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Tracey Emin’s RA show in pieces
When Tracey Emin was asked to curate a 'show within a show' at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, everyone expected trouble, especially as the artist herself warned that she didn't
want to "disappoint anyone who expects outrage". Sadly, for her, that has not been forthcoming. However, an... [continued]
Emin to titillate fusty Royal Academy 
John Edwards and Rielle Hunter; the affair US media won’t touch
American journalists are at sixes and sevens about how to cover the revelations about the two-times presidential candidate – and, until recently at least, a frontrunner for the position of
Barack Obama’s running-mate - John Edwards. As reported yesterday on The First Post, the American scandal... [continued]
People: John Edwards and the mistress mystery
US Election 2008: Edwards scandal hits VP contest
Alexander Cockburn: where are the scandals in this year's election?
Lee Stranahan's article on Huffington Post
Dame Eileen rounds on the ladettes
Dame Eileen Atkins, one of Britain’s theatrical jewels, has rounded on shouty female television presenters like Charlotte Church and Sara Cox for promoting "laddish" culture because, in her mind, it undermines what the feminists of the 1970s set out to achieve. "My skin crawls when I see... [continued]
Stone releases Bush biopic trailer
Although the movie won’t be released in cinemas until October – just in time for the November presidential election - Oliver Stone has allowed a trailer of his eagerly-awaited
George Bush biopic, W, to be posted online as part of a slow-cook publicity campaign. The 90-second clip... [continued]
Video: W trailer
Josh Brolin in slugging match with Bush fans
Damien Hirst unleashes the beasts
Damien Hirst is expecting his biggest pay day yet – and he’s had more than a few whoppers over the years – when he sells 223 artworks at Sotheby’s in September. The ageing enfant
terrible, who is putting the work directly through the auction house (an... [continued]
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In brief: Frasier hospitalised
Frasier star Kelsey Grammer has been admitted to hospital with symptoms possibly brought on by medication he was taking following a heart attack in June. He is in an
undisclosed New York hospital as a precaution. Last week, Grammer told a TV interviewer how he nearly died following his heart... [continued]
I'm not a monster, says call-girl Ashley
Duke’s company won’t go gay
The Duke of Westminster does not appear to be willing to embrace the notion of the pink pound, at least according to a report in today’s Evening Standard. The Duke’s property company, Grosvenor Estates, had been planning to market some of its more "groovy" apartments in its portfolio towards the... [continued]
