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Hirst dithers over joining ‘pompous’ RA
Damien Hirst, the former enfant terrible of British art who is said to have amassed more than £100m from his sundry pickled animals and spin and spot paintings, is playing
hard to get with the Royal Academy. They have asked him to join his fellow YBAs (young... [continued]
Emin to titillate fusty Royal Academy 
Clint fires broadside at Spike Lee
Two weeks ago, Spike Lee attacked fellow film director Clint Eastwood (pictured) for not including black soldiers in his two Second World War movies
Flags of Our Fathers and Letter from Iwo Jima. Now Clint has hit back. Using the type of language last heard in his... [continued]
Spike Lee tackles Clint Eastwood over changing history
In brief: France bids adieu to YSL
Catherine Deneuve, Claudia Schiffer, France's First Lady, Carla Bruni (left) and his longtime companion and business partner
Pierre Berge (right) were among the mourners at the funeral of Yves Saint Laurent, held yesterday at the Eglise Saint Roch, the church of artists, in Paris.
The designer died... [continued]
In pictures: YSL 1936-2008
YSL: the man who loved women
Chichester and the EU gravy train
HarperCollins go after mafia girl
Victoria Gotti (pictured), daughter of the late Gambino Family crime boss John Gotti, is in trouble with New York publishers HarperCollins. Three years ago she was commissioned to write a memoir about her life, but the book, originally due in November 2005, never appeared, and now HarperCollins... [continued]
Roman soothes Chelsea blues with art shopping spree
Roman Abramovich has been visiting the Basel Art Fair with his beautiful girlfriend Daria 'Dasha' Zhukova and dealers expecting a shopping spree were not
disappointed. According to the Art Newspaper, the Russian oligarch paid $14m for a bronze sculpture, Femme de Venise I, by Alberto Giacometti.... [continued]
Roman and Daria wow Basel Art Fair
What Daria did next: model turns gallerist
McGuinness’s farewell ode to Rev Paisley
The curious friendship between the Reverend Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness – they have been nicknamed the "chuckle brothers" – was cemented yesterday as the
Unionist politician finally stood down as Northern Ireland's First Minister. To mark the occasion, McGuinness, who is now deputy in the Stormont Assembly, but was... [continued]
Did son's sleaze row force Paisley out?
TV producer sues Lydon for assault
John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, the lead singer of 1970's punk rock band the Sex Pistols, is being sued for assault and battery by an American TV producer.
Roxane Davis is seeking unspecified damages to compensate her for a long list of traumatic incidents that took place... [continued]
Lydon has rotten teeth fixed for £22k
