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Sarah Palin’s hairdresser reveals all
One of Sarah Palin's secrets is out: why she wears her hair 'up' and where she gets the 'updo' done. The New York Times has tracked down Jessica Steele,
owner of the Beehive Beauty Shop in Wasilla, Alaska, which Palin has frequented since 2002 when she was the town mayor,... [continued]
In pictures: Sarah Palin, wannabe VP 
Alexander Cockburn: Democrats panic in the face of Palin-mania
US Election: Palin stumbles on foreign policy – but does it matter?
Will Sotheby’s show become a nightmare for Damien Hirst?
Damien Hirst held a private view for a glittering crowd at Sotheby's, London at the weekend ahead of tonight's big auction where he has put 200-plus artworks up for sale. Moscow
gallery owner and Roman Abramovich squeeze Dasha Zhukova (pictured above with Hirst) showed up, as did Old Vic director... [continued]
In pictures: Damien Hirst party
In pictures: Hirsts on sale at Sotheby's, London
People: Damien Hirst attacked by Robert Hughes
Business Pages: Lehman Bros files for bankruptcy
Jack White slates Bond Coca-Cola decision
Jack White, lead vocalist and guitarist with the White Stripes, is upset that the theme song he's written for the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, has been released
ahead of the movie's opening in October as a theme tune to a new Coke ad. The song, Another Way... [continued]
People: Craig takes himself seriously
Michael Kaiser’s Opera House of horrors
Many Londoners will be bemused to hear that Michael Kaiser, the American arts administrator who from 1998 to 2000 famously oversaw the Royal Opera House in London – a dark period
characterised by bad press, technical problems and bitchy in-fighting – has produced a book on how to rescue floundering... [continued]
Slimmed down Voigt returns to play Ariadne
London Fashion Week kicks off with future uncertain
London Fashion Week is up and running with Paul Costelloe (1) kicking off proceedings on Sunday with a glamorous and tailored spring/summer 2009 collection. Model Erin
O'Connor and shoe guru Jimmy Choo took front row seats in a very packed British Fashion Council tent at the Natural History Museum. The... [continued]
London fashion designers feel the squeeze
In pictures: London Fashion Week
All the pictures from New York Fashion Week
Business Pages: Lehman Bros files for bankruptcy
Fiona Mactaggart, MP who can afford to rebel
The Mole, The First Post's Westminster insider, espouses the theory today that some Labour backbenchers might prefer to keep Gordon Brown in power because
that way they can at least keep their seats until 2010 and guarantee their salaries being paid a little longer than if they elect a new... [continued]
The Mole: Why it pays backbenchers to let Gordon Brown continue in office
In brief: De Niro and Pacino hit London for premiere
The crowds were out in Leicester Square on Sunday for the London premiere of Righteous Kill which brings together Robert De Niro and Al Pacino (pictured
with co-star rapper 50 Cent) for the first time since they paired up in the 1995 movie Heat, and nearly 35 years since they... [continued]
People: one book for Dave, another 37 for the rest
Borat’s still learning about American culture
People: Cliff Richard talks about his live-in priest
Duke of Westminster starts to feel the pinch
Good to know we’re all suffering - rich and poor - as the banks go to the wall and stock markets plunge. The Duke of Westminster, who with an estimated fortune of £6.6bn (before today), is richer than the Queen, put his 92ft yacht, the Ilona of Kylesku, on the... [continued]
