posters for the Oscar-tipped race drama 12 Years a Slave which herald the small role of Brad Pitt ahead of the film's main star Chiwetel Ejiofor. Read More...
Notes and queriesLife and styleThe long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Can you be a Buddhist as well as a Christian? Can a non-theist and theist perspective operate together hand in hand? Anna M St Clair
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Readers replyI don’t see why not. Western society expects us to believe six dozen contradictory things at once already, so what’s one more? Read More...
Watts, who died July 12, was born in Germany to a Hungarian mother and an African American father. He became famous at age 16 after performing with Leonard Bernstein. Originally broadcast in 1985.
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