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Blanchett denies gay past as lesbian movie wows Cannes

Hollywood star Cate Blanchett — in Cannes for the red-carpet world premiere of her latest movie about a lesbian romance — on Sunday scotched media speculation that she had a real-life gay past. Early reviews of “Carol”, set in New York in the 1950s and directed by American film-maker Todd Haynes, have been so glowing that the film is already generating Oscar buzz and is a leading contender for the