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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 23 May 2019
Pitt, DiCaprio talk Tarantino's love letter to Hollywood

By JAKE COYLE thing of knowing you've
Associated Press got the best-of-the-best
CANNES, France (AP) — on the opposite side of the
Brad Pitt and Leonardo Di- table holding up the scene
Caprio said they forged a with you," he said. "I hope
"cinematic bond" making we get to do it again."
Quentin Tarantino's "Once The anticipation and glam-
Upon a Time a Time ... in our of "Once Upon a Time
Hollywood," while Tarantino ... in Hollywood" brought a
bristled at the suggestion at frenzy unlike anything else
the Cannes Film Festival on has to this year's Cannes.
Wednesday that Margot Festival artistic director Thi-
Robbie's Sharon Tate isn't erry Fremaux had desper-
primary enough in the film. ately sought its inclusion.
"Once Upon a Time ... in Hol- The film was a late addition
lywood" made its splashy after Tarantino was able to
premiere Tuesday evening finish post-production work
at Cannes, 25 years after in time.
Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" de- The stakes have been high
buted at the French Riviera for Sony Pictures, which
festival, where it went on to gave Tarantino a $95 mil-
win the Palme d'Or. Taranti- lion budget to make what
no's latest is about an actor DiCaprio called "his love
(DiCaprio) in TV Westerns Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, from left, Margot Robbie, director Quentin Tarantino, actor Brad Pitt letter to the industry." On
and producer David Heyman pose for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Once Upon a
and his stunt double (Pitt) Time in Hollywood' at the 72nd international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, Wednesday, Sony Pictures
in 1960s Los Angeles, set May 22, 2019. chief Tom Rothman sat
against the backdrop of Associated Press front row as Tarantino and
the Manson family murders. his cast spoke to reporters.
It's the first time DiCaprio Scorsese. They both sug- to work alongside Brad. together forged, hopefully, Tarantino was made a free
and Pitt have made a fea- gested it might not be the We kind of grew up in the a great cinematic bond in agent in Hollywood after
ture together, though the last. same generation, got our a film about our industry to- the downfall of his regular
two co-starred in a 2015 "There was an incredible start around the same gether." producer, Harvey Wein-
short directed by Martin ease and comfort getting time," said DiCaprio. "We Pitt concurred. "It's that stein. q

Kenyan author, LGBT activist Binyavanga Wainaina dies at 48

By TOM ODULA line to mark his 43rd birth-
Associated Press day.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — He said he came out to
One of Africa's best-known help preserve his dignity.
authors and gay rights ac- "All people have dignity.
tivists, Binyavanga Wainai- There's nobody who was
na, has died at age 48, a born without a soul and a
colleague and friend said spirit," he said, in an inter-
Wednesday. view with The Associated
The Kenyan author died Press in January 2014. "There
Tuesday night in Nairobi af- is nobody who is a beast or
ter an illness, Tom Maliti, the an animal, right? Everyone,
chairman of the Kwani Trust we, we homosexuals, are
which Wainaina founded, people and we need our
told The Associated Press. oxygen to breathe."
Wainaina, who won the In the interview, Wainaina,
2002 Caine Prize for African who dyed his hair in rain-
Writing, was a key figure in bow colors, lashed out at
the artistic community who laws against homosexuality
promoted local authors. in Nigeria and Uganda. He
Friends and supporters in also criticized Russian Presi-
an outpouring of tributes dent Vladimir Putin, who
on Wednesday shared his In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, prize-winning Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina promoted legislation ban-
work including his biting talks during a television interview in Nairobi, Kenya. ning "gay propaganda"
essay "How to Write About Associated Press aimed at youth.
Africa." "I can't sleep at night be-
"Always use the word 'Afri- advised in the piece. Africa issue," the magazine LGBT community by com- cause there are people
ca' or 'Darkness' or 'Safari' in It quickly became one of tweeted on Wednesday. ing out publicly in 2014 as who I may know or who I
your title," it began. "Subti- Granta magazine's best- "His ironic critique was so gay in Kenya, a country don't even know ... who
tles may include the words loved essays, the maga- incisive and true that we where laws still criminalize may be dying or being
'Zanzibar', 'Masai', 'Zulu', zine said Wednesday. "As a published it." He became a homosexual behavior. He beaten or being tortured
'Zambezi', 'Congo', 'Nile', student, he sent the maga- frequent contributor. also revealed he was HIV- right now in a Nigerian cell
'Big', 'Sky', 'Shadow', 'Drum', zine a strongly worded let- Wainaina also helped to positive. He published a or three weeks ago in a
'Sun' or 'Bygone'," Wainaina ter condemning our 1994 create tolerance for the painfully honest essay on- Ugandan one," he said.q