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‘I would have killed Hitler,’ says Jolie
The United Nations, a body devoted to peaceful resolutions to conflict across the world, may regret appointing the actress Angelina Jolie as one of its Goodwill Ambassadors. In an interview in the current issue of Entertainment Weekly to promote her latest film Wanted, in which she plays... [continued]
Polanski film cuts out ‘TV, no jail’ offer
A new documentary about Roman Polanski, which investigates the period in the late Seventies when the film director fled America to evade prosecution for having sex with an underage
girl, has been re-edited following complaints from the Los Angeles Superior Court. The film, Roman Polanski: Wanted and... [continued]
Polanski victim wants him to be forgiven 
Carla Bruni sings of 30 lovers
France's First Lady and folksy chanteuse, Carla Bruni, has made a Nick Clegg-style confession on her latest album, apparently revealing that she has enjoyed 30 lovers. The album, Comme si de rien n'était (As If Nothing Had Happened), is alarmingly frank. On You Are My Drug, the... [continued]
Search is on for the Sultan’s brother
The brother of the Sultan of Brunei, Prince Jefri (pictured), is now a wanted man. As predicted on The First Post yesterday, he failed to turn up for a London court
hearing where he was accused by the Sultan of embezzling £8bn, which resulted in the presiding... [continued]
Prince Jefri sidesteps court to avoid jail
Scolari’s wife no friend of ‘WAGS’
The news that 'Big' Phil Scolari has accepted an offer of £6.25m to manage Chelsea Football Club is a blow for the players' wives and girlfriends (WAGS) such as Ellen
Rives and Carly Zucker, the fiancees of Frank Lampard and Joe Cole respectively. For unlike, other... [continued]
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Zara Phillips pulls out of Olympics
Princess Anne's daughter, Zara Phillips, has had to pull out of the Beijing Olympic Games following an injury to her horse, Toytown. The eventing world champion, who also won the BBC's Sports Personality of Year two years ago, has, a little unwisely, no other horse in reserve.... [continued]
In brief: Lee McQueen wins The Apprentice
The BBC television series, The Apprentice, was won last night by 30-year-old Lee McQueen, who will now work alongside Sir Alan Sugar on a £100,000 salary. McQueen defended his decison to falsify his CV – he claimed he'd completed a two-year university course, when in fact he'd... [continued]
