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Guy Ritchie’s real-life fight club role
Speculation about the future of Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie has obscured the fact that Ritchie has actually made a screen appearance himself in
a new movie. He does some voice-over work and has a walk-on role in an eight-minute action feature. The setting... [continued]
Video: Guy Ritchie in action 
Abba singer dating British aristo
The heir to the WH Smith fortune, Henry Smith, has landed himself an interesting new girlfriend. Her name is Anni-Frid Lyngstad - better known as Frida from the Swedish pop band Abba (the brunette one). According to the Daily Mail, Smith has been secretly dating the... [continued]
In brief: Rafael Nadal celebrates his Wimbledon triumph
After beating Roger Federer in what some are saying was Wimbledon’s greatest ever men’s singles final, Rafael Nadal tipped up at the Wimbledon Ball, held at the All England Club last night. Unfortunately, by the time he arrived – well after midnight – all of the food... [continued]
Prince William’s new mission
Is Prince William about to enjoy a second naval adventure, this one thanks to MPs "appalled" at the developing scandal in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI)? Over the weekend, the
Foreign Affairs Committee called for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Premier Mike Misick's alleged corruption... [continued]
Trouble in paradise: Charles Laurence on the Turks and Caicos scandal
Berlusconi, Libeskind, and the drooping tower of Milan
When the celebrated American architect Daniel Libeskind unveiled his plans for an art museum and office tower in the heart of Milan he expected plaudits. Instead, he found himself ridiculed by Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, who said the skyscraper, which bends in the middle, was "in... [continued]
Amanda Foreman in biography row
Best-selling author Amanda Foreman (pictured), whose first book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire sold over 200,000 copies and is currently being made into a Hollywood movie starring Keira Knightley, has been accused of turning the genteel world of historical biography into a playground for young, opportunistic female... [continued]
Rigg shoots from hip on ‘understudy’ PM
Dame Diana Rigg, the theatre actress still best known for her portrayal of Emma Peel (pictured) in the 1960s TV series The Avengers, is 70 this month, but you wouldn't know it from her zesty attitude to life. In the Sunday Telegraph, the actress revealed she that... [continued]
Is Sir Igor shoo-in for Lord Chief Justice?
The selection process to find a successor to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, a post currently held by Lord Phillips, has come under attack. And with good reason, it seems, for the man charged with co-ordinating the appointment, Lord Justice May, appears intent on... [continued]
