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Peggy Noonan makes Sarah Palin gaffe
Peggy Noonan (pictured), doyenne of Republican strategists and a speechwriter for both Ronald Reagan and George Bush Snr, is in the
doghouse after being caught by a live microphone making disparaging remarks about John McCain's choice of running mate. Just hours before Sarah Palin took to the
stage at... [continued]
Alexander Cockburn on Sarah Palin's convention speech 
Palin girl’s boyfriend, Levi Johnston
Sarah Palin: her life in pictures
Evan Davis attacked by David Davis
Evan Davis (pictured), one of the presenters of BBC Radio 4's Today programme, has been criticised for defending Alistair Darling's decision to
reveal that the British economy is in dire straits. Davis used his personal BBC blog to speak up for the Chancellor's grim comments in the Guardian... [continued]
Time to change the guard at Today?
In brief: Anne Hathaway brings glamour to Venice Film Festival
Anne Hathaway (pictured) took time off from her unofficial Barack Obama cheer-leading duties – along with a number of other actors she attended the
senator's acceptance speech in Denver last week – to attend the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of her latest film, a comedy... [continued]
In pictures: the Venice Film Festival
Jordan attacks snobs in the Times
Elton John and Lily Allen spat
Sir Elton John is well known for befriending new talent, offering them cosy chats at his London home, or even loaning them his villa in the South of France as a haven. However, it
seems likely he will not afford singer Lily Allen the same courtesy after... [continued]
Lily and Elton bust-up on video
In Town: GQ Men of the Year awards
Orange judges admit Lily was dropped
Phoebe Philo, queen of boho, joins Celine
Phoebe Philo, the British fashion designer known as the queen of boho chic, who transformed the fortunes of the Paris fashion house Chloe when she took over from Stella McCartney as creative director, has a new job. She is to return after a break of nearly three... [continued]
Keira’s Duchess woos critics
Good reviews for her role as Georgiana Spencer in The Duchess sent Keira Knightley down the red carpet with a spring in her step yesterday. Wearing an off-the-shoulder
number in cornflower blue, she was greeted by screaming fans at the film's premiere in Leicester Square. Georgiana, an 18th Century... [continued]
The First Post review of The Duchess
Cliff Richard talks about his live-in priest
For decades Sir Cliff Richard's sexuality has been the subject of speculation. While he hasn't totally cleared up the mystery in his autobiography My Life, My Way, published this week, the 67-year old singer has revealed for the first time that he shares his life – and... [continued]
Boris Berezovsky faces costly divorce
Boris Berezovsky (pictured), the exiled Russian billionaire and avowed enemy of Vladimir Putin (he lives in London in constant fear of
ex-KGB assassins), is facing a costly divorce from his second wife. Galina Berezovsky, 49, who he married in 1991 and with whom he has two teenage... [continued]
Berezovsky implicated by Kremlin
My dinner with Boris Berezovsky
