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WEDNESDAY NIGHT
* For nearly two decades the Scottish war artist and figurative painter Peter Howson has counted pop star Madonna as his most famous fan.
But after the unveiling this morning of two new Howson portraits of Madonna, fan could turn foe.
He reveals how painting Madonna naked helped his recovery after he suffered a breakdown on his return from Bosnia.
Peter Howson's exhibition The Third Step is at the McLaurin Gallery, Ayr, until 4 June and his exhibition The Fifth Step opens at Flowers Central, London next week, until 18 May.
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* So who's going to win World Cup 2002 - not on the pitch but on our television screens? ITV has announced that for its early morning coverage, we'll be waking up with Des Lynham and the OperaBabes.
Although 成人快手 Sport is refusing to reveal its World Cup theme just yet, it's believed top dance act Faithless has been commissioned to provide a big beat behind Gary Lineker.
David Mellor discusses football's musical teamsheet.
The OperaBabes recording of One Fine Day will shortly be released as a single on the Sony label.
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* The historic galleries of the Royal Academy look set to echo with the sound of angry artists. Curators at the 234-year-old institution are planning to invite commercial galleries to set up stall in the hallowed halls of the Academy and display works by their artists.
The Gallery Show is the brainchild of exhibition secretary Norman Rosenthal, for whom controversy has become a stock in trade in recent years. Why has the Academy opened its doors to profit-making galleries?
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* Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch) was one of the most surprising and controversial film hits of last year. The biggest film in Mexican cinemas for several decades, the success of that film helped pave the way the way for Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too...), a new Mexican film that's already made nearly $20 million in American cinemas in recent weeks.
A road movie about two young students who set off for a trip to the beach in the company of a beautiful married woman, it's a rites of passage story in which lessons about fraternal and sexual love are learnt en route.
Y Tu Mama Tambien is released on Friday at selected cinemas nation-wide, Certificate 18.
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* Author Jason Epstein is one of the key figures in the history of publishing, having pioneered the practice of reprinting classic works in paperback, unheard of before his Anchor Books imprint was formed. His new work, Book Business, combines wistful reminiscences of his time as chief editor at Random House with radical visions of the future of books.
Jason Epstein's book Book Business: Publishing Past, Present and Future is published in paperback by Norton.
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On tomorrow's programme
Francine Stock reviews new television comedy series Book Club, novelist Julia Blackburn on her life of Goya, which mixes fact and fantasy, and do film makers need to go to film school?
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