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Nobel boss slams US writers
It looks like the greats of modern American writing, Don DeLillo, John Updike and Jonathan Franzen, to name but three, will not be receiving a Nobel
prize for literature anytime soon. Horace Engdahl (pictured), the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, the body which chooses the Nobel Prize for literature,... [continued]
Lessing: Nobel prize was ‘bloody disaster’ 
Sharon Stone loses custody battle
Sharon Stone's attempts to win custody of her eight-year-old son ended in failure on Wednesday, as it was revealed that she once suggested curing her child's smelly feet by injecting
them with botox. The revelation was part of a damning 27-page document, which has been devoured by the Hollywood... [continued]
China ban gives Stone taste of bad karma
Curse of Stone spreads to Dior
Karl Lagerfeld looks to the future
It was almost as if Victoria Beckham had become Karl Lagerfeld's new muse. The designer’s chic and feminine collection for the Paris pret-a-porter season yesterday
included wasp waists with cinched belts, leather gloves and monochrome colours - bringing la Beckham to mind. The show also had a futuristic element to... [continued]
In pictures: Milan Fashion Week
In pictures: London Fashion Week
In pictures: New York Fashion Week
In pictures: Paris Fashion Week
Lembit Opik hires PR firm
Lembit Opik (pictured), the distinctly odd MP who once dated a member of the Cheeky Girl pop duo, is leaving nothing to chance in his bid to become president of the Liberal
Democrat Party. In a move to claw back a soupcon of political credibility, he has employed at... [continued]
Pussy Galore defends Clegg’s honour
Sherry Jones book put on hold
The publication in Britain of Sherry Jones's (pictured) controversial novel, The Jewel of Medina, has been put on permanent hold following the firebomb attack on
the offices of it publisher Gibson Square Books last week. Alan Jessop, the managing director of Compass, the external sales team for Gibson Square, says... [continued]
Palin biog caught in Muslim storm
Sherry Jones upbeat about book
Rushdie rounds on his publishers
Tsar’s death ruled unlawful by Russian court
A ten-year legal battle to prove that the last Tsar of Russia and his family were assassinated by the Soviet state and not by a bunch of renegade Bolsheviks, a move spearheaded by the Grand
Duchess Maria Vladimirovna (pictured), has finally ended, with the Russian Supreme Court ruling on... [continued]
Picture: The Russian Revolution
Are Bernie Ecclestone’s girls at odds over fur?
Petra and Tamara Ecclestone (pictured left with her sister), the daughters of Formula 1 billionaire Bernie Ecclestone, may be full of
sisterly love, but when it comes down to use of fur it appears they are in different camps. Tamara, 24, is currently the "face" of the People for Ethical... [continued]
Ecclestone and Stewart call for Mosley’s exit
In brief: Jude Law plays Dr Watson
Jude Law (pictured) has announced that he will play Dr Watson to Robert Downey Jr's Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie's
forthcoming film about the English super sleuth. But Ritchie, whose last cockney gangster caper RocknRolla defied the critics' predictions by topping the UK box office, will face keen
competition... [continued]
Pic of the Day: Kate Moss sculpture unveiled
Guy Ritchie's Nike advertisement
Golden girl Kate Moss denies anorexia
Damien Hirst’s drinking club row
Phil Spector to face murder re-trial
