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Monday October 20, 2008

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Larry Flynt’s ‘Palin’ porno film released

Sarah Palin may have acquitted herself reasonably well on NBC's Saturday Night Live at the weekend: guest presenter Alec Baldwin proclaimed her to be "way hotter in person", while she quipped back she preferred his brother. However, a spoof porno film that is about to be released by Larry... [continued]

Carrie Fisher tells all in memoir

Carrie Fisher (pictured), the actress who played Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies and went on to write the acclaimed semi-autobiographical novel Postcards from the Edge, has not pulled her punches in a forthcoming memoir Wishful Drinker, to be published in December. In addition to coming clean about her... [continued]

Daniel Craig’s Quantum of Solace drubbed by critics

After the critical and popular success of Casino Royale, Daniel Craig’s (pictured with Bond girl Olga Kurylenko) second outing as 007 appears to have come unstuck.  A preview of  Quantum of Solace before its world premiere at the London Film Festival on October 29 has been poorly received by critics.... [continued]

Jilly Cooper reveals sexual assault

Jilly Cooper, the journalist turned novelist who introduced the "bonkbuster" to British fiction, has revealed that she was sexually assaulted by an author when she worked at a London publishing house as a young woman. The writer told of her ordeal at the Cheltenham Literature Festival when she was... [continued]

Seymour Hoffman play hit by crunch

The financial crunch has hit some of the biggest names in London's theatreland. The Hollywood actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's (pictured) directorial effort, Riflemind, which opened at Trafalgar Studios on September 19 and which was backed by Cate Blanchett and her Australian playwright husband, Andrew Upton, is to shut 10 weeks... [continued]

Madonna lines up new man A-Rod

Friends of Madonna have revealed that she is already lining up a replacement man following the announcement last week of her impending divorce from Guy Ritchie. According to a report in the Daily Mail, the man in question is the US baseball star Alex Rodriguez (pictured with Madonna), known as... [continued]

Hedge funder Andrew Lahde’s parting shot

There's no doubt which was the most popular reading material in the blogosphere this weekend - the extraordinary 'farewell letter' from Andrew Lahde, one of the most successful hedge fund manager in the world, who has said goodbye - and good riddance - to his old life in spectacular fashion.... [continued]

Jennifer Saunders attacks the BBC

For decades Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders (pictured) were the jewel in the crown of the BBC's comedy schedule, with their sketch show French and Saunders and solo projects like Absolutely Fabulous and The Vicar of Dibley scoring high in the ratings. However, as they enter the last leg of... [continued]

Jennifer Saunders

In brief: John Peel’s train honour

The BBC radio disc-jockey John Peel (pictured), who died four years ago this month, is to have a train in Merseyside named after him. His widow, Sheila Ravenscroft, will attend the naming ceremony on Thursday and be aboard the train's first journey into Liverpool ............ A spoof single put... [continued]

Lord Ashcroft to leave fortune to charity

Michael Ashcroft, the billionaire peer who has controversially bankrolled the Conservative Party in recent years, making it a real threat to Labour in marginal seats, has decided not to be as generous with his own children as he has been with the Tories. He has announced that he will... [continued]

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