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Thursday September 25, 2008

People

Sarah Palin troubles the sisterhood

The molly-coddling of Sarah Palin by the McCain campaign team - she has given only two interviews since she was picked as John McCain's running mate and given no news conference - is beginning to test the patience of American journalists covering the presidential campaign. Especially her fellow women.... [continued]

Redbrick memories of Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mbeki (pictured), who stepped down today as President of South Africa, may have turned up to hard-partying Sussex University in the 1960s "wearing tweed jackets and smoking a pipe", as described in today’s cover story on The First Post, but according to journalist and author Lesley Garner – a... [continued]

Gillian Anderson to whack Giorgio Armani in film about fur

It was all smiles on Wednesday night as actress Gillian Anderson skipped down the red carpet in Leicester Square for the London premiere of How To Make Friends and Alienate People, the big-screen adaptation of Toby Young's best-selling book about life as a contributor at Vanity Fair magazine, which also... [continued]

Richard Meier is gay, says son

One of America's most celebrated architects, Richard Meier (pictured), has been accused by his son of locking him up in a mental hospital and trying to disinherit him after he accused his father of being a homosexual. In an interview with the New York Post, Joseph Meier, 28, a Fulbright... [continued]

In Brief: Brad Pitt moves to Berlin

Brad Pitt, along with his partner Angelina Jolie and their six children, has moved to Berlin for three months while he makes the new Quentin Tarantino movie Inglorious Bastards, in which he plays the leader of a band of Jewish-American soldiers sent behind enemy lines in World War Two to... [continued]

Brad Pitt

Gucci’s Frida Giannini uses bondage to make a splash in Milan

Gucci's designer, Frida Giannini (pictured with outgoing Gucci CEO Mark Lee), unveiled a sizzling collection in Milan last night, with touches of bondage, micro-minis and triple-ankle-strap heels. Giannini herself took her bow after the show wearing black bondage-style trousers and declared her collections were inspired by her rock'n'roll lifestyle.... [continued]

Otis Ferry to spend Christmas in jail

Otis Ferry (pictured), the hunting-obsessed son of rock star Bryan Ferry, looks likely to remain in prison for more than five months while he awaits a trial date for allegedly perverting the course of justice. As reported on The First Post last week, Ferry, 25, was charged with trying to... [continued]

Anna Wintour risks Sicilian mafia

An inspired attempt to breathe life back into a Sicilian town that was devastated by an earthquake 40 years ago – the mayor is offering apartments at one euro a pop – has caught the imagination of a number of famous types, among them former Genesis singer Peter Gabriel and... [continued]

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