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2007:

  1. A rebroadcast of a preview of the 79th Academy Awards
    A rebroadcast of a preview of the 79th Academy Awards

    with Kate Winslet, Forest Whitaker, Martin Scorsese and more on Feb 20, 2007

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  2. A preview of the 79th Academy Awards
    A preview of the 79th Academy Awards

    with Kate Winslet, Forest Whitaker, Martin Scorsese and more on Jan 26, 2007

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2006:

  1. Guest host Salman Rushdie talks to Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta
    Guest host Salman Rushdie talks to Indian filmmaker Deepa...

    with Deepa Mehta on May 12, 2006

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Deepa Mehta is a controversial film director and screenwriter based in Toronto.

Mehta graduated from the University of Delhi with a degree in philosophy before immigrating to Canada in 1973.

In 1991 Mehta made her feature-film directorial debut with “Sam & Me,” a story of the relationship between a young Muslim boy and an elderly Jewish gentleman in the Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale. It won First Honorable Mention in the Camera d’Or category of the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Mehta followed up with “Camilla” starring Bridget Fonda and Jessica Tandy in 1994.

Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepa_Mehta