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Tom Cruise’s run of bad luck
Tom Cruise is not having the best of luck at the moment. Last week the actor and leading light of Scientology had to contend with protestors disrupting the premiere of Tropic
Thunder, the comedy in which he stars with Ben Stiller, amidst claims that it is offensive... [continued]
Disability groups lash out at Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder 
Feature: Don't mention the ar heroes
Lucian Freud painting destroyed
In May, one of his paintings set a world record at auction for a living artist - Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, bought by Roman Abramovich for £17m. But not everyone values
the work of Lucian Freud (pictured). The 85-year-old artist has just learned that Bernard Breslauer, the New... [continued]
Lucian Freud will not forgive Clement
Roman soothes Chelsea blues with art shopping spree
Will new uncut Caligula film make Helen Mirren blush?
An uncut version of the 1979 film Caligula, which was produced by the gold chain-wearing Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione, is finally to be released on DVD. For more than 25 years, this raunchier version of the movie, which stars a youthful Helen Mirren (pictured with fellow cast... [continued]
Eighties supermodels beat off rivals
Supermodels who came to fore in the 1980s appear to be giving the more recent girls a run for their money. Veteran mannequins Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington (pictured in her heyday) and Claudia Schiffer have all landed contracts with the major brands and, according to... [continued]
David Irving sues for loss of archives
David Irving (pictured), the right-wing historian who was imprisoned in Austria for denying the Holocaust happened, is about to return to court. This time, however, he is on the attack. Irving is suing his former lawyers Howard Kennedy, solicitor Peter Laskey, and legal executive Peter Ling... [continued]
In brief: Madonna likens John McCain to Adolf Hitler
Madonna, 50, has angered Senator John McCain by apparently linking him to Adolf Hitler during her concert at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on
Saturday. Images of Hitler, Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwe president, and McCain flashed up, along with scenes of global warming and devastation, on a screen... [continued]
In pictures: scenes from the Democratic nomination
Guerrilla filmmaker catches out McCain
Berlusconi makes a boob in attempt to cover up Truth
RC priest holds a beauty contest
An Italian priest who wants to hold a beauty contest open only to nuns - with photos appearing online and voting due to start in mid-September - has caused a certain amount of consternation over the weekend. But it seems it is not the first time Father Antonio Rungi (pictured)... [continued]
