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Jann Wenner slips up with Sarah Palin attack
Has publisher Jann Wenner, co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine, misjudged his readers? Wenner is in trouble after his popular gossip magazine US Weekly ran an
unflattering story about Republican wannabe VP Sarah Palin this week. Between 5,000 and 10,000 subscriptions to the popular gossip magazine were cancelled in the days... [continued]
Alexander Cockburn on Sarah Palin 
Sarah Palin 'affair': big media stays quiet as 'lover' named
Rachida Dati keeps France guessing
A massive guessing game has begun in Paris. The question? Who is the man responsible for the pregnancy of Rachida Dati (pictured), France’s glamorous Justice Minister? As
reported here on Thursday, Dati, 42, has confirmed that she is expecting her first baby but has refused to identify... [continued]
Bruni reveals bedroom spat with minister
Rachida labelled the ‘Barbie minister’
Kathryn Bigelow returns with Iraq film
Kathryn Bigelow (pictured with actor Jeremy Renner), director of the high-octane thriller Point Break, has broken a six-year silence with The Hurt Locker,
a film about a bomb disposal expert takes risks beyond the call of duty in Iraq. The movie, which received its premiere at the Venice... [continued]
In pictures: the Venice Film Festival
Uproar over de Viguerie’s photos
One of France's best known women photographers, Veronique de Viguerie (pictured), is at the centre of a storm after Paris Match magazine published photographs taken
by her of Taliban guerillas who claimed to be part of the group that killed 10 French paratroopers last month. In one photograph, a Taliban... [continued]
In pictures: the Paris Match photo spread
President Sarkozy attends ceremony for soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Damien Hirst’s ‘middling merchandise’
Damien Hirst's audacious decision to sell more than 200 art works directly through Sotheby's of London this month, cutting out his dealers Jay Jopling and
Larry Gagosian, has got him onto the cover of today's Time magazine (pictured),... [continued]
Edward Helmore talks to Damien Hirst for The First Post
Time magazine’s Damien Hirst article in full
Hirst unleashes the beasts
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Trevor McDonald slated for telling drinking tales about Bosanquet
Sir Trevor McDonald (pictured) has been accused of smearing the name of a former colleague. Earlier this year, in an interview with the wine magazine Decanter, the veteran ITN newsman recalled the antics of Reggie Bosanquet (inset), who for many years co-presented News at Ten with him, suggesting that he... [continued]
In brief: Yasmin le Bon is number one at 43
Yasmin Le Bon has topped a list of the best-dressed British women over the age of 40. The 43-year-old model and wife of Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon was described
by the judges as "the absolute mistress of throwaway chic" .............Yoko Ono, widow of John Lennon,... [continued]
Sam Taylor-Wood to direct John Lennon film
Angelina Jolie attacked for not supporting Barack Obama
Jerry Seinfeld jumps ship to Microsoft
The Bill Gates/Jerry Seineld advertisement
Rupert Murdoch’s bad hair day
The cat's out of the bag for Rupert Murdoch (pictured). Or rather the Grecian 2000’s out of the bottle. In the new semi-authorised biography of the Australian media mogul by
Michael Wolff, his daughter, Prudence MacLeod, reveals that the 77-year old News Corp boss dyes his hair.... [continued]
The scoop on Rupe - with help from mum
