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Jerry Seinfeld jumps ship to Microsoft
Jerry Seinfeld, star of the long-running US comedy show until its finale in 1998, has signed a $10m deal to help the beleaguered software giant Microsoft take on its rival Apple. Beginning in the autumn, the comic will be seen in a series of TV advertisements kidding around with the... [continued]
Tony Hadley wants a Tory seat
Rumours are swirling around Tory Central office that Tony Hadley, the former Spandau Ballet singer (pictured in the light mauve jacket), is looking for a seat to fight for the
Conservatives at the next general election. There is certainly no doubt the crooner is a fan of... [continued]
Cameron friend attacked by hoodies 
Obama to send Kennedy to Britain?
Is there any truth in a rumour started by the Daily Telegraph this week that Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, only surviving child of JFK, will be appointed US Ambassador to
London if Barack Obama wins the presidency? Possibly not. In the States, the idea is being treated with caution. The... [continued]
Obama keeps his VP candidates guessing
Guerrilla filmmaker catches out McCain
The independent internet video that's triggered a right old row in the United States over John McCain's property ownership - he said on camera that he wasn't sure how many houses he
owned - was made by Robert Greenwald, (pictured) a 62-year-old New Yorker who is fast getting a reputation... [continued]
US Election: McCain's house gaffe plays into Obama's hands
Video: Obama campaign ad exploits McCain gaffe
In brief: Spice Girl pregnant
Melanie Chisholm (pictured), aka ‘Sporty Spice’, is expecting her first child. The 34-year-old singer is the final member of the Spice Girls to become a mother............Former glam-rocker and convicted sex-offender Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) finally returned to Britain today after serving three years in Thu Doc... [continued]
Vladimir Putin’s pal waves the PR baton in Ossetia
Just how good a friend of Vladimir Putin is Valery Gergiev (pictured), the London Symphony Orchestra’s principal conductor, who staged a Russian victory
concert amid the ruins of the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali last night? Well, it appears a very good one. Gergiev, 55, is godfather to... [continued]
A symphony for Tskhinvali
Into South Ossetia with dull-eyed Alik
George Michael takes Lennon’s piano on tour
The British singer George Michael, formerly of Wham!, has bought the piano used by John Lennon to compose his 1971 hit Imagine. And he has big plans for the
instrument. "I'm going to attempt to give it to 12 people who I think are the best writers... [continued]
New details about John Lennon shooting
Jacqueline Wilson in swear word mix up
Dame Jacqueline Wilson, the best-selling writer and children’s laureate, has been forced to remove a swear word – "twat" - from one of her books following a single complaint by the mother of one of her youthful fans. The humiliation – not to mention the cost to... [continued]
