Inside Los Angeles’ new film museum with Tom Hanks
By France24
28 September 2021 |
2:54 pm
From Tom Hanks at Los Angeles' new film museum, via Bali, where we meet a young climate change activist, and Paris for the blockbuster exhibition of the year, Eve Jackson brings you the week's culture news.
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