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Peter Mandelson taken into hospital
Has someone tried to poison him already? Peter Mandelson (pictured), newly appointed Business Secretary in Gordon Brown's reshuffled Cabinet, was taken into hospital early
today suffering from abdominal pains. He was released in order to attend this morning's first meeting of the PM's new 'economic war cabinet' at Downing Street... [continued]
Blair: Mandelson job a ‘no-brainer’ 
In pictures: the rise, fall, rise, fall and rise again of Peter Mandelson
Russia’s Deripaska eyes ailing Humvee
Deripaska enters horse breeding world
George spices up his entourage with Geri
Tina Brown and The Beast
Nobody could accuse Tina Brown (pictured) of being a slacker. In a 35-year career as a journalist she has edited Tatler, Vanity Fair, the New
Yorker and, with notably less success, Talk magazine, which folded in 2002. Because of this, media pundits are getting understandably excited about her latest venture,... [continued]
Who will replace Alistair Cooke?
Tina Brown enters Hall of Fame
Bernard Laporte denies fathering Rachida Dati child
Another senior European politician has felt it necessary to issue a denial that he is the father of French justice minister Rachida Dati's unborn daughter - and this time it's one of
her colleagues in the French government, sports minister Bernard Laporte. Rumours have been buzzing ever since the... [continued]
Video: Rachida Dati and Bernard Laporte at an Elysee garden party
Bruni reveals bedroom spat with minister
Rachida Dati keeps France guessing
OJ jurors admit to murder trial ‘feelings’
Documents released by the Las Vegas court where OJ Simpson (pictured) was convicted on Saturday of armed robbery and kidnapping reveal that five of the 12 jurors disclosed
during the jury selection process that they disagreed with the 1995 verdict when the former football player was acquitted in Los Angeles... [continued]
OJ Simpson guilty of kidnap and robbery
OJ Simpson goes on trial for robbery
OJ Simpson has a bad day in court
OJ’s former agent gets in on the act
Picture story: OJ Simpson back in handcuffs
In brief: Flynt makes Palin porno
US porn king Larry Flynt, founder of the Hustler, has confirmed that he has shot an X-rated movie using an adult-film actress who resembles Republican vice-presidential
candidate Sarah Palin (pictured). Bloggers' suggestions for titles, such as 'Drill, Baby, Drill' and 'Riding Pipeline', have been discarded in favour of Nailin'
Paylin............ [continued]
How to parody Sarah Palin – or not
M&S model Lily Cole models for French Playboy
Hollywood hero Paul Newman dies
In pictures: Paul Newman's life
Paul Newman: big in Iran
Lights dimmed for Newman
Valentino sacks Alessandra Facchinetti in Paris showdown
The curtain fell on Paris Fashion Week in dramatic fashion, when Valentino's creative director Alessandra Facchinetti (pictured left, plus a design from the show) was sacked
less than 24 hours after her show. Facchinetti's very public firing has led to a bout of recriminations from the designer and the label's... [continued]
In pictures: Paris Fashion Week
In pictures: Milan Fashion Week
In pictures: London Fashion Week
In pictures: New York Fashion Week
Valentino film reveals the ‘Sun Bed King’ at his bitchy best
Facchinetti’s haute couture debut pays tribute to Valentino
Valentino successor shows respect
Valentino bows out in Paris
In pictures: au revoir Valentino
Amnesty’s Ball ache - except for Izzard
Since its inception in 1979, The Secret Policeman's Ball, the annual comedy fund-raising event held by Amnesty International, has proved a tremendous hit with performances by the likes of
Peter Cook and John Cleese. However, Sunday night’s show at the Royal Albert Hall fell short, according to critics. "What a... [continued]
John Cleese’s divorce woes
Charles Saatchi goes back to Iraq
London art impresario Charles Saatchi is returning to his roots: the former advertising tycoon, who was born to an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad before moving with his parents to
Britain when he was four, has been buying up paintings by 15 artists from Iraq, Iran and Syria. Says Saatchi:... [continued]
Steel oligarch is secret Hirst buyer
Damien Hirst’s drinking club row
Tutu much fun at Saatchi’s party
