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Amis delivers fatwa warning to Obama
Martin Amis has issued an ominous warning to Barack Obama, saying that if he secures the Democratic nomination and goes on to become President of America he will,
having been born a Muslim, "deserve" to have a fatwa pronounced upon him. Amis made his remarks at the... [continued]
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Lydon has rotten teeth fixed for $22k
As lead singer of the Seventies punk band the Sex Pistols, he was nicknamed Johnny Rotten – a reference to his decaying, tombstone teeth. However, in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph the rock icon, who has travelled under the name John Lydon for the past 30 years, admitted... [continued]
Yves Saint Laurent dies in Paris
Yves Saint Laurent, one of the most influential and enduring designers of the last 40 years, died yesterday at the age of 71. His former lover and long-standing business partner,
Pierre Berge, revealed that he passed away at his Paris home, having suffered from a respiratory disease... [continued]
In pictures: The life of Yves Saint Laurent
Snowdon urged to embrace ‘love child’
The writer and former barrister Sir John Mortimer has urged his old friend Lord Snowdon to forge a relationship with his illegitimate daughter, Polly Fry. The writer Anne de Courcy has claimed in Snowdon: The Biography, to be published next week, that although a DNA test conducted... [continued]
In brief: Pike calls off wedding to Wright
Actress Rosamund Pike, who played Miranda Frost in the Bond movie Die Another Day, has called off her wedding to Joe Wright, the director of
Atonement; the couple (pictured) were due to walk down the aisle last Saturday but according to the Mail on Sunday, Pike pulled out... [continued]
Pike gives her man the right answer
In town: Esquire's 'salon' party for Casey Affleck
In Town Last Night: Sudeley castle hosts Reconstruction #3
The romantic ruins of Sudeley provided the backdrop for the launch of this year's Reconstruction #3, an open-air exhibition of contemporary works strewn throughout the castle grounds.
Attended by actors Rosamund Pike, Jaime Winstone and Alfie Allen, designer Henry Holland and a smattering of aristocrats and... [continued]
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Ecclestone and Stewart call for Mosley’s exit
The calls for Max Mosley to step down as head of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the world governing body for motor racing, cranked up a few gears at the weekend, with former champion driver Sir Jackie Stewart and Moseley's one-time ally Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One boss, demanding... [continued]
Going, gone: Nunn’s show closes early
Sir Trevor Nunn's West End musical version of Gone with the Wind has been forced to close due to appalling ticket sales and even worse reviews. The backers, among them Patty Hearst, the heiress and former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, had piled £5m into the production, which began... [continued]
