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Cannes: the jury is outed by Bogarde
For sceptics who wonder just how straight the judging of this or that famous prize is, the English actor Dirk Bogarde has just blown the whistle from beyond the grave, revealing how attempts were made to 'nobble' him when he was given the prestigious job of president... [continued]
In brief: Hilton’s mum joins in Obama ad row
The blonde American socialite Paris Hilton is, probably rightly, held up as the benchmark of being famous just for being famous. And now, even her mother thinks so. Kathy
Hilton, a John McCain donor, has dismissed as "a waste of money" a Republican television ad that used her daughter and... [continued]
John McCain scores celeb own goal 
Did Anne Hathaway help FBI with boyfriend's arrest?
Posh Spice’s unlikely revolutionary heritage revealed
It would be tough, you might think, to better the news that that George II was a forebear of Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, as reported in The First Post. So, for pure absurdity, how about Victoria Beckham, once known as Posh Spice, being a direct descendant of Karl... [continued]
Boris recruits farmer Boycott in food drive
If you expected Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, to do away with all those advisers and tsars appointed by his predecessor Ken Livingstone, think again. The
full-figured Boris has just appointed a 'food champion', the Guardian reports, and a little improbably his wand has fallen on a feminist once firmly... [continued]
Rosie Boycott: Virginity, me and Bill Clinton
Middle East: Tony’s sis-in-law barges in
Tony Blair will have to think again if he thought that one of the upsides (there can't be many) of taking on his new role as Middle East peace envoy would be that at least he could escape his troublesome sister-in-law, Lauren Booth. The hard-Left Booth, who has relentlessly... [continued]
Downey Jr plays bare-knuckle Sherlock
Poor Sherlock Holmes. The American actor Robert Downey Jnr, who is about to pull on the deerstalker for yet another film about the great fictional detective has been sharing his
thoughts on how he and his director, Guy Ritchie, husband of Madonna, plan to play it.... [continued]
Guy Ritchie's real-life fight club role
Gwyneth urges expats to back Barack
The American actress, Gwyneth Paltrow, who was among the guests at a fundraising party in London, where she lives, for Barack Obama in April, is now fronting a
video encouraging American expats to "Vote Democrat. Vote Obama. Vote from Abroad." It is produced by Democrats Abroad... [continued]
US election: latest news, gossip and analysis
Calendar Girls head for the London stage
There's more nudity (acres of it) heading for the West End stage, though those who remember the heady days of Hair and Oh Calcutta! may not quite get the same thrill. Milking a sound franchise, the impresario David Pugh is to produce a stage version of Calendar Girls in... [continued]
