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Damon Albarn snubs EMI
Good and bad news for Guy Hands, the head of EMI. First the good: yesterday the company announced its music division had increased profits by a £100m. Now the bad: Damon
Albarn (pictured), formerly the lead singer of Blur and the brains behind the massively successful cartoon... [continued]
Guy Hands sues over mutant shrimp film 
Star writer happy to wait tables
Debut novelist Ross Raisin may have struck literary gold with his book God’s Country, but he won’t be quitting his day job any time soon. Raisin, 30, has been nominated for the Dylan Thomas Award - one of the world’s most prestigious literary prizes - and stands to win £60,000... [continued]
Woody Allen’s producer Charles Joffe dies
Charles Joffe (pictured far left) , the legendary Hollywood dealmaker who co-produced most of Woody Allen’s hit films, including the Oscar-winning Annie Hall and the Bafta-winning Manhattan, has died aged 78. He also managed, along with his business partner Jack Rollins, the careers of Robin Williams,... [continued]
Deputy Mayor blasts Candy Brothers’ plans
Embarrassment at the London Mayor’s office where one of Boris Johnson’s deputies, Kit Malthouse, has lashed out at plans to develop the Chelsea Barracks, calling the designs “anodyne, commonplace and potentially a plutocratic slum”. The site - 12.8 acres of prime real estate in central London - was bought up... [continued]
In brief: Gordon Brown heads to the seaside
Gordon Brown (pictured with his wife, Sarah) is again eschewing the lavish summer holiday locations enjoyed by the Blairs. Last year he tried Dorset, but had to return to
London after only a day on the beach because of the flooding crisis; this summer he’s taking his... [continued]
Dominatrix no-show at the High Court
Ken Russell’s ex loses battle of wills
Hetty Baynes, the former wife of film director Ken Russell (pictured), has lost a High Court battle over the estate of her mother’s lesbian lover. As reported by The First Post, Baynes, a struggling actress, had claimed she was entitled to a substantial share of the £2.3... [continued]
Foster beached by resort opposition
Is Lord Foster, the architect responsible for the 'Gherkin' in the City of London and the rebuilt Reichstag in Berlin, about to make the biggest mistake of his long and distinguished career? The question has been raised by conservationists who are attempting to block a new Foster-designed, £780m carbon-neutral beach... [continued]
